O'Daniel Set For U.S. Senate Bid With Appointed Successor
Texas politics swirl as Governor O'Daniel reportedly plans to appoint a successor to late Senator Sheppard and run for the U.S. Senate. The move alarms rival Jerry Mann and hints at a battle with Martin Dies and Coke Stevenson as the 1942 campaign unfolds.
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Lewis Nordyke
O'Daniel
U. S. Senate
Carrier Boys
Amarillo
Sheppard
U.S. Senate
Stevenson
Texas
Jerry Mann
Senate
Allied Defense Line in Greece Still Unbroken
Allied forces cling to a third defense line in Greece as Luftwaffe and ground forces bombard the area. Australian and New Zealand troops suffer heavy casualties while RAF claims 16 German aircraft shot down. Germans report 11 British planes down and 33,000 tons of ships sunk as Britain watches Axis moves in Romania and the Near East.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Great Britain
Romania
Near East
Spain
Gibraltar
New Zealand
Athens
Thermopylae
Pearl Se
Rock
Straits
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Hungary
Hitler
Jugoslavia
Moldavia
Antonescu
Thessaly
Harris County Man Dies in Head-On Crash Near Amarillo
Edgar T. Kennedy candy salesman for the Texas M and M dies in a head-on collision at the 60 and 66 intersection east of the city. E C Sartain of Borger, 29, injured. Kennedy 67, resident of Amarillo 38 years, survived by wife, children, and siblings. Body in Boxwell Brothers Chapel, funeral arrangements pending.
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Edgar T. Kennedy
Texas M & M
E. C. Sartain
Borger
Sartain
Amarillo
Kennedy
Panhandle
Potter County
Polk Street
van Buren Street
Ted Kennedy
Portland
Ore
Evelyn Kennedy Myers
Cecil Kennedy
Paragould
Ark
Will Kennedy
Washington D. C
Sally Thacker
Bessie Inman
Little Rock
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Indians Reinforce Tobruk Front In North Africa
Cairo reports Indian mechanized troops join the British Australian garrison defending Tobruk. The force had previously fought in East Africa and the Akhbar Hills of Libya.
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Cairo
U.P
Tobruk
East Africa
Akhbar Hills
Libya
They'd Rise and Circle Very Low War Bride Story
NEA Staff correspondent Paul Manning recounts Betty Jordan awaiting her RAF pilot husband Frank at an English airdrome. The couple wed as war raged. Betty's nightly vigil, scarf ritual, and the dragonfly like bombers mark a poignant home front tale. Frank crashes but survives. recovery brings a fragile spring together.
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NEA
Paul Manning
Amarillo
London
Germany
Betty
Frank Jordan
Frank
Prank
Texas Senate passes tax remission plan for five years
The Texas Senate approved a bill to remit half of the ad valorem taxes to all counties for five years an estimated 4 to 5 million dollars yearly. The funds may be used for tax relief WPA cooperation flood irrigation drainage conservation navigation and debt service among other needs. The House debated appropriations to prevent old age assistance cuts as Lyndon Johnson spoke on San Jacinto Day.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Senate
House of Representatives
Lyndon Johnson
San Jacinto Day
House
Favors
Appropriations Committee
G. C. Morris
Greenville
British Gunboats Fire on Siboney Near Lisbon
Captain Wendel Habel of the Siboney says British gunboats opened fire as the passenger ship carried 350 people westward across the Atlantic about 320 miles from Lisbon Portugal. No injuries are listed and the vessel continued on course.
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Jersey City
Wendel Habel
Siboney
Atlantic
Lisbon
Portugal
Defense Facilities Survey Opens This Afternoon
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce defense committee calls a regional meeting at 2:30 PM in Parlor A Amarillo Hotel to inventory Panhandle defense resources. Col. E A Simpson will open with reasons for national defense participation and delegates, especially engineers, will be sent from every community.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Amarillo Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Four-Leaf Clovers Multiply in Local Yard Hunt
B J Tyler of 610 North Bivins Street claimed remarkable luck after reading about a champion clover finder. In about 45 minutes he collected 13 four-leaf clovers, plus four five-leaf and one seven-leaf specimens, all pressed in a book to prove the haul.
