Federal Reserve Suggests Repeal of Dollar Control
The article reports on a pending congressional session amid debate over Roosevelt’s aid to Britain and defense costs. It mentions a proposed tax bill, expected defense expenditures, and plans to consider court and labor policy reforms, including Dies Committee funding and Wagner Act modifications. The piece notes Roosevelt’s planned speech and aims to outline policy details on aid to England and economic controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
Roosevelt
Congress
England
Britain
America
The
Labor Board
Securities Commission
Communications Commission
House
Dies Committee On
Traffic toll in Panhandle reaches 71 lives
Twenty two Panhandle counties totaled 71 traffic deaths, with Potter County rising from 6 in 1939 to 14 in 1940. Deaths were recorded in Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Hemp Hill, Oldham, Carroll, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Donley, Collingsworth, Swisher, Hall, Childress, Hardeman, Motley. Several counties reported no deaths including Ochiltree, Roberts, Armstrong, Palmer, Castro, Briscoe, Foard.
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Panhandle
Highway Patrol
Dallam
Sherman
Hansford
Lipscomb
Hartley
Moore
Hutchinson
Hemp Hill
Oldham
Potter
Carson
Gray
Wheeler
Deaf Smith
Randall
Donley
Collingsworth
Swisher
Hall
Childress
British raids strike Italian bases across Mediterranean theater
British RAF pilots bombed key Italian sites from Taranto to Valona as part of a broad assault campaign. Targets included half of Italy’s six battleships at Taranto, Palermo harbor, Valona, Naples and an Italian East Africa camp near Gubba. Libyan operations near Bardia continued with patrols 75 miles inside Libya and strikes on Tobruk area.
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Cairo
Egypt
Italy
Red Sea
Royal Air Force
Taranto
Palermo
Sicily
Valona
Greece
Naples
Torre del Annunziata
Croto
Fa Ps
Jlons
Italian East Africa
Gubba
Assab
Danghila
Libya
Bardia
Sudan
Kenya
Tobruk
Globe-News Want Ads Sets Ten Year Record
Globe-News want ads soared in 1940 setting a ten year record for listings and results. Homes rooms and apartments rented plus real estate automobiles and many articles sold show the impact of Globe-News ads. 1941 expected to be even stronger with more advertisers urged to join.
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Globe-News
Ealing Studios Plans Film on Mussolini Life
London January 1 Ealing Studios announced a motion picture project about Benito Mussolini. The tentative title is The Decline and Fall of a Dictator.
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London
U.R
Ealing Studios
Benito Mussolini
Vacation Ends as Amarillo Students Return to Classes
Amarillo public school pupils, 10 009 in number, resume classes today after a ten day holiday and an extra week due to the ice storm. The spring term will run until late May.
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Amarillo
Greeks Take Important Roman Fort
Greek forces breached the Klisura defenses outside Valona advancing through snow and destroying Italian fortifications. Tanks failed to halt the advance along the coast as Greek aircraft bombed moving enemy columns and seized elevated positions in rough northern weather.
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Associated Press
Athens
Klisura
Valona
Nazi Captives Tell Vivid Tale From Pacific Sinkings
Canberra reports 496 survivors from seven sunken ships recount brutal raids by German warships in the Pacific. Some captives held aboard Turakina Ringwood and Notou describe short rations gunfire aboard and a Christmas rescue by an Australian ship.
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Canberra
Australia
Pacific
Emirau
Turakina
Ringwood
Notou
Women Plan Defense Aid
Washington dispatch reports a formative plan to train millions of American women for home front defense. Florence Kerr outlines enrollment in food training, aptitude testing for industrial roles, first aid, community organization, map reading, drafting, civic programs, health, sanitation and other defense oriented fields.
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Washington
U.R
Work Projects
Florence Kerr
America
Roosevelt
Kerr
Amarillo Bids for Bomber Assembly Plant Site
Amarillo launches a bid to host a bomber assembly plant competing with Fort Worth and other Southwestern cities. Mayor Ross D. Rogers telegrams Sen. Morris Sheppard and Douglas Aircraft President Donald Douglas, touting geographic and operational advantages and pledging city cooperation.
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Amarillo
National Defense
Fort Worth
Ross D. Rogers
Morris Sheppard
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Donald Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Co
Sheppard
Wm. A. Knudsen
National Defense Commissioners
Secretary of War
Rogers
Paul A. Edquist
Aviation and Industrial Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Edquist
Washington
Amarillo Sees First Snow of 1941 and Cold Start
The first snow of 1941 fell in parts of the Amarillo area on New Year’s Day. Subfreezing temperatures followed with 26 at English Airport and a 22 degree low forecast. Brief snow flurries from Tucumcari to Texline yielded little moisture and today’s outlook is fair with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
Mercury
English Airport
Texas- New Mexico
Tucumacari
Texline
Flash Snowstorm Strikes Amarillo The Surprise Storm
Leon Gray of 308 Austin Street described a sudden heavy snowstorm yesterday afternoon between Tascosa and the Canadian River Bridge. He and his family faced zero visibility and had to stop as the storm vanished quickly with the snow melting on impact.
