Chamberlain moves to curb aggression and forge alliance
Prime Minister Chamberlain accelerates anti aggression measures as Britain seeks a defense pact with Poland amid fears of Italy and Germany actions. Reports say Albania may fall under Italian protection and a Polish British loan for rearmament and a free city decision are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
Germany
Albania
Italy
Berlin
Britain
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Earl Stanhope
Admiralty
Joseph Beck
Viscount Halifax
House of Commons
Poland
League of Nations
Free City of
Danzig
Sweden
Beck
Senators Agree On Relief Bill In Senate Compromise
Washington April 5 administration forces and economy advocates in the Senate reached a compromise to support a emergency relief appropriation of 100 million dollars. The House already approved 10 million, while efforts to reach 125.9 million failed. Only Pepper sought the full 150 million. The appropriations committee recommended 45 million be saved for the new fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Adams
Colorado
Pepper
Florida
Appropriations Committee
WPA
Congress
Governor Grants 30 Day Stay for Bennie Randall
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel ordered a 30 day reprieve for Bennie Randall a Colorado County Black man convicted of raping an elderly white woman. Randall was set for execution by electric chair early Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Bennie Randall
Colorado County
Randall
Wheat Prospects in Panhandle Best in Years Amid Rains
The Panhandle Plains received general rains ending a dry spell, boosting wheat and pastures. Wheat outlook described as the best in years, with farmers hopeful for a large crop despite possible pests. Lakes rose, streams overflowed, and some railway trackage altered as weather disrupted the region. A $100000 fire damaged the Badger Ice Company's Amarillo plant following electrical storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Adrian
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Denver
Panhandle Plains
Soil Conservation Service
H. H. Finnell
Joe Morris
Hardeman-King Company
Morris
Badger Ice Company
West Sixth Avenue
German Press Astonished By Polish British Talks
Berlin reports express astonishment that alleged German threats could shape Polish British diplomacy as Beck meets in London. British admiralty remarks prompt charges of provocation while Hitler rests at Berchtesgaden ahead of a Nazi birthday celebration.
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Berlin
Deutsche Diplomatisch - Politische Korrespondenz
Poland
Joseph Beck
London
Earl Stanhope
Britain
Germany
Lord Stanhope
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Beck
Senate Passes Bar Bill Amid Early Money Debate
In Austin on April 5 the Senate approved with amendments a House bill creating an all inclusive state bar requiring attorney registration and a yearly fee not exceeding 4 dollars to the supreme court. Lawmakers moved toward floor consideration of big money bills funding judiciary, state departments, eleemosynary institutions, colleges, and rural schools, while old age assistance faded from focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Bills Seek Cotton Subsidy Funding and Armory Land Donations
The House sent a resolution to Congress requesting full funding for cotton subsidies under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and authorization for the Texas National Guard Armory Board to accept donated land from cities for self liquidating armories. The bar bill, approved 21 to 6, would let the Supreme Court set professional rules with a referendum needing at least 51 percent voter participation from about 7,000 licensed attorneys. It also allows 10 percent of registerees to initiate amended referenda on rules, and restricts attorney suspensions to county court trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
House & Measure
Texas National Guard Armory Board
Supreme Court
Italy Ready to Move Against Albania in Adriatic Crisis
Reports from Rome claim Italy plans to occupy Albania at once as tensions heighten after a Innsbruck conference between General Pariani and Colonel General Keitel. Brindisi inquiries said no troops had departed from the port despite expectations of an official announcement.
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Rome
Italy
Albania
Adriatic
Innsbruck
Germany
Alberto Pariani
Wilhelm Keitel
Brindisi
Ama rillo Chamber of Commerce Campaign Opens May 15
The Amaryllo Chamber of Commerce membership drive will run May 15 through May 19 with preliminary organizing starting April 24 led by James A. Blythe of the American City Bureau. Jim Florey was elected to head the new campaign, with a slate of officers and directors approved unanimously at the Capitol Hotel meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Florey
Paul Edquist
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
James A. Blythe
American City Bureau
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Blythe
Hinton
Florey
Carleton-Florey Grocery Company
Capitol Hotel
John Maynard
Carl Makeig
Tom Cotton
Ted Lokey
Galen Battey
Roy Cullum
C. T. Crowe
George Broome
Clay Thornton
Arthur Ware
Jim Farwell
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
Amarillo and West Texas forecasts call for partly cloudy conditions on Thursday. Temperature readings show highs around the mid 50s to 60s with lows near the upper 30s. Precipitation in the last 24 hours measured 4.64 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
State Fund Increase Proposed for Texas Colleges
A sub committee of the Texas House appropriations group recommends total state college appropriations for 1939-41 of 15,831,625 a decline from 16,379,043 for the current period. No new building allotments are suggested with focusing on salaries maintenance and extensions. Several institutions show mixed changes with UT and A&M branches up while Texas Tech and other colleges face reductions.
