Russo German Amity Shaken Amid Balkan and Finland Tensions
War expert notes growing distrust between Moscow and Berlin as 12,000 German troops land in Finland and Russia restricts wartime shipments. Analysts warn that Berlin's Balkans advance and Russia's countermeasures risk a sudden clash.
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Finland
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Hitler
Stalin
Germany
Balkans
Turkey
Europe
Asia Minor
China
Japan
Leningrad
Baltic States
Tinfoil Drive Receives Local Boost From Port Aransas
Mrs Bland of Bland's Place Port Aransas contributes 15 pounds of tinfoil and two gallons of milk bottle tops to the Preventorium drive sponsored by Ollie M Childers. Pat Bourassa adds five balls about 20 pounds each. Weighing begins Friday May 9 with periodic weighings to follow. Coat hangers added. laundrymen will collect on regular routes.
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Mrs. Bland
Bland’s Place
Port Aransas
Tex
Ollie M. Childers
Pat Bourassa
Three Indicted as Grand Jury Rests
The grand jury returned three indictments and recessed until Monday. Indicted are Paul Willis Jacobs alias Larry Riley and R. C. Isbell on forgery charges. The third man was not in custody.
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Paul Willis Jacobs
Larry Riley
R. C. Isbell
Fire at 1401 Van Buren Street damages clothes
A fire in a servant's house at 1401 Van Buren Street caused an alarm at 8 50 this morning. Firemen reported some clothes destroyed and no injuries noted.
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van Buren Street
Kansas City Markets Livestock Report Dated April 30
Livestock sales show hogs 2,200 head with gains 15-25 cents. top at 8.75 for 180-260 lb. cattle receipts 2,500 with mixed bids on steers and yearlings. Feeder and stocker classes steady. cows and bulls mixed. lambs active with gains 15 cents. Arizona spring lambs and other figures noted. financial security fund listed with liquidating and offering prices.
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Kansas City
Upi
D. A
Texas Senate Bans Bat Spanking in Prisons
The Texas Senate approved without dissent a bill prohibiting corporal punishment in state prisons. It was an amendment to the House bill, with Rep. Sam Hanna of Dallas saying the Senate version is acceptable and he will seek House concurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas Senate
Texas
Sam Hanna
Dallas
Senate
House
Meeting Plans Move Big Wheat At Crop Meeting
About 50 representatives from wheat mills shippers and grain handlers met in the Crystal Ballroom to devise plans for moving stored 1940 wheat and creating more storage for the new crop. J E Wells presided as committees target normal movement. railroads promise efficient routing and rapid unloading to prevent surplus growth.
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AAA
Herring Hotel
Sev
J. E. Wells
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas
Pincushion Yields Needle Cache at 1101 Tyler Street
Mrs. W. E. Connell reports a rare find from a 200 year old family pincushion at 1101 Tyler Street. This morning she unearthed 67 various needles, recalling a previous discovery of 999 needles in the same heirloom.
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W. E. Connell
Tyler Street
He Was Certain Bottle Contained Whisky
Cecil D. Hodges inspector for the State Liquor Control Board testified in a case against a defendant charged with selling whisky on Sunday. He sampled the bottle, coughed, and stated he could say with certainty the contents were whisky.
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Dallas
Cecil D. Hodges
Sherman
State Liquor Control Board
Hodges
South's Coal Producers And CIO Reach Temporary Wage Pact
In Washington on April 30 the Southern coal producers and the United Mine Workers Union announced a temporary wage agreement to reopen Southern mines. The deal covers the $1 a day wage increase proposed for the region.
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South
Coal Producers and Cio
Washington
Southern Coal Producers
United Mine Workers Union
Advertising Tax Bill Passed by Texas Senate
The Texas Senate amended and passed by Rep. Woodrow Bean a bill allowing counties and home rule cities to vote an advertising tax by popular election. The levy may not exceed five cents per hundred dollars.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Woodrow Bean
Sierra Blanca
Florida Ship Canal Project Back On Track in 20-Project Bill
Washington April 30 The House rivers and harbors committee approved a bill authorizing 20 projects totaling 458 million dollars. The measure includes resuming work on the Florida ship canal and outlines funding for related navigation and harbor improvements.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Florida Ship Canal
Wichita Falls Man Named Labor Commissioner
John D Reed of Wichita Falls was appointed by Governor O'Daniel as state commissioner of labor in Austin. The Senate had recently rejected the reelection of Joe Kunschik, who had served as commissioner for the past two years.
