Census Opens With Debate Over Jail Penalty and Privacy
Washington April 1 The opening of the 1940 census sparks a battle led by Senator Tobey against a jail penalty for nonresponse and concerns over confidentiality. Census Director Austin defends protections while outlining the income questions and fee structure for about 120,000 enumerators starting door to door. The drive aims to gather unbiased data on age income housing and employment to inform apportionment and policy.
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Washington
Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate
Senate Commerce
Willlam L. Austin
Francis P. Murphy
United States
William Lane Austin
de Washington
U.P
Congress
Census Bureau
Allies Plan Offense Amid Western Front Firefight
In Paris dated April 1 heavy artillery hammered the Saar valley while air combats raged with limited results reported. French and German forces clashed, with two French fighters downed but one pilot bailing out safely. Reynaud briefed his cabinet on Allied wartime decisions signaling a bolder blockade effort against Germany. London sources say Britain will target Norway’s coast to disrupt German ore, while plans for a small war cabinet gain interest as Parliament convenes after Easter.
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Paris
Saar River
We Oanr
Western Front
Paul Reynaud
France
Europe
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Reynaud
Supreme War Council
London
Britain
Great Britain
Norway
Reich
Chamberlain
Narvik
Gulf of Bothnia
Stockholm
Baltic
Sweden
North Atlantic
North Sea
Balkans
Turkey
Foreign Office
Byrd Reports New Lands Discovered in Antarctica
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, leading the United States Antarctic expedition, arrived in Punta Arenas Chile and announced sighting lands not on existing maps. He described bare earth and snowless mountains from fire flights and said areas Sir Hubert Wilkins had marked as islands are part of the Antarctic mainland.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Richard E. Byrd
United States
Byrd
Antarctic
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Butcher's Trial Opens at Tulia
Tulia April 1 A special report says W T Dub Simmons the local butcher changed his plea to guilty at arraignment and the murder trial opened in district court The bodies of Louis Hand 72 and his sister Lulu Widegren 76 were found on the Hand farm January 17 The state examined 27 witnesses The defense will present tomorrow morning Judge D Russell presiding over the 64th District Court The state seeks life imprisonment not the death sentence The case also involves a murder charge connected to Mrs Widegren’s death
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Tulia
W. T. “Dub” Simmons
Tulia Butcher
Louis Hand
Hand
Lulu Widegren
Simmons
Herbert C. Martin
George Jennings
Widegren
D. Russell
64Th District Court
H. E. Barbour
L. D. Young
S. J. Payne
John Hoeffer
R. L. Pawee
H. F. Axtell
A. A. Blackerby
Joe Evans
W. F. Brewster
Chester, Foster
D. A. Nix
C. J. Hardy
FDR Improves From Intestinal Flu
The White House says President Roosevelt is recovering from intestinal influenza after three weeks and will skip a Warm Springs trip at least until April 18. Aides note his temperature has been normal recently though mild stomach discomfort persists. Roosevelt plans to return to Hyde Park, New York, next weekend.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Stephen Early
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Susquehanna Flood Forcing Thousands From Homes
The Susquehanna surged, forcing thousands from Pennsylvania homes as riverside towns along a 100 mile stretch faced rising water. Evacuation stations opened while governors and coast guards assisted. Fire from gas tanks threatened nearby areas as WPA funded emergency work expanded dikes and temporary roads.
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Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Wilkes- Barre
Peland
Southston
Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Coast
WPA
Sunbury
Spring Run
Vance Johnson Chosen for Harvard Nieman Fellowship
Amarillo News editor Vance Johnson earned a Nieman Fellowship for study at Harvard University, among 15 reporters selected from 221 applicants. Limpus Eggleston Vanderschmidt Pinkerton join on year long fellowships, with Johnson to study economics and public policy while remaining paid by his paper.
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Vance Johnson
Amarillo News
Nieman
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Mr. Johnson
Lowell Limpus
New York Daily News
Arthur D. Eggleston
San Francisco Chronicle
Nathan G. Caldwell
Nashville
Tennessee
Fred Vanderschmidt
Nal
Harry T. Montgomery
Associated Press
New York
William M. Pinkerton
Washington
Alexander Kendrick
Philadelphia Inquirer
George Chaplin
Greenville
S. C
Piedmont
Limpus
Eggleston
Vanderschmidt
Pinkerton
Harvard
Memphis
Agnes Wahl Nieman
The
Milwaukee Journal
Lucius W. Nieman
Johnson
Amarillo News and Globe
Memphis Democrat
Texas Technological College
News
Panhandle
Time Magazine
Line Rider
Panhandle-Plains
Methodist Church
Florida
Globe News
Malted Milk King Dies in Wisconsin
Wil lam Horlick Jr. 65, son of Horlick malted milk founder, died in Racine Wisconsin after two months illness. Death attributed to a complication of unspecified causes.
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Racine
Wis
Willam Horlick Jr
Horlick
Richielieu Bar Loses Beer and Wine Permit
The Richielieu Bar at 50914 North Fillmore Street had its beer and wine permit suspended after a reported breach of peace. A hearing in Austin April 22 will decide whether the permit is canceled. Potter County enforcement praise followed a grand jury drive against drunken driving linked to honky-tonks.
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North Fillmore Street
Bert Ford
Texas Liquor Control Board
Austin
Ford
Richielieu Hollis
66 Club
Highway 66
Richielieu
Grand Jury
A. Paxton
Liquor Control Board
Texas
Potter County
State Highway Patrol
Casing To Be Run At Test Well Today
Drillers at the Thompson Park wildcat oil test north of Amarillo will begin running seven inch casing at 7 this morning after delays due to an equipment order error. Five thousand feet of casing are on hand. casing to bottom of the 4,300 foot hole may take seven to eight hours. Salt water at 4,261 feet prompted the decision to ease the well and continue drilling.
