Escondido Mayor Bars Filmed Hollywood Romance
Escondido California mayor Fred Cooper refused exterior filming for a Hollywood movie over a scene of premarital living and remarriage. He demanded script review and resisted the project, saying it would not be shown in Escondido. The incident ended with the mayor signaling no change in stance.
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Frederick C. Othman
Escondido
Calif
U.P
Fred Cooper
Hollywood
Fair City
Loretta Young
Ray Milland
Columbia Studios
Preacher
al Hall
Cooper
Gail Patrick
Miss Patrick
Hays Office
Patrick
Ctor Hall
Haywood
Sadler Proclaims Flour Repentance Day in Texas
Railroad Commissioner Jerry Sadler, a gubernatorial candidate, proclaims April 20 as flour repentance day. He urges Texans to wear flour sack cloth and ashes and calls on grocers to repent before the grapes of O Daniel wrath shall consume them.
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Austin
U.P
Jerry Sadler
W. Lee O’daniel
Pat
Mike
Sadler
Texas
Safety Talker Slips On Stairs
Utica reports State Police Capt. Stephen Mc Grath who failed to deliver an accident prevention talk before a safety lecture at Ida County Home Rees e slipped on stairs and will be laid up for several days.
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Utica
N. Y
Stephen McGrath
Ida County
Reese
Frost Forecast Sees Freeze Tonight In Local Region
Mr Collman predicts a killing frost with temperatures dropping to about 30 in the countryside and 32 in town. Clouds may break by night with a largely frost friendly night ahead. Some light precipitation reported as snow and drizzle with moisture readings listed for Dalhart Follett Pampa and Amarillo. North wind 15 to 20 mph. Warmer conditions expected tomorrow. Last night’s low 38 and today’s high 40 to 45. An ad notes a goat sold quickly after a 70 cent investment at 210 East 4th.
Girl Scout Region Director Arrives for Amarillo Conference
Miss Edith Sinnett regional director for the Cactus Region arrives in Amarillo by plane. She oversees Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas with a plan to train leaders and expand membership. Sinnett organizes the conference at the Herring Hotel and will meet leaders to discuss local program issues.
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Edith Sinnett
Cactus
Girl Scouts
Amarillo
Miss Sinnett
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
New England
West
Dallas
British Cruiser Report Sunk by Bombing Planes at Narvik
Allied forces and Norwegian troops attack German invaders at Narvik as German positions retreat toward Sweden. Reports say a British cruiser was sunk by a direct bomb hit with two more cruisers damaged, while Trondheim and Namsos fronts show heavy fighting and German advances toward Steinkjer and the Swedish border.
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United Press
Narvik
Norwegian Arctic
Sweden
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Bonte
DNB
Norwegian
Trondheim
Norway
Royal Air Force
Namsos
Allehanda
Aftonbladet
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Storlien
Denmark
Hegra
Steinkjer
Namson
Stockholm
Negroes Refuse Census Over Dice Game Incident
A young woman census enumerator told district supervisor Cecil Baker that two negroes refused to give their names. They were found kneeling in the middle of the floor, reportedly playing dice, when she entered the room.
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Clinton, Okla
Cecil Baker
Baker
Boys Play War Ends With Fines In Memphis
In Memphis on April 17 two boys playing a game of war paid $25 fines each after pelting a passing sprinkler truck with rocks. A man nearby shouted about a German tank prompting the rock volley and the driver to abandon the cab and call police.
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Memphis
Tenn
Navy chief urges rapid build up of world’s largest fleet
Admiral Harold R Stark asked the Senate naval affairs committee to authorize a US construction program costing 3.486 billion dollars to create the world’s largest navy. He urged at least a 25 percent strength increase and faster construction of ships already authorized. He noted studies on battleships from 40 000 to 70 000 tons, with two 45 000 ton ships currently under construction and two more to be started soon.
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Best Navy
Washington
Harold R. Stark
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
United States
U.S
Stark
Navy
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Romania Grants Germany Long Timber Lease Amid Defense Fears
Romania Senate approved a government bill giving Germany a 30 year lease on nearly 100000 acres of timber in central Romania, despite army warns it threatens national defense. The move accompanies wider regional crackdowns on Nazi sympathy as Yugoslavia Hungary and others heighten security.
