British Navy Moves On French Fleet At Oran
British warships engage the French western Mediterranean fleet off Oran Algeria after the French commander refused British surrender terms. Britain says it moved to seize French vessels in British ports to prevent use against them, with two casualties reported. Parliament to hear PM statement later.
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London
France
Mediterranean
Oran
Algeria
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Toulon
Osteva
Ministry of Information
Germany
Italy
North Africa
Great Britain
Aged Transient Dies Beside Wheat Shock Near Sherman
The body of an unidentified elderly transient was found Tuesday noon in a field beside highway 75 south of Sherman. Justice of the Peace Jess Wall said inquest findings likely death from natural causes. A sleeping place beside a grain shock was prepared with a bottle of medicine nearby. no signs of violence were found.
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Sherman
Highway 75
Jess Wall
Tom Durning
van Alstyne
Democrats to Review Delegate Reappointments in Chicago
Senator Theodre F Green of Rhode Island called a Democratic national committee subcommittee meeting for July 11 in Chicago to consider reappointing delegates for the upcoming convention opening four days later. Changes would affect future conventions, not the 1940 gathering.
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Washington
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Grayson County Gains. Four District 4 Counties Lose Population
Sherman official Will Leslie releases 1940 census figures for seven District 4 counties and nearby towns. Grayson gains 3,548 since 1930, Collin up 1,002, Rains up 220, while Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall show losses. Population totals for 1940 and 1930 listed for each county.
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Will Leslie
Sherman
Grayson County
Collin County
Rains County
Fannin County
Hunt County
Kaufman County
Rockwall County
Collin
Fannin
Grayson
Hunt
Kaufman
Rockwall
Senator Sheppard Proposes Home Defense State Troops
Washington chairman Mor ris Sheppard of Texas introduced a bill to authorize and maintain armed units as home defense forces not part of the National Guard. The measure, at Gov. O'Daniel’s request, would amend the National Defense Act of 1916 to allow states or territories to organize military units for home defense.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Dem
Texas
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
National Guard
W. Lee O’daniel
Sheppard
Boy Scouts to Hold Meeting Tonight
The regular Scout meeting at the Scout cabin will be the last before the court of honor next Thursday. Albert Jackson said the group is collecting registration fees this week. Pascal Farley donated bricks for a brick walk. patrol leader positions are being contested. The Friday hike is postponed until weather settles.
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Court of Honor
Albert Jackson
the Sun
Jackson
Pascal Farley
Roosevelt Signs Land Bank Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill reducing land bank loans from four to three and a half percent and keeping Federal Land Bank loans at three and a half percent. The change, aimed as a Depression era farm measure, requires about 38 million dollars yearly to reimburse land banks for the rate difference and remains in effect until June 30 1942.
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Washington
Land Bank Commissioner
Federal Land Bank
Roosevelt
Congress
Rev James E Spivey Is Rotary Speaker At Denison
Rev James E Spivey pastor of First Presbyterian Denison was guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon. He spoke on Community Saboteurs and cited inactivity and harsh criticism as drains on civic effort. Millard Cope accompanied him and club officers for the coming year were announced with a long list of committees and assignments.
