Congress Acts to Avert WPA Shutdown
Congressional leaders moved an emergency relief appropriation to the top of the agenda as WPA funds could run out on February 7. WPA Deputy Administrator Aubrey Williams told Pennsylvania relief workers the agency would trim rolls on January 26 and shut down twelve days later without new money. Senators Norris Wheeler O Mahoney Murray Schwartz and Representative Cannon indicated strong support for swift approval, with McNary predicting little Republican opposition. The $1.425 billion last Congress allocation had been slated to last to March 1, and Davis charged rolls were swollen for campaigns. A Senate committee eyed tighter prohibitions on political use of relief funds and possible relief bill bans in general.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Williams
Pennsylvania
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Wheeler
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Murray
Schwartz
Cannon
Missouri
McNary
Oregon
Davis
Senate Campaign Expeditures Committee
Argentina Rejects Pan American Draft At Lima Conference
Argentina refused a completed draft of a declaration on continental solidarity and defense at the Pan American Conference in Lima. Isadoro Ruiz Moreno said the draft implied a military alliance, unacceptable to Argentina, while discussions with Brazil and the United States suggested possible alternatives if Argentina remained opposed.
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Lima
Peru
Argentina
Isadoro Ruiz Moreno
Isidoro Ruiz Moreno
Buenos Aires
Afranio
Mello Franco
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Foreign Office
Warden Slayer Tales Tie Mexican Prints to Murchison Case
Police-linked decoy and a game warden killing unfold as Spinelli confesses to a brutal axe murder of his wife in Kingsville while Texas authorities pursue two Mexican suspects tied to the D. R. Murchison case near the King Ranch. The incidents prompt half mast honors for Murchison and note surviving relatives.
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Kingsville
D. R. Murchison
Murchison
King Ranch
Charles Price
Alice
Jim Robinson
Conchos Game
Rhode Island
Robinson
Jack McCarley
Conchos
McCarley
Sheriff Price
John
Luther Blanton
Blantons
Bill McMurray
Hebronville
Jim Wells County
James V. Allred
Capitol Dome
Howard
Richard
Tommie Murchison
Malcom Maurice
Ingleside
H. S. Jenkins
Houston
J. J. Voss
San Antonio
Homer Murchison
Bastrop
FE. A. Murchison
Austin
Milton Murchison
Chicago
No Confidence in Hopkins Senator Says in 1940s Memo
Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan declared he has no confidence in Harry L Hopkins for the high responsibility of secretary of commerce. He noted he has not decided how he would vote if nominated and will not register confidence in Hopkins for such a post.
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Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
Hopkins
Vandenberg
Canyon Coffee Shop Robbery Shocks Local Nickelodeon Raid
Canyon's Bob's Coffee Shop was robbed Monday night during a raid at the nickelodeon venue. About 21 dollars in currency were taken in the incident.
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Canyon
Bob
Nickelodeon
Trust Action Seeks Divestiture of Panhandle Holdings
The Justice Department asked a federal court in Wilmington Delaware to divest Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation of all holdings in Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company. The action seeks to end control by Columbia Oil and Gasoline Corporation and requires a plan to end the holding company’s control over the pipeline in multiple midwestern states.
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Washington
Justice Department
Federal Court
Wilmington
Dela
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Panhandle
Kansas
Gas and Electric Corporation
Columbia Oil Gasoline Corporation
Columbia Oil and Gasoline Corporation
Columbia Gas and Electric
Coster Plot to Ship Rifles to Spain Emerges in Probe
Federal officials heard from Benjamin Simon a Bronx salesman that F Donald Coster Musica planned to move between one and two million rifles to Spain to profit from the deal. Simon, with a police record, testified as bail set at 4000 dollars on conspiracy charges while Coster Musica and four Musica relatives faced broader securities acts probes and past bank swindle links.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
Brien McMahon
U. S
Simon
Coster-Musica
Garrett W. Cotter
McMahon
Washington, D. C
Musica
United States Hair Company
George EF. Dietrich Musica
McKesson and Robbins
George Vernard-Musica
W. W. Smith and Co
Manning and Co
Robert Dietrich Musica
George
William Bondy
Marie Musica Girard
Office Wife Guilty of Manslaughter in Holbrook Killing
A circuit court jury found Fern Patricia Dull guilty of manslaughter in the October 17 shooting of Benton Harbor lawyer William Holbrook. The 34-year-old mother of two showed no emotion as verdicts were read. sentence will be pronounced tomorrow.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Fern Patricia Dull
William Holbrook
Benton Harbor
Mich
H. T. Dewhirst
Holbrook
Indiana
Dull
Denver El Paso Air Route OKd by Civil Authority
A civil aeronautics examiner recommended approval of Continental Air Lines to transport passengers mail and property between El Paso Texas and Denver Colorado with intermediate stops at Colorado Springs Pueblo Trinidad Las Vegas Santa Fe Albuquerque and other points. Review by the authority follows.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Continental Air Lines, Inc
el Paso
Texas
Denver
Colo
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Trinidad
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
N. Mex
A. G. Nye
United States Offers 3 Million Bushels of Wheat to Spain
The United States proposes 3,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat for Red Cross distribution in Loyalist Spain, equating to 100,000 barrels of flour monthly for six months. Sumner Welles notes greater civilian suffering in Loyalist areas, with the move tied to broader aid efforts and a link to a $25,000,000 China credit. The Wheat will be handed to the Red Cross, processed, and shipped via the Maritime Commission, as part of an international hunger relief initiative.
