FDR and Wheeler clash over plow under slogan in war aid row
Roosevelt denounces critics as rottenest untruths saying Wheeler’s plow under remark risks pushing America toward war. Wheeler defends stance, hopes label untrue, cites speeches edging nation toward foreign conflict. New York bandit battle shocks shoppers near Empire State Building. Police say Distofano brothers killed a man and wounded several, including a cab driver.
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New York
Lower
Fifth Avenue
Empire State Building
34Th Street
B. Altman’s
Woolworth’s
Woolworth
Leonard Weisberg
No Foreign War figure subpoenaed again in federal probes
In Buffalo Lake case Judge Kennamer delayed hearing to 9 30 am as Umbarger defendant H H Finnell and Cleo Clayton face suit over altered Tierra Blanca Creek flow. In New York Verne Marshall subpoenaed by federal grand jury probing election laws while UK peace agenda comments draw attention. District Attorney Sullivan to question Joseph Forenbach over signatures on a telegram to President Roosevelt.
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Buffalo Lake
Franklin Kennamer
Oklahoma
Hughes
Tom de Wolf
United States Attorney General
Washington
Umbarger
Tierra Blanca
H. H. Finnell
Soil Conservation Service
Cleo Clayton
United Press Radio
New York
Verne Marshall
Marshall
W. R. Davis
Germany
England
Sullivan
Queen’s Borough
Joseph Forenbach
Forenbach
America
Roosevelt
Martin urges broader draft of labor for defense
Glenn L. Martin tells Congress that defense needs exceed the current arms program and urges delegating emergency authority to draft labor and industry. He supports a six day work week in defense plants and says idle machine tools should be drafted for armament work, with further details on page 3.
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Washington
Glenn L. Martin
Congress
House Naval Committee
Martin
Britain’s War Cost Tops Fifty Million Daily
Britain’s war effort now costs about 53 million dollars per day. The sum covers navy and air force outlays, with 38 million dollars daily spent in 1940. In the first eleven days of 1941, costs averaged 47.6 million dollars, the remainder funding interest, debt service and ordinary expenses.
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London
Britain
Navy
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
United States Weather Bureau forecasts a Wednesday of fair skies in Amarillo and vicinity with considerable cloudiness in West Texas. New Mexico expects increasing cloudiness and chance of rain and snow east portion Wednesday, followed by mostly cloudy Thursday. Temperatures little changed. Prior day temperatures around 40s. Precipitation for the last 24 hours ending 3 PM yesterday recorded trace.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Trace
Legislature Opens Texas 47th Session With Speaker Leonard
In Austin on January 14 the 47th Texas Legislature opened a 120 day session. Homer Leonard of McAllen was elected speaker of the House by acclamation and Sen. Clay Cotten of Palestine was chosen president pro tem of the Senate by an 18 to 13 vote over Sen. Rudolph A. Weinert. Lt. Gov. Coke R. Stevenson called the Senate to order at noon as Secretary of State M. O. Flowers did the same in the House.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Leonard
McAllen
House
Clay Cotten
Palestine
Senate
Leonard
Senator Cotten
Rudolph A. Weinert
Seguin
Coke R. Stevenson
Leap for Life Saves Man As Truck Plunges 85 Feet
Charlie Marshall of Palo Duro Park road 10 miles east of Canyon jumped from his truck as the brakes failed near an 85 foot canyon wall. He landed two feet from the edge while the truck dropped to the canyon bottom. A winch pulled the damaged vehicle free after the Monday morning accident.
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Charlie Marshall
Canyon
Palo Duro Park
Marshall
Clovis Machine Shops See Surge in Defense Labor
A survey shows Clovis machine shops could add up to 52 workers if needed, with 69 pieces of equipment and space for more. Santa Fe Rail Way shops can handle extra transportation repairs. Eleven shops currently employ 31 people and have welding gear, lathes, drills, and grinders, while wood working equipment is strong but unsurveyed.
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Clovis
New Mexico
Southwest
Santa Fe
Lions Host To Leader Here Today
Lions of the Panhandle meet at the Amarillo Hotel for a luncheon with Edward Hampden Paine, second vice president of Lions International, as guest speaker. Paine, longtime international officer, hails from Michigan City Ind, active in Freemasonry, American Legion, Boy Scouts, and United Charities. He arrived with his sister, arranged by Amarillo Lions Club president Henry C. Munn.
