Amarillo Misses Airport Defense Aid in 40 Million Plan
Amarillo was not included in the national defense airport program while Austin Big Spring Corpus Christi Galveston and Waco won projects totaling 1 262 000 for takeoff and landing facilities. Other Texas towns listed include Brownwood College Station Del Rio Eagle Pass Houston San Antonio and Sweetwater.
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Austin
Big Spring
Corpus
Galveston
Waco
Brownwood
College Station
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Houston
San Antonio
Sweetwater
Corpus Christi
Storm Fails To Impede Greek Push
British mechanized forces and air units pound Italian units retreating toward Libya near Sidi Barrani. over 20,000 Italians claimed captured as the Suez threat abates. Greek Evzone troops climb through heavy snow to seize a northern mountain height near Lake Ochrida amid harsh conditions in Albania.
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United Press
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Suez Canal
Sidi Barrani
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Bugbug
Albania
Lake Ochrida
Jugoslav
Elbasan
London
Sollum
Bardia
Chisimaio
Somaliland
Ankara
Balkans
Thrace
Dardanelles
Birmingham
Rhineland
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce backs airport expansion plan
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce board outlines steps taken to pursue a government funded airport expansion. It urges city ownership of English Field and Washington effort, noting Army acceptance unlikely of municipal sites and predicting further federal funding in January.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
English Field
United States
Eng Field
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
George Broome
Tom Cotten
Gene Howe
Washington
Aviation Committee
Chamber of
Amarillo National Guard Parade and Dance Fundraiser
Hundreds of Amarillo residents braved rain to view the National Guard parade led by the 131st Field Artillery Band. Amid damp conditions the 350 guardsmen showcased readiness before tonight’s National Guard dance at the Nat, with proceeds to a mess fund supporting magazines, recreation gear, and a Christmas fund for soldiers en route home.
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131St Field Artillery
142Nd Infantry
National Guard
Ambassador Lord Lothian Dies in Washington
Lord Lothian, Britain's ambassador to the United States, died at age 58 in Washington after a brief illness described as a uremic infection. He had recently canceled a Farm Bureau appearance in Baltimore and had long influenced Anglo American policy as Lloyd George's ally and author of parts of the Versailles treaty.
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Lord Lothian
United States
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American Farm Bureau Federation
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Germany
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Lloyd George
Col. House
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Baron Kerr of
Nisbet
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Rhodes Trust
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Czechoslovakia
Mussolini
London
Great Britain
Italian Trouble in Rome Agents Seen in Italy Failing to Break Morale
Italian Fascist editor Virginio Gayda said foreign agents and British propaganda are aimed at breaking Italian morale but will fail amid Italian firmness. He cited Britain's concentration of forces and three motives: to gain good news, bolster American faith, and apply a nerve war. Fellow editor Robert Farinacci blamed high command for delays and implied Badoglio opposed the Greece campaign.
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Virginio Gayda
Italy
Gayda
Britain
Robert Farinacci
I Regime Fascista
Pietro Badoglio
Greece
Two Amarillo Teens Face Attack Charges
Two 17 year old Amarillo youths were jailed on charges related to attacks on two girls. Wesley Barton of 4000 Rio Grande Street is charged with criminal attack with a $2000 bond. E V McDowell of 403 North Lincoln is charged with attempted criminal attack with a $1500 bond. They were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Carder.
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Amarillo
Wesley Barton
Rio Grande Street
E. V. McDowell
North Lincoln
Justice of the Peace
Seattle jurors cry as defendant pleads for acquittal in burglary case
In Judge Robert M Jones court Frank Kombol, 36, pleaded for acquittal on a second degree burglary charge but was found guilty after jurors wept at the emotional moment during his own defense.
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Seattle
Robert M Jones
Frank Kombol
Ihey
Light Ice and Snow Forecast for Plains Region
Weather notes indicate light ice possible with minimal accumulation as cold fronts move in. Mr Collman reports temperatures near 29 degrees at the Canadian River by noon and ongoing light snow, with hazardous highways about 10 miles north of the river.
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Coilman
Amarillo teen violinist Eli Sverdloff aims for stardom
At 19 Eli Sverdloff makes his public debut at Amarillo College in a demanding concert sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and Globe-News. Critics forecast major potential, with mentor Josef Piastro praising the youth who has practiced eight hours daily for months. The program features Mendelssohn concerto, Bach sonata, Wagner selections, Schubert Ave Maria, and Ries Perpetuum Mobile with Margaret Harris Henry at the piano.
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Amarillo
Eli Sverdloff
Heifetz
Amarillo College
Eli
Kreisler
Walther
Schubert
Ries
Perpetuum Mobile
Margaret Harris Henry
Soviet frontier clash leaves casualties and captives
Moscow reports a frontier clash with intruders resulting in one dead two wounded and 23 captured. Two Soviet detachments halted the band at the border, received reinforcements, then rounded up the group after brief fire. One Soviet guard suffered a minor wound.
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Moscow
Comsomol Pravda
Uses Nails To Keep Off Sparrows
THERMOPOLIS WY Dec 124 Gerald Smith proprietor of a shoe repair store found small headed nails spaced 13-16 inch apart deter sparrows from roosting on his sidewalk sign. Birds cannot straddle nails nor balance on a single nail, making the roost impossible. Smith says it took experiments to reach this precise spacing.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Gerald Smith
Morgenthau Rules Out Loans to Britain Under Johnson Act
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr said he would not participate in any loan to Britain or other debt defaulting nations if it violates the Johnson Act. He stressed the act’s spirit is clear and refused to say if Congress might modify it. Morgenthau noted no request for a loan had been made and declined to comment on neutrality act sections. He also voiced shock at the death of British Ambassador Lord Lothian but said negotiations with Sir Frederick Phillips would continue.
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Britain
Europe
Winston Churchill
Germany
Wit Thoma
Amarillo
H. A. Dyer
Russell Stationery Company
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Mayfair
Natonal Guard
Armory
Albania
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Great Britain
Morgenthau
Senator Johnson
Sir Frederick Phillips
Treasury
Congress
Sir Frederick
Lord Lothian
District Clerk Ben Smith Decorates Office for Christmas
The district clerk Ben Smith has hung candles and holly in the office with a Christmas tree on the counter. Candies nuts and cigars will gradually disappear as the season progresses.
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Ben Smith
Amarillo Weather Forecast Delivers Snow and Cold
The Weather Bureau predicts light snow and colder conditions tonight with partly cloudy to Friday's path. West Texas and New Mexico may see rain and snow, with freezing temperatures and a high of 42.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
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