Air Corps Plans Major Expansion to 2022 Navy Style
The Air Corps seeks 16,500 volunteers for three year enlistments by March 1 to double air forces by next July. Goals call for 10 100 officers 15 000 flying cadets and 151 000 enlisted men. Current totals are 6 180 officers 7 000 cadets and 85 000 enlisted. Cadets require two years of college or equivalent and high school education remains a minimum.
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Washington
Army
Air Corps
Continental United States
Army Air Forces
Londoneruptures: calm before possible grand storm
Londoners sense Hitler up to no good as a week without raids ends with a lone northeast coast bomb. The trawler Galvani crew fends off a Junkers 88 in the North Sea off Norfolk. RAF raids Lorient, while weather and proximity of Rhineland airfields fuel unease about a coming German blow.
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Hitler
Britain
Galvani
North Sea
Norfolk
RAF
Lorient
France
Rhineland
England
New York Representative Kenneth F. Simpson Dies
Kenneth Farrand Simpson, 45, New Yorks Silk Stocking district congressman and successor to Bruce Barton, died of a heart attack in New York. A war veteran and senior partner in a law firm, he arrived from Washington hours earlier in apparent good health. Funeral services set for Tuesday with burial in Hudson, New York.
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New York
U.P
Congress
Kenneth Farrand Simpson
Bruce Barton
Washington
Simpson
Hudson
N. Y
Tin Fish Joins U. S. Fleet at Mare Island Yard
Vallejo California January 26 The submarine Gudgeon a six million dollar craft joins the U S fleet at Mare Island yard She is the last of a six submarine series built there marking a milestone for the Pacific fleet
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Vallejo
Calif
U.P
Srican
California
Mare Island Yard
Mare Island Ways
Strikers Will Return to Work at East Moline
East Moline Illinois January 26 The International Harvester plant will reopen tomorrow with full operation expected by Wednesday After a meeting of about 400 employees including independent union members and CIO affiliates the workers voted to return to work early this week and present their demands to the company The strike began January 16
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E. W. Stahl
International Harvester Company
Independent Union
CIO
Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
Neither
Russia sends wheat to Greece in Greek ships
Soviet Russia fulfilled Greek wheat orders placed before the Greek Italian war. Wheat was shipped from Russian ports in Greek vessels, amount undisclosed but estimated between 90 000 and 150 000 tons, all delivered by early January.
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Moscow
Associated Church
Soviet
Russia
Itas
Curtis Coble Wins Men’s Cooking Contest at Paramount
Curtis Coble won fifty dollars in a day long men’s cooking contest staged in the Paramount Theater lobby. Chief Judge Besa Short and judges Eva Peak and Thelma Wilson oversaw the event with cameras flashing as Wade Herrin earned second prize, and John E. Tatum took third with corn waffles.
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Paramount Theater
Besa Short
Dallas
Eva Peak
Rose Bowl Tea Room
Thelma Wilson
Wade Herrin
The
Paramount
Tatum
Russell Stationery
Prudence Penny
Les
Mason
C. L. Garwood
Jenks Mode
Death by own action for Iron Guard rebels in Bucharest
Rebels in Romania faced executions as punishment for their failed uprising. High ranking Iron Guard leaders reportedly chose death by their own hand under orders from the victorious government. General Ion Antonescu demanded true legionary punishment for the rebels, per the directive to Sima and his followers.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Iron Guard
Horia Sima
Ion Antonescu
Iron
Antonescu Maintains Order After Romanian Iron Guard Rebellion
Reports say Sima faces court martial after fleeing in a sleeping car while a week of rebellion left casualties in Bucharest and provinces. Antonescu’s leadership is seen as restoring stability and preventing Iron Guard revival, with troops firing to disable rather than kill where possible. Churches filled as Romanians pray for lasting peace, and mass funerals are planned for Iron Guard and army casualties, while many unclaimed bodies await identification.
