Small Hope For India: Gripps Offer Keeps Crisis in Check
In New Delhi British envoy Sir Stafford Gripps urges good will to resolve India’s dominion status dispute, offering a possible reprieve from a war turning point. If cooperation collapses, non cooperation could weaken Allied India, invite Japanese invasion, and risk Axis gains. Gandhi’s influence makes a large revolt unlikely though localized trouble remains. Mohammed Ali Jinnah signals Muslim League concerns over Britain’s proposals.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
India
Stafford Gripps
New Delhi
Britain
Hitler
Middle East
Axis
Gandhi
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
All-India Moslem League
Mos
Dry Season Hurts Texas Bluebonnets and Politics
The article notes a dry Texas spring reducing bluebonnet blooms and mentions wartime travel limits. It discusses Bengal migration fears tied to British India and potential Japanese invasion, plus native princes and Sikhs backing Britain. It ends with legends about the bluebonnet as Texas state flower and its naming history.
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Benjamin C. Tharp
University of Texas
Texas
John Nance Garner
United States
Colonial Dames
Barry Miller
Dallas
Texas Senate
House of Representatives
John M. Green
Yoakum
Phil Clement
Goldthwaite
White Rose of Commerce
Garner
Texas House
Thomas L Sanders joins Marine Corps
Amarillo native Thomas L Sanders has enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and will report for duty in June. A Wheaton College student and Amarillo High School graduate, he is the son of Mr and Mrs J S Sanders of 511 Grand Street and former ROTC officer.
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Thomas L. Sanders
Amarillo
Marine Corps Reserve
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
Marine Corps
J.S. Sanders
Grand Street
Amarillo High School
Red Cross Motor Corps Meeting Announced
Members of the Red Cross Motor Corps will meet tonight at 7 30 o clock at the home of Betsy Weymouth 1700 Harrison Street. Certificates will be presented to those who completed the preliminary mechanics training course. All members urged to attend.
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Red Cross Motor Corps
Betsy Weymouth
Harrison Street
Olive Childers
Good Friday Night Candle Light Communion Planned
The Central Presbyterian Church will host the Good Friday Night Candle Light Communion Service tomorrow at 8 o clock with the entire auditorium lit by candles. Dr R Thomson pastor will conduct the service. Hillsboro April 2. After six weeks Clay Township trustees choose Kelly Grooms as justice of the peace.
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Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
Hillsboro
Clay Township
Justice of the Peace
Kelly Grooms
Out of Jail to Run Again in Fifth District
Olin R. Holt former Kokomo mayor and convicted official files for Democratic nomination in Indiana fifth district for the May 5 primary. Holt, released from Leavenworth after 1931 32 conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act, later faced a WPA diversion case with a $5 000 fine and prison term. He vows to appeal public opinion as political foes weaponize his record.
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Indianapolis
Olin R. Holt
Kokomo
Congress
Holt
Indiana
Secretary of State
Leavenworth
Hoosier Protective Association
WPA
Terre Haute
Newfoundland Britain flight sets new record in Liberator
London April 2 The Newfoundland to Britain flight record stood at 400 minutes on a U S built Consolidated Liberator bomber with an average speed of 330 mph over 2200 miles. The pilot faced no disciplinary action after a ferry command inquiry credited the aircrafts performance and favorable conditions. The bomber circled at its field for three hours with extra fuel before landing in darkness.
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London
Ferry Command
Patch Dog Helps Gather Eggs No More
A. M. Spearman of 1305 West Thirteenth Avenue recalls his wire haired terrier Patch who used to accompany him each morning to gather eggs. The dog began going alone, and Mr. Spearman notes that he now finds three or more eggs missing each day.
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A. M. Spearman
West Thirteenth Avenue
Mr. Spearman
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