German Air Raiders Are Forced To Flee
German fliers scouted southern Britain then fled with bombs in racks as British fighters and anti air craft guns engaged. An air raid alarm sounded in Shetland for ten minutes and in Orkneys for 40 minutes with shells in streets. One Dornier was disabled by a single RAF plane over the North Sea.
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London
Britain
Shetland Islands
Orkneys
Scotland
Ministry of Information
North Sea
Winston
Churchill
Admiralty
Balkans
Europe
Foreign Office
Turkey
Dardanelles Straits
Black Sea
Bucharest
Bargains On the Level In April Fool's Day Sales
Amarillo merchants offer Dollar Day specials with spring merchandise priced to attract shoppers. Local stores promote value deals aimed at all customers, urging readers not to miss the event on April Fool's Day.
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Amarillo
War is proving ground for U. S.
The war department treats Europe as a military proving ground to gain valuable information from French sources and limited from British and German reports. Increased American attaché posts abroad seek combat performance data on planes and armor, aiding development of U S aircraft and tank protection with French cooperation.
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War Department
Air Corps
Messerschmits
Heinkels
U. 8
United States
WPA Rolls Trimmed Amid Planned 700000 Dismissals
The Work Projects Administration announced 700000 workers would be dropped from the WPA rolls in the next three months. Col Harrington said the cuts are needed to trim relief within congressional limits and would be phased to cushion relief organizations. Officials expect the overall reduction not to exceed 200000 initially, with aims to reach about 0 by June 30.
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Washington
Work Projects Administration
Col. F. @. Harrington
WPA
Comoner
Congress
Iment
Gems Stolen in Downtown Los Angeles Robbery
Police report a downtown Los Angeles jewelry store theft with more than 200000 in gems and about 5000 in cash taken by a gang of four men and a woman. Detectives say an accomplice hid in a nearby washroom and a sidewalk elevator was used to gain entry. The vault was drilled open with gas and oxygen tanks. about 40000 in diamonds remained. The burglar alarm triggered at noon as robbers fled through the front door.
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Los Angeles
Homer Cross
Cross
German Air Force Down Seven French Planes
Berlin reports seven French aircraft shot down yesterday with no German losses. Paris dispatches note a burst of air activity over the western front. The government radio announced the German gains as the air war continued.
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Berlin
Paris
Western Front
Police Locked in Elevator at Salt Lake City Public Safety Building
Seven Salt Lake City officers were trapped for ten minutes when an elevator stalled between floors in the public safety building. A building engineer was summoned to free them from the cage like enclosure.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Public Safety Building
Weather roundup West Texas and New Mexico
Weather reports show increasing cloudiness in West Texas with a partly cloudy Monday and a somewhat colder Tuesday for the north region. New Mexico sees cloudy conditions spreading eastward with showers on higher elevations, then clearing west areas by Tuesday. northern mountains may have showers on slopes and cooler air in both Monday and Tuesday.
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Texas
New Mexico
French Brand Papers Found by Nazis As Fakes
Paris reports a semi official French statement charging Germany with issuing alleged Polish documents to smear US diplomats and undermine Roosevelt who rejected a Hitler peace plan. A Polish government spokesman said a communiqué branding the papers as fakes would be released soon.
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Paris
United States
Roosevelt
Warsaw
Welles
Poland
Germany
Wth
Sumner Welles
Washington
Europe
Wells
Primaries Shape Rivalry Ahead of Conventions
Wisconsin voters choose 24 Democratic and 24 Republican delegates in a state primary with four candidates vying for presidential backing. New York and Kansas also hold delegate selections while Maine and Arizona schedule conventions, amid talk of a third term and Dewey Vandenberg contrasts. Weather notes mark a record heat spike in Wichita Falls and a dry March for downstate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garner
Thomas E. Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Wisconsin
Vandenberg
New York
Ames
Kansas
Maine
Arizona
Ercury
New Hampshire
Alaska
Wichita Falls
Weather Bureau
Downstate
River Bottom Dragged For Bandit and Loot
East Texas officers hunted the Neches River west of Kirbyville for a bank robber and about $2,655 in loot after a red haired Corpus Christi oil field worker, arrested Friday, admitted participation. Vice President J D Wickline of the Kirbyville bank identified him as one of the bandits. The man had $55. he said the accomplice who refused to name drowned Thursday night in the river with most of the loot.
