Tense clash in Brunn over Slovak independence sparks arrests
In Brunn near the Czecho-Slovak border German youths in black Nazi uniforms clashed with Czechs and Slovaks during Memorial Day tensions over Slovakia's independence. Police intervened, several injured, and arrests made. Pro-separation signals and mixed German government positions added to uncertainty as Bratislava and Berlin debated cabinet changes and promises of aid.
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Prague
Brunn
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
National Socialists
Franz Karmasin
Slovakia
Bratislava
Emil Hacha
Vienna
Ferdinando Durcansky
Joseph Tiso
Durcansky
Jan Druzinsky
Berlin
Sidor
Andreas Hlinka
Poland
Warsaw
Joseph Beck
City Wide Used Car Exchange Week Ads Offer Big Savings
Amarillo car dealers have dropped prices to rock bottom during the City Wide Used Car Exchange Week running through March 19. The Globe and News urges buyers to act quickly, highlighting multiple models and urging immediate purchase with strong sales rhetoric.
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Globe and News
Amarillo
Animals Lead In the Goofy Goings-On
Gladwin Hill reports on a whimsical parade of animal antics across states from Florida birds to New York mice and New Jersey skunks. The piece notes a variety of comic episodes including a fish luring a cat, a hen egg pop, and a dog causing a car crash, ending with human reactions and local notices.
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Gladwin Hill
New, York
Cain
Florida
New York
Maryland
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Teaneck
Brooklyn
WPA
Actors’ Union
O'Daniel Says Honeymoon Over As Legislature Grows Serious
Governor W Lee O Daniel said the legislative honeymoon has worn off and both houses show a more serious determination to act for Texas as he spoke in his radio broadcast from the mansion He avoided discussing the old age pension tax proposal and urged legislators to bear the responsibility of enacting laws in line with the constitution Continued on Page 9 Col 7
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Berlin
Germany
Joseph Tiso
Ferdinand Durcansky
Vienna
Bratislava
Franz Karmasin
Hitler
United States
Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Merchants Attend Amarillo Wholesale Markets Show
Tri State area merchants from Beaver Oklahoma Roswell Carlsbad New Mexico and surrounding Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas and Colorado arrived for the Amarillo Wholesale Markets spring summer showing. Three hotel floors host 13 departments with lines in dry goods millinery jewelry men’s wear and more through today and Tuesday.
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Tri-State
Beaver
Okla
Roswell
Carlsbad
N. M
Amarillo
Merchandise Mart
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
the Mart
Poindexter
Justin McCarty
Roos-Freedman Co
Rice Stix Co
Roberts Mfg. Co
Film Modes, Inc
Sterling Sports Wear Mfg., Co
Letty of Hollywood
Platts
Chicago
Arensen & Wolf
Rout, Rosenthal & Co
Boniver Mfg. Co
Max Mayer & Co
Leathercroft, Inc
N. Bishop & Co
Gall Novelty Co
Menschik-Arnstein Co
Fortune-Davidson
D. Myer & Sons
Peters Shoe Co
Brown Shoe Co
Endicott-Johnson
H. T. & Sons
Friedman Shelby Shoes
Germany Must Have Living Space Now
Munich March 12 Robert Ley chief of the Nazi Labor front told a mass meeting Germanys demands for living space must be heeded without delay If we are cheated out of our rights developments will follow compared to which Versailles will be but childs play He warned If Jews conquer us we shall exterminate every Jew in the world He claimed 40 000 000 Britons rule 470 000 000 people and 40 000 000 Frenchmen rule 200 000 000 saying Destinty should give us the same chance Now we have Adolf Hitler and the time is ripe to claim what is due us
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Munich
Robert Lev
Labor Front
Germany
Versailles
Ley
Adolf Hitler
Showdown Over Texas House Stand On Sales Tax
In Austin on March 12 the Texas House faces a 2 12 percent general sales tax for pension funding with a constitutional amendment linking a 2 percent levy to retail sales and public utility bills. Debate likely to run days as supporters and opponents clash over revenue needs and alternative taxes.
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Texas
Austin
House of Representatives
House
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Panhandle Dig Out After Worst Sandstorm in Years
Panhandle region recovers from Saturday storm that roared through Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado New Mexico and Arkansas with winds to 80 mph. Farmers report wind erosion but cover crops limited topsoil loss while oil derricks windmills and signs were toppled and rain created mud in places. Dust bowl concerns eased by mild 68 degree afternoon as spring-like weather returns.
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Panhandle
Oklahoma
Hubert Lasater
Texas
Guymon
Okla
Perryton
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Houston Couple Die in Axe Attack While They Slept
A Harris County couple, Joe Compton a 59 year old carpenter and his wife about 50, were found slain today in their Houston home. Investigators described the deaths as axe murders occurring as the victims slept. Local authorities are handling the case as a possible homicide with no suspects yet identified.
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Houston
Harris County
Joe Compton
Eric Compton
Weather view fair and warm across regions then cooling
Oklahoma remains fair and warmer on Monday with Tuesday partly cloudy. West Texas reports fair, warmer in the west and north areas, then cooler in the Panhandle. New Mexico forecasts generally fair Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change.
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Oklahoma
West Texas
Panhante
New Mexico
New Mexico Legislature Ends Session After Appropriations Vote
The 14th New Mexico Legislature adjourned after approving a 5.9 million dollar appropriation for the next biennium. The senate also acted on a merit system bill and a constitutional amendment for a split session in 1940. Last minute clashes occurred over landowner relief measures and various citizen laws.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Senate
Sylver Lorenzo
George Armijo
Hitler
Armijo
Rio Grande Conservancy
Family budget analogies frame Roosevelt economic debate
In Washington on March 12 Senator Harrison of Mississippi opposes Roosevelt's request for 150 million dollars to fund WPA, while debates echo family finances. The piece contrasts federal budgeting with household finances, discusses economy measures, debt limits, and relief funding, and notes congressional divisions over appropriations and defense bills including Guam harbor improvements.
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Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Congress
Pat Harrison
Julie
Coronation of Pius XII in St Peter's Square
The Vatican crowned Pius XII the 262nd pope in a grand outdoor ceremony at St Peter's. About 350000 spectators filled the square as the triple tiara was placed on his head amid chants and a world radio broadcast. The event marked a historic end to papal confinement and featured a Latin blessing and indulgence for attendees.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Pius IX
Holy See
St. Peter's
Camillo Cardinal Caccia- Dominioni
Nicola Cardinal Camali
Canali
Pius
Caccia Dominioni
Holy Father
Vatican Palace
Roosevelt vows to seek restore relief funds after cut
President Roosevelt signals a counter move against Congress economy advocates who trimmed 150 million dollars from relief budgets through July 1. He hints at restoring the full amount in a planned reevaluation following his Friday press briefing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hig
Amarillo Delegation Heads to Fiesta in Albuquerque
About 100 Amarillo residents in a 25 car motorcade left yesterday for the Will Rogers Highway Celebration in Albuquerque. Led by Milton Cox, the group was escorted by state patrol officers and planned a Tucumcari stop en route, with many travelers continuing by air, rail, or car. Gov. Miles and Hollywood figures are expected in Albuquerque for the banquet and to select the highway association headquarters.
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Amarillo
Albuquerque
Milton Cox
Tri-State Fair
Jim Line
Jim Young
C. O. Layne
State Highway Patrol
Tucumcari
Rochelle Hudson
Bill
Jimmy Rogers
Will Rogers Memorial Highway Association
The
Highway Association
Gallagher's
West Sixth Avenue
San Jacinto
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Tioga
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