Roosevelt voices liberal pledge at Young Democrats convention
President Roosevelt urged the Young Democrats to reject conservative candidates in 1940, warning that nominating lip service or straddlebud platforms would hurt the party. He framed liberal democracy as forward looking, urging clear plans over empty phrases and challenging conservatives to specify how they would achieve policy goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Young Democrats
Pitt Tyson Maner
Montgomery
Ala
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Alfred E. Smith
United States
Pepper
Florida
Maner
Wall Street
John M. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Globe-News Want Ads Offer Thrifty Daily Deals
Sample want ads show waterproof glider for 24.50 a box of Walsomine at 36 cents en, used items priced 10 to 195 dollars, a Sunset home $3,900, a 1938 Plymouth Coupe $465, two inch galvanized pipe, and a broad range of auto, personal and property items highlighted as thrifty daily reads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-News
Danzig Nazi Chieftain Presses Union With Germany
Albert Forster urged Danzig's union with the Reich in a rally of about 40 000, arguing Danzig is German and warning against British French or American intervention. Warsaw pressed cautious coverage while Italy's Count Ciano met Ribbentrop in Salzburg amid Axis talks on Danzig Yugoslav rail control and Japan joining the bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Albert Forster
Germany
Fuehrer
Warsaw
Free City
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Salsburg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Rome
Count Ciano
Japan
Yugoslavia
Forster
Hitler
Reich
Poland
United States
China
Kaifeng
Chungking
Tokyo
Britain
Tientsin
Washington
Manhunt Pursues Suspect After Fatal Knife Attack
In Kaufman County Texas a white woman was stabbed twice in the throat and left for dead along Able Springs road. Bloodhounds trailed the suspect but were unable to track him. officials from the county sheriff’s office Texas highway patrol and rangers joined the search. One Black man was briefly captured but established an alibi.
Hughes Plans Another Hop Across Atlantic
Howard Hughes sought approval from the Civil Aeronautics Authority for a high-altitude trans Atlantic flight to Paris using a Boeing 307 strato liner. A spokesman said no further details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Howard Hughes
Paris
Hughes
Jap War Sales Ban is Urged
Senator Schwellenbach urges the State Department to halt American war materials to Japan. He asks for using wartime statutes or voluntary shipper agreements to stop exports, arguing the United States violates the nine power treaty by supplying 70 percent of key materials to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schwellenbach
Washington Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Japan
Hull
Senate
United States
China
Dead Man Is Not Her Son In Vincennes Mystery
Mrs Edna Lawrence awaited word that her 22 year old son James William, who she believed dead after a train incident, might be alive. A telegram said a man named James William Lawrence died near Commerce Texas, but the body arriving home did not match. Authorities pursued leads to locate her son amid a registration mix up at Stockton and radio contacts with state police.
Oil price cut met with strong industry opposition
In Dallas officials from several petroleum firms denounced Sinclair Prairie Oil Company's 20 cent a barrel reduction. The opposing executives warned that if other companies follow, Texas could lose about 320000 dollars weekly in crude oil revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Sinclair Prairie Oil Company
Sinclair
Texas
One Oil Company
Womans Report Of Child Theft Branded Hoax
In San Francisco Inspector Frank Lucey said the alleged two year old child theft was a hoax after two women who reported it confessed deception. The mother Mrs Frances Ward admitted the child had been in Texas with ex husband James Ward since June 1937. The case prompted a possible charge against Ward which authorities say will likely be dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Frank Lucey
Luise Ward
James Ward
Lubbock
Texas
Lucey
Frances Ward
Ward
Monterey County
Berkeley
William Nelle
Ward Fathered Daughter's Child and Custody Dispute
In Lubbock a yearlong custody dispute centers on James Franklin Ward, a former teacher, who allegedly kept his two year old daughter after California authorities granted custody to his estranged wife. Ward has filed for divorce while custody remains unsettled and his mother-in-law states the child has been with Ward for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
James Franklin Ward
Lubbock High School
J. W. Simmons
California
Soldier Charged In Attempted Attack At Landa Park
Doris Scoffield a 22 year old Randolph Field soldier was jailed on charges of attempted criminal attack on a 17 year old Randolph Field girl during a picnic at Landa Park in New Braunfels Texas. Bloodhounds tracked him after he roamed hills above the park then returned to the amusement area about an hour later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Braunfels
