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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1940
Page
1
Berlin reports claim U boats build at a day pace but British experts doubt the figures. Germany's WWI output averaged seven subs monthly with high casualty rates. Manning crews proved a chief bottleneck as substitutes lag and reinforcements run day and night to offset losses.
Finnish high command reports Soviet assaults near Lake Ladoga weaker on Jan 27 with hundreds killed. Finns say a trapped Soviet force near Kitela is nearly encircled and blocked by coastal artillery while relief efforts struggle to cross a river.
Senate debate shifts focus from Japan embargo to expanding aid for China. Hull reportedly favors avoiding new embargo actions while pressure grows to amend the Finnish loan bill to allow larger Export-Import Bank loans to Chiang Kai-Shek's government for non military goods.
Five dances will be held in Amarillo and the Panhandle tomorrow night to raise funds for infantile paralysis research. Half of the proceeds stay locally, the rest go to the National Foundation. Events occur at the Elks Club Nat Amarillo Hotel Rainbow Garden and Aviatrix Club with tickets of one dollar per couple.
Three days remain to pay the poll tax with 5157 reported by close of business Saturday. Late payments after January 31 incur no voting privilege for this year’s elections and receipts issued afterward do not grant voting rights.
A young Panhandle hawk delayed a westbound TWA flight for 1 hour 25 minutes after crashing into the windshield of Capt. A N Parker’s luxury liner. Ground crew installed a new windshield before the plane continued. Captain Parker had flown with Admiral Byrd on expeditions in the South.
Paris reports a new wave of German submarines preying on Allied shipping. Depth mines show results but exact destroyies are uncertain. French officials estimate about 25 subs took part since Jan 22, part of a fleet of 75 to 80, with two weeks more expected.
Gov. W Lee O Daniel defended mixing religion with politics in a radio address. He accused unnamed government departments of rottenness and re quoted the Ten Commandments as part of his campaign platform from 1938. He mocked professional politicians for opposing religious influence in government.
John W. Dyson, 70, discoverer of the Dyson sand opening a new oil pool in Wilbarger County in 1926, died today. His widow and two daughters survive. The funeral will be Tuesday.
Semi official Chinese sources report Chinese guerrillas blew up two Japanese troop trains, killing 400 Japanese soldiers. The announcement comes from Hong Kong dated January 28.
Fair conditions with increasing cloudiness in West Texas Monday and Tuesday. Warmth rises in the south Monday. New Mexico stays fair with little temperature change. Oklahoma fair Monday with only small temperature change.
Dr Thomas H Taylor president of Howard Payne College leads educators and analysts at the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association thirty first annual convention opening in Amarillo this morning. E R Yates of Lamesa presides with a record attendance forecast as pre convention activities include golf and skeet events.
The Mexican Communist Party urged a popular front against U S backed internal reaction and imperialism. The five point statement criticized President Lazaro Cardenas noting gains yet continuing misery and ignorance. It said several “tightists” hide in ambush within the government including Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay.
In Bucharest on January 28 the Allies warned Romania that continued coercion of French British and American oil firms to supply Germany could sever all trade relations. Berlin pressed Bucharest warning oil is a life or death matter for the Reich as Germany demands more Romanian oil and Germany threatens other measures.
A Dallas telegram exchange sparked belief of a $100,900 gold cache buried 15 miles from Odessa. The Smiths, unconnected, claimed the treasure and urged federal action while remaining silent. Local anticipation grew as residents awaited further word from the duo.
President Roosevelt questions White House visitors about possible 1940 vice presidential choices and hints at Fiorello La Guardia as a potential candidate. He avoids naming his own preference while gauging party sentiment and discussing convention site options amid funding debates. Senator Gillette backs Secretary Wallace as a unity favorite son option to harmony Iowa delegates.
Dr W J Johnson 56 year old superintendent of the San Antonio State Insane Hospital is set to testify in a Morals inquiry. The state board of control began a hearing on allegations by former women employees that he is morally unfit to lead the institution. Testimony for the defendant may be moved to San Antonio for witness convenience.
James Crosby Jr a University of Wisconsin senior travels about 28 000 miles by train to attend classes from Elroy sixty miles away. He estimates the distance will exceed the earths equator by graduation in June and makes the two way daily trips.
Congress trims about 202.9 million from five initial money bills as a budget battle with President Roosevelt unfolds. The largest cut targets the Agriculture Department supply bill, with reports of up to 75 million slashed. Farm parity payments loom as a potential counteroffer by farm state senators.
A suburban train derailed after colliding with stringed gasoline tank cars in Osaka. About 200 people were killed by the blaze and 100 injured as factory workers rode the train, with 180 trapped inside and 21 dying later from burns and injuries.
Dr. William J D. Haggard a 77 year old Nashville Tennessee surgeon and past president of the American Surgical Association and the American Medical Association died today of a heart attack in a Palm Beach hotel after arriving two weeks ago in apparently good health. The fatal illness occurred during his sleep. phone Russell Stationery Co. for prompt delivery on business supplies.
Five masked robbers robed motion picture stars Constance Bennett and Anita Louise near Chicago's Loop, stealing jewelry valued at 33095 and a mink coat, as they returned from a charity performance. The incident involved a running board threat to driver George Bayne and occurred near Market Street and Adams Street.
Washington reports a House dispute over cuts to the Soil Conservation Service and land utilization program. SCS funding drops from 23.72 million to 20.20 million and land utilization from 6.13 million to 0.495 million, risking stalled projects and limited cooperation with Texas districts. A House subcommittee drafts the bill ahead of a full committee vote and possible floor battle.
A collage of quirky items reports a cat saving a freezing canary in Oklahoma City and a submarine sailor asking for barn building instructions. Other notes include a government report on boats, a fireman breaking his arm after a lecture, a NJ political fund, and a Camden man buying a gun from a hold-up man for 1.25.
Amarillo car dealers urge buyers not to delay purchasing a better car and advertise recon ditioned late model used cars with guaranteed value. They offer new low prices to move Spring stocks, as shown in Globe-News Want Ads.
Nine Russian bombing planes raided Vupuri Finland from Estonia but were repelled by Finnish defense craft with no bombs dropped. Artillery actions on the Karelian Isthmus produced several direct hits as Finnish troops paraded Russian prisoners, including a sole survivor from a 70 man patrol who claimed liquor preflight despite poor morale.
Approximately 150 mining claims have been staked at the head of Taylor creek in Elko County since news of a new gold strike. Prospectors converged on the area, staking claims and seeking valuable ore.
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