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Thompson Park
Amarillo
R. A. Ford
Virgean Estes to perform at Amarillo College tonight
Music lovers in Amarillo will hear Virgean Englande Estes, renowned concert pianist, at the Amarillo College auditorium this evening at 8 o'clock. The concert is the fifth in the musical arts series run by the college choir under Dean Folsom Jackson. Estes has lived in Hollywood for several years and admission is a season ticket price of 50 cents.
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Amarillo
Virgean Englande Estes
Amarillo College
Dean Folsom Jackson
Report Sinking German Sub Off Trinidad
Report from crew of the British tanker El Ciervo states they sank four German submarines in a running fight off Trinidad. After 16 shots from the tanker’s gun on March 4, the U-boat disappeared and no further raiding submarine was reported in the area. An SOS from El Ciervo said she was being chased about 900 miles east of the Virgin Islands.
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Halifax
el Ciervo
Trinidad
MacKay Radio
New York
Virgin Iolanda
Panhandle Wheat Bright Spot Amid Southwest Drought Losses
The Panhandle of Texas and eastern New Mexico show brighter wheat prospects than other regions, with some improvement noted by the Santa Fe Railroad survey. Early-planted fields have good top growth and roots, abandonment likely 10 to 15 percent, higher in very dry areas. eastern New Mexico also improves but needs rain. Kansas faces heavy abandonment, Oklahoma expects 25 to 40 percent of normal yields, Nebraska and parts of Kansas report substantial losses.
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Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Southwest
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Santa Fe Railroad
Oklahoma
Third Party Plan Voiced by Lewis
John L. Lewis proposed a convention of labor allies to study a program for all Americans if the Democratic party fails to nominate a suitable candidate or adopt a favorable platform. He named groups including the American Negro Conference and liberal agricultural organizations, signaling a possible third party move to press for a broad national program.
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Monongah
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Democratic Party
Congress of Industrial Organization
Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Research Department
The
CIO
America
FBI
American Youth Congress
American Society For the Advancement of Colored People
American Negro Conference
Fire Gut Interior of Acme Cleaners Station A Fire
A blaze tore through the interior of Acme Cleaners late yesterday afternoon, gutting the shop located at 1119 East Tenth Avenue. Fire crews battled the flames and kept spread to adjacent businesses, with no injuries reported as of early evening. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the fire.
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Pire
Acme
New Locks Urged At Panama Canal By Senate Group
Washington April 1 Senate appropriations panels added 44 million to civil functions of the war department including 14.15 million to start a third set of locks at the Panama Canal while flood control funds were boosted by 30 million. Debate over relief funds continued as Rep Cochran urged a 38 million supplemental WPA appropriation to keep rolls near 9.1 million. Harrington testified on reef funds for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Congress
House of Sene
Roosevelt
Senate
War Department
Panama Canal
House
Capitol
Rep. Cochran
Missouri
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Work Relief Administration
Harrington
Rep. Voorhis
California
Democrat
Rep
Rich
Pennsylvania
House Appropriations
Housewives In Wartime Three American Housewives Report Daily Life
Three American housewives in Europe recount how the war changes daily routines in Paris London and Berlin Their articles describe scarce supplies air raid warnings and altered household chores as the conflict unfolds The News plans to publish these accounts starting tomorrow
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Europe
Paris
London
Berlin
Wisconsin Vote Today Watched in Milwaukee
Wisconsin voters will cast ballots in the spring election to choose 24 Democratic and Republican delegates to the national conventions. The vote tests support for a possible third Roosevelt term and gauges strength for Vandenberg and Dewey. Delegates pledged to Roosevelt split into two slates. Garner backers expect victory in district and at large delegates. One Milwaukee woman runs uninstructed for the Democratic side.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Badger
Roosevelt
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Nance
C. E. Broughton
Democratic Party Organization of
Foor
Garner
Vandenberg
Dewey
Boy's Leg Broken In Bicycle Crash
Arthur Turner a 15 year old resident of 1713 East Twenty Fourth Avenue suffered a broken leg when his bicycle crashed into a parked truck east of the Tenth Avenue underpass. He swerved to avoid an oncoming car and was taken by Griges ambulance to St. Anthony's Hospital where he was reported resting.
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Arthur Turner
Twenty-Fourth Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Griges
St. Anthony's Hospital
City Mobilizes for Subway Crisis Amid Unification Plan
New York City mayor orders civil mobilization of all departments to face a possible general strike by 27 000 ILR T and BMT subway workers. Transport Workers Union CIO seeks closed shop while city prepares to take control of both systems under a transit unification program.
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New York City
New York
LaGuardia Tought
Ilr.t
BMT
Transport Workers
CIO
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Weather notes show Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler in Amarillo and west Texas with occasional light rains in the southwest mountains. New Mexico clears Tuesday with snow squalls on central ranges, then colder, and Wednesday fair with mixed north and west temperatures. Temperature records note yesterday’s highs and lows with a 65 to 80 degree range.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Noast
Retail Sales Show 11 Per Cent Hike
The commerce department reports February sales in independent Texas stores rose 1.14 percent from a year earlier. Hardware dealers led with a 30.2 percent jump, followed by 27.8 percent for hardwood and farm implement dealers and 19.9 percent for motor vehicle dealers.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Texas
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