Hines Edging Hat Into Ring For Governor
Harry Hines gains momentum in Texas governor race as remarks by Gen. Rob ert Lee Bobbitt and Leonard King signal support. Banquet toast to Hines praises his character and urges a stable, merit based government while noting European crisis and tax fairness.
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Vance Johnson
Childress
Harry Hines
Texas
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Leonard King
Hines
Bobbitt
Missouri
Kansas
O’daniel
Britain Rejects Peace to Meet Great Perils
London reports Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax saying Britain will not seek peace on any terms with Germany without proof of German willingness to accept aims ending aggression in Europe. Chamberlain names Richard Austen Butler to represent Britain at the League of Nations session on Finland.
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London
Great Britain
Finland
Germany
Lord Halifax
House of Lords
Halifax
Britain
Europe
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Richard Austen Butler
League of Nations
Russia
Butler
Lord Cecil
France
Poland
America
Canterbury
Rubinoff Concert Seats Selling Fast in Amarillo
About 1,500 seats have been sold with roughly 1,300 left for Rubinoff in Amarillo on Saturday night. The program features Rubinoff with his Stradivarius valued at $100,000 and includes his pop and classical repertoire. Jacques Fray and Mario Braggiotti join as piano duo. tickets are $2, $1.50, $1 and 50 cents at Maxor Drug or by mail from KGNC's Dave Kaufman.
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Rubinoff
Amarillo
Radio
Panhandle
Jacques Fray
Mario Braggiotti
Maxor Drug
Fisk
Dave Kaufman
KGNC
Fair Weather Forecast For Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for fair conditions on Wednesday with little change in temperature. West Texas regions west of the 100th meridian also expect fair weather. New Mexico likewise shows fair conditions with minimal temperature variation. Temperature yesterday in Amarillo ranged from 38 to 66 degrees, with today’s observed lows and highs not provided. Historical note mentions portables brands such as Jean Royal, Remington, Underwood, and Corona at Russell's.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Jean
Santa Parade Invades Amarillo Downtown Next Saturday
Santa Claus leads a free 11 am parade through Amarillo's main business district with clowns floats bands and live camel entries. The route forms at 10 30 am and police traffic squad plans the parade with Mary Christmas Little Miss Muffet and other characters. The event aims to draw a large holiday crowd downtown.
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Santa Claus
Mary Christmas
Little Miss Muffet
Three Wise Men
Little Red Riding Hood
Amarillo
Roosevelt Seeks Baltic Aid Funds Amid Finland Sympathy
President Roosevelt says he aims to use Finnish war debt payments to aid Finland as it is attacked by Russia. He criticizes foreign policy critics in Russia Germany and among some U S lawmakers while delaying a decision on recalling the American ambassador to Russia. The administration hopes Russo Finnish hostilities end soon.
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Suursaari
Gulf of Finland
Tytarsaari
Helsinki
Argentina
Russia
League of Nations
Washington
Finland
Roosevelt
Germany
Republican National Committee
House
Senate
Communist Party
Finland Debt Questions Are Discussed By Roosevelt
Sumner Welles says the United States is ready to join a denunciation of Russia. Roosevelt explains Finnish debt payments and contemplates placing the Dec 16 sum in a separate account while awaiting a method to help Finland. Congress alone can alter terms of existing debt as Finland’s timely payments draw sympathy.
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Sumner Welles
United States
Russia
Communist Party
Agitator’s Companion
Moscow
Roosevelt
American Communist Party
N. Ross
Morgenthau
Finland
Europe
Congress
Cannon Roar On Birthday Of Tiny Nation
Finland marks Independence Day amid wartime turmoil as Finns recall 1917 declaration freeing themselves from Russia. The article traces Finland under Swedish and Russian rule, home rule losses, and the 1917 bid for sovereignty followed by civil and world war tensions.
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Pinland
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Europe
Sweden
Bolsheviki Party
Germany
Amarillo Leads Texas In October Retail Sales Gain
Census data show Amarillo independent stores up 32.6 percent in October 1939 from a year earlier, the largest gain among Texas cities. Texas total independent store sales rose 5.9 percent year over year and 45 percent from September 1939, with city-by-city variations across Dallas Fort Worth Houston and others.
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Bascom NI
Timmons News-Globe
Washington
Dec
Amarillo
Census Bureau
Texas
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Beaumont
Galveston
Port Arthur
Waco
Corpus Christi
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Brownsville
Pampa
Tyler
Panhandle Oil Field Receives 80,000-Barrel Allowable
Texas railroad commission increases Panhandle field allowable from 75,585 to 80,000 barrels daily to meet refinery demand. Cedar Point Field in Chambers County rises to 1,535 barrels daily, with pool exemptions from shut ins. Commission notes December proration had reduced actual output due to 11 shutdown days.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
Panhandle
Cedar Point Field
Chambers County
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Lon A. Smith
Lynn Boyd
Pampa
Thompson
Mr. Boyd
Coronado Plans Folk Festivals Across the Plains
Miss Sarah Gertrude Knott outlines a spring and summer plan for Coronado Cuarto Centennial Folk Festivals linking with Amarillo events and county and area celebrations. She notes school folk songs dances and plays to be integrated into physical education and community programs.
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Amarillo
Plains
Sarah Gertrude Knott
Coronado Cuarto
Southwest
Miss Knott
United States
Old South
Human Factor Vital on Farms
Mrs. Clara V. Thompson, head of home management, tells 300 Farm Security Administration workers in New Mexico that rehabilitation needs understanding and sympathy. The conference covers resettlement, economic planning, and making farm programs effective, with talks by Washington officials and a banquet at the Herring Hotel tonight.
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Clara V. Thompson
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Jerring Hotel
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
John O. Walker
Washington
Ralph Rogers
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington, D. C
Floyd Dominy
Western Division
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cris V. Wells
Division of
L. H. Hayter
R. I. Throckmorton
Kansas State College
Don Jones
Lubbock
Proclamation of Optimist Week Observed
The Optimist Club of America founded Optimist Week in 1938 to urge public through all media for more optimism courage cooperation and cheerfulness. Amarillo mayor notes the observance and endorses the optimistic philosophy as practiced globally.
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Optimist Club of America
Amarillo
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