German Soviet talks fuel Baltic sea control fears
London reports indicate Germany pressed Russia with far reaching demands that could loosen Soviet grip on Baltic and Black Sea spheres. Tass denied territorial aims while Finland tightened travel limits near Hanko as Sweden and Switzerland cite Berlin talks of new events and possible German moves along the Russian frontier.
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Russia
London
Baltic
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Joseph Stalin
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CAA Approves Runway Contract for English Field
Civil Aeronautics Authority regional office in Fort Worth approves the contract letting for English Field runways to the army engineers in Colorado. City Manager H R Smith notes official approval reached and no word yet on the actual award of the general contract.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
Fort Worth
H. R. Smith
Plant Seizure Bill Advanced by House Committee
The House Military Committee approved measures to empower the President to seize defense plants whose management balks at federal mediation. The Harness amendment allows armed forces to protect workers who return to work, while keeping government takeovers limited to noncompliant employers under section 9. penalties include up to three years imprisonment and fines up to 50 000.
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House Military Committee
Rep
Harness
Indiana
Senate
Mediation Board
Flags on High in Amarillo Flag Day Ceremony
Amarillo observes Flag Day with a 6:45 a.m. flag-raising at the post office led by Boy Scout Troops 7 and 19. Scoutmasters Dean Settle and Paul Posey preside. merchants and residents to display flags. Public invited.
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Amarillo
Dean Settle
Paul Posey
Settle
Perryton Charter Amended to Increase Capital Stock
An Austin amendment notes Perryton Liquefied Gas Co by charter amendment raises capital stock from 4000 to 10000 in Perryton under a gas pipeline project context.
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Austin
Perryton Liquefied Gas Co
Perryton
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The Amarillo area and West Texas expect fair skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoons over the weekend. New Mexico shows similar sums with storms focused in the northeast, while temperatures rise slightly in the east. Yesterday’s high of 66 and low around 40s reported with 0.20 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Britain Torpedoes German Pocket Battleship Off Norway
British airmen torpedoed a German pocket battleship off southern Norway, causing heavy smoke and reduced speed. The attack, following the sinking of the Bismarck, involved a Beaufort and a destroyer screen, with reports noting limited damage and no German return fire.
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Brest
Loase
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Coventry
Saskatchewan
Germans defend sinking of Robin Moor amid contraband claims
German spokesmen say they will sink any vessel bound for England with war materials and reject political discussion on the Robin Moor affair. They contend contraband rules vary with British practice and emphasize a total blockade of England. Sumner Welles accuses Germany of violating international law.
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Cars Ready To Move Wheat Crop If Care Used
Railroad officials in Dallas say boxcars will move Texas winter wheat if grain dealers stock elevators before shipping. Betts notes shortage is terminal space not cars, with 28 million of 40 million stored moved due to Credit Corporation delays and defense demand.
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L. M. Betts
Washington
American Railway Association
Car Service Division
Amarillo
National Defense Prgram
Credit Corporation
Gulf Coast
Middle West
Seaboard
Southwestern
Western Railroads
Railway Association
Southwest
Mr. Betts
Dallas
H. A. Huckaba
The
Association of American Railroads
Harry L. Kearns
J. J. Fite
J. B. Davis
W. P. Nelson
W. E. Colley
Lester Stone
Want Ad Deadline Remains Today for Big Sunday News Globe
Reminder note states until 6 30 P M today to place regular classification Want Ad in rent sell buy swap section. Dial 6262 for Want Ad Headquarters. Prayer brings you enjoyment in good beer.
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DIAL
Rex Baxter Elected Amarillo Chamber Secretary Manager
Rex B. Baxter, longtime Texas administrator in Region 12, was elected secretary-manager of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce by the executive committee at a special meeting in the Amarillo Hotel. He will assume Aug. 1, replacing N. F. Nelson, who becomes campaign and budget director. Baxter, 38, has led regional relief and resettlement programs and has lived in Amarillo six years.
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Rex B. Baxter
Texas
Farm Security Administration
Amarillo
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Northwestern University
Jasper Chamber of Commerce
Union
Rio Grande Valley
Baxter
Texas State Relief Administration
Resettlement Administration
Chamber
Carl Hinton
Board of Directors
California
State Presents Letters By Mail Order Romeo in Brown Murder Trial
Orrin J Brown stands accused of the double slaying of Leota Murphy in Marvan Tennessee. Handwriting expert Roy Lewis testified 15 exhibits signed Robert E Lawrence tied Brown to the victim and to letters urging secrecy and romance. Witnesses placed Brown and Murphy together from March 10 to March 20, with thefts and notebooks found in Brown's Chicago baggage. A bank pass book shows a $2950 deposit in Bieber California dated Sept 19 1940.
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Spearman
Orrin J. Brown
Romeo
Leota Frances Murphy
Marvan
Avacra
BABE
Jack Allen
Roy Lewis
Department of Public Safety
Robert E. Lawrence
Brown
Lawrence
Chicago
Ray
Perryton
Mae Munson
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mabel Smith
Indianapolis
Ind
Honey Girl
J. H. Koegel
Marion
Clarence E. Jones
Jones
Glenwood Avenue
Bank of America
Bieber
Calif
Memphis Birthday Celebration Broadcast On KGNC
A Memphis originated program will air this evening over KGNC Amarillo to invite Panhandle Plains residents to the Hall County birthday reunion and rodeo next Tuesday and Wednesday. Carroll Smyers, general chairman, said the live wire program runs from 6 45 o clock.
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Memphis
KGNC
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Carroll Smyers
Hair Raising Time In Nyack Choral Director Finds Martian Broadcasts
Lyn Murray, choral director of the Lyn Murray Hit Parade, moved into a house once occupied by Orson Welles and found unlabeled phonograph records in a closet. He played excerpts from the Martian invasion broadcast for guests at a garden party and now invites the public to visit for a good scare.
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Nyack
N. Y
Lyn Murray
Orson Welles
Murray
London Air Raid Alarm Awakens City at 1:30 A M
Londoners were awakened by an air raid alarm shortly before 1 30 A M today with no immediate indications of the attack's scope.
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London
Army worms at work on Texas wheat fields
In Hardeman and Wilbarger counties the army worm outbreak hits wheat fields as an A M official warns highways near Chillicothe are unsafe because of worm bodies. A local businessman reports long drives with few sightings, while Claude Garrett recalls a giant worm atop a telephone pole attempting to summon East Texas relatives to the feast.
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Chillicothe
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Claude Garrett
East Texas
Garrett
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