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Bucharest
Germany
Ionescu Sisesti
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Hungary
Pal Teleki
Admiral Horthy
Bela Imredy
Danube
Black Sea
Two Year Old Rider Joins Fireman On Alarm Run
Burlington New Jersey April 17 Edward Van Sciver a volunteer fire truck driver responded to an alarm with his two year old son in his arms He handed Edward Jr to a bystander then took the wheel again The baby cried as the father rode to the fire in the driver’s seat with his child in his arms
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Burlington
N. J
Edward van Sciver
Edward Jr
van Sciver
Census Bureau Approves 100 Millionth American Count
Officials forecast the door to door phase of the census will finish in about one more week. The count of the 100 millionth American was achieved today with roughly 30 million people still to be enumerated.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Richardson Named President of Hardin-Simmons University
Dr. Rupert N. Richardson was named president of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene on April 17, succeeding the late Dr. J. D. Sandefer.
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Rupert N. Richardson
Abilene
U.P
Hardin-Simmons University
J. D.sandefer
Standing Room Only for Dewey in Amarillo Speech
Dewey arrives in Amarillo at 7 30 am on the Rock Island for a public reception and campaign speech. A press conference is set for 8 40 am and a 9 00 to 10 00 am mail rest period before a 10 00 am to 11 15 am luncheon. Orville Bullington will introduce him at the event with Texas GOP leaders and local clubs in attendance. Dewey departs at 1 10 pm for Albuquerque. his wife stays in Oklahoma. Kenneth F Simpson signals potential New York stop Dewey supporters fear party purges and may resist leadership changes.
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Amarillo
Thomas E. Dewey
L. S
Curly” Hobbs
Dewey
Gallup
New York
Rock Island
Oklahoma City
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Texas
Mr. Dewey
Southwest
Rotary
San Jacinto Kiwanis
Albuquerque
Philadelphia
Kenneth F. Simpson
Simpson
New York State
Roosevelt
News Tip Prize Winners At Globe Readers
The Globe News tips paid big dividends with Thelma Ramsey winning $5 for a scalded baby report. J B Wilmeth earned $3 for a tip on a man hit by a fear, and Mrs J W Lomax won $2 for a burglary tip. Additional tipsters listed include Irma Jean King and many others. Neely Greenhill Agey listed for Insurance.
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Globe News
Thelma Ramsey
North Taylor
Miss Ramsey
J. B. Wilmeth
North Fillmore
13Th
North Pillmore
J. W. Lomax
East
Borger Leads Report of Increased Sales
St Louis April 17 1939 the National Retail Credit Association reports total retail sales rose 5.9 percent from March led by Borger with a 22 percent gain among 23 cities surveyed improved business conditions and an early Easter boosted expenditures confirming a broad rise in retail activity.
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ST. Louis
National Retail Credit Association
Borger
Goebbels Speech Boosts German Morale in Berlin
Berlin reports that on April 17 Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels declared the war at a decisive stage during a Berlin Sports Palace address marking the winter relief campaign. He praised military gains against Denmark and Norway and warned of plutocratic enemies seeking to destroy Germany and its possessions.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Paul Reynaud
France
Germany
Cold Weather Stalls Amarillo Gold Sox Exhibition
The Amarillo Gold Sox were idle as cold north wind and clouds halted this afternoon's game against the St. Joseph Angels. The teams plan a final exhibition tomorrow and the Gold Sox host the Lubbock Hubbers Sunday before opening the regular season Tuesday against the Clovis Pioneers.
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Amarillo Gold Sox
Bubber Jonnard
St. Joseph Angels
Gold Sox
Lubbock Hubbers
Clovis Pioneers
Woman buys blind crate at auction finds three skeletons
In Spokane a woman paid $3 for a blind crate at an auction then opened it on her lawn to reveal three skeletons. Police say the remains of two adults and a child likely came from a private museum run locally before World War days.
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Spokane
Wash
Lee Markwood
Audience Leaves in Tears From 'Comedy' at Church Show
In Evanston Illinois on April 17 three youths staged a church play that was billed as side splitting. The audience walked out in tears when actor Robert Wall fired a gun he believed loaded with blanks which were actually tear gas shells.
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Evanston, Ill
Robert Wall
Federal Deficit Nears Three Billion Mark
The federal deficit neared 3 billion dollars as April 17 reported with two months left in the fiscal year. The government showed a large shortfall amid ongoing spending and revenue gaps.
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Washington
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight with frost. Thursday expects fair and warmer conditions. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies south, unsettled north, with Thursday partly cloudy and cooler. New Mexico mostly fair, east portion partly cloudy tonight, freezing temperatures likely statewide tonight except extreme south central where temps rise Thursday. Temperature extremes for the 24 hours ending 6:30 AM show a high of 80 and a low of 38, noon reading 81.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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