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Austin
John D Reed
Wichita Falls
O'Daniel
Senate
Joe Kunschik
Olga Reynolds Granted Divorce in 47th District Court
Olga Reynolds received a divorce from E E Reynolds in 47th district court. Reynolds is serving a life sentence for a criminal attack on a 15 year old girl. Doctors at Roosevelt Hospital reported slight improvement in violinist Pritz Kreisler who was knocked down by a truck and remains semiconscious.
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Olga Reynolds
E. E. Reynolds
47Th District Court
Reynolds
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Pritz Kreisler
Kreisler
Bantam hens set on one nest with 30 eggs in yard
In Darlington South Carolina H W Smith reports three bantam hens setting on one nest holding 30 eggs. The U S has about 15 000 tourist courts and camps nationwide.
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Darlington, S. C
H. W Smith
United States
Officers Visit Local Home Guard Battalion in Borger Armory
Panhandle Battalion Texas Defense Guard officers visit the local unit at the high school armory with Major Lou Roberts and Captain A. Petersen in charge. They will dine at Silver Grill at 6 PM and oversee new member installations, physicals, and uniform reports. Amarillo men with prior commissioned experience may apply for local staff despite manpower needs.
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Panhandle
Texas Defense Guard
High School
Lou Roberts
Borger
A. Petersen
Amarillo
Silver Grill
Petersen
General Hulen Delayed By High Water
General John A. Hulen vice president of the Fort Worth and Denver was delayed several hours by high Pease River waters near Vernon. He arrived with C. D. Peckinbaugh and C. S. Edmonds to meet Special Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Wells at the Herring Hotel.
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John A. Hulen
Fort Worth
U S Plans Pilot Observation Mission to England
Washington reports the army will send young pilots from various bases to Great Britain to study modern aerial combat methods and equipment. The selection favors youth and aptitude, and observers will monitor British practices.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Great Britain
Roosevelt Plans Vast Merchant Fleet Pool for Hemisphere Defense
Rear Admiral Emory Land said the Roosevelt administration intends to assemble a huge pool of American merchant vessels and requisition foreign flag ships for defense of the hemisphere. The House Rules Committee backed a bill to freeze open and closed shop practices in defense industries with a 25 day cooling off period before any defense strikes, but debate in the House is delayed until next week amid organized labor opposition.
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Washington
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
House
Government Gains 150 Acres at McClelland Lake Site
The government acquires title to 150 additional acres at McClelland Lake in Gray County. Assistant U S District Attorney Frank Potter handles the proceedings and the friendly condemnation for the Dumas government home project. The C S Lambie Company of Amarillo has the contract to build 100 houses.
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McClelland Lake
Gray County
U. S
Frank Potter
Potter
Dumas
C. S. Lambie Company of
Amarillo
City Boathouse Repaired Awaiting Lake Opening
In dry dock the city boat house undergoes repairs as the lake runs low twenty miles southwest. Preparations aim for the day fishermen may return when the site reopens. City commission delayed opening to May 1 but picnickers may use Word Ranch nearby.
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Word
Whitehurst case drags on as leave request faces draft
Army engineers in Caddoa Colorado telegraphed that George Weaver Whitehurst should be granted leave to go to Panama to work for the government, calling him a necessary man. He must report for induction May 5 after a state department permit. The draft board denied deferral amid pressure from above, and the board of appeals unanimously sustained that decision.
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Whitehurst
Draft Board No. 1
Potter County
Army Engineers
Caddoa
Colorado
George Weaver Whitehurst
Panama
Amarillo
Board of Appeals
Guy Saunders
Arch Lidia
Whurst
Alimony Offered With Lipstick in Dallas Court
In Dallas on April 30 District Judge Dick Dixon considered a defendant’s offer to settle alimony using lipstick as payment. Attorney G. H. Crane presented a case of cosmetics and proclaimed they had no cash, asking the judge to accept the lipstick in lieu of money.
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Dallas
U.P
Dick Dixon
G. H. Crane
E. F. Neff
Dixon
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L. W. Hough
New Mexico
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Ray Odessel Lester
Skellytown
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Rochester
N.Y
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England
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