Bankhead Chosen Keynoter for Democratic Convention
Chicago June 20 The arrangements committee selected Speaker William B Bankhead as keynoter and backed Senator Alben Barkley for permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention. Farley and Roosevelt favor the pair, with the event set to open July 25 at the Chicago Stadium. London exile orders Netherlands nationals ages 20 to 28 to register for military service.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
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Alabama
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Roosevelt
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London
Netherlands
Light Want Ads Highlight Real Estate Values Today
Classified notice promotes vacant rooms apartments or houses available through Light Want Ads. Encourages dialing P1231 for adwriter services and urges readers to read classifications 18 to 24 for today's best home and real estate values.
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American Friends of France unit formed in San Antonio
Miss Grace Parker extension director spoke at a luncheon for a newly organized San Antonio committee of the American Friends of France led by Anne Morgan. Officers to be chosen, plans for a Dallas unit, and continued refugee relief funds amid unsettled Belgium and France conditions were discussed. Parker urged wartime preparation and criticized German actions and Leopold II.
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American Friends of France
San Antonio
Miss Parker
Dallas
Belgium
France
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Hitler
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Great Britain
Leopold
Freltar
Argentine Takes Rearmament Step
Buenos Aires June 200 9 The Argentine government sent to congress a rearmament program calling for expenditure of 10,009,000 for defense expansion. Of this amount 3,400,000 would be spent for aviation forces. The navy general staff is studying a plan to enlarge the war fleet with a 5000 ton light cruiser several gun boats submarines and coastal artillery.
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Buenos Aires
Congress
Navy General Staff
Man Surrenders Self After Theft
Center police report a young man surrendered after admitting he stole a car in Beaumont while drunk on Monday night. He turned over the keys and was jailed pending further action. classified ad under Light Want Ads.
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Joe Fleming
Auto-Mobile
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Jain Nant
One Dies Sixteen Hurt in Bus Crash Near Winslow
Mrs. O W Fuut age 85 of Kingman Kao died in a passenger bus crash that left 16 others injured. The bus bound for Kansas City plunged 20 feet from a bridge over the Little Colorado River after driver Louis Rose swerved to avoid a parked car.
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Kao
Kansas City
Colorado
Louis Rose
Police Forced to Find Him a Home
A man was moved to public property and held, while a woman was held captive in a mansion for five weeks. Officers ultimately placed the man in care and freed the captive girl as police questioned the woman’s mother and brother.
Texas League baseball schedule in blotter style ad
A brief Texas League baseball schedule appears in a blotter style note alongside a counter advertisement for a Broadway at Fifth venue. The fragmented text cites street level details and a public listing tone from an era’s ad column.
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Fifth, Street
Maverick County Hit by Torrential Rain Disaster
EAGLE PASS June 20 A torren tial rain attended by hay and measuring from 83 inch to more than 2 inches fell in Maverick County during the night. Upwards of 12 inches of rain have drenched the county in 45 days, putting ranges in the best shape in years. Farmer y said more rainfall might endanger several thousand acres of melons now maturing.
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Eagle Pass
Maverick
Farmery
Closer U S Mexico Seen Amid War Spread
Washington reports hint at closer ties as Europe’s war reshapes diplomacy. Mexican leaders praise France while contenders Avila Camacho and AvAN Almazan push pro democracy stances. Cardenas allies seek unity with the United States against perceived external threats. Tension over American oil property seizures remains a key issue.
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Mexico
Cardenas
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Avan Almazan
Manuel Avila Camacho
General Cameco
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