Prominent Amarilloans Injured Near Borger Collision
Mrs W T Cobb and J A Jim Whittenburg prominent Amarillo ranchers, recovering in Borger hospital from serious injuries after a head on crash with a Phillips Petroleum gasoline truck about nine miles south of Borger on the Panhandle Borger highway. James S Hudson cattle buyer from Ashland Kansas also seriously injured with five broken ribs and a fractured shoulder. The accident occurred at 845 am when the truck attempted to pass a road grader. The car and truck were demolished. gas tank breached.
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W. T. Cobb
J. A
Jim” Whittenburg
Amarillo
Borger
Panhandle-Borger
James S. Hudson
Ashland
Kan
Coble
Whittenburg
Hudson
Phillips Petroleum Company
J. G. Davis
Tucumcari
N. M
Gulf Refining Company
North Plains
Barrow Pit
Plains Wildlife Champions Pledge Completion of Palo Duro Refuge
Roy Riddle reports at Amarillo Herring Hotel a Panhandle wildlife conference drawing 259 enthusiasts from 20 counties. Attendees endorsed Palo Duro Park as Northwest Texas’s premier wildlife site and urged immediate state and federal action to complete the project.
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Plains Wildlife Champions
Palo Duro
Roy Riddle
Panhandle Game and Fish
Amarillo
High Plains
Gene Howe
Panhandle
Palo Duro Park
Texas
Marvin Jones
J. W. Chapman
Texas Wildlife Federation, Inc
Ites
Chapman
Daladier Suppresses French General Strike With Military Show
Premier Daladier ends a one day general strike by displaying military power and declaring a three year state of economic mobilization. The government seeks parliamentary approval for decrees, new taxes, and a suspended 40 hour week as the budget plan unfolds. Strikes quickly collapse, leaving isolated protests.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Gruff
Graves Ready for Texas Highway Toll in 1938
Austin reports 185 graves planned for Texas highway victims in remaining days of 1938. State police statisticians note December brings heavy traffic and the year totals include 184 killed and more than 1,500 injuries with many victims left maimed or crippled.
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Austin
Texas
The Holy Terror Serial by H. G. Wells in Amarillo News
The Amarillo News begins a serialized adaptation of H. G. Wells The Holy Terror. The story depicts a dictator’s rise to power and a civilization under siege, echoing real Europe’s fears. It replaces Wells’s Martian invasion with contemporary geopolitical menace, starting Sunday.
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Europe
H. G. Wells
Mars
Hitler
Amarillo News
German-Born Erich Glaser Convicted in Nazi Spy Trial
German born Erich Glasner, 28, a former U S Army air corps private, was convicted of conspiracy to steal American military secrets with a clemency recommendation. Johanna Hofmann and Otto Hermann Voss face up to 20 years each. sentencing set for Friday.
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Erich Glaser
New York
Erich Glasner
U. S. Army Air Corps
Johanna Hofmann
Otto Hermann Voss
John C. Knox
Glaser
Knox
Army
Guenther Gustav Rumrich
U. S. Army
U. S
Lamar Hardy
Germany
United States
Bullitt Visits Roosevelt Amid Warm Springs Trip
U. S. ambassador to France William C Bullitt cut short a Nassau vacation to fly to Warm Springs Georgia and meet President Franklin D. Roosevelt, signaling a quick stopover before resuming his trip in Miami.
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Miami
William C Bullitt
U. S
France
Nassau
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Georgia
Hugh R. Wilson
Germany
William Phillips
Italy
Europe
White House
O'Daniel Adds Three To Advisory Board
Fort Worth reports W Lee O Daniel expands the citizens advisory board with three appointees Mrs Ethel Fleming Oran Cole and Mrs J W Hoppe as he dismisses criticism from G A Sadler on the new panel. He says the additions will make the group more representative and notes the appointees focus on tenant issues the blind and delinquent children.
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O’daniel
Governor-elect deflects criticism while backing advisory board
The governor-elect says he expects criticism of politicians and will forward committee input to the legislature. He defends advisors including successful business people and notes the legislature remains the law maker while dismissing Sadler’s concerns about board wealth.
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O'Daniel E Wen
Sadler
Officers Seek Bank Robber Benny Dickson
G men and state police hunted Benny Dickson after two South Dakota bank robberies. An employee at a health resort identified a couple in a parked car as Dickson and his 17 year old wife Estelle, Illinois plates. A six hour search near Chicago area left forces in the field with Dickson believed wounded from a prior Michigan escape.
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Excelsior Springs
Benny Dickson
South Dakota
Dickson
Estelle
Illinois
Dicksons
Chicago
The Place for Gifts for Everyone
Russell Stationery Co. promotes a broad gift collection aimed at all ages and occasions. Store highlights include seasonal selections, office supplies, and unique desk accessories for home or business use.
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Russell Stationery Co
Daladier crushes general strike sparks French city riots
Labor disorders erupted in eight French cities after Premier Daladier threatened armed force and martial law. In Toulouse, three police inspectors and the mayor were injured as workers clashed with police. Crowds smashed storefronts and cars while mobile guards restored order amid protests after enforced hours.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Toulouse
Methodists Seek United Church Across Three Branches
In Nashville at the war memorial building a mass meeting gathered hundreds of leaders from the Methodist Episcopal Church South the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church to plan unification next spring. Bishops Selecman Oxnam and Dr Sexsmith addressed the gathering urging scrutiny of motives and focus on justice and mission as the council advances toward Kansas City negotiations. Bishop Moore presided over the session.
