Greeks Capture 500 Prisoners Near Klisura Albania
The Greek army seized 500 enemy soldiers and officers in a dawn push on heights near Klisura in rural Albania. Four guns and other materiel were taken, with two Italian planes shot down. The report notes additional earlier captures and a related naval-aviation action along the Adriatic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Athens
Klisura
Albania
Adriatic
Talians
Ital
Itate
Drinos
Terial
Kisura
Local permit issued for five room arrangement in city hall
The brief notice states a permit will be issued in city hall for work on a five room arrangement in Kentucky, with details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Mussolini Names Work Dictator
Rome announces a tightened war economy with Renato Ricci given virtual dictatorship over industry. He will decide raw material use and civilian versus military allocations, following Giuseppe Tassinari as food dictator with control of production and trade. Slaughter controls for cattle and hogs are also imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Renato Ricci
Fascist Party
Giuseppe Tassinari
Four Given Rites By Khiva Shrine
Khiva Shriners and their ladies closed out the old year and welcomed the new with a watch party and dance after their fourth 1940 ceremonial. Four novices from Panhandle towns joined, increasing local Shrine membership to about 100. The Blue Room at Amarillo Hotel hosted the event led by George Hammock, J. B. Briscoe, and A. J. Arnold. Recipients were Dr Roy F. McCasland of Tulsa, James Frank Smith of Shamrock, George B. Reed of Amarillo, and Eusie L. Turner of Borger. About 300 Shriners and guests danced until 1:30 and then enjoyed a ranch style breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khiva
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
George Hammock
J. B. Briscoe
Rabban
A. J
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Unsettled conditions ahead with slight temperature changes for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expects variable cloudiness and scattered showers Wednesday, with Thursday partly cloudy and colder. New Mexico foresees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and snow flurries in higher elevations, followed by clearer, colder Thursday and over eastern portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Cswoese
City Quiet as Amarillo Welcomes New Year 1941
Amarillo marks 1941 with mass closures as banks post offices and many businesses shut for New Year. County and federal offices inactive while officials take oaths at 10 o clock. Schools closed for holiday. students urged to finish homework tonight. Midnight revelers join the town’s New Year celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarillo Credit Association
London Welcomes 1941 Amid Blackout and Fire Watch
Londoners greet the new year under blackout skies as bombs miss the city. Crowds sing Auld Lang Syne near St Paul’s while fire crews stay on duty. Government orders civil defense drives and home guard formation as 8,000,000 leaflets distribute fire protection guidance. The admiralty reports weekly merchant shipping losses down to 43,300 tons from 63,287.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Hitler
Britain
Dover Strait
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
George Wilkinson
Admiralty
Trade Angel in Lend-Lease Plan
President Roosevelt floated paying for war implements loaned to Britain with raw materials such as rubber and tin. He described how repayment could reflect varying asset conditions from intact to destroyed weapons. Questioned how detailed the future framework would be, he suggested general provisions may work best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Congress
England
Stephen T. Early
Navy
Weather Delays Wichita Wedding of TWA Hostess
A TWA hostess bound for a Wichita wedding was stranded by bad weather last night. She postponed her nuptials planned for Wichita Kansas, sending a wire to her fiancé and spending the evening lamenting weather delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWA
Wichita
Kan
Man Behind the Scenes Peace Envoy asserts plan to share info
New York December 31 oil executive William Rhodes Davis, named by Verne Marshall of the No Foreign War Committee as having submitted a German initiated peace plan to the U S government, said he is confident the information will be made public when the administration deems it in the nation s best interests. He did not finish his statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Rhodes Davis
Verne Marshall
Iowa
No Foreign War Committee
United States
Washington
Britain
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
U.P
Irving Berlin
Berlin
George Gershwin
Cole Porter
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Jerome Kern
Rodgers and Mart
Amerseem
Davis praises peace plan and loyalty to inform on foreign activity
In a formal statement Davis defends informing officials about his foreign activities as a loyal American. He says such information serves national security and endorses the No Foreign War Committee’s goal to keep the United States out of unnecessary wars. Additional angles are on page 12.
