Insurgent Bomb Raids Hit Barcelona Killing and Injuring Many
Insurgent bombers launched two heavy raids on Barcelona causing about 150 deaths and nearly 300 injuries. Forty hazardous devices were dumped in the early morning with missiles striking blocks. A second bombardment followed in the Pueblo Nuevo and San Andres suburbs as government and insurgent forces clash across key northern Spanish cities.
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Barcelona
Mediterranean
Pueblo Nuevo
San Andres
Valencia
Puigcerda
Salamanca
Seville
Teruel
Catalonia
France
College watchman questioned as inquiry resumes
Marcel Quesnel, 69, watchman at the College of the Sacred Heart in St Hyacinthe, Que, was held for questioning as an inquiry into the fire that killed 46 students and teaching brothers a week earlier was resumed.
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ST. Hyacinthe, Que
Marcel Quesnel
College of the Sacred Heart
Witnesses Describe Drinking and Shooting in Hutson Murder Trial
Five witnesses testified in the Hutson murder case in 84th district court. Ben Chapman Borger police officer is charged with murder for the Dec 14 shooting on a Carson County road. Testimony included drinking by all three Borger officers and Chapman firing after being disarmed as Warren halted the car. Testimony continues tomorrow.
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Panhandle
Lee Hutson
Borger
Carson
White Deer
84Th District Court
Ben Chapman
Hutson
Curtis Douglass
Chapman
Douglass
G. L. Warren
Hutchinson County
Warren
Wheeler
Berger
A. M
Catfish) Smith
Dan Hardee
Bonham Elects West Texan Irby Carruth as Superintendent
Irby Carruth resigned as Canyon Public Schools superintendent after eight years to take the Bonham Public Schools top post. He holds a BA from West Texas State, an MA from the University of Chicago, and studied at Columbia UT and Stanford. Carruth and his family plan to move to Bonham July 1.
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Irby Carruth
The
Canyon Public Schools
Bonham Public Schools
Bonham
Carruth
West Texas State
University of Chicago
Columbia
University of Texas
Leland Stanford University
Canyon
Canyon Rotary Club
West Texas State Ex-Student Association
Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Herman Glass
Texas State Board of Education
Ethiopian Issue Sparks Recognition Talks
A source close to the Ethiopian government says the United States and Britain have recently been in contact on recognizing the Italian conquest of Ethiopia.
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London
United States
Ethiopia
Miss America of 10 000 Years Ago Sparks Smithsonian Debate
AP Feature Service reports a heated scholarly dispute over when humans first reached North America. Smithsonian anthropologists led by Hrdlicka contend no pre 6,000 B C human remains exist, while Folsom man advocates like Dr Frank H. Roberts Jr push older dates aided by a carved arrow point. Harvard’s Dr Earnest A. Hooton mediates, warning against credulous acceptances as researchers weigh Minnesota and Colorado finds against Ice Age extinctions.
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Washington
Jan
North America
New World
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Colorado
Hrdlicka
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Western Plains
Folsom
Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr
Smithsonian
Roberts
Earnest A. Hooton
Harvard
Hooton
Horatius
Asia
America
Minnesota
Tiber
Ales
Amarillo water debt key in bond issue
At a noon Amarillo Real Estate Board meeting, Hugo Loewenstern Hal Brown and Wade Brymer discussed whether water department bonds count as city bonds affecting total indebtedness. They reviewed city school and county debts and noted projected bond payments for 1938-42, plus local tax allocations and hospitalization costs.
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Amarillo Real Estate Board
Amarillo
Hugo Loewenstern
Hal Brown
Wade Brymer
Water Department
Loewenstern
Tri-State Fair Association
Brown
Mr. Brymer
Potter County
Austin
Hill County
The
HOLC
Lamar Turned Tap 99 Years Ago That Opened Flow of Public Land Wealth
A Texas speech marks 99 years since Mirabeau B. Lamar signed acts granting vast lands for education. The public domain funded permanent school and university funds, with Texas now owning about 500,000 acres not yet sold. Oil and gas rights continue to enrich the school fund and the university endowment.
