15 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
1
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a London luncheon that Britain’s vast financial resources could deter Nazi statesmen in any potential war. He drew a distinction between German leaders and the German people, noting both nations seek peace but could face war if conflict arises.
A high ranking Civil Aeronautics Authority official from Washington will attend the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce aviation conference at the Amarillo Hotel tomorrow noon. Tom Cotten wired Secretary Carl Hinton to confirm CAA representation to discuss the airport situation and possible federal aid. featured speaker Steve Walsh of TWA will address airline development and future plans. Prominent airline leaders including Braniff president Tom Braniff and Continental Airlines president Bob Six are expected, along with Oklahoma City aviation director Stanley Draper and Trans-Southern Airlines president Jerry Sass, as Amarillo seeks a viable airport solution.
A youth forced entry into a San Francisco hospital killed Morris Cornpropst, 24, a patient, and critically wounded a police officer guarding him. An orderly restrained the youth and a woman companion until police arrived. The suspect, claiming to be the patient’s brother in law, said he aimed to avenge family stabbings.
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday across West Texas with higher temperatures to the southeast. New Mexico sees partly cloudy nights and Friday with little temperature change. highs around 53 and lows near 36.
Federal grand jury indicts F. Donald Coster president and George Dietrich assistant treasurer of McKesson & Robbins Inc. over an estimated 18 million shortage in the firm’s listed assets.
The treasury reports a national debt averaging 308 per person as of December with 730 million in new bonds pushing total to 39.4 billion dollars. War debts from European nations reach over 2 billion while Finland remains the only credit payer. annual interest on direct debt exceeds 1 billion amid a 4 billion deficit for the year.
White House announces Daniel C. Roper will leave the Commerce Department on December 23. Roper had resisted earlier hints of resignation and cited personal business burdens after the death of his son‑in‑law, David R. Coker, as factors in leaving government service.
Doctors pronounced an operation successful in Brockton Massachusetts in which Mrs Vera Stankus 26 donated 18 skin grafts from her thigh to heal burns on her five year old daughter Lorraine The child hoped for Christmas new shoes and an umbrella in recovery after a September 10 fire caused by lighted matches left her with third degree burns.
Insurgent forces attacked government lines in Northern and Western Spain with heavy artillery bombardments. The actions occurred near Hendaye on the Spanish frontier as part of ongoing insurgent pressure across the region.
Ardent advocate of state support of public library service M. M. Harris will lecture Friday night at the Potter County library. The San Antonio Express editor, president of Texas Library Trustees, speaks to educators librarians and officials from across the Panhandle with a conference to follow. Mrs W B Gunn leads greetings from People’s Library Movement. local leaders greet from state PTA and county clubs. A new bookmobile is on display as Carson County libraries plan a regional librarian organization.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars decorate Amarillo with a city tree on Polk Street and Fifth Avenue. Ninety five firs and pine from New Mexico, British Columbia firs, and cedar trees fill vacant lots as Girl Scouts and Garden Club contribute. The display includes painted tumbleweed snow and a pyramidal tree created with 105 firs near the Bivins Building site.
A U P dispatch from Berlin reports Nazi Germany facing rising debt. New 1938 loans total about 8 billion marks, with public debt at 26.8 billion marks and hidden floating debt pushing estimates above 50 billion. Economists debate when further borrowing becomes unsafe and whether budget balancing will come. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht remains cautiously optimistic.
Potter County plans duplicate terms as officials elected in the November 8 election may be sworn in December 31 or January 1 to bridge the calendar gap. Attorney General McCraw allows Sunday oath with ministerial duties. County Judge Riggs proposes December 31 gathering at the courthouse for bonds and immediate readiness. Changes in county clerk, attorney, surveyor, and constable offices expected.
Mr Collman states no moisture is forecast for tonight or tomorrow. He reports the lowest temperature last night at 30 degrees and expects about 36 degrees tonight. Insurance note: Neely Greenhill Agey.
New Orleans December 15 A German subject Joseph Hahn Korff described as secretary of the local League for the Restoration of Aryan Supremacy in America was found guilty by a federal jury on two counts of a six count indictment. The charges allege he sent post cards with scurrilous and defamatory material to Tulane University faculty and others raising the Jewish racial question.
Aides say Secretary Ickes will not run for Chicago mayor on a liberal Democratic ticket. He cites several reasons chief among them the White House directive that he stay in the cabinet, as President Roosevelt wishes.
The Treasury reports federal spending this fiscal year at 4.002 billion dollars with a deficit of 1.565 billion. Vice President Garner may push conservative Democrats to form an economy bloc to curb spending. Garner and Mrs. Garner will attend the upcoming congressional session and White House conferences.
Six permits issued by the building inspector bring Amarillo's year to date value to 2,963,885 dollars with a Margaret Wills school project of at least 50,000 dollars pending. New permits include homes on Hayes Street Sunset Street Van Buren and Alabama Street and a garage conversion for 200 dollars. CHISELERS WARRED ON MOSCOW discusses a Soviet press campaign to reform social insurance against alleged abuses.
Heinrich Schmidt of Frankfurt was sentenced to six weeks in jail after he refused a potato digging job offered by a labor exchange and instead found another, easier job. The case was reported from Frankfurt, Germany, on December 15.
Noel Marchand gazes at an illuminated Fifth Avenue window while memories of a shabby mining town Christmas haunt her. She clutches a roll of bills and contemplates buying the expensive coat for Anita as she recalls a little girl with a ten cent piece and a mother's Christmas.
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