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Lions of the Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
Edward Hampden Paine
The
Lions International
Paine
International Association
Michigan City
Ind
Masonic Order
American Legion
United Charities
Henry C. Munn
Amarillo
RAF Rounds Up Hiding Romans
The British, directing patrolling aircraft, seized Italian General Francesco Argentino from a hiding place near Tobruk Libya. This raises the count of Italian generals captured in the desert fighting to 11, with hopes for more as RAF Hurricanes probe caves for officers. Tobruk’s siege continues as British forces mass around the port and air bases strike targets in Sicily and Libya.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Francesco Argentino
North Africa
Tobruk
Libya
Annibale
Bergonzoli
Argentina
Sidi Barrani
RAF
Mediterranean
Catania
Sicily
Benina
Benigasi
Bel Heved
Berka
Libyan
No More Cheese for Britons
A British food ministry official announced that cheese will not be served in restaurants unless it is the main course. The public is urged to eat more potatoes and carrots.
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London
Food Ministry
Government demands reopen defense plant strikes in Midwest
The United States government pressed to reopen five Eaton Manufacturing units in Ohio and Michigan affecting about 3,500 workers as a defense measure. CIO UAW and AFL clashed over wage demands and union representation while talks spread to Ryan Aeronautical, General Motors, and other plants amid broader labor tensions nationwide.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Michigan
National Defense
William Green
AFL
CIO
CIO Steel Workers
Eaton Manufacturing Company
James F. Dewey
Inbor Department
Dewey
Detroit
Washington
John Owens
Defense Commission
Commission
U. S. Conciliation Service
Eaton Company
Owens
Green
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers Union
Saginaw
Mich
Eaton
Cio-Uaw
Labor Board
J. O. Eaton
San Diego
Calif
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Unon
Richard T. Frankensteen
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
General Motors Corporation
Baltimore
BE. L. Howard
Cio-Uaw Aircraft Division
Glenn L. Martin Company
Chicago
CIO Farm Equipment Workers ‘Union
International ‘Harvester Company
Warships Battle Planes In Mediterranean Clash
London reports RAF night fighters showing results against nocturnal raids and a sharp drop in British merchant ship losses, while Plymouth endures a massive fire bombing. Axis forces attack Mediterranean warships, with Britain claiming several vessels damaged and Greece pushing into Albanian defenses.
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Mediterranean
London
Air Ministry
Admiralty
Plymouth
Britain
RAF
Dover Straits
Germany
Lorient
Dunkerque
Associated Press
Rome-Berlin
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Greece
North
Africa
Italy
London Admiralty
Tilustrious
Gallant
Berati
Albania
Klisura
Tirana
Valona
Real Bullets Found In Army Blanks At Fort Dix
Brig. Gen. Ralph K. Robertson said live cartridges were found in supposedly blank ammunition issued to troops for a combat problem. The blanks were recalled before use and an investigation is underway. Guards stated the guard cartridges could inflict deadly wounds.
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Fort DIX
N. J
Ralph K. Robertson
Robertson
Banks Reelect All Officials In Amarillo 1941 Meetings
Amarillo three national banks held annual stockholders and directors meetings electing the same leaders for 1941. At American National Bank the board and officers were re elected, with directors including H. C. Pipkin Floyd V. Studer and Grady Oldham. Amarillo National Bank re elected five directors and all officers, and First National Bank also kept its officers and directors unchanged.
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Amarillo
American National Bank
H. C. Pipkin
Floyd V. Studer
Dr. L. K. Patton
I. H. Davies
C. R. McAfee
C. H
Clyde A. Harria
Amarillo National Bank
C. T. Ware
R. C. Ware
A. H. Ware
D. Vaughan
H. J. Farwell
Charles T. Ware
F. M. Butler
EF. C. Lacy
B. T. Baker
James Farwell
C. E. Robertson
First National Bank
Tully ©. Garner
C. A. Pisk
J. 8. Chesnutt
Dan Topping Plans To Enter Army
Dan Topping, 29, Brookyln Dodgers president, said he will report to his Greenwich draft board for a physical under the selective service law and expects to be 1-A if he passes. He noted his wife Sonja Heine is not dependent on his income and acknowledged a year in an army camp would be unwelcome.
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Wheeler
Lee
Oklahoma
Britain
Stephen Early
White House
Congress
Great Britain
Cleveland
Dan ‘Topping
Sonja Heine
Greenwich
Conn
Topping
Brooklyn Dodgers
Init
Ted
Hog Market Makes Nice Gains
Chicago reports sharply curtailed receipts boosting hog prices by about 25 cents per hundredweight. Prime hogs topped at 8.25 dollars, up 15 cents from Monday, the highest since September 19, 1939, when European war fears prompted a price rise.
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Chicago
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E. 34Th Street
Edward Maher
Montana
United Press Radio Wire
Wendell L. Willkie
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Willkie
Hamilton Fish
Mr. Martin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sidelight
New House
Clovis Machine Shops
Lions
U.S
156Th Field Artillery
Night Raiders
Russell Stationery Co
Dan Topping
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