Marshall urges expanded powers to mobilize forces
Gen. Marshall calls for authority to call in the National Guard and reserves to preserve peace in the Western Hemisphere. He warns against indirect methods threatening the Panama Canal and U S security. Sec. Hull backs administration stance opposing transfer of sovereignty or power over European lands or colonies.
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Gen. E. Marshall
Congress
Phere
Addi
Hes
Panama Canal
Hington
Cordell Hull
Kohere
Bonham Club Raises Red Cross Funds In War Drive
The Bonham Club reported Red Cross war fund contributions reaching 120 dollars with 110 dollars logged Saturday and 10 dollars noted Tuesday. Chairman Jo Magoulik said the drive leads the Rotary and others, with gifts from Catron and Co Jewelry and Crawford team among contributors. A separate note mentions fishermen losing wine under federal rules and home consumption limits.
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Bonham Club
Red Cross
Tueshen Jo Magoulik
Magoulik
Ty Club
Rotary Club
Magoulrkare
Catron
Ks Printing Co
Crawford
Training School For Camp Fire Guardians Opens Wednesday
Camp Fire guardians from Texas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma will start arriving in Bonham tonight for the National Camp Fire Training School at Lake Fannin. One hundred guardians and workers are expected for the session running Wednesday to Saturday with four national staffers leading the program.
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Texas
Arkansas
Loulianm
Oklahoma
Bonham
Lake Fannin
National
Edith M. Kempthorne
Ruth Kemp
Nora Gargin
Mise Ruby Lattimore
Galile T
Ts. Mita Hall
Sherman Council
Lake
Republican Convention Faces Varied Problems in 1900
Philadelphia dispatch outlines the 1900 Republican National Convention dynamics. Nominee William McKinley’s renomination appears assured while intraparty rivalries, especially over Theodore Roosevelt’s vice presidency, create strategic tensions among Delaware and New York leaders and party bosses. Roosevelt’s ascent is tied to anti trust and street railway taxation issues.
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Hanna
Delaware
Matthew
Quay
Pensylvania
Thomas Co
Platt
New York
Roosevelt
Roosevel
Mr. McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
AA Committee Attends Wheat Meeting Monday
County committee members overseeing the 1940 AAA program in Fannin County attend a wheat program meeting. Attendees include Dan F. Barnard ACA secretary J M Blanton county chairman Ray Grisham and R L Kennedy.
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Fannin County
AAA
Pannin County
Dan F. Barnard
ACA
J. M. Blanton
Ray Grisham
R. L. Kennedy
Red Cross Contributions Listed by Donors
Local record shows donations to the Red Cross including Williams Eubink Gro. Co. ten dollars Wallace fl Alexander five dollars Mrs. W. E. Newton one dollar Leoma Johnson ten dollars.
15 Year Old Boy Arrested For Leonard Burglary
A 15 year old white boy was held by the sheriff's department Tuesday in connection with the burglary of the Lyon Gray Lumber company office at Leonard Sunday night. Sheriff Henry Chaney said 20 pennies from the cash drawer were the only loot. He gained entry through a window and was arrested Monday, held without bond. The case will be presented to the grand jury. The sheriff noted prior trouble by the youth.
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Sheriff's Department
Lyon- Gray Lumber Company
Leonard
Henry Chaney
Grand Jury
Japan wary of developments in the Dutch East Indies
Tokyo reports that Japan shares serious concern over changes in the Netherlands East Indies, linking events in Mexico and South America to its own interests. Foreign Minister Hachihiro Arita stresses the Indies' economic importance and Japan's natural vigilance regarding their status.
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Japan
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
Netherlands East Indies
United States
Mexico
South America
Hachihiro Arita
Fast Indies
County Board To Classify Rural Schools Tonight
Fannin county school board meets tonight to classify rural schools for the 1940-41 school year. Classification will determine aid amounts and types, and the number of grades taught and term length for each school.