Tex
Doris Scoffield
Randolp
Randolph Field
Landa Park
Comal County
Cold Wave Deluges Amarillo as Rain Spreads Across Panhandle
A northwest moving cold front brought rain and cooler air to the Panhandle. Amarillo recorded 1.58 inches, the heaviest rainfall among Panhandle towns, flooding streets and stalling cars. Hereford breeders on a tour praised high quality cattle amid heavy rain and mud, with many autos stranded en route back to Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Southwest
Canyon
Panhandle Hereford Association
Harrie Winston
Snyder Hereford Breeder
W. I. Stangel
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Joe T. Sneed
Amarillo Cattleman
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Board of Regents
Texas Tech
W.J. Jinkins
Galveston
Panhandle
Dalhart
Hereford Breeders Association
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Ed East
Tom Ivey
R. L. Coconaugher
Mrs
L. R. Bradly
R. W. Elliston
P. Rosson
J. A. Pitman
D. L. McDonald
Brumley & Son
Jones
J. M. White
Jim Jenkins
R. L. Campbell
C. C. Wimberly
Murder suspect found slain near armory in Chicago
The body of Frank Japczynski a 47 year old National Guardsman suspected in the murder of Elsie Doolewerdt was found in Washington Park near the armory. He died from a head wound with a pistol nearby. Doolewerdt 28 was shot in the side and chest near the armory riding arena. A guard report says Japczynski is identified as the man seen with the victim, who struggled as he fired three shots and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Japcynski
National
Old
Charles Held
Japeynski
Albert Freeman
John Tillman
Shattuck Rodeo To Open Today
Shattuck Oklahoma prepares for a two day stampede opening tomorrow highlighted by a top rodeo from Beutler Brothers of Elk City. The Frontier Parade leads Saturday at 11 am with cowboys cowgirls notable floats and a street dance to follow. Wayne Messner and Darlene Stephens perform while Jane Belle Stuart is crowned queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shattuck
Okla
Southwest
Beutler Brothers
Elk City
Wayne Messner
Darlene Stephens
Jane Belle Stuart
Tropical storm nears Nassau. may hit Florida coast noon tomorrow
A tropical storm neared Nassau in the Bahamas and was forecast to move toward the southeastern Florida coast, expected to reach the area around noon tomorrow if the current path persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Nassau
Bahamas
Florida
Boiler Kid Weds Pretty Bride In River Forest Trailer Honeymoon
Fred Snite Jr a longtime iron lung resident married Dayton Ohio native Miss Teressa Larkin in a small River Forest ceremony. The couple plans a brief trailer honeymoon in Oak Park after the ceremony. Snite shows marked physical progress and can breathe, sit up, and eat more freely than in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretty Bride
Chicago
Fred Snite, Jr
Young Snite
Teressa Larkin
Dayton
Ohio
J. W. Morrison
Snite
Oak Park
Film Scout Under Heavy Guard After Miami Murder
A 17 year old schoolgirl Ruth Dunn is found murdered in a swamp near Miami and a man calling himself Charles R. Jefferson is arrested after abducting Ruth and 19 year old Jean Bolton. Bolton described captivity and Jefferson led officers to Dunn’s nude body. Jefferson admits abducting the girls and killing Dunn after she cried out. Coroner’s jury rules Dunn slain and murder charges filed. Crowds gathered as he was moved to new jail amid threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Ruth Frances Dunn
Jean Bolton
Palm Beach
Charles R. Jefferson
Jefferson
Miss Dunn
Lieut. B. W. Melchen
Miss Bolton
West Palm Beach
Couney
W. F. Roebuck
Wheat Session Opens Today in Amarillo for Large Conference
Thousands of wheat farmers from the Southern Great Plains region and AAA officials arrive in Amarillo for one of the nation’s largest wheat conferences. R M Evans of Washington D C, chief of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, will speak at 1 30 P M in the Municipal Auditorium and participate in related meetings at the Herring Hotel. The open forum will address the national wheat program with a portion of Evans speech aired on KGNC between 2 and 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
AAA
Amarillo
United States
R. M. Evans
Washington, D. C
Agricuultural Adjustment Administration
KGNC
Downstate
E. N. Holgreen
George Slaughter
Jess Watson
Newcastle
State Association
Mr. Evans
Leroy K. Smith
The
Crop Insurance Corporation
I. W. Duggan
Fred R. Merrifield
Grover B. Hill
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Friday with possible thundershowers and no cooling. North portion may see cooler conditions, while parts of New Mexico stay partly cloudy and warmer. Yesterday in Amarillo showed a high near 92 and a low around 65 with a 38 reading noted in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Wessas
New Mexico
Miveccnessi
Ori
Odom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union
Tinents
River Forest
Fred
Pred
Glib
Boca Raton
Here
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!