Amarillo Traffic Woes and Call for More Officers
The Amarillo Globe urges drivers to observe safety rules amid dangerous Twenty second Street traffic. It calculates four traffic officers cover limited hours, calls for education, engineering, and enforcement, and proposes adding at least eight more traffic police to improve day and night protection.
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Twenty-Second
Twenty-second Avenue
Amarillo
Monroe
Taylor Streets
Polk, Harrison
Globe Ants
Lire Department
Rogers
Commission
Polk Street
Globe
Italians Reject 1935 Laval Mussolini Pact Over Tunisia
The Italian government in a note to French ambassador Andre Francois-Poncet declares the Laval Mussolini accord on Tunisia no longer valid. The pact touched France border territory near Italian Libya and Italian East Africa and was negotiated by Laval and Mussolini in early 1935.
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Paris
U.P
Andre Francois-Poncet
Italy
Tunisia
France
Libya
Italian East Africa
Ethiopia
Pierre Laval
Benito Mussolini
Laval
Mussolini
Slaying Laid To Revenge In Texas Graft Case
In Alice Texas Dawnon R Murchison a game warden was shot by deer hunters on the King ranch Investigators hear revenge as a possible motive recalling a past incident when Murchison killed a Mexican hunter to protect a fellow officer The grand jury previously found the death justifiable Two Mexicans were detained for questioning after the incident.
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Alice
Tex
Dawnon R. Murchison
Trammell
Murchison
King Ranch
Warren J. L. Robinson
Clear Weather Predicted For Christmas By Coleman
Mr Coleman predicts ideal weather without snow for Christmas with party cloudy skies and cooler conditions tonight and tomorrow. He notes little unsettled weather this week and a low of 28 tonight after a 33 degree low last night. Christmas weather expected to be rougher yet mostly clear Sunday.
Treasury Official Stricken With Heart Attack In Washington
Treasury Department general counsel Otman Oliphant suffered a heart attack and was taken to Naval Hospital in Washington. The incident was reported by the Washington Post and details indicate a medical emergency involving a high ranking official. Oliphant's condition and further updates were not immediately available.
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Washington
Wpotman
British Official Warns Against English Nazi Labor Front
Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare told the House of Commons that any German attempt to compel German nationals in Britain to join a British Nazi labor front would be a punishable offense. He pledged action if evidence of intimidation is presented. Gift shopping is a delight at Russell's the Place for Gifts.
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London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Britain
Labor Front
Japan Plans New Asia Policy Ties With China
Premier Fumimaro Konoye outlined a policy shift toward China calling for abandonment of extraterritorial rights in exchange for a settlement. He proposed an anti-Communist bloc including Japan Manchukuo and China with limited foreign influence and strengthened economic ties. Inner Mongolia would be a special anti-Communist zone.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
China
Japan
Manchukuo
Konoye
Prince Konoye
Inner Mongolia
United States Rejects German Protest Over Ickes Speech
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said the United States would not apologize for Ickes Cleveland speech and criticized German press attacks on President Roosevelt and his cabinet. He told Dr. Hans Thomsen the speech reflected a broad American sentiment, while Germany demanded regret.
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Washington
Wri
Sumner Welles
United States
Ickes
Roosevelt
Welles
Hans Thomsen
Berlin
Thomsen
Cleveland
Germany
U. S
Chinese claim break at Yochow gate in Hunan drive
Chinese reports say forces smashed through defenses at the east gate of Yochow the key Japanese held city in Hunan Province and street fighting raged. China pressed toward Hankow while another column moved from Tungcheng to sever the Canton Hankow line.
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Shanghai
Yochow
Hunan
Yangtze River
Hankow
Canton-Hankow
Tungcheng
Puchi
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Friday. North areas slightly colder. southwest warmer. Friday mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the southwest and colder conditions in the north. New Mexico unsettled with possible snow flurries in the north tonight and Friday. colder Friday and tonight in the southwest. Temperatures reach a maximum of 48 and a minimum of 33.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Argentina Blocks Agreement To Stand Against Aggressors
The Pan American conference in Lima stalls on a solidarity declaration among 21 republics. US Secretary of State Cordell Hull and delegates from Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay meet in a midnight session but report no concrete progress. Argentina’s government rejects a draft compromise, delaying a united front against European dictatorships.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
United States
Cordell Hull
Brazil
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Family Heartwarming Gift Rebuilds Beckwith Home
In Deep River Connecticut Mrs. Willis Beckwith and her three surviving children Lillian Bert and Bill move into a new one story white house decorated with Christmas trees and silver trimmings after a fire killed eight of their family, leaving four, and neighbors statewide raised over 4500 dollars to fund the home and essentials.
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Deep River
Conn
Santa Claus
Willis Beckwith
State
Beckwiths
Morgenthau seeks extension of stabilization fund
Secretary Morgenthau announced he would ask Congress to extend the 2 billion stabilization fund beyond its June 30 expiration. He said the duration should be set by Congress, and noted the fund has become an important adjunct to the treasury as it stabilizes the dollar against foreign currencies.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
150 Pounds Of Gold Sought In Amarillo Route
Police in Amarillo join nationwide hunt for 150 pounds of high grade gold worth about 9450 dollars. Theft occurred at a Las Vegas mining site, with a mine inspector indicating one suspect may head toward Oklahoma via Amarillo in separate cars.
