US Releases Nazi Soviet Pact Records in 1939 41
State Department published 260 formerly secret records showing Soviet support for Germany before World War II, including aid to Germany and plans to divide Eastern Europe. Documents detail Molotov Ribentrop talks, trade deals, and Russia’s role in the invasion of Poland and subsequent events.
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Europe
Marshall
State Department
Russia
Germany
West
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
United States
Britain
Asia
Africa
Hitler
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Batum
Baku
Persian Gulf
Soviet Union
Nuernberg
V. M. Molotov
Poland
Foreign Office
Moscow
Berlin
Reich
France
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Molotov
Raymond James Sontag
University of California
Count von der Schulenburg
Schulenburg
Ribbentrop
Stalin
England
Siberia
Red Army
Low Countries
Baltic States
Bucovina
Lithuania
Fuhrer
Indian Ocean
Finland
Balkans
Black Sea
Straits
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Japan
Singapore
Roosevelt
Uranium Mining in Saxony Under Soviet Control Reported
In Soviet occupied Saxony the minister president says 25,000 Germans work in the Erzgebirge mines in Aue Annaberg Marienberg triangle under a Soviet company to extract pitchblende uranium. Workers earn 200 marks monthly with 3000 top pay, and incentives cover off the ration needs. The output largely goes to the Soviet Union.
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Edwin Shanke
Leipzig
Saxony
Erzegebirge
Ore Mountains
Aue
Marienberg
Annaberg
Timoffei Dudarov
Max Seydewitz
Zirc
Soviet Union
Wismuth A. G
Seydewitz
Dudarov
Powder blast kills four quarry workers near Colton
A powder explosion at the California Portland Cement quarry near Colton instantly killed four Riverside men Omar Smith 37 Charles Martinez 33 Pascual Martinez 20 and Jerry Hairston 23. The blast shattered windows in Colton Union High School and downtown San Bernardino. The cause remained unexplained as investigators noted a standard loading device was used.
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Colton
Cal
California Portland Cement Company
Colton Union High School
San Bernardino
Riverside
Omar Smith
Charles Martinez
Pas
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Hartley Pushes Secret Poll on Recording Ban by Musicians
Hartley of New Jersey says a secret mail ballot will be sent to 5 000 band leaders and union members who make records to gauge support for Petrillo's recording ban. Petrillo denies conspiracy while testifying that he consulted major networks before any deal with FM broadcasters.
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Tashington
Hartley
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFM
Owens
Wrecks on Ice Hit 28 Cars in Waco Fog
Two series of crashes on ice covered roads and on the Brazos River bridge in Waco left about 28 vehicles damaged. One man was injured leaping from a car and Omer Miller of Waco was struck by a truck amid dense fog. Total damage exceeded 5000 dollars.
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Waco
Brazos River
Sheriff's Department
Highway Patrol
Omer Miller
PHA
Olver & Wiggins Lbr Co
Amarillo and vicinity clear and warmer Thursday
Weather forecast from the United States Weather Bureau notes continued fair skies for Amarillo and nearby areas through Thursday and Friday with slightly higher temperatures on Thursday. The Texas outlook shows partly cloudy conditions on Thursday and Friday with a modest warmup.
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US Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Texas
Boy Admits Harsh Fire Started Church Fire
An eight year old Weymouth boy confessed to starting the Sacred Heart Church blaze in North Quincy causing over 500000 in damage. He said he lit a pile of papers under the organ and then wandered away before flames spread.
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Quincy
Mass
Weymouth
Sacred Heart
North
Immaculate Conception
East Weymouth
Frank Hannan
Martin Cogavin
Immaculate Conception Church
Sacred Heart Church
Edward Riley
Trolman
George Butler
Butler
Hancock Street
Riley
Quincey
Alcoholism expert discusses teen onset and Texas plan
Dr. E M Jellinek of Yale addressed Amarillo businessmen on teenage drinking and the high income group in Texas with abnormally high alcoholism. He outlined a proposed Texas branch with eight years of research, clinics in Dallas and Houston, and a Texas Christian University program led by Yale researchers, costing about 1.5 million dollars. A separate item notes Charles Gallo, 50, of Brooklyn, was killed in a foggy Dallas collision, with two injured.
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United States
Amarillo
E. M. Jellinek
Department of Alcohol Studies
Yale University
Jellinek
Bunky
S. B. Whittenburg
Yale Institute of Alcohol Studies
Southwest
Texas
Horace Fort
National Committee For Education On Alcoholism
Yale Institute
Yale
Alcoholics Anonymous
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Yale Department of Alcohol Studies
New Haven
Dallas
Houston
Institute
Southwest Board
Lee Johnson of
Charles Gallo
Brooklyn
Here
What Am I Saying Youth By Frank Morgan
A humorous 1947 column notes that women aging early chase youth while a warning about risky driving taps into the era’s wit. It highlights the theme of wisdom in youthful appearance and cautions against dangers behind the wheel.
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Frank Morgan
N.Y. Post Corp
Pioneer Woman Electa Pidcoke Dies at 88 in Amarillo
Life spanned from 1859 birth in Clarksville to Civil War hardships and frontier moves. Electa Pidcoke, widow of George B. Pidcoke, lived 26 years with daughter Dr Evalyn McElroy in Amarillo before passing at 6 p.m. She endured pioneer life from Mobeetie to Panhandle and Potter County.
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Panhandle
Electa Pidcoke
Mobeetie
Amarillo
Evalyn McElroy
Pierce
Pidcoke
Mrs. Pidcoke
Clarksville
Red River County
William Crittenden
San Jacinto
Pianist Jacqueline Horner Found After Eight Day Search
Fifteen year old pianist Jacqueline Horner, who said she was exhibited "like an animal," was found in a San Francisco hotel room with Wallace Wells the 19 year old sailor. District Attorney Edmund G. Brown charged Wells and Mrs Gloria Jean Costello Miles with delinquency. Horner vowed to run away again if returned to her mother Mrs Clara Horner.
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San Francisco
Jacqueline Horner
Wallace Wells
Cimarron
Jacqueline
Edmund G. Brown
Wells
Gloria Jean Costello Miles
Brown
Adele Carole Horner
Hollywood
City
Jackie
Buffalo
George W. Horner
Advertising Self-Doubt Reflections and Word Play
A reflective note contrasts self-image with glossy ads and muses on words as versatile building blocks. The piece ponders perceived gaps between imagined perfection and personal presentation, suggesting creative use of language to reshape self-perception.
He Should Have Said Done It: Carlson Fined for Drunken Driving
In Tacoma Washington on January 27 Fred E Carlson faced police court on drunken driving charges. He claimed he told officers he had ate while they said he had just had eight. Police Judge Frank Hale found him guilty. He was fined 125 dollars.
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Tacoma
Wash
Fred E. Carlson
Carlson
Frank Hale
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