Hitler Seizes Memel as Reich expands Baltic reach
Adolf Hitler rode the battleship Deutschland to Memel to claim the Baltic district from Lithuania after pressure, signaling a new expansion. Ribbentrop and Lithuanian ministers met in Kaunas while Goering prepared aerial support and international reactions grew cautious.
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Hitler
Memel
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Deutschland
Baltic
Lithuania
Prague
Bohemia-Moravia
Erich Raeder
Admiralty
Wilhelm Keitel
Swinemuende
Amarillo
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Tilsit
Boys Town Founder Arrives for Maverick Club Visit
Father Edward Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, arrives in Amarillo to meet Maverick Club leaders. He will speak at the Rotary Club, inspect a 160 acre ranch site, and headline the Maverick Club jamboree with a school matinee and evening performances to raise funds. Proceeds benefit the Maverick Club programs for underprivileged boys.
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Boys' Town
Amarillo
Edward J. Flanagan
Omaha
Neb
Cal Farley
Maverick Club
Southwest
Boys Town
North America
Father Flanagan
Rotary Club
Julian Bivins
Municipal Auditorium
Maverick Boys
Sam Houston Junior High School
Stuttering Sam
Ralph Dykeman
Organization For Recreation and Wholesome
Lithuania Surrenders Memel to Germany Amid Threats
Lithuania bows to German demands and cedes Memel, losing its sole seaport and 1,099 square miles with 150000 inhabitants. Nazi forces take control as Lithuanians withdraw, hundreds of Jews flee, and emergency powers are declared while parliament endorses the cession.
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Lithuania
Adolf Hitler
Baltic Republic
Germany
Baltic
East Prussia
Memel
Hitler
Lietuvos Aidas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy Thursday with little temperature change for Amarillo and west Texas. New Mexico unsettled Thursday with likely showers in the west portion and only minor temperature changes.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Junior Chamber of Commerce Opens Annual Drive Today
Amarillo Jaycees launch a concise membership drive with 165 members. About 30 volunteers led by Hollis DeGrassi and Charlie Meeker will seek firm and individual memberships, with individual dues set at 5 dollars and firm dues typically 625. The plan was finalized at a Capitol Hotel luncheon led by President Tom Wingate.
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Junior Chamber OF Commerce
Amarillo
the Jaycees
Capitol Hotel
Tom Wingate
Stop Hitler Drive Facing Collapse and Kidnapping Case Update
A report combines two items: a European diplomatic crisis as Britain and allies seek a united front against Hitler with Poland assessing a military pact and loans, and a local Amarillo girl positively identifies Thomas Lee Compton as her kidnapper after officers locate a photograph. The case fuels a wide manhunt across the Tri-State area.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Memel
Lithuania
Britain
Poland
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
Samuel
League of Nations Council
Hitler
Soviet
Russia
France
Europe
Reich
Warsaw
Sir Samuel
League Council
Patrick Munro
Denmark
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Romania
Turkey
Greece
Netherlands
United States
Congress Grants Final Approval To Arms Bill
Congress approved a 358 million dollar rearmament bill authorizing the Army Air Corps to reach up to 6 000 airplanes and approved a 116 539 287 dollar deficiency appropriation to bolster weapons and seacoast defenses. Also debated were Latin American naval aid, neutrality act changes, and aviation research funding with a Hornet carrier bid and a planned Caribbean defenses survey.
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Congress
Washington
Army Air Corps
House
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Puerto Rico
Bolling Field
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation
Newport News
Air Corps
Roosevelt
Appropriations Committee
Qustion
Tarzan Killer Holds Mountaintop Fortress In Gun Battle
Earl Durand known as the Tarzan of the Mountains fortifies a rock citadel 400 feet up a rugged ridge as 65 officers from Wyoming and Montana close in. Two possemen, believed to be Arthur Garto and Orville Lindbury, are shot, with details of their condition unclear. Durand kidnapped a ranch couple earlier, forcing them to drive him toward Clarks Fork canyon before escaping into the gorge as night falls.
