Winter brings moisture with rain and sleet across West Texas
Yor weather summary reports Ya Winter’s return delivering rain, sleet and snow from Big Spring to the Panhandle. Heavy moisture spread from Amarillo to Clovis and Belen with snow depths up to several inches, rainfall totals near half an inch in some spots, and disruptions to aviation and communications amid widespread agricultural benefits and crop relief.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Big Spring
Midland
South Plains
Panhandle
Amarillo
Clovis
Belen
Vega
Adrian
Tucumcari
White Deer
Pampa
Clarendon
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Texline
Dalhart
Plains
East Panhandle
Jericho
Memphis
Childress
Plainview
Lubbock
Roswell
Estancia
Pecos
Carlsbad
Hobbs
N. M
Odessa
Davis Mountains
van Horn
Sierra Blanca
Foard County
Crowell
Matador
Coleman Iity
Olney
Frankston
East Texas
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas region
Saturday will be fair and warmer in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees mainly cloudy skies with light rains, turning partly cloudy Sunday. New Mexico reports partly cloudy conditions in the west and cloudy with light snow in the east. Saturday highs around 36 to 39 degrees, with 24 hour precipitation near 0.07 inches ending yesterday afternoon.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Ceca
FDR Wins Trade Pact Battle With Garner
The Senate approved a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program by 42 to 37, delivering a major Rooseveltnaded victory over Garner. The vote solidified Hull’s policy aim of tariff reduction and global trade liberalization, with ongoing party splits noted ahead of the 1940 election.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Garner
White House
House
Hull
West
Walsh
Democratic Party
Harrison
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Anti‑Communist raid arrests 19 Paris factory workers
In Paris on April 5 anti-Communist operatives arrested 19 factory workers in the northern industrial suburbs, alleging the group included ring leaders of a clandestine propaganda organization.
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Paris
British Bomb Wilhemshaven Base and Allies Discuss Trade
British warplanes bombed the Nazi sea base at Wilhelmshaven, destroying four destroyers and a warship. Georges Monnet and Ronald Cross led Allied talks in London on intensifying a blockade to choke Germany, with plans for closer British French economic and political cooperation and a possible joint Allied parliament after the war. General Sir Edmund Ironside echoed Churchill’s line that Hitler missed the bus and said Britain is ready for any German move.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Great Britain
France
Germany
Georges Monnet
Britain
Ronald Cross
Balkans
Monnet
Hitler
Chamberlain
Edmund Ironside
Imperial General Staff
Heavy Vote Expected In Amarillo School Board Race
Heavy interest surrounds the Amarillo Independent School District and Amarillo College board race with 12 candidates for three seats. Incumbents J W Mode and E R Cox seek reelection. retiring member Fancher Upshaw not running.
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Amarillo Independent School District
Amarillo College
Potter County Taxpayers Association
J. W. “Jinks” Mode
E. R. Cox
Mode
Cox
Fancher Upshaw
Will F. Nix
Maryland Street
J. W. Mode
Monroe Street
Fort Worth
Denver
Lincoln Street
Bill Gunn
Arch Terrace
Gunn-Hinerman Tire Co
C. R. Farra
Georgia Street
J. Francis Brown
Harrison Street
Floyd C. Hissong
Sunset Terrace
Lewis ©. Griffin
Madison Street
Henry M. Beverley
Polk Street
Texas Plains Building and Loan Assn
W. EF. Konkle
Buchanan Street
The
Reliable Life Insurance Co
R. C. Kay
Hayden Street
Elmer Sowder
Fillmore Street
Santa Fe
It's Your Duty To Go to Polls
Minnesota school board election urged voters to participate today with no campaign rancor but stresses civic duty and early voting to ensure a definite decision by every qualified voter and taxpayer.
Rural School Election Today Potter County Races
Potter County conducts rural school trustee elections with seven board seats, four by write-in. Unopposed candidates include J. W. Cheney for trustee at large and J. W. Sherrill and John Bingaman on the River Road Board. Write-in districts cover Loney No 2 Bushland No 4 Long S north of the Canadian River Brady No 6 and Ady No 7.
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J. W. Ross
J. L. Scott
H. M. Britt
J. D. Cassell
Buchanan
M. E. Long
H. B Martin
E. D. Moore
Dee Blanks
16Th Street
Jack Burgess
W. D.westbay
R. J. Parsons
Walter N. van Shaw
San Jacinto School
Ben Henson
T. C. Smith
Elsie Montgomery
Neva Packard
Wolflin School
E. B. Fincher
Margaret Hoppin
J. M. Simpson
H. M. Timmons
Sanborn
A. D. Foreman
C. O. Defenhaugh
Geo. H. Ficke
Ed Taverle
Tenth Street
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
Sixteenth Street
Thirtyfourth Street
Fillmore and
Santa Fe Railway
Twenty-first Street
Fillmore Street
Washington Street
Twentyfirst Street
Thirty-Fourth Street
Fillmore
San Jacinto
Rock Island Railway
Sanborn School
Randall County
Potter County
Amarillo Independent
Loney
Bushland Community
Long-S
Canadian River
Brady
Common
Ady
O. E. Austin
Jim Weymouth
Luther Glovier
A. R. McArthur
John Detten
J. W. Cheney
John Bichsel
Alfred Roddy
Allison-Highland Park
O. D. Parsley
Soney
John Bingaman
W. T. Sherrill
River Road Board
Voters urged to act today on school board choices
W B Stubbs executive secretary of the Potter County Taxpayers Association appeals to voters to consider tax prudence in selecting candidates for the school board. He urges examining sincerity, past records handling funds, and efficiency without duplicating bureaus. Ankara education ministry decrees girls must pass military science exam before high school graduation.
