Senators Push Extra WPA Funds Amid Relief Row
A group of about a dozen senators led by Senator Pepper of Florida seeks additional funds to extend WPA relief through the current fiscal year ending June 30. Pepper plans to introduce a resolution to realign dollars so payments continue to July 1, despite White House opposition and a proposed $975 million for next year. Col Harrington, WPA chief, is to testify to a House subcommittee on administrative procedures as Congress faces district and minor bills.
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Washington
WPA
Pepper
Florida
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Anator Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate
Serti
House
District of Columbia
Big Heads Run European War In Wartime Portraits
AP Feature Service profiles Winston Churchill and Hermann Goering as Europe’s two dominant wartime leaders. Churchill, 65, directs Britain’s navy and army with a journalist’s flair, while Goering, 47, leads the Luftwaffe and economic front. Both are formidable, public, and blunt in their rhetoric as they weigh victory and influence.
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Winston Churchill
Hermann Goering
England
Germany
Field Marshal
Goering
Navi Air Force
Churchill
West Point
Spain
Cuba
Britain
India
Egypt
South Africa
Admiralty
France
Hitler
Chamberlain
John Bull
Head On Collision Kills 11 Young Persons
A head-on crash near Slayton Minnesota early today killed 11 youths and injured two others, one fatally. Police report excessive speed as a contributing factor. seven were in one car and six in the other.
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Slayton
Minn
Ralph Potzin
State
Highway Patrol
Mussolini Urges Italy to Be Prepared for War
In a two sentence address from Palazzo Venezia Mussolini called for labor and arms as Italy’s watchword amid European war developments. Ansaldo warned Italy must stay armed to join the victors and not stay out of the conflict.
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Rome
Mussolini
Giovanni Ansaldo
Italy
Palazzo Venezia
Alps
Ansaldo
Count Galeazzo Ciano
el Telegrafo
Leghorn
Trondheim
Norway
Paul Reynaud
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Spain
No Blackouts in U S says new citizens stockholders pledge
Federal Judge Harry E. Kalodner welcomes 124 new citizens in naturalization court calling them stockholders in democracy and assuring there are no blackouts in the United States.
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Philadelphia
A.S
Harry E. Kalodner
Naturalization Court
United States
Kalodner
Building Union Head Arrested
NEW YORK April 21 Detectives arrested George Scalise head of the Building Service Employes International Union on charges he extorted about 100000 from 20 hotels and 11 contractors in three years. He posted 40000 bail after arraignment. secretary Ann Kay held 20000 bail as a material witness. Co conspirators Izay Schwartz and Louis Schwartz named. each released on 6000 bail. Scalise had a 1913 white slavery conviction in Atlanta.
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New York
George Scalise
Building Service
Employes International Union
AFL
General Sessions
Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Ann Kay
Scalise
Judge Schurman
Tombs
Women's House of Detention
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Atorney Murray Gurfein
Izay Schwartz
Louis Schwartz
Gurfein
Woman Injured in Car Crash Near Dimmitt
Mrs. R. E. Cogswell wife of Dr. Cogswell of Dimmitt is hospitalized at St Anthony's with a fractured knee and ankle from an automobile crash near Dimmitt early Sunday. No witnesses. she apparently left the highway and struck a deep barrow pit.
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John F. Mulhall
San Antonio
Texas
Susan S. Mulhall
New York
R. E. Cogswell
Cogswell
Dimmitt
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo Banks Closed In San Jacinto Day Observance
Banks in Amarillo will stay shut today in observance of San Jacinto Day. The article notes that 104 years ago Texas defeated the Mexican army, securing its independence.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto
Germany Britain In Hot Race for Strategic Points
Berlin dispatches describe a race between Germany and Great Britain to control central and northern Norway. Allied landings at Andalsnes and Namsos face strong German air and naval opposition as both sides claim heavy losses. The central aim is to sever Norwegian routes via Hamar and Andalsnes, with reinforcements pouring into Oslo.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Norway
Andalsnes
Hamar
Andersnes
High Command
Namsos
Scandinavian
Hardanger Fjord
Shetland Islands
Trondheim
Narvik
Oslo
Walter J. Kohler Dies at Home in Kohler Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler, 65, chairman of the Kohler Company and former Wisconsin governor, was found dead at his Kohler home. A national figure in politics and industry, he had been in good health. He had recently been indicted in Cleveland on anti trust related conspiracy charges and had posted bond last Friday.
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Kohler
Cleveland
Down the Stretch Pepper Boy In A Thrilling Finish
Pepper Boy and Soldier race to the wire with Pepper Boy finishing a half length ahead in a thrilling photo finish reported by the crowd at the track. Pepper Becomes the winner as Soldier struggles to close the gap in the final strides.
