Graf Spee Commander Langsdorff Dies by Own Hand
The Graf Spee captain Hans Langsdorff, 45, killed himself in the Argentine naval arsenal after ensuring the safety of his crew of over 1,000. He had led the ship in Montevideo harbor following the 14 hour battle with three British cruisers and ordered the ship blown up. He left a letter to the German ambassador and his death is treated as a naval tribute by officials in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Graf Spee
Hans Langsdorff
Argentina
Uruguay
Montevideo Surgiay
Argentine
Langsdorff
South American
Montevideo
Adolf Hitler
Ellis Island
Berlin
London
Spee
Hitler
U. S
United States
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Shadows Over Hitler Amid Holiday at Berchtesgaden
An Associated Press overview ties a perilous week for Nazi Germany to Hitler's Yuletide retreat at Berchtesgaden. It notes German scuttling of ships including the Graf Spee and Columbus to save them, Langsdorff’s suicide, Finland’s resistance to Russia, and rising Allied sea power threatening Berlin. It questions Hitler's confidence as world opinion brands Russia an outlaw and Franco-British power closes in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazi Germany
Soviet Russia
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Berchtesgaden
Admiral Graf Spee
Columbus
Germany
Finland
Russia
Italy
Paris
Hitler
Rome
Thefuehrer
Helgoland Bight
Langsdorff
Spee
Poland
Reichstag
Grass Seed Harvest Aids Plains Soil Erosion Fight
Thousands of pounds of blue grama and blue stem seed harvested in eastern New Mexico are to be sent to Amarillo for threshing and used to plant grass in the southern plains dust bowl. James A. Jackson of the Soil Conservation Service calls the seed essential to stabilize eroded windy lands where crop stubble exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
N. M
New Mexico
James A. Jackson
Soil Conservation Service
Vaughn and
Melrose
Amarillo
Tex
Allies Map New Strategy as German Raids Hit Fishing Fleet
London reports French Admiral Darlan and Winston Churchill met to plan tougher naval actions amid German air attacks on Britain’s fishing fleet, with the Aberdeen trawler Star of Scotland sunk and two crewmen killed. In Florida, the Hamburg American freighter Arauca was attached in Port Everglades to satisfy a $38,541.75 claim by Imperial Sugar of Galveston, with U S sailors inspecting for refueling equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Jean Darlan
Winston Churchill
Britain
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U. S. District Court
Port Everglades
Kurt Ludwig
Texas Sugar Company
Imperial Sugar Company
Galveston
Hamburg-American Line
Orion
Washington
Philip
U. S. Navy
Key West
Frederick Stengler
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Gulf Stream
Florida
Everglades
Houston
Imperial Sugar Company of Texas
Phillipines
Sumatra
South America
Masons of Plains To Meet Here
Five hundred Panhandle Masons are expected to attend an all day meeting at Palo Duro Lodge No 1239 in Plains. Eight master's degrees will be conferred from 8 am to 5:30 pm with a turkey dinner at 5:30 followed by another degree at 7:30 by Grand Lodge of Texas committee members. Delegations from Canyon Hereford Groom White Deer Pam pa Claude Panhandle Borger Dalhart and Dumas will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Duro Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Grand Lodge of Texas
Earl Jones
Amarillo
John Cavin
Palo Duro Lodge
Canyon
Hereford
Groom
White Deer
Pampa
Claude
Panhandle
Borger
Dalhart
Dumas
Post-Christmas Sale Advice From Globe-News Want Ads
If you overspent for Christmas or dread January mail, gather unused items and sell them through Globe-News Want Ads. It won’t cost much and they do get results. Dial 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Want Ad Headquarters
Globe-News
Decade Turns Into History
The News presents photographs of notable figures from the past ten years, highlighting changes in maps and historical trends. Readers are invited to turn to pages 3, 4, and 11 to review high points of the period and refresh memory on recent history.
Nazis Announce Columbus Scuttled Under Orders From Berlin Chief
The German liner Columbus was set afire and scuttled under orders, per Capt Wilhelm Daehne who arrived with 578 rescued sailors. Hitler ordered similar destruction of Graf Spee last Sunday. Officer Lampe said the destroyer Hyperion fired a warning and the crew scuttled the ship as benzine drums were opened and torches lit. The sailors evacuated in 22 lifeboats with no disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilhelm Daehne
Adolf Hitler
Graf Spee
Buenos Aires
Sculting
Berlin
Henry Lampe
Virginia
Columbus
Amarillo Firm Gets Highway Contract
The Texas Highway Department named low bidders for several projects including Palmer Panhandle and Santa Fe underpass near Bovina on Highway 86 with Cocke and Braden of Amarillo at 94050 dollars and Oldham Deaf Smith roadside development on U S Highway 66 from Caprock to the New Mexico line with Emmet Sachs of Houston at 14932.90 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Highway Department
Palmer
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Bovina
Cocke & Braden
Amarillo
Oldham
Deaf Smith
U. S. Highway 66
Caprock
New Mexico State Line
Emmet Sachs
Houston
Bright Outlook for Texas Industry and Trade in Early 1940
Dr. F A Buechel of the University of Texas forecasts a bright outlook for Texas industry and trade through the first six months of 1940. Industrial production in the north and east remains near record levels, with sustained activity expected. National demand for Texas mineral and agricultural raw materials should stay high, boosting output and prices, while oil gas and sulphur earnings rise and payrolls increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
F. A. Buechel
University of Texas Business Statistician
Buechel
Weather note on Portable Typewriter Gift at Russell's
A brief weather related item notes an unusual grand gift involving a portable typewriter tagged for a display at Russell's. The fragment suggests a story tie between a gift idea and a shop event, with no further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell's
Stavka Presses Finland as Cold Grimly Bites Fronts
Fierce fighting rages on the Karelian Isthmus amid subzero weather as Soviet forces deploy hundreds of tanks and 200 Red Air Force planes in major attacks on Finland. Finnish pilots engage in dogfights while blizzards stall Russian advances in the far north. Finland calls up reservists and able bodied men to bolster defenses, adding an estimated 15,000 men to a force around 400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Karelian
Red Air Force
Finland
Red Army
Kornettijarvi
Arctic Circle
Balla
Fineland
Mannerheim
Amarillo
Give Thanks For Liberty Lights Christmas in Amarillo
Mayor Ross D. Rogers declares a Night of Light on Christmas Eve urging all Amarillo residents to turn on lights and raise shades to symbolize peace in America. He invites people to view the lights in the streets and reflect on liberty and gratitude for an unblacked out nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Santa Claus
Ross D. Rogers
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hedy Lamarr
Screen
Thomas E. Dewey
Manhattan
Wallis Simpson
Fiorello Laguardia
Tammany
Douglas Corrigan
California
Ireland
Charles McCarthy
Father Divine
Harlem
Kirkel, Simpson
Associated Press
Bucharest
Romania
Reich
Rumania
Texas Company
Aberdeen
Royal Navy
Plains
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Thomas F. Hawkins
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!