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Rumania
Sima
Antonescu
Iron Guard
Antonescuas
Iron
Plains Hardware Meeting Opens In Panhandle Convention
The Panhandle Hardware Implement Association begins its 32nd annual convention at the Herring Hotel with Byron Lopp as the sole speaker on the first night. Lopp urges embracing the machine age, warns against nostalgia, and stresses modern, localized competition as business evolves. M L Pur Vines, Panhandle president, opens the event, with sessions in the Crystal Ballroom through Tuesday night. Clarence Thompson organized the program.
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Panhandle Hardware Implement Association
Herring Hotel
Byron Lopp
America
Mr. Lopp
M. L
Mike” Pur Vines
Panhandle
Crystal Ballroom
Clarence Thompson
Canyon
Association
Navy Expansion Bill Promises Swift Senate Action
Senate to start ship week with rapid passage of over 1.35 billion dollars in naval bills. Measures approved by the House cover 400 small fighting ships and armor, 58 ships with upgraded defenses, 200 emergency cargo ships, and a midshipman increase at Annapolis. Chair Walsh asks admirals to brief Monday as the chamber eyes a week of action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Walsh
Massachusetts
Airport Situation To Be Ironed Out At Citizens' Mass Meeting Tonight
Amarilloans plan to air opinions at a Citizens' Mass Meeting on the airport situation tonight. Local officials will present facts and answer questions as residents seek clarity on plans and impacts.
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Citizens’ Mass Meeting
Japs Seek US Peace While Amarillo Debates Airport
Tokyo quotes Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka saying US China policy blocks any peace with America. In Amarillo a mass meeting debated municipal ownership of English Airport to secure federal funds, with Col. E A Simpson presiding and Oxnard and officials ready to discuss sale terms.
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Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Domei Japanese
Department of
Japan
United States
Domei
Col. E. A. Simpson
Amarillo
English Airport
Thornton Oxnard
Oxnard
Congress
Washington
Ross Rogers
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Erwin Ochsner
Open House for Hardware Men at Amarillo Store
Amarillo Hardware Company holds its third annual open house this afternoon from 4 to 6 at 600 Grant Street. All hardware and implement dealers and their ladies are invited to attend. Local merchants will view the showroom as part of the event.
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Amarillo Hardware Company
Grant Street
Presbyterian College Burns in Durant Oklahoma Fire
A blaze today destroyed three quarters of the Oklahoma Presbyterian College administration building at Durant causing about 35000 dollars in damage. Fire officials reported the blaze started early and damaged most of the upper floor and west wing.
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Presbyterian College
Durant
Oklah
Oklahoma Presbyterian College
Want Ads Land Cash Buyer for Land
T M Bruner a prominent Amarillo realtor notes Globe-News Want Ads reliably yield results at low cost. A recent ad for Wheat Land near Dumas in Moore County sold in four days. The property priced at $7.50 per acre includes all mineral rights and portion already sowed to wheat. Contact 2-2221 203 West Sixth St Globe-News Want Ads.
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T. M. Bruner
Amarillo
Globe-News
Dumas
Moore County
West Sixth St
U. S. Naval Base Damaged by Fire
A fire at Norfolk naval operating base destroyed the central admin building and communications office, cutting off the base from the outside for five hours. Official damage unofficially set at $100,000. The blaze, starting in the radio room, had an undetermined origin and did not threaten other buildings. The burned section included the auditorium and paymaster's office. money in a basement vault was believed undamaged.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Weather Outlook for West Texas and New Mexico
The U S Weather Bureau reports considerable cloudiness in West Texas with Monday and Tuesday turning partly cloudy in the south, cloudy with snow in the north. New Mexico sees mostly cloudy conditions Monday with snow flurries at higher elevations, easing Tuesday. Colder in the west and northeast Monday, and in the southeast Tuesday. Circulation January 26, 1941 Amarillo Sunday News Globe 30672.
