Peace Returns as Iron Guard Leader Hunted in Romania
After four days of rebellion in Bucharest and across Romania, peace seemed near as Gen. Ion Antonescu’s government hunted Iron Guard chief Horia Sima. Sima and followers were believed hiding in Brasov. antiregime broadcasts warned they would be killed on sight.
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Associated Press
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Romania
Horia Sima
Ion Antonescu
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Antonescu
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Eritrea
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Rodolfo Graziani
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Who's Got It Contest Announced by Amarillo Merchants
An Amarillo merchants group sponsors a Sunday contest with the question Who's got it. Organizers say the answer is easy and most entrants may qualify. Full details to be announced Sunday by the Amarillo News-Globe.
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Amarillo
Potter County 4 H Boys Organize Meeting Today
Potter County 4 H boys plan an organization meeting at 2 pm in Room 20, Post Office Building, with Frank Stubbs, county agricultural agent. Officers will be elected and demonstrations for the coming year chosen. all real boys aged 10 to 21 invited.
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Potter County
Frank Stubbs
Stubbs
Dust Bowl Shrinks Across Great Plains Says USDA Report
The Dust Bowl is greatly reduced across the Southern Great Plains with only 62 740 acres of cropland left at risk in 4 states Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Colorado and Kansas and none in Texas. Wheat prospects are favorable and forage shortages are limited with most counties reporting adequate moisture and pasture conditions improving. The Southern Great Plains Advisory Committee concluded two days of meetings chaired by Parker D Hanna and discussed regional agricultural problems with USDA staff and editors.
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Raymond Holbrook
Great Plains
Southern Great Plains
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Parker D. Hanna
District One
Edwin R. Henson
USDA
Francis Flood
Farmer-Stockman
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lisle Longsdorf
Kansas Extension
C. A. Bond
Army May Use Denver Shops in National Defense Effort
St Louis Army Ordnance officials plan inspections of Fort Worth and Denver rail road shops in Childress to gauge potential for defense production. The FW&C and Childress Chamber of Commerce have provided shop details to the National Defense Commission. A defense census and community meetings will map rural facilities for possible mobilization.
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Childress
St. Louis
U. S. Army Ordnance Division
Fort Worth
Denver
National Defense Service
Vacal
Childress Chamber of Commerce
National Defense Commission
Fw&c
Commission
Texas
Childress County
Highpoint
W. E. Hafner
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Fifth Raidless Day for England
London officials reported a fifth straight raidless period with no German aircraft over the city last night and into today. The extended lull followed several weeks of aerial bombardment and provided residents a rare spell of quiet.
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England
London
British Sweep Advances on Two African Fronts in World War II
Cairo reports British imperial forces extending their Libyan advance after Tobruk’s fall and pushing toward Derna and Benghazi while Haile Selassie inspires Ethiopian resistance. Kenyan patrols press the frontier as Italians retreat eastward in Eritrea. Ethiopian forces clash near Lake Tana with patriots inflicting casualties. Selassie urges arms against invaders.
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Egypt
Italian
Libya
Ethiopia
Tobruk
Middle East
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Haile Selassie
Lion of
Juda
Eritrea
Keru
Akota
Kenya
Plainsmen Nominate Marvin Jones for Supreme Court
Marvin Jones former congressman and cotton picker was nominated for the U S Supreme Court at a banquet in Amarillo by Plains folks. Delegates praised his farm policy work and urged President Roosevelt to promote him from the Court of Claims, with telegrams of support from national figures and local leaders.
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Lewis T. Nordyke
Marvin Jones
Panhandle
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
R. F E. Underwood
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Plains
Ama- Vly
Swisher County
Pinkney Packing Company
Jones
Alexander Hamilton
Amarillo
Wallace
California
Washington
Paul Appleby
Sam Rayburn
House
Texas
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Judge Jones
Grover Hill
Jack Little
Jack Allen
Perryton
Arch Underwood
Lubbock
Ross Rogers
Austin
Underwood
Roosevelt Opposes Federal Relief Plan Change Proposal
President Roosevelt rejects plans to shift federal work projects to states and to replace direct local relief with federal funding. He spoke at a press conference noting his interpretation of a Council of State Governments resolution, while acknowledging the actual text could differ from what he saw in the press.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Council of State Governments
Amarillo Weather Outlook Saturday Through Sunday
The Amarillo area expects a fair Saturday with a colder afternoon, increasing cloudiness into Sunday with occasional rain in the mountains southwest and occasional snow in the extreme north Bundsy region. New Mexico shows cloudy skies with light precipitation in the north and southern portions Saturday, with partly cloudy conditions elsewhere and colder conditions Sunday. Temperature readings are listed for hours at Amarillo.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
Tribute to Marvin Jones Panhandle Favorite Son
An emotional tribute at the Amarillo Hotel banquet honors Marvin Jones for almost a quarter century of service. Delegations from two dozen towns tribute his work, and the Panhandle proclaims Amarillo as his home with praise for his national role as a servant to the people.
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Channing
Hartley
Dumas
Stratford
Borger
Skelly
Panhandle
White Deer
Pampa
Miami
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Higgins
Perryton
Spearman
Vega
Wildorado
Canyon
Hereford
Umbarger
Friona
Bovina
Farwell
Kress
Hapley
Plainview
Playful Burglar Jerks Toe In Dallas Incident
Mrs. C. B Myers awakened in Dallas with the feeling someone was tugging her toe. A playful intruder was suspected, but details remain unclear as police investigate the odd disturbance overnight.
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Dallas
C. B Myers
Secret Hearing Ordered on Aid to Britain Amendments debated
Washington reports a House foreign affairs committee clash over witnesses for the lend lease bill. Three top army and navy officials will testify in a secret session next week after Republicans lost a bid for openness. William R Castle testified that lend lease could make Roosevelt a dictator.
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Congress
War Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
William R. Castle
Roosevelt
House
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Lend-Aid Bill Spotlighted by Rare Meeting
President Roosevelt greeted Lord Halifax in Annapolis as Britain pressed for faster arms aid. The 35,000-ton King George V anchored offshore while talks centered on speeding munition shipments and a lease lend program amid wartime diplomacy.
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Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
United States
War Cabinet
Europe
Lord Lothian
Chesapeake Bay
Lady Halifax
Washington
White House
U. S. Naval Academy
Anchorage
Hampton Roads
Britain
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Secret Service
Potomac
Cuyahoga
Academy
U. S
Annapolis Roads
Suspect Flees Police In Foot Race Through Amarillo Streets
An Amarillo youth detained in a taxicab fled on foot, prompting a chase by Officers Matt Cutler and Dick Moore. The pursuit led through yards and alleys to a Fillmore Street cafe rear door where Moore captured the suspect. He was booked on vagrancy and jailed, while investigators from Shaw Walker and Russell Stationery are noted as filing references.
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Amarillo
Matt Cutler
Dick Moore
North Fifth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Moore
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