Warning on census tally sparks Amarillo caution
Col. E. A. Simpson urges Amarillo residents to ensure every person is counted stressing dollars at stake and business impacts of population figures. He lists unenumerated locals and urges contact via Chamber of Commerce. Census supervisor Dayton says enumerators aim for complete coverage and will extend the count with five day newspaper and radio notices after weather delayed closure.
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Amarillo
Col. E. A. Simpson
Colonel Simpson
Hallie Hawk
Hughes Street
C. N. Stokes
Goliad
Edith Zelley
Lipscomb Street
Chamber of Commerce Office
FEC
Dayton
Holland Girding For Trouble
Holland declares nationwide martial law to strengthen defense and neutrality amid looming invasion threats. Queen Wilhelmina signs decree extending state of siege to the entire country after Prime Minister De Geer vows armed resistance. Military powers include censorship and compulsory service or labor for civilians.
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The
Hague
Holland
Netherlands
Drek Jan de Geer
Wilhelmina
Rumors of German Invasion Prompt Budapest Alerts
In Budapest Hungary on April 2 British and French colonists departed after rumors of a German invasion near Hungary. Authorities reinforced air raid protection with searchlights across the city while Hungary prepared special precautions. Sources claimed Hungary’s Balkans position made it attractive to Germany.
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Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Balkans
Reynaud Wins Firm Support in Paris Chamber Debate
Premier Paul Reynaud secured a unanimous confidence vote 515 to 0 after a five hour question session in the Chamber of Deputies. MPs pressed on France’s stance toward Italy and Russia as Germany’s war expands. In Washington the Daughters of the American Revolution urged a strong army and navy citing world events.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Germany
Scandinavia
Chamber of Deputies
France
Italy
Russia
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Want Ad Week Designation Highlighted
Next week from April 21 to 27 is designated National Want Ad Week. The event directs attention to Want Ads and invites readers to cash in by using ads to buy sell rent exchange and fulfill any of a thousand wants or don't wants.
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News and Globe
Globe-News
Grocers to Observe Sunday Closing Under State Law
Amarillo grocers voted yesterday to observe the state rule barring grocery stores and fruit stands from opening after 9 a m on Sunday. About 97 percent of operators favored closure and requested Sheriff Bill Adams to enforce the measure county wide. The sheriff warned that enforcement would begin next Sunday and extend beyond Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Bill Adams
Adams
Pampa Oil Inspector Dismissed. Huff Promoted in Pampa
A railroad commission order dismisses K I Dunn as deputy supervisor for oil and gas in the Pampa district. Robert Lee Huff, inspector there since Feb 1 1939, is promoted to Dunns old post effective today. The order is signed by Chairman Lon A Smith and Commissioner Jerry Sadler. Reasons for the change were not disclosed.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
K. I. Dunn
Commission
Oil and Gas
Pampa
Robert Lee Huff
Dunn
Lon A. Smith
Jerry Sadler
American wins Croix de Guerre with palms in European war
Arthur M. Stratton a Bowdoin College graduate of 1935 aged 29 tall driver for the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps is first American to win the French Croix de Guerre with palms for bravery in evacuating badly wounded troops on the western front under machine gun and artillery fire. word reached New York yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Arthur M. Stratton
Bowdoin College
New York
American Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Roosevelt to address nation over KGNC tonight
President Roosevelt will be heard over NBC and KGNC from 9 45 to 10 tonight. He will be introduced by Homer Adams president of the Young Democrats of America.
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Roosevelt
National Broadcasting Company
KGNC
Homer Adams
Young Democrats of America
Weather outlook for Amarillo and region Saturday to Sunday
Fair, warm conditions prevail in Amarillo and West Texas with increasing high cloudiness Saturday and Sunday. New Mexico sees fair skies with variable clouds and scattered afternoon showers, minor temperature change expected.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
covscesOe
Style Sunday jumps ahead in Amarillo fashion week
Shivering crowds faced a wintry Easter as Amarillo shops plan Style Sunday tomorrow. New spring and summer wardrobes will debut in display windows with several ready to wear stores staging special showings for the event.