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Washington
United States
Red Cross
Spain
Sumner Welles
Investi
China
Welles
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Norman Davis
Maritime Commission
Burlap Wrapped Body Found End Of Search For Margaret Martin
Police found the burlap wrapped body of 19 year old Margaret Martin near Keelersburg Wyoming County after a disappearance that began with a street corner job offer. Authorities question a man who arranged the meeting but keep details confidential as the cause of death remains undetermined.
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Margaret Martin
Kingston
William A. Clark
Keelersburg
Wyoming County
Clark
Wilkes-Barre
Margaret
Murky Skies Breaking Up Over Plains
Weather across the Panhandle showed murky conditions breaking up with low clouds and fog in Amarillo. Tucumcari and Childress reported improvement as winds shifted southwest and a warmer, partly to mostly cloudy day forecast for the region. Temperature at English Airport was 32 degrees.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Childress
Tucumecari
Justice release after tomato toss in court at Christmas
Two veteran judges of the court of appeals who jailed Frank Harrison for tossing ripe tomatoes in a London courtroom relented on December 21 and ordered his release due to the Christmas season.
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London
Court of Appeals
Frank Harrison
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy and warmer conditions on Thursday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian should be mostly cloudy with possible rain and warmer readings in the north and east portions. New Mexico prospects show unsettled Thursday with probable snow flurries in the north. Temperature figures and precipitation trace noted for the prior 24 hours ending four P.M. yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Kk Ae
Trace
Honeymoon Trip Ends in Death
A honeymoon voyage to California ended in tragedy in Shamrock as Mrs. F. M. Herter of Western Illinois was killed in a two car crash at the Highway 66 and 83 intersection. Her husband survived. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Holland of Twitty were involved with serious injuries to Mrs. Holland and minor injuries to Mr. Holland. The Herters wed December 19 in Kansas City. Witnesses described the Holland car northbound and the Illinois car westbound. Officers investigated tonight.
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Shamrock
California
F. M. Herter
Western
Ill
North
T. D. Holland
Twitty
Holland
Kansas City
Herter
Illinois
Land of Ice Gets Hot in Reykjavik Warm Spell
Iceland sweltered as Europe's deep freeze claimed more lives this week. Reykjavik saw temperatures rise to 45 degrees as the cold wave moved from Soviet Russia, while Nosibirsk plummeted to 54.4 below zero and Moscow reported five below.
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London
Iceland
Europe
Reykjavik
Soviet
Russia
Novosibirsk
Moscow
Two Russians in U S Spy Net Indictments
Federal grand jury charged Hafis Salish formerly of Berkeley and Mikail Gorin manager of Intourist with transmitting naval intelligence reports to the Soviet Union. Each faces up to 20 years on three counts accusing taking defense related documents and conspiring since 1936.
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LOS “Ngeles
Federal
Soviet Russia
Hafis Salish
Berkeley, Cal
Mikail Gorin
Intourist, Inc
Soviet Republic
Russia
Chiang presses for aid to keep China free in Far East
Chiang Kai Shek’s talks with British and American ambassadors pressed for aid to sustain a free China as Japan’s conquests close the door on trade. He warned that without Western support China could seek Soviet or German terms, while Premier Kung announced a $25 million Export-Import Bank credit for western development and Britain prepared roughly $2.4 million in credits with export guarantees up to $50 million. No peace talks were reported. Chiang vowed to continue fighting and believed victory possible.
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Britain
China
Europe
Chiang
Soviet Russia
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
Changsha
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Chungking
Johnson
Washington
State Department
Generalissimo
Far East
Japan
H. H. Kung
London
Gift for Mother Stolen in Arkansas Robbery
Fort Smith Arkansas December report: two gunmen raided a filling station and took $15 in receipts leaving $2.50 in a separate envelope intended for a Christmas present for the clerk’s mother. The clerk Joan Bracken, 19, said one robber laughed and told him to keep the money and remember them by it.
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Neal
C. Poffenberger
Poffenberger
Bess Carney
Fort Smith
Ark
Joan Bracken
Quintuplets wish dogs for Christmas in Canada
Callander Ontario reports the Dionne quintuplets request dogs for Christmas. All but Marie want a canine companion while Marie asks for a dolly with a bottle to feed it. The children showed interest after interacting with red Cocker Spaniels in a recent moving picture.
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Callander
Ont
Marie
Santa Claus
Miners Freed From Trap After 19-Hour Mine Rescue
Tony Paulson and Oliver Genevoesi were rescued after 19 hours trapped by a cave-in in the Copper Range Consolidated mine at Painesdale. They were hungry and dirty but apparently unharmed according to officials.
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Houghton, Mich
Tony Paulson
Oliver Genevoesi
Copper Range Consolidated Copper Co
Painesdale
Paulson
Genevoesi
Junk Man Buys Crashed Truck For Five Dollars
In New Orleans on December 21 a farmer George Mathas loses steering gear causing his truck to crash into a canal. A junk man nearby offers five dollars and Mathas agrees to sell the vehicle.
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New Orleans
Southland
George Mathas
Canal
Mathas
Advertising Outlook Promises 1939 Increase
The Association of National Advertisers released a survey of 182 U.S. companies showing 50 percent plan a 15 percent rise in advertising in 1939, while 42 percent will keep current spending. Paul B. West cited growing confidence among national manufacturers.
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New York
Association of National Advertisers, Inc
Paul B. West
Association
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Michael 8. McDermott
Brooklyn
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