Roosevelt signs supplemental defense bill for armed forces
President Roosevelt signed a 1.77 billion defense supplement authorizing the army to raise its enlisted strength to 75,000 and buy 3,000 planes, while funding 68 new navy ships. The measure totals 1.48 billion cash and 289 million in authorizations, boosting peacetime totals for national defense. The army plans to buy 3,000 Rolls Royce aircraft engines from an American maker.
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Army High Comand
Rolls Royce
Have Faith In Petain Urges Weygand To Officers
Gen Maxime Weygand, French minister, telegraphed Gen Nogues urging officers to maintain discipline and support Petain's government despite hard terms of the armistice. The message stresses that those in battle cannot judge the full situation and notes armistice clauses honor the fatherland.
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Petain
Weygand
Madrid
Maxe Weygand
Hes
Auste Nogues
North Africa
Arhal Henri Philippe Petain
Casablanca
France
Nogues
al Pench
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Court Work Ends Until Week Of July 8
The 6th District Court suspends activity until the week of Monday July 8. Civil cases postponed from this week. No trials set for July 1. All court branches take vacation on July 4 Independence Day.
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6Th District Court
French Indo China to Resist Any Invasion Effort
The French national committee under Gen. Charles De Gaulle reports it has received definite information that French Indo China will resist any invader and that action is being organized for résistance in North Africa. In Malta an Italian raid killed 23 civilians and injured several when a bomb struck a motorbus.
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London
French National Committee
Charles de Gaulle
North
Africa
Houston Missed Census Target by Wide Margin
Houston city officials and Chamber of Commerce leaders reacted with disbelief after the U S census bureau reported a population of 386 150, well below the hoped for 475 000. City leaders consider a recount and will review districts with help from city staff as boosters express disappointment.
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Houston
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Census Bureau
Oscar Holcombe
Chamber
Holcombe
Miami Lawyer Proposes Parachute Cabin for War Use
Miami attorney Robert M Thompson offers War Department officials a plan for a parachute cabin that would detach from a plane, float to earth carrying 20 men, and allow ground attack while the plane refuels. He claims the bullet proof cabin would shield occupants from enemy fire and enable rapid repeated drops, with the aircraft remaining free to return for another cabin. Thompson, a World War veteran, cites prior patents and notes attempts to interest the Post Office Department.
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Miami
WAR Department
Pla
Robert M .Thompson
Thomon
Thomson
Futher
Army
Erwin H Nichols
Brook Field
Tex
Post Office Department
Centennial of Masonry Draws Texas Lodges to Lake Pannin
More than 1000 Masons their wives and guests from North and Southern Oklahoma are expected at Lake Pannin Priday for an all day centennial celebration of Masonry in Fannin county. County Attorney Louis Woosley will welcome guests with remarks by Wallace Hugheton Grand Master response by Part Grand Master. Judge H A Cunningham of Bonham will deliver the principal address as Leo Hart of Gilmer cannot attend. Will H Evans of Sherman will trace Masonry in Fannin from Bois d Arc to the present. Other speakers include Bob Miller Johnnie Bean and Frank Jones. Evening events in Bond auditorium feature a play by Denison lodges and a 50 year Master Mason award to A B Scarborough. Ten lodges in Fannin county assist with invitations to 250 lodges in 28 counties Texas and Oklahoma. A noon barbecue lunch will be provided for visitors. The black widow spider is noted as the most poisonous in the United States.
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North
Fort Texas
Oklahoma
Lake Pannin Priday
Pannin County
Louis Woosley
Constantine Lodge No. 13
Wallace Hugheton
McKinney
H. A. Cunningham
Bonham
Leo Hart
Gilmer
Will H Evans
Sherman
Fannin County
Bois d'Arc
Bob Miller
Masonic Home
Johnnie Bean
Frank Jones
Houston
Bond Auditorium
Denison
A. B. Scarborough
Texas
Japs To Proclaim Asian Monroe Doctrine in Asia
In Tokyo on June 27 Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita plans to declare an Asiatic Monroe Doctrine to prevent interference by other powers in East Asia including possible inclusion of the Netherlands East Indies and French Indo China. The proclamation will mark a major shift in Japanese policy as he reported to the emperor. A separate note mentions a weak US wool carryover and a Texas biologist testing the fertilizer Gitano for hatchery ponds.