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Kirbyville
East Texas
Neches
Corpus Christi
Kirby-ville
J. D. Wickline
Premier Reynaud to Address U S From Paris
French Premier Paul Reynaud will broadcast to the United States Monday at midnight if atmospheric conditions allow. The speech, delayed from last midnight due to reception issues, aims to reach U S listeners at 5 PM CST.
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U. S
Paris
Paul Reynaud
United States
Reynaud
Savings Fading as Both Houses Vote Big Funds
Washington reports a net reduction of 57.77 million dollars in 13 defense related supply bills after early cuts. Navy and war department appropriations dominate reductions. Senate action may restore part of 111.70 million cut to the Navy bill while the Army agrees to trim 27 million for reserve aircraft purchases due to higher factory output since the European war onset.
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Washington
Congressional
National Defense
Senate
House
Roosevelt
CCC
National Youth Administration
Navy
War Department
Appropriations Committee
Army
Air Corps
Drilling at Oil Well To Start Again Today
A drilling crew will begin running pipe at the city wildcat oil test north of the ecity this morning and work should resume this afternoon. R A Ford reports the hole is down to 4300 feet and casing will reach the bottom. Earlier a cave in hindered progress on Saturday night. After seven inch casing is set, salt water in the hole will be blocked off and drilling continue toward the 5000 foot contract level.
Two Negro Students Die in Texarkana Collision
Clarksville March 31 two negro students were killed and nine others seriously injured in a collision between a Hooks Texas school bus and a lumber truck. The victims were teenagers, a boy and a girl, as investigation continued. R. D. Northen to be installed as exalted ruler of Amarillo Elks at 8 PM tonight. Finyd Laceky noted as outgoing ruler.
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Clarksville
R. D. Northen
Amarillo Elks
Finyd Laceky
Industrialist Thyssen flees Germany leaving vast fortune behind
Fritz Thyssen, once a major backer of Adolf Hitler, fled Germany as war raged, seeking safety in France. The German industrial magnate, once central to the Nazi war chest, left behind huge assets, including Thyssen holdings valued at about $152,000,200, confiscated by the Nazis.
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London
Fritz Thyssen
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Thyssen
Third Reich
France
Germany
Ruhr
Rhine
Loon
German Republic
Junkers
Algust Thyssen
Fritz
Swank Industry Club
Dusseldorf
Herman Goering
Herman
Steel Kings
Dies Committee Renews Drive Against Reds
Rep. Dies of Texas declares the Communist party a foreign conspiracy and vows to obtain a list of its members. He calls for action against the German American Bund and other perceived subversive groups and warns that party members cannot serve honestly in the U.S. government. The committee plans to resume hearings with Boston area Communist leaders as witnesses.
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Washington
Communist Party
Rep. Dies
Texas
Ceenne Prasnsanice
Radio
NBC
House Committee On un-American Activities
Bund
Dies
Wien
House
James Dolsen
Boston
Shadows of Eclipse Studied in Public Observation
New York March 31 A plan to place white sheets on the ground during the April 7 ring eclipse aims to study shadow bands that sweep across ground before and after totality. Richard L Feldman of East Falls Church Virginia sponsors the data collection to learn whether band width and spacing change, and the least observed separation.
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New York
Justin
Richard L. Feldman
East Falls Church
United States Fleet Prepared for Pacific War Maneuvers
The United States fleet, in wartime readiness, crews at San Pedro San Diego and Hawaii bases for Pacific war games. The Pennsylvania awaits Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison who will board tomorrow and lead a ten day inspection of ships at sea and in port before Honolulu and a Pacific Coast return.
