Sadler Proposes Oil Route Fire at Rio Grande Defense Plan
Railroad commissioner Jerry Sadler urged using Texas oil as a national defense tool by routing refiners to produce motor fuel and by threatening to set the Rio Grande ablaze with ten wells if invasion reached the border. He sent a Texas oil industry survey to Interior Secretary Ickes detailing potential production and pipeline capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jne
Jerry Sadler
Rio Grande
Sadler
Texas
Sec
Harold Ickes
Italians Report Wins In Sea And Land Engagements
The Italian navy claims success in both sea and land actions. An Italian submarine reportedly sank the British anti-aircraft cruiser Salypso in the Mediterranean. Italian troops crossed the Alpine border and advanced toward the Nice Riviera area.
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London
Admiralty
Rome
Nice
Rl-viera
Mary
Local races listed for Fannin County candidates
For Congress fourth district SAM Rayburn of Fannin County. For County Commissioner Precinct No. 1 Tom M Hodges Dick Waits. Re election for Justice of Peace Precinct No. 1 R L Bob Williams Raleigh Abernathy T J Cox. For Judge Sixth Judicial District M D Emerson. For Representative district Fannin County Pink Stoddard John W Connelly. For Tax Assessor-Collector W H Hamp Harper Wesley Farmer.
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Congress
Sam. Rayburn
Fannin County
Tom M. Hodges
Dick Waits
Justice of Peace
R. L
Bob) Williams
Raleigh Abernathy
T. J. Cox
Pink Stoddard
John W. Connelly
W. H
Hamp
Harper Wesley Farmer
Italian Spaghetti Is Naturalized In Dallas Restaurant
In Dallas the Italian cafe The Village renamed itself amid a wave of name changes by Italian eateries. Owners say spaghetti and other dishes are American, not Italian, and decline serving Italian spaghetti. One proprietor notes American spaghetti can be fixed, while Italian cafemen condemn Italy’s belligerency and reject the Italian label.
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Dallas
Charles Linovo
Sam Lobell
Mussolini
Names for U.S. Warships Selected by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt has chosen names for 24 ships in the 1941 navy program. The two 45,000 ton battleships will be The Missouri and The Wisconsin, while the 20,000 ton aircraft carrier will be named the Essex.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Missouri
Wisconsin
Essex
Public condemnation notice for land in Fannin County Texas
Special Commissioners appointed by the United States District Court summon named individuals and unknown heirs to attend hearings in Bonham Texas on June 24 and June 25 1940 to submit evidence on damages from the governments condemnation of large tracts in Fannin County including 95681 and 336153 acres. The notices name dozens of landowners trustees and heirs and specify dates times and locations for proceedings.
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Texas
United States of America
Fannin
Randolph Bryant
United States
Eastern District of
Fannin County
Paris Division
Tom Cooper
Smith S. Lipscomb
Self
Lipscomb
W. R. Atkins
Atkins
E. G. McSwain
McSwain
First National Bank of Bonham
Bank
Same
Cooper
Havine
United States District Court
Bonham
America
District Court of the United
S. H. Wilson
Ann B. Atchison
N. C. Atchison
Henry B. Hokit
B. F. Yates
J. Ti. Baldwin
Jesus Cadena
Ramon Cadena
Diago Perez
Diego Perez
Antonio G. Perez
Gertrudas Castillo
Simon Castillo
Ursula Flores Ximenes
Antonio 5S. Flores
Manuel T. Cadena
Santos Cadena
Ramon Arocha Gaza
Rita Arrocia Martinez
Francisco Martinez
E. A. Giraud
Cassius K. Breneman
Blackburn J. Godsey
Matilda C. Lanius
William Lanius
Jose Ramon de Arrocha
Makin
Paris
W. D. Wilson
J. G. McGrady
J. G McGrady
McGrady
J. W Kuykendall
Kuykendall
A. J. Hart
Hart Survey
Hart
J. W. Kuykendall
Robert Spivy
Spiry
Said Kuykendall
Said McGrady
W. E. Miller
Richard Pollard
Pollard
Kuykendall Survey
J. W. Kuykendall Survey
G. Kuykendall Survey
Wilson Survey
Wilson B
Smith
Stella Wilkins
S. O. Pettus Survey
Wilkins
Pettus Survey
United
States of America
Theron
June Notes Reflect Visits and Marital Union in Bonham
A 1924 to 1940 county record shows Mrs Etta Welch visiting in McAlester Oklahoma and Mrs Henry Dorough visiting Arlington. Miss Altie Rigsby and Ernest Tash wed June 14 in Bonham officiated by Roy Emmett Mays. The document also notes trips to Little Rock Ruston and Georgia, harvest work in Kansas, school term in Church Point and a May 22 1940 writ by Special Commissioner with a June 25 1940 hearing date.
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Altie Rigsby
Bonham
Ernest Tash
Lubbock
Roy Emmett Mays
East Texas directors back three resolutions for defense program
NACOGDOCHES June 715 East Texas Chamber of Commerce directors adopted three resolutions to aid the national defense effort. They authorize local Defense Councils in a 70 county region, adapt the chamber agricultural program to support defense needs, and push rigid government economy to enable local tax reductions amid higher federal defense spending.
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Nacogdoches
East Texas
United States
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Etex Chamber
Demonstrations for Gibraltar Return Shake Madrid Streets
In Madrid on June 15 crowds protested Franco era moves they said aimed to claim Gibraltar back. Spanish fascists paraded outside party HQ as Tangier’s Franco led occupation drew international concern and France Britain and Italy signaling neutrality.
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Unireo Paras
Madrid
Gibraltar
Spain
Francisco Franco
Tangier
France
Britain
Italy
Falan Kista
Braltar
Geclarey
Seek Money To Prepare War on Texas Oil Fields
Austin June 15 commission chairman Lop and commissioner Ernest asked the state payment board to approve a $22,000 appropriation for immediate preparation of a map of the Texas oil industry.
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Texas
Austin
Commission
Lop
Ernest
State Stations of Payment Board
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Eli Smith
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East 4Th St
J T. Middleton
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Chas
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Park Avenue
Hot Springs
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de Soto
Claude Bird
Whitewright
N. Center
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J. E
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Lamar
Moore
Paul Arledge, JR
J. E. (Hutch) Leatherwood
John J. McFarland
Eura Gray
Bob
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Traylor
J. P. Moore
Sixth Judicial District of
M. D. Emerson
U.S
Uniteo Parse
District Court of the United States
M. A. Taylor
A. H. McDonald
T. B. Williams
Stanford C. Stiles
United States Marshal
Eastern District of Texas
Etta F. Welch
McAlester
Okla
Henry Dorough
Arlington
Rush Catron
Parsons
Kansas
Littl Rock
C. A. Wheeler
Paul Allen Wheeler
Carol
Little Rock, Ark
Margaret Tobin
Will Nevill
Ruston, la
Ed Dye
Georgia
Virgil Wilson
C. P. Sansom
Church Point
Houston
Troy Hill
Alvin M. Owsley
United States Senate
Henry R. Scates, M. D
Bonham Drug Store
Tex
Uniteo Press
REDS
Bonham and Savel
F. M. Loughmiller
C. R. Phillips Dair
Bonham Steam Laundry
Sanitex
Joe Jinks
Hernando
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Bill Counselman
Charlie Flun
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