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Amarillo
Regional Meet Of Girl Scouts Ends Today
The three day Cactus Region Girl Scouts conference concludes with a 4 pm general assembly and a chuck wagon supper hosted by Amarillo. Officials from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona attend the event at Herring Hotel including national officers and regional leaders. A helium plant visit provided transport via Bowen Motor Coach Lines.
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Cactus Region of
Girl Scouts
Herring Hotel
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Maurice Bebb
Ben Norman
Marjorie Murphy
Mary Louise Michero
Carl Skogsberg
Paul Walter
Amarillo
W. B. Gunn
Helium Plant
Alan H. Mean
Salt Lake City
Paul Rittenhouse
New York City
Margaret Murray
Frances Morse
Virginia Hughes
National Equipment Service
Alice Mulkey
Washington, D. C
Phillip Montgomery
Dallas
Muskogee
Donald W. Berry
Houston
Roy Cullum
Walter L. Prehn
United States
Bowen Motor Coach Lines
Italy Rejects Neutrality Warning By British War Minister
Virginio Gayda, editor of Il Giornale D'Italia, rejected Ronald Cross's warning that Italy should act neutral to be treated as such. Mussolini’s Il Popolo D’Italia signaled Italy may join the war actively but offered no details on how.
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UME
Virginio Gayda
Ronald H. Cross
Italy
Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Cross
Shelterbelt Funds Sought for 1941 Relief Bill
A House appropriations subcommittee considered a request from Great Plains representatives for 2 100 000 to fund Shelterbelt plantings in the 1941 relief bill. The group urged setting aside the amount for continuation of the Shelterbelt project, appearing before the subcommittee late yesterday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations
Great Plains Representatives
Great Plains Group
Churchill Aims to Cleanse Soil of Nazi Tyranny
British Prime Minister Churchill pledged the Allied fleets to an offensive as Norwegian and British troops push toward Trondheim and Narvik. Reinforcements arrive along a 15 mile front north of Trondheim, with Stiklestad and Seinkjer cited as flashpoints. German reports claim progress near Elverum and attacks on British transports. Goebbels touts Hitler’s loyalty as German efforts to quell disunity continue.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
Hardy
Eclipse
Trondheim
Germany
London
Norway
Seinkjer
Trondheim Fjord
Namsos
Stiklestad
Steinkjer
St. Olaf Haraldsson
Hamar
Oslo
Tronheim
Narvik
Goteborg
Sweden
Tromso
Churchill
Admiralty
Berlin
Scandinavia
Glommen
Elverum
Haakon VII
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Old Cannon Still Works at Kong svinger Fortress
A Stockholm dispatch reports a Finnish war veteran force of Norwegians Swedes and Finns defended Kong svinger fortress against Germans. After Norwegian troops withdrew the volunteers stayed, fired an 1894 cannon that recoiled 18 feet each shot, six hours of combat left 100 volunteers dead and 35 retreating.
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London
Stockholm
Exchange Telegraph
Norway
Kongsvinger
Nazi Troop Movements Describe Norwegian Front Threat
A Norwegian official reports Germany is deploying about 2,000 troops daily to Norway by air and notes Nazi dispositions in the country rising from 60,000 to 85,000. He highlights Denmark bases for seaplane troop moves and urges a swift British Norwegian push on Trondheim to seize a prize that could shift operations against Germany and its Baltic ports.