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San Pedro
Calif
United States
San Diego
Pacific
Pennsylvania
Charles Edison
Edison
Honolulu
Hawaiian
Lee O Daniel to Announce Wednesday Run for Governor
Gov Lee O Daniel said he would reveal on a 9 to 9 PM broadcast Wednesday whether he will seek a second term. Observers have expected him to stay in the governor's office and his plan to launch a weekly paper next Thursday adds to the political maneuvering. The radio program largely honored the Texas rose industry centered at Tyler.
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Austin
Lee O'Daniel
Capitol
O'Daniel
Texas
Tyler
FBI Probes Death of Girl on Naval Vessel
FBI investigates the death of Sally Cranson aboard the Dubuque naval training ship after a coroner cites non natural causes. Detained for questioning are ship caretaker John Kianauskas and five other party members, with possible poisoning or illness as theories.
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Detroit
Sally Cranson
Naval Reserve
Dubuque
Albert KE
Hughes
Wayne Orinty
Ube Wee Heald Head
Federal Bureau of Investigationseenta
John W. Kianauskas
Duebuque
John §. Bugas
Kintwugkas
Davis Palmer
Robert Newman
Marjory Smith
Mise Cranson
Soviet Karelia forms new Karelo Finnish Soviet Republic
The Supreme Soviet announced the 1940 defense budget of 7 billion rubles and created the Karelo Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic by incorporating Soviet Karelia and Finnish territory. The move follows the Soviet Finnish War and signals defense emphasis amid European conflict.
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Associated Press
Russia
Leningrad
Supreme Soviet
Finland
Karelia
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
Europe
England
Orange and Black Cay Plates Go Out Today
The article notes that orange and black Cay plates expire at midnight tonight and that continuing to display them may lead to police stops. It mentions Miss Jewell Davidson Potter Chitty, a tax officer, enforcing license changes to white plates and urges drivers to obtain the new tags by midnight.
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Jewell Davidson Potter
Chitty
Aiuto
Open Uni
Gal
Highwaymen Hijack Car East of Tucumcari
Panhandle peace officers hunted two highwaymen who hijacked a late model black coupe two miles east of Tucumcari and fled toward Dalhart on Highway 54 with about 25 dollars. One suspect stood 5 feet 9 inches, wore a black snap brim hat and light shirt. about 130 pounds and 30 years old.
Plane Crash Kills Four Children and Pilot in Beattie
A private four seater plane crashed near Rockhg Field in southwest Beattie killing four children and a girl pilot. The victims include Cora Taylor aged 10, Janet Taylor 9, and two sons James 10 and Allen 14, all children of King County Commissioner Jack Taylor and Charles Taylor. The craft nose-dived from about 500 feet, caught fire, and burned in a lumber yard sand pile near the airport.
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Beattle
Jehildren
Rockhg Field
Beatties
Cora Oa
Janet
Ae ‘Ieepe
King County
Jack Taylor
James
Allen
Charles Taylor
Beattie
Sanduat
Theas
Gr C
Ihigee Mee
Haven of Refuge From Business Problems
A Globe-News Real Estate feature highlights homes with large yards and gardens offering a daily retreat from duties. Real estate want ads promote affordable purchase options compared to rent, inviting readers to explore properties via the Want Ads column.
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War Is Proving Ground
Near East
Ellis
Krupp von Behlens
Normandy
Lorraine
August
Lee O’daniel
FBI
Saur
Vosges
French Coastal Patrol Planes. Near East
Maxime Weygand
Albert Lebrun
Weygand
Dardanelles
Ofce
Maiet
Nava
Walther R. Darre
Eudapest
Far East
Nanking
Wang Ching-Wei
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Stek
Chungking
Wang
Bane
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