Panhandle to fete Farley visit with Amarillo post office dedication
Col E A Simpson backs a Panhandle wide celebration for Postmaster General Farley’s May 17 Amarillo visit to dedicate the new post office. Farley will arrive at 7 40 AM and depart for San Francisco at 1 50 PM, with plans urging regional civic groups to participate.
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Weather outlook for Amarillo and region
The forecast notes partly cloudy skies tonight with colder temperatures well below freezing. Friday brings fair and warmer conditions. West Texas sees partly cloudy with rain in Rio Grande Valley and colder nights near or below freezing, warming on Friday. New Mexico remains partly cloudy tonight with unsettled southeast, then fair and colder tonight and warmer Friday. Temperatures range from a high of 29 to a low of 25 with precipitation around .37 inches.
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Amarillo Teacher Wins All-Expenses Paris Trip
Effie Burkhalter English teacher at Buchanan School in Amarillo earned a fully paid month long trip to Paris for her 400 word essay Why I Would Like to Visit Marie Antoinette's Country. She sails May 3 aboard the Normandie after a last class month.
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Italy Sends Ships and Albania Mobilizes
Italian cruiser and two destroyers reach Durazzo amid Albanian talk of imminent occupation. Albania mobilizes reservists as King Zog rushes troops to the Adriatic coast. Nationalists vow resistance. political unrest grows. Germany says Poland rejected a settlement offer including return of Danzig. Britain and Poland to discuss alliance.
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Baruch backs cash and carry arms sales in Senate testimony
Bernard Baruch, adviser to President Wilson, endorsed Pittman's plan to allow belligerents to buy arms in cash and carry. He argued export bans under neutrality laws hinder neutrality and peace, urging action to prevent others from supplying weapons. He cited geopolitics, Britain Poland Italy alliances, and rising Axis tensions. In Buenos Aires, a Nazi protest was dispersed amid clashes and arrests.
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Army Day marks expansion as nation signals defense revival
On Army Day 1941 roars and parades celebrate a revival of national defense spirit. The 22nd WWI entry anniversary coincides with a $358 million program to triple air force capacity and add about 100,000 to Army strength. President lauds industry for wartime preparedness and Louis Johnson outlines quick stock reinforcement.
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Public Vote on Sales Tax Plan Gets Impetus
The Texas Senate engrossed a constitutional plan for a two percent sales tax and a $20 million ceiling on old age assistance expenditures, sending it toward a popular vote if the House agrees. The measure would hold July 15 1939 and November 1942 elections on adoption and retention, with barbers’ minimum pricing bill also advanced. Senator Sadler signaled readiness to challenge oil industry allowables in federal court.
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State Gets Records of Illegal Interest
Evidence shows 1,093 Dallas workers paid over 55 thousand dollars in illegal interest to 72 local finance firms in two years. Agents Billy Goldberg and Sam Reed shared records with J. M. Penny, usury investigator, noting an average loan of about 20 dollars with four months of interest at an annual rate of 279.18 percent, far above the legal 10 percent.
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Albania Inked for Invasion as Italy Presses Albania War Threat
United Press reports Italy threatens to invade Albania, a small Adriatic nation rich in history. Albanians, mostly Muslim mountain sheep raisers with limited roads and debt to Italy, face a fragile economy and distant language, while Sarajevo lies 75 miles away.
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Peary’s Pole Discovery Reaches Wife After 30 Years
Mrs. Robert E. Peary recalls the September 6 news 30 years ago that her husband had reached the North Pole. She describes the long wait, the Arctic voyages, the birth of their daughter Marie, and the telegrams that finally confirmed Bert Peary’s historic achievement from Brunswick to Lonely Eagle Island.
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General Quits Over Bermuda Auto Ban
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Reginald Hildyard resigned as Bermuda governor and commander-in-chief citing inability to own an automobile. Maj. Gen. Denis Bernard named his successor. changes effective in September. Island has no autos and assembly refused prior permission to obtain one.
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Arizona Governor Plans Regatta Visit at Plains Boat Club
R. T. Bob Jones the governor of Arizona will attend the Plains Boat Club regatta on May 28 with his wife and son and several staff members. He arrives in Amarillo May 27 to join a parade and Governors Ball. Governors John Miles of New Mexico and Ralph Carr of Colorado have signaled plans to attend.
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Bob) Jones
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Adams Charges WPA Used Force to Push Relief Bill
Senator Adams of Colorado testified during committee hearings on the supplemental relief bill. He claimed the WPA expanded relief rolls to compel Congress to approve a larger appropriation of 100.9 million dollars.
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Self-Governing Lawyers Bill Passes House in Texas
The Texas House approved the self governing bar bill by 103 to 20, sending it to Governor W. Lee O'Daniel after concurring with Senate amendments. The measure would let lawyers set professional standards under the Texas Supreme Court.
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Snow Up to Five Inches Hits Panhandle Region
A snow storm swept the Panhandle with flurries to five inches, centered between the Sandia Mountains and Western Oklahoma, extending to Abilene and San Angelo. Temperatures fell to 28 in Amarillo with a low near 20 expected. travel advised only for emergencies as roads faced hazards and some washes occurred.
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Chance to win money writing a political letter
The Globe invites letters about whether the United States should join England and France in war against Germany to defend Poland. Prizes are 5 dollars for first and 2.50 dollars for second. Submissions should be about 300 words, addressed to LETTER CONTEST EDITOR, THE GLOBE, due by 6 o'clock next Thursday night.
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