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Austin
House Appropriations Committee
Main
A. & M. College
University of Texas
University College of Mines
el Paso
Down
College of Arts and Industries
Kingsville
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Sul Ross
Alpine
West Texas
Canyon
Plainview Prepares for Region 1 Band Meet
Plainview gears up for Region 1 band conference spanning three days with 3000 musicians from Panhandle and West Texas. vocal contests, choruses, and 39 of 468 bands slated for Friday night marching contests under stadium lights with admission set at 10 and 25 cents. Local housing and registration teams coordinate hundreds of host placements and event logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Panhandle
West Texas
Lola Gibson Deaton
Hardin- Simmons
Abilene
Pampa
Lubbock Junior High
Lefors
Hereford
Lubbock Senior High
City Auditorium
Agriculture Building
Robert C. Davidson
Plainview
Region 1
H. G. Stinnett, Jr
Dennis Hefflefinger
H. S. Hilburn
E. 8. Hall
Eilis Carter
Pete Smith
Chamber of Commerce
A. A. Alexander
Earl Alexander
O. J. Laas
Globe-News Want Ads Draw 51 Replies Across States
Last week a local business placed a four day Want Ad in Globe-News. By the fourth day there were 51 responses with 31 from Amarillo and numerous others from Plainview Tulsa Hedley Bushland Lockney McLean Sunray Dumas Friona Dalhart Pampa Wheeler Claude Clovis Delphos and Raton New Mexico. Globe-News Want Ads are far reaching and inexpensive and get results. Dial 6262 for Want Ad Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News
Amarillo
Plainview
Tulsa
Hedley
Bushland
Lockney
McLean
Sunray
Dumas
Friona
Dalhart
Pampa
Wheeler and Claude
Texas
Clovis
Delphos
Raton
New Mexico
Globe-News
Human factors in conserving soil is water session topic
Raymond Holbrook reports on a four day farm session in the Southern Great Plains hosted by government bureaus with 250 attendees despite heavy rains. The event, led by L H Hayter, covered social and economic motivators in agriculture and featured lectures by Dr J C Gray and Dr R H Montgomery on profit and prestige in economic systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Holbrook
Department of Agriculture
Carl F. Taeusch
Herring Hotel
J. C. Gray
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
R. H. Montgomery
University of Texas
Suspects Jailed At Abilene Had Demanded 250
Three suspects from Haskell Denton Ballinger and Mrs Franklin were charged with attempting extortion of 250 from Weinert school principal W D Henson. They testified they mailed a letter threatening to injure Henson’s reputation unless the money was paid by April 15. The note was postmarked Archer City and the trio was jailed pending bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
U.S
Charley Brown
A. O. Curry
Jones County
Olin Dotson
Haskell
P. Pryor
Archer City
Holliday
Texas
Woman Slaying Suspect Jailed In Vernon
A slight dark complexioned woman was arrested in Vernon for questioning in the Odessa slaying of Buford Armstrong. She was held after inquiries about clothing shipped from Odessa and conflicting movement stories. Police and county officers accompanied by officials followed leads connected to the Odessa and Van Horn murder cases. The Frome murder reward remains active in Texas with $2,500 total, seeking the killers of Mrs Weston G Frome and daughter Nancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Reeder Webb
Hugh Ratliff
Justice of the Peace
J. B. Crowley
Crowley
Armestrong
Armstrong
Eetor County
van Horn
W. G. Frome
Nancy
Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Weston G. Frome
California
James V. Allred
Allred
Texas
Border Adventure Serial Begins in The News
Love triangles complicate two Border Patrol officers as they pursue smugglers while a female undercover agent joins their mission. The new serial starts Monday in The News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiledare
Starr
Mexico
Lungs in Walls and Sulfur Paving Show New Tech
Baltimore reports a new home construction idea using thin air lung-like spaces under outer boards to remove wall moisture and protect paint. Texas tests describe sulfur mixed with asphalt for pavement offering greater strength and resilience, with test bricks showing six hundred pounds pull apart.
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Baltimore
American Chemical Society
Newgulf
Tex
Isaac Bencowitz
Texas Gulf Co
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Highways and Motors Traffic Committee
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Alban'. Army
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Galeazzo Ciano
Greece
Zog I
Pinkertons
James Brothers
North Texas Teachers’ College
Denton
Jim Nat Younger
Whitesboro
Woodrow Wilson Pinkerton
Blue Ridge
Pinkerton
Doughty
Allen
Youngers
Sharpe
College Museum
United States
Montgomery
O'Daniel
Border Patrol
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