06 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1938
Page
1
A serialized novel excerpt tracks Rudolf Whitlow nicknamed The Holy Terror. The story follows his childhood, early schooling, covert ruthlessness, and disturbing charm as family dynamics highlight his darker traits. The narrative hints at genetic and moral struggles shaping a future world dictator.
Unanimous endorsement by Gov Elect W Lee O Daniels advisory board of his pension plan and spending cuts. They support industrialization and a tax levy linked to budgets while pursuing a cash basis deficit reduction. Blake Carter cites San Angelo capital for a wool scouring plant as potential industry.
Stewart Berkshire reports five years since repeal and notes bootleg liquor volume continues to fall. He says moonshine plants shrink as legal liquor price rise from 2 to 2.25 dollars a gallon did not revive bootlegging. Treasury officials observed no increase.
Fire destroyed the Hotel Palacio in Chihuahua City causing about 209000 in damage and leaving the building a total loss. A visiting El Paso basketball team guests had luggage damaged and were among those affected by the blaze.
Portales will host its twentieth annual chamber banquet at 7 30 PM Tuesday in the First Methodist Church. L P Bloodworth El Paso Chamber assistant manager will be the principal speaker. Directors for the new year will be elected at the banquet and reports from officers will be presented. A Wednesday breakfast by the new directors will plan the year and start the annual drive for funds.
The communications commission decided to take no action on complaints that Orson Welles October 30 broadcast caused listeners to believe Mars invaders approached the United States.
Texas Panhandle wheat farmers face the first test of the 1939 AAA plan as Secretary Wallace projects a 300 million bushel carryover and outlines acreage allotments and payments. The 55 million acre national allotment includes Texas at 3,684,663 acres. marketing quotas, loans, and crop insurance are under consideration with referendums due in mid-1939.
Weather briefing shows Amarillo and Panhandle areas expecting fair skies and cooler temperatures Tuesday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian also fair and colder. New Mexico similar with little temperature change. Station data note yesterday’s highs and lows around 66 and 32 degrees with scattered figures, but many OCR fragments are unreadable.
Paris bluntly declares France will defend all its territory by all means amid Italian demands over Tunisia and Corsica. Rome accuses France of provocations as Italian protests flare in Tunis Sousse Ajaccio Bastia and other Corsican towns. French editor in Alexandria protests as 40 Italian youths shout anti French slogans.
Premier Daladier declared France would demand full respect for its territorial integrity and continue to hold colonies despite Italy's claims on Corsica and Tunisia. He urged calm in Corsica and Tunisia and signaled no cession of territory while diplomacy outlines a no-war pact with Germany.
President Roosevelt told UNC students that liberal forces must advance reforms without waiting for future decades. He said Republican gains in Congress would not halt liberal progress and criticized unthinking liberals and conservatives alike. Continued later on Page 9.
The Basketeers charity in Amarillo will be sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce with the Jaycees funding and organizing efforts. Tom Wingate and Binford Arney announced the plan at a Bas tekeers meeting, naming committees to handle all phases. The group begins with 16.48 dollars in treasury and aims to feed several hundred families with baskets and dinners this Christmas.
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