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Lamar
Austin
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Republic of Texas
Congress of the
Texas
J. H. Walker
Walker
Trans- Pecos
School Fund
University Permanent Fund
Public School Fund
University of Texas
Amarillo Named Natural Capital of Vast Trade Territory
A state official lauds Amarillo as a natural capital for a large trade area. The Panhandle Water Conservation Association meets at the Amarillo Hotel with director Carl Hinton reporting on Washington visits to promote lake and dam projects. Buffalo Dam near Umbarger, Boggy Creek Dam in Hemphill County, and Beaver Dam in Gray County hold state approval for construction.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Water Conservation Association
Canyon
Carl Hinton
Washington
Hinton
Association
Buffalo Dam
Umbarger
State Board of Water Engineers
Boggy Creek
Hemphill County
Beaver Dam
Gray County
There’s No End to These WPA Jobs
In Cleveland on January 25 WPA workers cleaned and polished the county courthouse fittings until they gleamed like glass. A second WPA project was announced to restore the bronze plate coating rubbed off by the workers to preserve the courthouse’s historic detailing.
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Cleveland
WPA
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo and West Texas west of the 100th meridian observe Wednesday fair with little temperature change. New Mexico also fair. Temperature readings from yesterday show a high near 39 and a low around 17.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Chesas
ST AA
Cies
Tsa
Used Car Week Signals Rising Prices
Local dealers warn that used car prices have bottomed out and will rise, with spring expected to bring sky high rates. This week in Amarillo is pitched as your last chance for bargains as stock shrinks and better buys disappear quickly.
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Amarillo
Dance hall license ordinance approved after protests
The elite commission unanimously passed final passage of a public dance hall licensing ordinance set to take effect around February 15. License fees range from 25 to 200 dollars based on floor space, with enforcement cost estimated to exceed expected revenue of about 2200 dollars.
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Elite Commission
Don Crossett
Roseland
Horace Dyer
The
Nat
Cleo Clayton, Jr
Wilson
Archie Satterwhite
Grady Hazelwood
Ray Johnson
Ross Rogers
Satterwhite
Hazelwood
Clayton
Johnson
Rogers
Preparedness Objective of Fund Boost
President Roosevelt conferred with five House defense leaders on supplementary appropriations for all branches. Talks noted readiness to bolster Army and Navy, with a possible rise above one billion dollars for 1939. Trail of officials cited included Taylor May Vinson Snyder Umstead and General Gasser urging rapid expansion.
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Roosevelt
House
Taylor
Colorado
Vinson
Georgia
May
Kentucky
Snyder
Pennsylvania
Umstead
North Carolina
United States
Army
Navy
Rep. May
Air Corps
Lorenzo D. Gasser
Duce's Son and Pals Land in Brazil
Two Italian transatlantic planes reached Rio de Janeiro after a nonstop 3200 mile flight from Dakar completing the South Atlantic crossing. Premier Mussolini's son Bruno piloted one craft while Colonel Attilio Bisco commanded the other as twelve Brazilian army planes escorted the last leg. A large crowd met them at the airport in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Mussolini
Bruno
Dakar
French West Africa
South Atlantic
Natal
Attilio Bisco
News Quiz on Monopolies and World Figures
A multi question feature asks about a man opposing monopolies and checks facts on Octavian Goga, a former justice, and Chiang Kai-shek. It inquires where radios were given away and why, and whether Goga is premier of Romania or misidentified, ending with a true false about Chiang Kai-shek’s role.
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Octavian Goga
Romania
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
Supreme Court
van Deryanter
China
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By Morgan M. Beatty
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Russell Stationery Co
Mexico
C. B. Roberts
Southwestern
Sears Roebuck and Co
Dallas
Lubbock
Corpus Christi
Springfield
Enid
Okla
Monroe
Phoenix
Tucson
Arizona
Albuquerque
N. M
E. R. Atkinson
Galveston
C. P. Woody
Missouri
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