Bet on Love A New Serial Beginning Friday in the NEWS
A new serialized feature titled Bet on Love debuts Friday in the NEWS. The item promises ongoing romantic storytelling with weekly installments and a focus on relationships, community reactions, and evolving plotlines.
Nichols Banquet Honoring YMCA Leader Slated in Amarillo
Harold Nichols newly appointed YMCA secretary of the Great Plains District will be honored at a banquet tonight at the Amarillo Hotel at 6 30. E Gordon Perry president of the Dallas YMCA will be principal speaker. Large delegations from nine Panhandle and eastern New Mexico towns have reserved seats. reservations may be made by Guy Carlander or the Amarillo Hotel.
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Harold Nichols
YMCA
Great Plains
Amarillo Hotel
E. Gordon Perry
Dallas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Great Plains Association
Guy Carlander
Association
Amarillo
Britain Bombs German Aerial Ferry In War Front Actions
British war planes blasted German aerial ferry points in Norway and Denmark as they struck Norweg ian airfields and ships. The reports say German warplanes were shot down on the western front and Allied trawlers were sunk at Namsos. British forces pressed operations in Norway with Norwegian allies as heavy exchanges continued across the North Sea.
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London
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Namsos
Norwegian
Trondheim
Air Ministry
Western Front
Amborg
Kristiansand
Stavanger
Britain
Trondheima
Admiralty-War Office
War Office
England
Schaffhausen
Black Forest
Amarillo School Board Banquet Tonight at High School
Amarillo School Board members will banquet tonight at the high school as guests of superintendent Charles M. Rogers, board secretary George Waddill, business manager, and Amarillo College president J. M. Mead. The dinner is in the home economics laboratory and prepared by senior cooking classes. a regular board meeting will follow.
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Amarillo
Charles M. Rogers
George Waddill
J. M. Mead
Amarillo College
Burglars Force Escape With Smoke At Deep River Bank
Burglars attempting to rob the Deep River National Bank fled when dense smoke from an acetylene torch burning a vault hole forced them out. No injuries were reported and authorities investigated the incident.
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Deep River, Conn
U.P
Deep River National Bank
Toledo Plans Symphony Orchestra Formation
Dr. George King Raudenbush, noted organizer of several orchestras, has begun auditions to form a Toledo symphony orchestra. The move signals the city’s entry into professional local musical performance.
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Toledo
Symphony
George King Raudenbush
Weather update for West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy Monday with south portion of Texas remaining partly cloudy Tuesday. North Texas may see showers and cooler conditions. In New Mexico Monday shows low clouds and scattered showers on higher elevations with Tuesday fair in south and west portions and showers in northeast. cooler conditions move northward both days.
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Texas
New Mexico
In Inquiry Ordered In Train Wreck at Mohawk Valley
The Lake Shore Limited disaster near Little Falls N Y raises a 30 dead toll with about 100 injured. Investigations will be held jointly in Albany by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the State Public Service Commission, the railroad, and by Herkimer County coroner Fred C Babin.
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Little Falls
N. Y
New York Central Lake Shore Limited
Mohawk Valley
Elizabeth McCarthy
Utlea
Albany
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Public Service Commission
Peddlers Slowing Taos Census Takers
In Taos New Mexico April census takers faced a door slammed in their faces as a wave of high pressure magazine and other salesmen kept housewives from answering. They could not tell a peddler from an enumerator by looking through curtains.
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Taos
N. M
Two Iraan Women Killed in Crash
SAN ANGELO April 21 Two Iraan women Nedra Oleta Walters 22 and Mrs Billie Crowell 37 were killed when their cars collided head on 12 miles from Iraan. Escorts unhurt. Walters to be buried in Iraan with services Tuesday. Crowell to Ardmore Oklahoma for funeral with relatives in Pampa Borger and Stinpelt.
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San Angelo
Nedra Oleta Walters
Billie Crowell
Iraan
Traan
Miss Walters
Crowell
Ardmore
Oklo
Hamar Recaptured in Bitter Frontline Battle
Stockholm dispatch reports a British expeditionary force aided Norwegian troops in retaking Oslo with tanks, as Norwegians defend seven fronts from Narvik to Oslo. German efforts include Lillehammer and Narvik landings, with battles around Hamar, Elverum, and Gjovik as Haakon II and government flee toward Elverum.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Elverum
Andalsnes
Trondheim
Namsos
Narvik
Levanger
Hegra Fortress
Bergen
Bravanner
Honefoss
Gjovik
Hamar
Lilienhammer
Hegra
Norway
DNB
Lillehammer
Norsk Telegrambyro
Gudabrandsdal
Lardel
Mjosa Lake
Aftonbladet
Haakon
Lake Mjesen
Ostlandet
Fjord Head
Randsfjorden
F . Andalsnes
Romsdals Fjord
Dombas
Kiruna
Harstad
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