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Amarillo
Las Vegas
Nev
Oklahoma
Office Wife Given 14 to 15 Year Manslaughter Sentence
Mrs. Fern Patricia Dull the blonde office wife who killed her employer and lover William Holbrook was sentenced to 14 to 15 years in the Detroit house of correction by Judge Mark Taylor after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter. She showed no emotion as the sentence was read and her children were present in court.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
U.P
Fern Patricia Dull
William Holbrook
Detroit
Holbrook
Fugitive Pair Finds Jail at End of Trail
Ranger Pat Taliaferro stops two youths from California and Oklahoma after they ride freight trains and steal cars. The pair, Francis Coltrin alias Bob Williams and Fred Johnson, are held for Dalhart on a car theft charge after taunting weather and Christmas mail found in a stash at Pleasant Valley.
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Amarillo
Taliaferro
George Wolfe
Dalhart
Ralph Smith
River Road
Pleasant Valley
Neal Arthur
Francis Coltrin
Bob Williams
Covina
California
San Bernardino
Gallup
Albuquerque
Trinidad
Colorado Springs
Fred Johnson
Lawton
Raton
Plains City
Texas Ranger
H. D. Faust
Corpus Christi Man Indicted in Race Track Swindle
A federal grand jury indicted Rufus Oliver a Corpus Christi special investigator for the district attorney and 18 others on mail fraud and conspiracy charges linked to a 100000 dollar race track confidence swindle.
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Corpus Christi
New York
Rufus Oliver
Tex
Cameraman Arrested in Chungking for Shelters Photo
Universal newsreel camerman J. Endicott of Los Angeles and Philadelphia was arrested by Chinese authorities for photographing bomb shelter constructions. He was released later, but his camera remained held for inquiry.
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Camerman
Chungking
Endicott
Universal Newsreel
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
1000 Persons Nabbed In Spanish Spy Roundup
London reports claim about 1,000 arrests in insurgent Spain in a major spy hunt linked to the "case of the dirty shirt" found in Harold Goodman British vice consul's baggage. Officials debate who placed incriminating papers and whether all detainees are Spanish.
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London
Spain
Harold Goodman
San Sebastian
Iran
Goodman
Hitler Open to Let Memel Stand Under Present Rule
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Chamberlain quoted Hitler at Berchtesgaden in September saying he would be glad to let Memel stand as it is as long as the Memel statute is observed by Lithuania. Memel, taken after World War I, remains a Lithuanian unit with local autonomy under the statute.
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London
U.P
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Lithuania
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Perkins Sees 1 Million Nonfarm Jobs Since June
Secretary of Labor Perkins estimated that non agricultural employment rose by one million since last June, with a seasonal gain of 30 thousand in November. The report notes the shift toward employment outside farming.
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Washington
Perkins
Officials Take Office Dec. 31
District and county officials elected in November will be sworn in Saturday morning December 31 at 10 oclock. County Judge Riggs calls a special county commission meeting to approve bonds. Ted Blackburn is succeeded by Hubert Cole as county clerk. John Stalcup may be kept as deputy. Tom Seay will replace Howard Anderson as county attorney. Oaths include District Judge E C Nelson and others. Build Now! See John Maynard Lbr for estimates.
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Riggs
Ted Blackburn
Hubert Cole
Cole
John Stalcup
Tom Seay
Howard Anderson
E. C. Nelson
Carl Clifft
J. N. Riggs
Bill Adams
L. D. Heyser
Jack Foster
Justices of the Peace
C. W. Carder
H. W. Duke
Lon Sellars
Mark Parker
John Winters
Dan Pavillard
W. D. Howren
Robert, Underwood
Ben Smith
John Arnot
T. J. Baldwin
An Old Book on Shelf Tells Christmas Story
An old book found behind a shelf reveals a Christmas narrative. The text recounts Caesar Augustus and Cyrenius taxing the world, Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and angels proclaiming peace and goodwill.
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Caesar Augustus
Cyrenius
Syria
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Government Says Wheat Crop Will Be Short in 39
Washington reports forecast the 1939 wheat crop will be among the shortest in years due to drought and reduced acreage. Officials cited a near record 1.1 billion bushels last fall and projected 8 to 11 million acres abandoned as 20 to 25 percent of winter wheat land may be left uncultivated in the Great Plains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Great Plains
Stolen Dynamite Not Recovered at Fuqua Ranch
Several sticks of dynamite stolen from a magazine on the Fuqua Ranch northwest of Amarillo have not been recovered. Police say professionals carried out the theft and detonators and fuse were also taken. It may indicate a safe blowing at some location.
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Fuqua Ranch
Amarillo
Tex ‘Thornton
Man Admits Plan to Ship 2 Million Rifles to Spain
Benjamin Simon a Bronx salesman confessed conspiracy charges after helping F. Donald Coster disguise his swindling past. He aided Coster by providing fake birth certificates for Coster and family to assume new identities. The probe links Coster to a $1,000,000 swindle and a now-deceased drug firm head who died by suicide in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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New York
F. Donald Coster
McKesson & Robbins
Spain
Brien McMahon
U. S
Benjamin Simon
Bronx
Coster
Simon
McMahon
Tificates
Washington, D. C
Marie Musica Girard
Samuel Reich
Musica
Fairfield
Conn
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