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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1939
Page
4
The report notes Prime Minister Chamberlain telling the House of Commons that Britain will back Poland and other threatened nations with pledges of aid while avoiding full conscription. Key developments include Hull opposing German trading methods, a potential rearmament loan to Romania, and Polish foreign minister Beck arriving for talks in London.
Pan American Airways 41 ton flying boat Yankee Clipper landed at Marignane Airport after a 370 mile overland flight from Biscarosse near Bordeaux. It will continue to Southampton, England, tomorrow on its Europe shakedown flight. Weather altered route from Lisbon to Biscarosse. Gardener note: use of hotbeds and cold frames may speed up transplanting by one to six weeks.
Clare W. Bunch of Robertson Missouri completed a transcontinental flight in a light monocoupe from Burbank California to Roosevelt Field New York in 22 hours 26 minutes. He left Burbank yesterday at 12 41 and landed at 12 07 10 CST. He aimed to beat the 30 hour 37 minute light-plane record set in 1938 by John W. Jones. He passed Amarillo late yesterday and relied on weather reports from English Field TWA station.
A historical reminiscence notes Great Britain's Prince William, later King William IV, visiting 1781 New York. It recounts his stay at Beekman House, rescue by Israel Halleck, skating on the Collect, and later travels to Bermuda and the Mediterranean fleet. The piece compares royal courtesies with colonial governance and notes Tombs Prison on the Collect site.
President and Mrs Roosevelt may greet King and Queen at Niagara. Armored cars will guard the visit, imported from the United States as Canada has none. The United States lacks armored cars without the demand from gangsters.
The 1939 royal tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will span Canada and the United States with a Transatlantic voyage aboard the battleship Repulse. Officials outline security, immigration checks, and limited gifts as preparations begin across nations.
The prime minister said Britain seeks a united front against aggression with any country that cooperates not in aggression but in resistance. He warned that if German policy persists Poland and Romania could be endangered and a Europe-wide blockade against Nazi expansion looms.
President Roosevelt rests at Warm Springs on his fourth day in Georgia. He keeps close watch on the international situation and awaits key legislation, balancing leisure with grave duties.
Moscow reports a government plan to train 100000 girls as tractor drivers to replace men in wartime. The piece also notes rising tobacco production in empire colonies despite British imports of American leaf increasing in 1938.
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