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Powell, Wyo
Mountain Rocks
Earl Durand
Wyoming
Tarzan” Slayer
Montana
Durand
Rocks
Yame
Boyd Bennion
Arthur Garto
Meeteetse
Wyo
Orville Lindbury
Cody
Posse
Clarksfork Canon
Bill Monday
Monday
Bennion
Garto
Lindbury
Federal Forest Service
Frank Blackburn
Art Thornburg
Deep Canon
Powell
Thornburgs
Markeman
FDR Tax Revision Plan Proposed at 22 Percent Corporate Levy
Senator Harrison reports President Roosevelt sent data showing taxes opposed by business could be cut by a flat 22 per cent levy on corporate income. He urged cooperation with the treasury to revise the tax structure amid delicate foreign and domestic issues.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
Japs Adopt Neutral European Policy
Tokyo reports the Japanese inner government of five cabinet ministers led by Premier Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma has informally agreed on a neutrality policy in the event of a European war. The ministers conferred on Wednesday to discuss the stance.
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Tokyo
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Texans Fight Federal Claim on Subsea Oil Deposits
Texas joined California in opposing a bill to claim offshore petroleum deposits for the federal government. Senator Connally and other Texas witnesses pressed the point against the proposal to let the attorney general sue to establish title and set up a naval oil reserve. Bascom Giles questioned the United States title to submerged land along Texas coast.
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Texas
California
Senator Connally
Lone Star
House Judiciary
Bascom Giles
United States
Saturday Crude Runs Approved in Texas Fields
Texas oil commissioners approve lifting Saturday shutdowns for April except Rodessa pool, with a six day production rule for all wells. April 1 estimated allowable 1,513,000 barrels, up from 1,315,300, with a hearing set for April 19 to revisit waste limits and Texas production. Major field breakdowns include Panhandle, East Texas, North Texas, West Central, West Texas, Fast Central, Southwest and Gulf Coast.
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Austin
Texas
Ernest Thompson
Lon Smith
Jerry Sadler
Smith
Sadler
Rodessa
Tri-State
Panhandle
East Texas
North Texas
West Central
West Texas
Fast Central
Southwest
Gulf Coast
Hearing Set For April 3 on Writ Violation
Six Texas Technological College trustees were cited for contempt for re electing Clifford Jones as college president. Judge Fountain Kirby set April 3 for a hearing in Fort Worth on the contempt citation. The action follows Winningham’s injunction restraining the election and a related appeal filed with the Tenth Court of Civil Appeals at Waco.
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Groesbeck
Fountain Kirby
Texas Technological College
Clifford Jones
Lubbock College
Tom G. Pollard
L. L. Steele
W. R. Potter
Houston
William B. R Brown
Tenth Court of Civil Appeals
Waco
Kirby
Court of Civil Appeals
Sheppard
Jones
Mexia
Winningham
Limestone County
Steele
Gerald Mann
Fort Worth
Mann
T7th
William B. Brown
Sai Brown
Uncle Sam Backing Wood Duck Recovery Effort
Panhandle wildlife supporters rally as National Wildlife Federation funds stamps to aid conservation. The wood duck rebounded from near extinction due to protective legislation and stamp sales. Local clubs plan tree planting at City Lake and promote stamp sales at multiple Amarillo outlets through next Wednesday.
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Uncle Sam
National Wildlife Federation
United States
Panhandle
Amarillo
Plains
Canadian River
City Lake
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Fuehrer
Memel City
Baltic Sea
Joachim von Ribbentrop
DNB
Victor Gailius
Commons von Ribbentrop
Juozis Urbiys
Das Schwarze Korps
Courland
Livland
Estonia
Latvia
Goering
Italy
Mussolini
Danzig
U. S
Wilhelmstrasse
Czecho-Slovakia
Prussia
Vilna
Kaunas
Camspaiel
Compton
Thomas Lee
Jack) Compton
LaUna Marie Blades
Leo Yselding
Gib Landis
Thompson Park
Erma Guin Burch
Blades
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State, War and Navy Departments
Pittman
Nevada
House Appropriations
Langley Field
Tarzan
FDR
News-Globe
Gunn-Hinerman Tire Co
Amario Hardware Co
Williams Hardeware Co
Morrow-Thomas Hardeware
Maxor
Fox
Bert Levy
Killough& Davies
Zack McCrady
Fist Ansley
Postoffice
Frank Redder
Magnolia
Eighth and
Fillmore
Cal Fazeley
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