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Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
Japan
East
Aelia
Netherlands East Indies
Indo- China
Anita
Imperial Palace
Fannin Lodge Founded as County Maps Show Size of Past Territory
North and East Texas Masons gather to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Masonry in Fannin while noting the original county boundaries from 1847. The old map details the historic extent of Red River country and the early presence of Constantine Lodge No 13 at Bois d Arc, later moved to Bonham, with references to settlements and absorbed counties long since reorganized.
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North
Texas
Mayonry
Fannin
Masonic Lodge
Rumanians Bases Highlight Axis Demands Across Europe
Reports say German naval assets mass in occupied ports while Britain fears a possible invasion. In Tangier French warships move through Gibraltar. Hungary reportedly accepts Soviet demands, with King Carol in talks with Germany and Italy. Romanian crisis unsettles Bucharest as Soviet ultimatum pressures naval base cession.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carel
Germany
Italy
Jugoslavia
Bessarabia
Bukovina
A Smile A Day Conneaut O Demand for specialized shovels
A SMILE A DAY Conneaut O demands for specialized shovel types have risen since 1900. The American Fork and Hoe Company’s Conneaut plant now can produce 10 000 shovel types with an output of 500 to 600 daily. Also note oddities from Valhalla South Carolina and San Dies California and Palmetto Plan.
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Conneaut. O
American Fork and Hoe Company
Conneaut
Death by own action verdict in Ladonia man case
An official verdict of death by own action was returned today in the death of A. Bell an elec tman and radio shop operator of Ladonia found shot through the heart this morning in the home of Mrs. Halle Moore. Justice Bcott conducted the inquest. a small automatic pistol was used. Bell lived in Wolfe City until about seven years ago and was married to Miss Loutee Muley of Ladonia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Survivors include the widow a small daughter a brother and a sister.
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A. Bell
Ladonia
Halle Moore
Justice At the Peace
Ft. N
Brudiow
Ladenta Wil
Sherman
Weife City
Great Help from United States To Help British Win
London dispatch reports Secretary of War Anthony Eden praising U S support for Britain during the blitz. He says American arms and munitions aid will allow Britain to push back the invader, insisting the aid helps win the war, not merely delay conquest. He urged the public to stand firm as the battle of Britain continues.
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Britain
United States
Eder
Europe
Lecwusr
Billion Dollar Relief Bill Signed by PDR
Roosevelt today signed the S1187 relief appropriation bill for WPA work relief. The measure requires every federal relief recipient to swear they are not a Communist, not a member of the German American Bund, and not part of any organization advocating overthrow of the government.
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PDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Bund
Final Month for Scholastic Transfers Cited by County
County superintendent's office says transfers between school districts must be completed in July with the county school board meeting in August to approve the transfer.
Republicans Ready To Ballot In Ten Nominees
The Republican National Convention prepared for multiple ballots with a field of ten nominees. Robert A Taft of Ohio led the drive for nomination as reports on the floor indicated the process would require several ballots before a final choice emerged.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Howe
Australia to front rank in world air power by 1943
Prime Minister Menzies unveiled a wartime program to vastly expand Australia’s air capability. It aims to reach 57,473 aviation personnel and about 2,000 aircraft by March 1943, with rapid setup of training schools including ground, elementary flying, observers, bombing and gunnery, wireless, and navigation, and to concentrate RAAF crews into integrated squadrons as soon as feasible.
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Canberra
Austral
Pome
Robert G. Mennes
Australia
Menzies
Royal Australian Air Force
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