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Germany
Norway
Reich
Denmark
Trondheim
Baltic
Yugoslav Premier Soyadinovic Detained In Mountain Internment
Yugoslav authorities said they uncovered a fifth column plot and detained former premier Milan Soyadinovic. Police raided hundreds of German homes, linked followers to Nazi activities, and moved Soyadinovic to a secluded mountain hamlet 80 miles from Belgrade.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Milan Soyadinovic
Germany
Soyadinovic
Norway
Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Sojadinovic
Germany Confronts War Economy to Fuel 1940 Drive
Berlin April 19 Germany pursues a wartime economy to finance the Siegfried Line campaign and occupied areas. Reichsbank chief Walther Funk says rationing essential needs, restricting consumer goods, scrapping idle machinery, and directing cash into the war chest. He notes plans to mobilize metal stock for Hitler's birthday celebrations in German occupied regions.
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Berlin
Germany
Poland
Denmark
Norway
Walther Funk
Funk
Reichsbank
Hitler
Economic Ministry
Scandinavia
He's 100, Says His Wife, 80, Deserted Him
Amos Charles, 100, filed for divorce from his wife Charity, 80, in ADA Oklahoma. He says she abandoned him three years ago and he plans to marry again.
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Ada, Okla
Amos Charles
Charity
Charles
Labor Act Battle Shapes House Debate With Amendments
Washington April 19 Legislators push for Wagner Act revisions as House rules committee adopts a plan to allow floor consideration of dozens of amendments. The labor committee proposals would up the NLRB to five members and shield AFL craft unions while enabling new bargaining elections. The Smith committee proposal seeks to overhaul NLRB structure and procedures. Debate set for Thursday as factions clash over how to proceed.
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Washington
House
Labor Committee
Babath
Mlindy Democrat
Smith
Rep. Smith
Virginia
National Labor Relations Board
Rayburn
Texas
Norton
New Jersey
Rules Committee
Halleck
Indiana
Smith Committee
Labor Board
AFL
Over Ocean Airline Okayed by Civil Authority
The Civil Aeronautics Authority endorsed American Export Airlines to enter transatlantic service competing with Pan American. Examiner C Edward Leasure recommended issuing a certificate for a route from New York or Baltimore to Rome via Lisbon Portugal and Barcelona Spain.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
American Export Airlines, Inc
Pan American Airways
C. Edward Leasure
New York
Baltimore
Rome
Lisbon
Portugal
Barcelona
Spain
Committeum On Which Party Is Guilty One
Washington reports the Senate campaign committee opened an inquiry after charges from sources alleging excessive campaign spending. The chair declined to name candidates, noting all complaints involved one party. Other political notes cover Hull not seeking office, Farley naming convention roles, Cromwell’s Senate bid, Dewey entering May 6 primary, Knox meeting McNary, and Roosevelt’s Jefferson Day speech.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Senate
Gillette
Town Democrat
Hull
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
New York
Barkley
Kentucky
Bankhead
James H. R. Cromwell
Canada
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Thomas KE
Dewey
Maryland
Taft
Ohio
Frank Knox
Repubican
McNary
Oregon
Warm Springs
Charleston
West Virginia
United States
William 8. Vare
Pennsylvania
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
McKellar
Tennessee
Dead Sixty Years Later Man Proves Identity in Will Case
An 80 year old man declared alive by Surrogate Foley contested a $400,000 estate. John F P Mulhall of San Antonio testified he married Susan Mulhall in 1874 and was the husband of the late Isabel McHie, with corroboration from his Denver sister Mary Haskell. The daughter died in 1939.
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New York
James A. Foley
John FP. Mulhall
San Antonio
Tex
Susan J. Mulhall
381 Park Avenue
J W Kent Retires as JA Boss After Long JA Ranch Career
J W Kent retires as superintendent of the JA Ranch after a 57 year span from wagon boss to full superintendent. He joined in 1883, led the Tule Ranch, and managed through multiple bosses until his departure. W G Word will succeed as superintendent while Kent remains on salary through life.
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J. W. Kent
Great JA Ranch
Kent
Tule Ranch
Richard Walsh
Charles Goodnight
A. d
Mr. Kent
Sue
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Miege
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Storlien
Stalth Committee
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