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James E. Spivey
First Presbyterian Church of
Denison
Rotary Club
Rham Pennington
Spivey
Millard Cope
Denison Herald
G. K. Stephens
J. E. Morgan
F. D. Layman
C. B. Bryant Jr
John Reeves
F. M. Echols
T. E. Sears
E. P. Wootten
R. T. Pennington
A. F. Nossaman
R. P. Montgomery
Gomer May
W. E. LaRoe
Tom Cunningham
N. L. Manning
Ross R. May
Russell Summers
A. M. Bryant
C. J. Meador
Co. J. Meador
H. W. Key
Rotary
Glen Earnheart
J. H. Waggoner
Board of Directors
Dan Russ
Roosevelt dodges third term questions at press conference
President Roosevelt faced a barrage of third term inquiries but gave few hints. He said he had not read Willkie’s statement about meeting the champ in November and would not forecast availability before the July convention. He planned Hyde Park work this weekend and perhaps Potomac cruising during the convention period.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Hyde Park
N. Y
Potomac
White House
Schools to Get 22.50 Per Pupil In Coming Year
The Texas board of education set the per capita school apportionment at 22.50 for next year, up 0.50 from the current allotment. Estimated scholastics total about 1,535,000, down 12,000 from this year as births decline. The board also outlined a program to train workers for national defense in aviation, machine tooling, welding, and electricity, funded by a $15,000,000 national appropriation.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Woods
Congress
O Daniel Defends Record and Attacks Political Factions
Governor W Lee O Daniel denounces slander by his opponents in a July primary campaign speech at Waco. He criticizes overlapping state boards and calls for reform, argues social security funding needs 35 million state funds, and urges election of strong, honest legislators to finish cleaning out Austin's political stables.
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Waco
W. Lee O’daniel
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Board of Control
Game Department
O’daniel
Five Billions More For Defense to Be Asked by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt and his defense team approved a new five billion dollar defense plan to fund mass production of tanks guns and air power. If Congress approves the measure the current defense total will exceed ten billion dollars.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Defense Organization
England Plans First Time Sales Tax Purchase Tax Proposed
London reports the government introduced legislation to levy a purchase tax in Great Britain for the first time. The rate and start date await House of Commons decision. The tax aims to raise treasury revenue while curbing domestic spending and conserving goods.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
American Legion Picnic Opens Here Next Wednesday
The 19th annual American Legion picnic starts Wednesday and runs through Saturday. Ladeane Attractions of Houston provide midway shows across five rides and 25 concessions, with Grayson County candidates speaking Wednesday night and Sherman and Denison hosting Thursday and Friday nights. Fireworks cap the event Saturday, with ample police and free parking in and around the park.
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American Legion
Ladeane Attractions
Houston
Midway Amusement
Grayson County
Denison
Sherman
Navy awards record warship order amid speeded shipbuilding
The Navy ordered 45 new vessels including 11 cruisers 20 destroyers 13 submarines and a seaplane tender for about 500 million dollars in the largest contract set in its history. The action, done without competitive bidding under new speed-up laws, aims to cut construction time and save about 16 to 17 million.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
Army
Defense
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Panama Canal
Floods in Texas Cause Estimated 6 Million Dollars in Damage
Wide area floods in Texas and Arkansas cause farm crop losses near 1 million in Miller and Bowie counties while Texarkana hub areas suffer heavy damage. In McKinney Bayou and Barkman Creek flooding drives 750 from homes. La Vac a River floods Hallettsville area causing ten drownings.
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Texas
Texarkana
Miller County
Arkansas
Bowie County
McKinney Bayou
Barkman Creek
Hallettsville
La«vaca
Lagrange
Wharton
Cuero
Hitler Admits 156 492 Lost In France
Berlin reports German casualties in the western offensive as 156 492 with 27 074 killed 111 034 wounded and 18 384 missing since May 10 Allied losses listed as 1 318 000 dead wounded and missing for France De Gaulle cites Allied totals while private estimates place French losses around 1 500 000 in the last month of the war Shipping and trade figures emphasize a German dominated European order with Sweden Norway and Finland increasing exports to Berlin
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Berlin
Germany
France
High Command
Charles de Gaulle
London
Hitler
Norway
Europe
Finland
Hidalgo County farmer gins first 1940 cotton bale
Ben S. Bearden, a farmer from Edcouch, ginned the first 1940 bale of cotton on Friday at 3 30 p m. The bale weighed 401 pounds from a 1300 pound load, marking the opening of the season.
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Hidalgo County
Edcouch
Ben S. Bearden
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Celeste Royse
Boy Scouts
J. E. Spivey
England
City Water Works
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Bethel
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