Washington debates to uphold Monroe Doctrine in war crisis
Washington moves fast as rules committee clears a victory resolution to oppose any transfer of Western Hemisphere territories to Germany, aiming for House action Tuesday. Senate discusses turning to aid to the Allies, with plans for anti neutrality steps and broader conscription-like preparations amid international crisis.
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Walt Que Irgislator
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Mussosenate
James J. McEnter
Gress
Geller
New York
Vladimir Jahotin- Sky
World New
Ih Organization
Ots
London
Pati
Ottawa
Arthur B. Purvis
Goverment
France
Britain
French Plea for Aid Amid Tumult on Paris Front
Paris battles rage with German thrusts toward Marne Oise and Seine valleys as French lines bend but hold. High command reports German advances near Evreux Pacy and Meaux while Paris remains open city under current bombardment and strategic movements across the front.
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Marne
Sivalion
Seine
Oise
Oureq
Meaux
Chateau- Thierry
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Bate
Beaumont Arcs
Chantilly
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Chateau- Frerry
Reims
Junivius
Argonne Ares
Montmedy
Reima
Nazis Circle Paris Suburb as German Push Presses Front
German forces pressed toward Paris as French lines along the Maginot and Atlantic coast faced pressure. Reports say offensives widened eastward between the Meuse and Argonne forest near Verdun, with Paris potentially near surrender within hours per German high command.
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Atlantic
Meuse River
Argonne Forest
Verdun
Paris
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Negro Recreation Center Plans Made
A Denver Heights neighborhood group seeks a city recreation center on local school grounds. Delegates ask for a supervisor at a playground, cite dense population and lack of facilities as a cause of juvenile delinquency.
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Denver Heights
National Negro Council
First Baptist Church
Immanuel Church
Douglas Junior High
Caney Elementary School
William Witt
Alty Recrestion
Moni
Police Board Adopts Rules for Civil Service Guidance
The fire and police civil service board on Thursday adopted as rules and regulations the suggestions from Police Chief Ray Ashworth for guidance of the police department. The motion made them cumulative and supplemental to existing code provisions and superseding prior rules in conflict. The board urged the city council to add the rules to the civil service code and have them enacted by ordinance.
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Fire and Police Civil Service Board
Ray Ashworth
Police Department
Elty
Britain and Allies Move Forces Across Channel
Allied forces rush troops guns and tanks to France as German attacks pressure Paris defense. British and French reinforcements bolster St Valery coast while 20 000 London school children depart for safety. air power targets German positions and Libyan Tobruk draws raids.
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A. Valery
Te Tavre
England
Britten School
Royal Air Force
Egypt
Italian
Idbya
Malta
Valetta
Complaint Charges Fists Weapon Use in Robbery Case
Deputy Sheriff Emmet Smith Jr and Justice of the Peace Raymond Gerhardt filed a complaint against Edgar Summers of 1938 East Commerce Street and Archie Jenkins of Adking for robbery by assault on James Booth of 414 Dwyer Avenue. Booth was frightened and threatened with a deadly weapon as a group of youths took a watch and a small amount of money. Police continue to search for other group members.
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Emmet Smith Jr
Tustick
Raymond Gerhardt
Edgar Summers
East Commerce Screet
Archie, Jenkins
James Booth
Dwyer Avenue
Booth
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Mayors Candidates Plan Courthouse Ticket Scheme
A North Texas political fragment outlines a proposed Courthouse Ticket by Don Politico. Key figures include P E Dickison, Walter Tynan, L A Woods, and Mrs Dickison amid county wide tensions over budget, jobs, and election strategy. The report notes resignations, party maneuvering, and street campaign actions in Bexar and New York stock dealings.
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DON Politico
White House
Bexar County
Walter Tynan
Dickson
Martin Wright
Dan Genard
Gus Mautremann
Old City
Toca
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
L. A. Woods
Woods
Dickison
Tax Office
City Denies Jehovahs Witnesses Rental Bid for Auditorium
Letters from A S Akers protesting Mayor Maverick’s cancellation of a permit to hold a Jehovahs Witnesses convention in the Municipal auditorium cite a contract in good faith. The letters urge full performance of the contract as an assembly open to the public. In Maverick’s absence, city commissioners upheld the mayor’s revocation.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Sect
A. S. Akers
Devine Street
Maury Maverick
Maverick
Maury
Woa
Jehovah's Witnesses
Laweul Assembly
Ray Davis
Pra Tem
Officers Learn Of Sects Beliefs In San Antonio Arrest
Deputy sheriffs question Ben H Catching of Jehovah's Witnesses after arrest in the 220 block of Burleson street on complaint of running the neighborhood. Catching defended the group saying they have no foreign ties and that 50 to 75 others were going door to door selling literature and playing records.
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Burleson Street
Cragy
Ben H. Catching
Jehovah's Witnesses
Lennis Brice
A For
Ign
Catching
Brice
Vernon
Schneider
San Antonio
J. F. Rutherford
Brooklyn
Rome
Devine Atreste
Second U S battleship North Carolina launched at New York
The United States launched its second battleship since postwar disarmament, the 750 foot 35 000 ton North Carolina. The ship will be the mightiest in the fleet and is expected to be eclipsed only when four 45 000 ton vessels join later. Federal agents marines police and Brooklyn navy yard guards were mobilized to enforce security for the 38 000 expected visitors.
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Uf. S. Navy
Man O'Warde
U. S
North Carolina
Washington
Philadelphia
U. S. Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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