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Leon Gray
Austin Street
Tascosa
Canadian River Bridge
Gray
China May Get U. S. Warplanes
Washington January 1 government circles discuss the possibility that China could receive several hundred P-40 pursuit planes from Curtiss Wright next spring. The plan would bridge between Britain’s order and a later U S Army Air Corps model upgrade while China’s Burma Road defense remains vulnerable to Japanese bombers.
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Washington
China
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Greece
United States Army Air Corps
Japan
Burma Road
Fan Chu- Mow
Plains Soldiers Leave for Camp Bowie in Texas Move
Amarillo units of the 142nd Infantry including Headquarters Company and Company H prepare to march to Camp Bowie Brownwood with field artillery trucks, dating shifts begin Friday. Fifty six trucks will haul four units to Camp Bowie with convoys bivouacking near Sweetwater.
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Panhandle
Bowie
Brownwood
Texas
Army of the United States
Amarillo
142Nd Infantry
Canyon
Camp Bowie
National Guard
Plainview
Lubbock
Sweetwater
Weatherford
Jacksboro
Weather Outlook for West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas sees high cloudiness in places with fair weather mainly on Thursday and Friday. Slightly colder readings expected in the southeast Thursday. New Mexico remains fair Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy conditions in the west Thursday and little temperature change overall.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Feeler Placed on RAF Planes Boosts Night Fight Claims
Washington reports that British air chiefs hint at a detector on RAF planes to locate enemy aircraft in the dark. Dowding says new equipment to counter Luftwaffe night bombers could be ready by spring, while U S officials note parallel efforts but remain tight lipped about results.
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Washington
Britain
Hugh Downing
Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Hugh Dowding
United States
War and Navy Department
Bulgarian Premier Leaves for Vienna for Health and Talks
Premier Bogdan Philoff travels to Vienna for medical consultation amid Axis pressure in the Balkans and Soviet ties. Acting premier Peter Grabovsky named in his absence as Bulgaria weighs its stance on Germany and potential duties in the region.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Bogdan Philoff
Rumania
Vienna
Philoff
Axia
Dobruja
Romania
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Boris III
Peter Grabovsky
Balkan
Twins Born in Different Years in Minneapolis
Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Reich in Minneapolis. One arrived at 11:58 PM in 1940 and the other at 12:08 AM in 1941, making the siblings born in consecutive years.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jan
Rudolph Reich
Unprecedented Fed plan targets dollar power and inflation
The Federal Reserve proposed stripping the President of devaluation power, repealing greenback rules, a balanced budget, and curbs on bank lending. The joint report by the Fed Board and banks received unanimous approval, with Congress needed to enact changes. Senator King called the plan largely wise, while White House officials avoided comment pending Roosevelt’s stance.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Federal Reserve System Today
White House
King
Utah
Damocles
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Advisory Council
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Marriner &. Keeles
FDR
Roosevelt
Eccles
Mr. Roosevelt
Polar Bear Club Holds Reunion In Sleet On Ice
In St Joseph Missouri on January 1 the Polar Bear Club staged its annual reunion atop the Hotel Robidoux under a sleet storm. Members sat on ice cakes and drank champagne to ward off the cold while ot to Strucksberg noted the crowd hoped for more snow and colder weather.
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St, Joseph
St. Joseph
Polar Bear Club
Hotel Robidoux
Otto Strucksberg
Bombs Fall Near Drogheda Ireland In Night Attack
An unidentified aircraft dropped bombs in County Meath near Drogheda about 20 miles north of Dublin. Initial reports said no damage.
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Dublin
Ireland
County Heath
Drogheda
French Colonial Empire Holds Threat for Axis
The article discusses rumors of a Franco-German rift over cooperation with the Axis and suggests French colonial forces in Africa, led by General Weygand, could rejoin the war with Britain. A French breakup with Germany could destabilize Nazi plans, aid Britain, and threaten Italian imperial ambitions.
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Berlin
Vichy
France
Britain
Africa
Italy
Mussolini
French Africa
Weygand
Marshal Petain
Hitler
Petain
England
Churchill
Russia Declares Total Mobilization in Broadcast
London Daily Mail reports Stalin radio broadcast in which Soviet Russia says it is ready for every eventuality and in a state of total mobilization. The report notes no corroboration from other sources at that time.
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London
London Daily Mail
Joseph Stalin
Daily Mail
Fire Planes Renew Attack Over London Amid New Year Bombing
German air raids resumed on London and eastern England at dawn after a night of scattered bombings in Liverpool and Merseyside. The warning sirens sounded around 5 A M as fire planes dropped incendiaries, with two London districts hit by high explosive bombs and casualties reported.
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London
East England
Liverpool
Merseyside
England
Royal Engineers
Military
Air Ministry
RAF
Cologne
Flushing
Ijmuiden
Netherlands
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