What It Means Anglo French Rift Aims of Dictators
London dispatch analyzes the Berlin Rome axis as a tactic to drive France and Britain apart while praising or condemning actions by Hitler Mussolini and Chamberlain. It notes press responses in Britain and France, predicts aims over Nice Corsica and Tunis, and discusses Italian claims against Tunis and Corsica as motives in the Mediterranean.
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England
France
Hitler
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Eden
Churchill
Duff Cooper
Germany
Palestine
Britain
Ethiopia
Ciano
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Tunisia
Corsica
Nizza
Riviera
Nice
House of
Savoy
Tunis
East Africa
French Somaliland
Great Britain
Rome
Mexico to Permit Cattle Movement Under New Rules
Mexico City December 28 The economy ministry announced new export limits to boost domestic meat supply and curb rising prices. Cattle shipments may move with permits from the economy and agriculture departments, though details and conditions were not disclosed. An informed source said the aim is not to ban legitimate shipments but to maintain government control.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Ministry of Economy
Economy and Agriculture Departments
Buckner linked to $5,000 party in grand jury probe
Federal grand jury in New York heard testimony about a $5,000 party Buckner allegedly gave in a Washington hotel on August 21 1937 for members of Congress. Witnesses Noel Carter and a Mrs. Sherman said there was no party and urged reporters Buckner was being unfairly targeted.
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New York
U. S
William P. Maloney
William P. Buckner
Washinton
Congress
Noel Carter
Sherman
Grand Jury
Buckner
Relief boards eyed to oversee WPA funds use
Senator Byrnes said he will ask the Senate unemployment committee to study relief administration and available WPA funds amid reports funds may run out by February. The plan includes nonpartisan county boards to hear complaints of political influence and would operate without pay.
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Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate Unemployment Committee
Sheppard
Texas
FDR
Roosevelt
WPA
Fatal Highway Crashes: Right of Way Failures Top Causes
State police review 1938 traffic deaths naming seven worst crashes and blaming four on failing to observe right of way. Excessive speed under unsafe conditions ranking second, with totals of 30 dead and 33 injured nationwide. Notable cases include four killed in Rusk County at an intersection and five killed in Midland County in a head on crash.
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Austin
Homer Garrison, Jr
Rusk County
Midland County
Dallas County
Lee Pays His Poll Taxes
Governor-elect W. Lee O'Daniel qualified as a 1939 voter by paying a $3.50 poll tax for himself and Mrs. O'Daniel to Tax Assessor-Collector John Bourland. He again urged elimination of the tax as a voting qualification, a stance he voiced in his prior campaign. He disclosed he had not paid the tax personally for several years.
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Fort Worth
W. Lee O’daniel
John Bourland
O’daniel
New Cold Wave Brings Fatalities Across Plains States
A new cold wave swept the Plains with freezing, snow, and sleet across Illinois to Ohio while the nation faced treacherous highways and exposure deaths. Temperatures dipped to 2.5 below in Chicago and 51 below in Edmonton. more cold followed in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and the Dakotas. Local aid and forecasts promised relief but the cold persisted with city and regional readings showing extreme lows.
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Parsons
Kan
Waterbury
Conn
Birmingham
Ala
Midwest
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ohio
Adirondacks
Albany
New York City
Chicago
Des Plaines
New England
Warroad
Minn
International Falls
Cutbank
Great Falls
Montana
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Franco Claims 000 Prisoners
Franco's northeastern Spain offensive shifts to a double flank aimed at Barcelona. Reports say the north advance around Artesa fights on as insurgents press the southern flank toward the city. Insurgents claim 16 towns and 1,000 square kilometers seized with 17,000 prisoners and 39 government planes destroyed.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Spain
Barcelona
Artesa
France Doubles Somaliland Forces Amid Italian Tensions
Paris reports France plans to double military and naval strength in Somaliland. New reinforcements include a second destroyer Epervier, the dispatch boat D'Iberville, and 1,000 Senegalese sharpshooters bound for Djibouti to bolster a 1,500-strong garrison as Italy risked invasion while Chamberlain visits Rome.
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Paris
France
Somaliland
Italy
Djibouti
D'Iberville
Beirut
Syria
Naval Conference
Epervier
D’iberville
Marseille
Charges Filed in Fatal Car Crash
A charge of negligent homicide was filed in Floydada against James W. Woolsey after a collision that killed Emma Jean Stowe, 2, in Lockney. The crash involved Clyde E. Stowe and Woolsey at Lockney’s main street intersection during a Christmas trip. Funeral services for Emma Jean were held in Lockney.
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Plainview
Floydada
James W. Woolsey
Floyd County
Billy Johnson
Emma Jean Stowe
Woolsey
Clyde E. Stowe
Lockney
Olney
Stowe
Emma Jean
Right Ripe and Ready for Globe-News Want Ads
A lifestyle note urges readers that the time is ripe for moving and renting. It highlights the two month’s end timing and invites placing a Globe-News Want Ad to find a vacant house apartment or room. Dial 6262 for Want Ad Headquarters.