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W. B. Stubbs
Potter County Taxpayers Association
School Board
Mr. Stubbs
Stubbs
Ankara
Turkey
Child Suspect Startles Cops
In Los Angeles an 11-year-old girl Chloe Davis shocked police and a psychiatrist while recounting how her mother and siblings died. Autopsy reports said the mother bled after arms were cut with a razor. Father F Barton Davis defends Chloe amid claims of demons and coercion.
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Los Angeles
Chloe Davis
Lolita Davis
Chloe
F. Barton Davis
Davis
Aids
W. J. Stock
Capt. Edwards
California
Cis
Daphne
Deborah Ann
Marquis
Socialist Thomas Labels Lewis Political Romanticist
Norman Thomas critical of John L. Lewis third party threat calling it political romanticism as he arrives in Washington for the Socialist party convention. Delegates indicate Thomas may be renominated for a fourth time with antiwar resolutions on the agenda.
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Washington
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
John L. Lewis
Thomas
Alain
COLO
Lewis
Democratic Party
Hardware Meet Opens Here
Members of the Southwest Wholesale Distributors' Association from Arizona New Mexico and Texas gathered in Amarillo for a two day meeting at the Capitol Hotel. Ed Hardin Amarillo Hardware Co president gave the welcome address. Discussions covered pipe fittings valves plumbing heating credits and ethics led by industry leaders Gus Momsen Jr El Paso E C Henley Lubbock Al Buck Albuquerque association president.
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Southwest Wholesale Distributors’ Association
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Capitol Hotel
Ed Hardin
Amarillo Hardware Company
Max Merry
Morrow-Thomas Hardware Company
Bud Fienagen
Zork Hardware Company
el Paso
Wlso
Gus Momsen, Jr
Momsen-Dunnegan-Ryan
E. C. Henley
Axtell Company
Lubbock
al Buck
Albuquerque
Spring Clean-Up Chiefs Named in Amarillo Campaign
8S. F. Rose, general chairman of the inter-elvic club council, named committee heads for Amarillo’s annual spring clean-up drive set for May 5 through 18. Mayor Ross D. Rogers pledged city help, adding extra workers and stricter health enforcement.
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F. Rose
Inter-Elvic Club Council
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
Rogers
Rose
American Business Club
Louie Johnson
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Ottman
Ways and Means Committee
C. A. James
Kiwanis Club
Grady Hazlewood
Optimist
Cc. W. Whittington
Lion
A. A. Ka
Optimists To Install Officers Tonight
Delegations from the Optimists Clubs of Wichita Falls and Lubbock will attend Amarillo Optimists Club officer installation at 7 PM tonight. John Fullingim becomes president with Grady Haviewood gone, Ray Pryor and Dick Bivins as first and second vice presidents. FP Kelleam George McGrath Wayne Keele and Ralph Wood join the board of governors. Ray Pryor and Charles Belfi handle arrangements at Amarillo Country Club.
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Optimists
Wichita Palls
Ralph Wood
Ray Pryor
Charles Belfi
Crippled Children Clinic Opens in Amarillo Today
The first Crippled Children Clinic in about three months will be held at St. Anthony's Hospital today with over 60 Panhandle youngsters slated for treatment and operations. State superintendent L. A. Woods will attend, announced by council chairman G. A. Bert McCullough. This Amarillo clinic is the first since January, as a session was postponed while Dr. Charles F. Clayton of Fort Worth attended a national convention.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Panhandle
L. A. Woods
Potter County Medical Society
Doctor Bradfield Seriously Ill at Dallas Hospital
Dr W D Bradfield 73, chairman of the state liquor control board, was reported seriously ill at Methodist Hospital in Dallas today after being taken there at mid-morning.
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Bradfield
Dallas
W. D .Bradfield
State Liquor Control Board
Methodist Hospital
U S Note Offered to Mexico in Move to End Impasse
The United States proposes arbitration to settle Mexico’s expropriation of American oil properties. Secretary of State Hull handed a note to Mexican ambassador Najera, signaling a shift from failed direct negotiations led by Standard Oil of New Jersey and Sinclair interests. The note emphasizes U S insistence on compensation under international law and refrains from making this a political issue amid Mexico’s presidential campaign.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Hull
Crotillo Najera
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Sinclair
United States
Insurance Rates Mayor's Subject
Mayor Ross D. Rogers of Amarillo will discuss fire insurance rates in Texas at the regional meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Portland Oregon. The gathering includes western city officials and executive board members led by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York with mayors of St. Louis and Pittsburgh. Rogers departs by air today for Los Angeles then Portland arriving Sunday morning. The Western Mayors tour Bonneville Dam and Columbia River salmon grounds before Rogers returns Thursday via San Francisco.
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Texas
Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
United States Conference of Mayors
Portland
Ore
National Organization
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
Rogers
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
TWA
Columbia River
San Francisco
Globe-News Want Ads urged by phone for Sunday
The Globe-News urges readers to call Want Ad Headquarters at 6262 to ensure ads appear in tomorrow's Sunday edition. Ads by mail are accepted but phone submissions guarantee proper handling and correct classification. Act early to avoid last minute delays.
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Globe-News
News-Globe
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