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Fannin County
Italy lays war prep decrees as Paris Rome line halts
Mussolini and the Council of Ministers approved a series of decrees to ready Italy for war and the ministers pledged support to the prime minister. The Fascist grand council was not meeting as reports suggested. Telephone service between Paris and Rome was suspended today.
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Paris
Rome
Mussolini
Council of Ministers
Italy
Jehovah's Witnesses Face Grand Jury in Waxahachie
Ninety sect members were taken into custody in Waxahachie and called before the grand jury as phonograph records and pamphlets were sent to federal officials. The Civil Liberties Union noted the group’s history of governmental opposition and connected incidents from Marshall to Missouri. No charges had been filed.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Texas
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
W Lee O'Daniel
Waxahachie
Washington
Marshall
Mission
Curaen
Ddaniel
Civil Liberties Union
Oldest Father in Britain Believed with Youngest Family
In Gorleston England Captain David St Clair Desaldgon aged about 80 is believed to be the oldest man to become a father while his partner gestates a six week old baby, forming Britain's youngest family.
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Gorleston
Eng
David St Clair Desaldgon
Great Britain
Fishing Opens Closed Schools Slow Start Downtown
In Quincy California the first day of fishing season saw both grammar and high schools closed until noon as boys hunted trout in hidden pools. Spokane thieves robbed a beer den, took $10 and 10 cartons of cigarettes and drank 10 quarts of wine during their visit. Joel H. Ford, 73, says he has not been counted in any census since 1870. A New Orleans report notes a reporter’s typewriter was taken from the press room. Ruth Allender postponed her vacation after a skating accident. Great Northern Railway orders extra care near a hen nest and nine eggs at Mata dor Montana.
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Fising
Quincy
California
Seison
Denart Hanpy
Spokane
Washington
Checkerboard
Antioch
Joel H. Ford
U. S
Lake Fannin hosts all day meeting of North Texas doctors
A Lake Fannin gathering brings North and Northeast Texas physicians to Bonham for an all day conference of the Lake Fannin Medical Association. The program includes a round table discussion, papers by Galveston and Dallas doctors, and a barbecue at Lake Fannin with local club support.
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Lake Fannin
Texas
Lake Patnintorey
Merien
Calveston
M. Bodaiaky
Galveston
R. M. Hirwine
Diarios
M. Hill Mets
Dallas
Sidney Gait
Halles
Genera
Dicusdon
Civil Docket Set for June Term in Superior Court
June term civil docket set Tuesday morning with WM Welock listed. Docket shows few jury cases and many nonjury matters, with attorneys present during call.
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WM Welock
Allied evacuation at Dunkirk over 60,000 rescued says Admiralty
Paris dispatch reports Allied armies abandoned Dunkirk after evacuating more than 60 000 men. Losses include six destroyers and the Niger, with British and French vessels damaged. Churchill called the retreat a colossal disaster but vowed no surrender and praised the rescue of 335 000 troops by Allied navies and a thousand boats. German forces claimed Dunkirk and 40 000 prisoners as Berlin announced new advances in France.
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Unites Pease
Paris
Admiralty
Dunkirk
Churchill
France
England
Cellas
Flanders
Berlin
Bunkirk Tante
la Havre
Nazi Air Raid on Cherbourg Reported
New York June 4 Columbia Broadcasting System reported that German planes attacked Cherbourg, a major French port, with details from the German raid conveyed in a Britain broadcast.
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Cherbourg
New York
Columbie
Germain
Broad rehabilitation of agriculture system urged to employ surplus labor
United Press dispatch from Washington reports the Agriculture Department unveiled plans for a broad rural program to employ surplus labor. It envisions land conservation housing reforestation water control and rural market improvements supported by new legislation, aiming to curb rural decay and create millions of man-days in farm housing repair and forest work.
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Yhed
Alexander
America
Agriculture Department
Ohatien
Ournate
Aleander
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