Amarillo Post Office Posts Record Year Receipts
The Amarillo post office reported a historic year with annual receipts of 400464.77 dollars, surpassing all prior records and marking an all-time December high of 47412.36 dollars. December rose sharply from November by 18101.66 dollars amid Christmas mail volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
Air Corps to Take Over San Angelo Base Today
The air corps will take over its new 1.6 million dollar basic training school at San Angelo Texas tomorrow and begin training about 100 students by February 15. The 67th and 68th school squadrons will grow to about 200 enlisted men each and the 64th air base group will total about 480 personnel. These units are part of 38 school squadrons and six special air base groups planned for 14 posts nationwide to support pilot training for air force expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Corps
San Angelo
Texas
United States
Bonham Schools Close Due to Influenza Outbreak
Bonham public schools dismissed at noon today and will remain closed until January 6 because of a large influenza case surge. Over 100 Bonham High School students were absent today amid the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
U.P
Bonham High School
Christmas Air Rifle Wounding Boy in Panhandle
A 14 year old Billy Jack Wigham of Panhandle was shot in the left eye by a Christmas air rifle. He was taken to St Anthony's Hospital where doctors performed an operation and reported the immediate results satisfactory and that he likely will not lose sight. The accident occurred shortly after he received the rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Jack Wigham
Panhandle
St. Anthony's Hospital
Billy Jack
J. H. Wigham
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Radio Music War Expands Across 648 Stations
A year end dispute over ASCAP licensing clamps 40 000 songs from 648 stations nationwide forcing networks to avoid ASCAP catalogs. BMI offers 600 000 rights while Mutual remains non ASCAP and independent stations prepare to broadcast public domain and BMI tunes amid looming antitrust action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia’ Broadcasting System
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP
Songs of Broadcast Music, Inc
BMI
Victor Herbert
Herbert
Fedia Inéuster
State College Finance Plans Considered for Building Needs
Austin December 31 Representatives from districts with state colleges drafted two funding plans to finance new buildings for state colleges. One would allow up to 20 percent of local funds to accumulate before issuing bonds repaid from local funds. The second would raise student fees by 20 percent to fund construction. Most college presidents opposed the second plan. Not all institutions would be affected. UT and A&M would be exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Joe Skiles
Denton
Skiles
W. Lee O'Daniel
University of Texas
A. & M. College
Texas Pig Crop Falls 22 Percent From 1939 Total
The 1940 Texas pig crop reached 2,144,000 head, about 22 percent lower than 1939 but nearly 10 percent above the 1920-38 average. Only eight corn-belt states exceeded Texas output. Fall farrowings June 1 to December 1 totaled 167,000 versus 223,000 last year. spring farrowings were 204,000 in 1940 and 240,000 in 1939. Producers plan to keep 167,000 sows for spring farrowing, eight percent less than last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Globe News Want Ads New Year Resolution
The Classified Department greets readers and advertisers with New Year wishes and pledges to keep producing fast, low cost want ads for buying selling trading renting finding or giving away items in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Globe and News
Globe News
Forecast of Record Production in 1941 as War Clouds Loom
Americans expect mills and factories to hit new highs in 1941 driven by the 1940 surge. Analysts cite the Fed index near 121 percent of 1935-39 and December around 135 percent, with 1929 levels possibly surpassed if output and prices rise. Opinions hinge on war economies, defense spending, and possible shifts in employment and capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
May
Britain
United States
Federal Reserve
Victory in '41 Says Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler told German soldiers in a New Year message that 1941 will bring the greatest victory in German history and that Germany stands armed as never before. He denounced democratic war inciters and their Jewish capitalistic wire pullers as seeking to prolong the war. Berlin angle on Page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Population Up 8.8 Percent in 1940 Census
Final returns from the 1940 census show the total population of the United States and territories at 150,621,231, up 8 percent from 138,439,069 in 1930. The continental United States figure reached 131,668,275, a 7.2 percent rise from 1930’s 115,048,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Continental
Also Mentioned on This Page
Apatches
Belgrade
Aterials
Chimara
City Hall
Mussolini
Boorum & Pease
Russell Stationery Co
Davis
America
P. D. Business
Department of Justice
Alliancermi
NBC
Mutual Broadcasting System
Mutual
MBS
By Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press General Financial
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!