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B. J. Tyler
North Bivins Street
Mr. Tyler
Federal Intervention In Strike Forecast
The government is expected to act to end the three weeks old soft coal strike with possible direct Presidential intervention. The dispute has left 400,000 miners idle across 7,000 mines and threatens a severe coal shortage that could hinder defense industries as Roosevelt returns from a weekend at Hyde Park.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Amarillo Weather Forecast Amid Light Rain Probabilities
The Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy conditions with light rains and a low around 45 in Amarillo. Tuesday remains partly cloudy and warmer with mixed clouds and scattered showers across West Texas and the Panhandle, while New Mexico and other areas see similar trends and a gradual temperature rise.
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Amarillo
Tueday
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Mountain Northwest
North Central
Yugoslav King Peter II’s Plane Attacked En Route to Jerusalem
Dispatches from Beirut report a plane carrying 17 year old King Peter II of Yugoslavia reaching Jerusalem after a midair attack over the Mediterranean. An unidentified Yugoslav cabinet member was killed during the flight.
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Vichy
France
Beirut
Lebanon
Peter II of
Yugoslavia
Jerusalem
Mediterranean
Germany Drives Through Thessaly as Allies Edge Back
German forces push across the plains of Thessaly threatening central Greece as Allied lines yield ground near Mount Olympus. The advance, described as bloody and costly, leaves Metsovo Trikkala and Larisa in German hands while reaching toward the Othrys region north of Lamia and a line near Arta.
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Metsovo
Trikkala
Larisa
Arta
Othrys Mountains
Lamia
Thermopylae Pass
Thessaly
Mount Olympus
Karditz
Pindus
Arta-Othros
Athens
Amarillo Hosts Hansford Trippers For County Celebration
Hansford County delegation arrives in Amarillo with Morse Gruver and Spearman bands for a Polk Street parade. The welcome committee plans to invite attendees to Spearman's second annual Hansford County Celebration featuring rodeos parades a barbecue dance and contests.
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Morse
Gruver
Spearman
Hansford County
Amarillo
Polk Street
KGNC
Panhandle
Freezing Weather Tests Fruit Cold Snap Leaves Small Impacts
Weather notes report light frost with minimal damage to fruit and grain. At English Field observers recorded distant thunder in February and a little frost in April while Lubbock stayed above freezing with 37 degrees. Forecasts expect clouds and a possible spritz with warming temperatures and light breezes.
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English Field
Mr. Collman
South Plains
Lubbock
Duke of Windsor to Speak on Florida Radio Tonight
The Duke of Windsor is set to address listeners on radio station WJNO in Palm Beach Florida at 6 30 P M CST He may be relayed nationwide as CBS reportedly seeks an opportunity to carry the broadcast This is dated April 21 from Palm Beach Florida.
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Duke of Windsor
Florida
Palm Beach
Fla
WJNO
Columbia Broadcasting System
Italy aims to annex Montenegro in Fascist empire bid
A telegram published today shows Italy requests Premier Mussolini to include Montenegro and Yugoslavia s Dalmatia in the Fascist empire. The note cites Montenegro as the native land of Italian Queen Elena and calls for expansion as part of Italy s imperial ambitions.
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Rome
Italy
Montenegro
Elena
Yugoslavia
Dalmatia
Provisional Administrative Committee
Mussolini
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Wetmany
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India
Betty Jordan
Hampdens
San Jacinto
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General Revenue Fund
Morris
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Welfare Department
Homer Leonard
W. Lee O'Daniel
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
J. S. Murchison
Murchison
Capitol
Hyde Park
U. S
Defense Facilities Survey
Wrightflor
Dwight Newby
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sheaffer, Parker
Eversharp
Russell Stationery Company
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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