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Nashville
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Protestant Church
War Memorial Building
Charles C. Selecman
Oklahoma City
G. Bromley Oxman
Omaha
FE. A. Sexsmith
Baltimore
Council of Bishops
Kansas City
Europe
Selecman
Oxnam
John Wesley
John M. Moore
Dallas
Committee On Church Union
Seven Point Program for Congress Outlined by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt met with Speaker Bankhead at Warm Springs to discuss a seven point congressional program. The agenda includes defense expansion, tax reform, AAA financing modifications, Social Security expansion, possible neutrality act revisions, railroad rehabilitation, and a large relief budget.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Romanian Iron Guard Leader Codreanu Killed in Romania
Cor ne liu Zelea Codreanu known as the Little Hitler and 13 Iron Guard sub leaders were killed as police ordered ruthless action to wipe out terrorists. The mass shooting occurred on the road to Bucharest after an attempted escape from prison.
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Bucharest
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Rumania
Hitler
Iron Guard
Codreanu
Rummik-Sarat
Romania
Carol
Rumnik-Sarat
Codreneau
Guardist
Indictments in New Mexico WPA fraud case upheld
Federal Judge Colin Neblett overruled motions to dismiss conspiracy indictments against William Jenkins and Joe Sandoval in Bernalillo County. Nearly 60 motions by defendants were denied. Trial set for January in Santa Fe.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Federal District Court
Colin Neblett
Molions
William Jenkins
Joe Sandoval
Bernalillo County
Italy Demands Tunisian Rights In Diplomatic Display
In Rome a Mussolini aligned protest led by Achille Starace and backed by Count Galeazzo Ciano challenged French control of Tunisia before France's new ambassador Andre Francois-Poncet. The flare highlighted old Franco Italian frictions over civil rights and property in the protectorate. Tunisia hosts about two million residents, including 90 000 Italians, under a 1896 accord France pledged to honor.
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Rome
Tunisia
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Achille Starace
Pascist
France
Andre Francois-Poncet
Africa
Floods Spread Death in Venezuela
Floods from prolonged rainstorms spread death and suffering across a wide area in Venezuela. Three bodies were recovered and 12 persons were missing.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Wheat Men Seek Longer Base Period for Insurance
A Western Great Plains wheat belt committee urged extending the base period for yield calculations beyond 1930 1936 to better reflect long term risk and reduce premiums. They called for added new crop year yields, extended policy terms, greater local admin responsibility, and increased credit to farmers. Leroy K. Smith of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation said a thorough study is underway. Former representatives L T Mayhugh W A Long Glen Talbot W T Young Jr and B Y McVey attended the three day meeting in Washington.
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Washington
Great Plains
Leroy K. Smith
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
L.T. Mayhugh
Plainview
W. A. Long
Fowler Kan
Glen Talbot
Jamestown
N. C
W. T. Young, Jr
Kimball
Neb
B. Y. McVey
Britton
8. C
Fire guts two story Alexander building in Sunray
Sunray reports a major blaze at the Alexander Motor Company building driven by a blast from a hot water heater. Loss estimated at 17 500 with 11 300 for the building and personal effects of seven hotel residents lost. Five cars stored in the structure were owned by local residents. Repair and firefighting capability in Sunray is minimal.
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Sunray
Alexander
Bud Perkins
Perkins
Alexander Motor Company
W. P. Lane
L. F. Noe
Bernice Reeves
Leonard Riley
Hubert Speele
Amarillo Used Car Directory Offers Low Prices
Low prices on used cars in Amarillo exceed those in Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, and Denver within the radius. Trade in your aging vehicle now for a late model from local dealers advertised daily in the Globe-News Want Ads.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Port Worth
Klahoma City
Denver
Globe-News
Monument to New London Explosion Victims Awarded
The Premier Granite Quarry Company of Liano won the contract for a memorial in London Texas honoring 294 students and teachers killed in the March 1937 New London school explosion. The bid totaled 16751 dollars and the names will be inscribed on the monument.
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London
Tex
Liano
New London
Mexican strike ends. Merida resumes normal business
Merida Yucatan workers returned to public service and private industry after a 24 hour general strike. The labor board in Mexico City ruled illegal the Progreso longshoremen strike, enabling a quicker resumption of operations.
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Merida
Yucatan
Mexico
Labor Board
Mexico City
Progreso
Five Inmates Escape After Stockton State Hospital Fire
A four alarm blaze at Stockton State Hospital damaged a wing and freed five inmates. A cigarette set a storeroom on the third floor afire, causing about 40000 dollars in damage. Officers hunted the five escapees. none were considered dangerous. Some were found near homes, on freight trains, or in a taxi, while guards corralled others.
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Stockton
Calif
Stockton State Hospital
Fort Worth Could Buy Power From Texas Dams
The Lower Colorado River Authority said it would negotiate with Fort Worth if the city votes to own and run its own power system. Max Starcke, Operations Manager, stated the authority would consider supplying electricity from PWA financed dams in Central Texas.
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Austin
Lower
Colorado River
Czechoslovak Government Formed Under German Influence
Nov 30 Prague reports a shrunken Czecho Slovakia forming a new government aligned with German needs. Dr Smil Hacha elected president 272 of 312, Premier Jan Syrovy resigns, Rudolf Beran tasked to form cabinet amid plansto maintain loyal policy toward neighbors and world.
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Prague
Smil Hacha
Supreme Court
Jan Syrovy
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Rudolf Beran
Party of National Unity
Hacha
Beran
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