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Globe-News
New Deal Imprint lasts as high court objective realized
President Roosevelt nears the end of his second term with a reorganized Supreme Court in sight. A third of justices may be Roosevelt picks, with youthful appointees shaping post New Deal rulings and potentially a liberal imprint lasting decades.
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New Deal
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Selec
Cardozo
Black
Reed
Justice Brandeis
Justice McReynolds
Japs Rise to World Class Bomb Marksmen in China War
Neutral observers report Japanese aviators have moved from third rate beginners to skilled bombers through eight months of practice and improved equipment. They note better bomb sights, aircraft, and bombs, with direct hits near Nanking and Hankow, as squadrons reduce defense positions along the Yangtze.
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Yangtze Valley
Shanghai
Canton-Hankow
Air
Japan
Nanking
Yangtze River
Hankow
Pan-American Problem Of Texas Observed
Washington observes the 93rd anniversary of Texas annexation as the United States faced a Western Hemisphere boundary issue with European powers. The 1905 ceremony in Capitol Hill marked statue placements for Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin and featured Rep. Richardson’s eulogy praising Houston’s diplomacy with France England and Spain.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Sam Houston
Republic of Texas
Houston
House of Representatives
Stephen F. Austin
Capitol
Richardson
Tennessee
Europe
France
England
Spain
Language shifts reshape city and river names across America
Harold W. Bentley notes broad changes in place names from Spanish and Indian roots to short American forms. Rivers and towns in Arkansas Louisiana Maine and New York show simplifications while many Native and Dutch names linger. Milwaukee spellings multiply illustrating evolving geographic naming.
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Modern Language Association
Harold W. Bentley
New York
Breucklen
Brooklyn
de Kromme Zee
Gramercy
Milwaukee
Blast Injures Pampa Woman
Mrs. Jack Dunn wife of the Texas Railroad Commission deputy supervisor suffered severe burns in a home explosion Wednesday morning in Pampa. The blast occurred when she opened a door to a porch housing a hot water heater. flames were extinguished by wind and gas buildup. Mr Dunn was unharmed as the home sustained heavy damage including a demolished roof.
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Pampa
Jack Dunn
Texas Railroad Commission
Survey Ordered for North Canadian River Flood Controls
Major General Julian L. Schley, chief of army engineers, ordered detailed surveys of proposed flood control improvements on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma and Texas and Beaver Falls Oklahoma. The plan includes building reservoirs to manage flood risk.
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Washington
Julian L. Schley
Army Engineers
North Canadian River
Oklahoma
Texas
Beaver Falls
Okla
Harrington Seeks End to WPA Pilgrimages
Colonel Francis C. Harrington new WPA administrator said he will end periodic pilgrimages of disgruntled Works Progress employees by settling their problems and moving on. He spoke after meeting Workers Alliance leader David Lasser and secretary treasurer Herbert Benjamin, his first since joining the agency.
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Washington
Francis C. Harrington
WPA
Works Progress
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Herbert Benjamin
Labor Organization
Lasser
Benjamin
Harry L. Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
Roosevelt Asked to Lead Disarmament Campaign
A National Peace Conference delegation met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House and urged him to spearhead a world conference on economic and military disarmament. John Nevin Sayre said the group left hopeful about prospects for such a conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Peace Conference
John Nevin Sayre
The
Peace Organization
White House
Amarillo Area Thursday Forecast and Temperatures
The forecast shows fair and colder conditions for Amarillo and vicinity on Thursday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian. partly cloudy with a warmer southeast portion, colder Panhandle. New Mexico generally fair and colder Thursday. Hourly readings for Amarillo indicate a maximum around 60 and a low near 34, with Thursday’s temperatures easing from day to night.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Hedewess
Light Used for Germ Killing
Richmond reports on a new method to kill bacteria with specific light waves. Dr. Harvey Rentschler and Dr. Rudolph Nagy say varying light intensities can destroy different germ types, with potential hospital use to sterilize incisions during operations.
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Richmond
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harvey C. Rentschler
Rudolph Nagy
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
Philadelphia
Duke University
Woman Exchanges Book After Husband Gift Row
In Memphis a shopper angered by a Christmas gift clashed with a department store clerk. She demanded an exchange for A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband and accepted Live Alone and Like It, citing her husband’s gift.
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Memphis
Tenn
Belgian Senator Rodius Collapses and Dies on Rostrum
Senator Rodius of the Resixt party collapsed while addressing the Belgian Senate and died on the rostrum. The session was suspended as officials announced the death and began proceedings.
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Brussels
U.P
Rodius
Resixt Party
Senate
Earth Tremors Hit Town in Peloponnese
Severe earthquakes rocked northern Peloponnesus shaking the town of Lhna and causing extensive property damage. No casualties were reported. Residents in ATHENS reported fear and paused activities as aftershocks were felt across the region.
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Athens
Peloponenesus
Nha
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