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Texas
Ider
Amarillo Sunday News-Globe
Two Suspects Tied to Murders Incorporated Arrive in Miami
New York authorities moved into Miami to take custody of two suspects linked to the Murder, Incorporated crime group. The men named are Sam Siegel and Louis Benson, described as part of the syndicate. Benson reportedly weighs 440 pounds.
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Miami
U.P
New York
Murders, Incorporated
Small Loan Department
Sam “Dapper” Siegel
Louis “Tiny” Benson
Count Csaky of Hungary Dies
Count Istvan Csaky former Hungarian foreign minister died in Budapest at 46 after six weeks illness. He had been in a coma since Saturday following a relapse on his return from Belgrade where he had just signed a Hungarian Yugoslav friendship pact. His wife of eight months was at his bedside.
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Budapest
Hungary
Istvan Csaky
Count Csaky
County Csaky
Belgrade
Nazis Tried to Invade England Says Veteran
Stoney J. Simmons, a Canadian army private and Dun Kirk veteran, reports that Nazis attempted an invasion of England last fall. He claims a few troops landed but were captured and that scores of boats from 50 to 100 feet long were sunk by British fire before reaching the shore.
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Baton Rouge
U.P
Dunkirk
England
Stoney J. Simmons
Italian News Denies Milan Rebellion Reports as Ridiculous
Rome reports reject foreign dispatches of disorders in Milan Turin and other northern cities as baseless. High command notes Libyan front pressure near Tobruk with British hammering Italian lines while Italian planes attack in Africa Greece and Albania. Bomber losses cited and naval actions on the Greek Albanian coast mentioned.
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Rome
Milan
Turin
Italy
CBS
Winston Burlett
Belgrade
Yugos Jslavia
Tobruk
Africa
Albania
Greece
High Command
Salonika
Bizerete
Tunisia
Mario Appellus
Mussolini
Tl Popolo d
France
Riots in Italy Reaffirmed Across Balkan Broadcasts
NEW YORK Jan 26 The Cease Broadcasting System coast to coast reports that despite Italian denials new Balkan capital cables describe serious rioting in Milan and northern cities with Italian soldiers fighting alongside rebels. Officials deny reports as a ridiculed invention crediting arrests of fascist dignitaries and Gestapo involvement.
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New York
Cease
Balkan
Milan
Balkans
Bern
Switzerland
Pascist Party
Gestapo
CBS
Columbia
Italian Commanda
Poor Dan Topping Seeks Army Draft Deal From Wife
New York January 26 U P Mrs Dan Topping known as Sonja Henie one of the world's top women athletes says she would not mind if the army drafted her husband for a year Her income has passed the million dollar mark making her independently wealthy and she notes Dan has been very good to her and the army can have him for a year without objection.
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New York
U.P
Dan Topping
Dan
Duce's Men Falling Back On All Fronts
British forces push toward Agordat in Eritrea within 10 miles of the rail center as Italians retreat across 100 miles. Nairobi reports say South African troops drive Italians from Somaliland and into Ethiopia while Libyan clashes near Derna continue with reinforcements arriving from Tobruk.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Aritrea
Agordat
Derna
Libya
Italy
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Biscia
RAP
Kenya
Fl Wak
Middle East Command
Britain
Tobruk
Metemma
Nairobi
Banda
War Cabinet Change Urged in Britain
A major faction within the Conservative Party presses Prime Minister Churchill to form a sealed five man war cabinet. It would include Lloyd George Eden Beav erbrook and Bevin with no departmental duties to advise Churchill as equals, shifting power to a focused war effort.
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London
Churchill
David Lloyd George
Britain
Lloyd George
Anthony Eden
Lord Beaverbrook
Ernest Bevin
Eigh
Government shipbuilding program to add jobs
Washington reports the government shipbuilding program will add about 250000 jobs in the next year and forecasts 380000 workers by June 1942. Currently 126000 are employed on government vessel construction.
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Washington
Perkins
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