Grew Advises Japs U. S. Demands China Policy Change
American Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew met with Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita in Tokyo to press for concrete U S results over China policy and protests against discrimination in the Yangtze valley. Grew urged ending extra territorial privileges and questioned Japan's responses. Arita signaled divided authority hindered actions and promised an early reply to protests about bombed American properties.
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Tokyo
U.P
Joseph Clark Grew
United States
China
Arita
Japan
Yangtze River
Grew
Anita
Cattle Embargo Halts US Shipments From Mexico
Mexican officials ordered an embargo on live cattle shipments to the United States effective December 22. A trainload of 800 head was tied up at Juarez while ranchers seek permission for contracts made before the ban. The measure aims to curb meat prices and prevent shortages in Mexico, affecting American ranchers with holdings in Chihuahua and Sonora.
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United States
Juarez
EL Paso
U.P
Mexico
Mexican Department of Economy
Rio Grande
Chihuahua
Lima conference hailed as victory for democracy
Paris and Berlin press clash over Lima talks with Paris calling the Pan American conference a triumph of democratic ideas and Berlin accusing Roosevelt of failing in South America. Reports note diverse views from La Journee Industrielle Le Petit Journal and Nazi papers amid international tension.
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Paris
Lima
Peru
la Journee Industrielle
League of Nations
America
LePetit Journal
United Sates
Washington
Great Britain
France
Gabriel Peri
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
South Amer
Southerican
Cold Wave Eases but Forecast Warmer Days Ahead
The Panhandle neared the season's cold low but warmer temperatures are forecast for the next few days. Temperatures across the nation fell to 10 below in many areas with snow and wind. Oklahoma felt the chill as far south as Florida. Weather officials expect the cold to persist into the Atlantic seaboard before easing.
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Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
English
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Oklahoma
Florida
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Wyoming
Prospect
Helena
Mont
Nebraska
Devils Lake
N. C
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Moorhead
Minn
Bismarck
Denver
Wisconsin
Alleghenies
Oklahoma City
Canadian Northwest
Miami
Fla
Christmas Ties Reveal Hidden $5 Bill Warning
H G Frosty Hamrick found among five Christmas ties from 1937 one with a $5 bill pinned inside. He reported the discovery after noting only three ties had been worn. Curtis Speer the county courthouse custodian presented both tie and bill to Hamrick. He urged others to check their gifts.
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H. G
Frosty
Defense Plans Due Support Defense Plans Due
Advocates of stronger national defense expect Congress to back executive plans for a vastly larger military. They anticipate a Roosevelt air fleet request of at least 13 000 craft, about four times the current size, amid warnings of Germany's rapid aircraft production and rising global tensions.
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Washington
Congress
America
Roosevelt
Jerry Sadler Sworn In As Texas Railroad Commissioner
G A Jerry Sadler took the oath of office as Texas railroad commissioner in Longview Texas with two witnesses Hick Halcomb campaign manager and Lois Browning secretary and notary public. Sadler said the campaign team would see it through. He noted Harley Sadler cousin helped his West Texas showing and will take office in January.
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Longview
Tex
G. A. Jerry Sadler
Texas Railroad
Hick Halcomb
Lois Browning
Sadler
C. V. Terrell
Texas
Harley Sadler
West Texas
East Texas
Drunk Driving Charge Filed in Local Accident
Hershey Miles was jailed today on a drunken driving charge after his car collided with a Black motorist’s vehicle. The case was filed before Justice of the Peace Duke.
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Hershey Miles
Justice of the Peace
Duke
Radio Man and Newsmen Nab Fugitive on Farm Near Omaha
In Nebraska a radio announcer Foster May and two World Herald reporters joined about 50 police in a field south of Omaha chasing four escaped Douglas County jail inmates. May and crew captured Fred Roberts in a shed after Roberts revealed himself, while police pursued the other fugitives in near zero weather.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Foster May
WOW
George Sediacek
Ernie Jones
Omaha World Herald
Marion Brown
Phil Erwin
Fred Roberts
Paul Romano
Douglas County
George Cockrell
May
Honya
Roberts
Nebraska City
NLRB Steps Into Midcontinent Oil Strike
The National Labor Relations Board arranged a peace conference at the Midcontinent Petroleum refinery strike in Tulsa Oklahoma. About 450 National Guardsmen occupied quarters amid fears of violence as talks opened with union representatives and NLRB officials. The union claimed 600 workers walked out with broad support to win recognition and contracts in the petroleum industry.
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Tulsa
Okla
O.P
National Labor Relations Board
Midcontinent Petroleum Company
National
J. ©. Denton
Midcontinent
C. R. Coulter
International Oil Workers Union
Congress of Industrial Organization
Dwight F. Blackmore
Fort Worth
Texas
Denton
Pet Terrier Rescues Boy From Pond Near Home
In Rockingham North Carolina a pet terrier belonging to Mr and Mrs Tucker dragged at Mrs Tucker’s dress prompting her to find her three year old son clinging to a bush in neck deep water. He was rescued and treated for exposure.
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Rockingham
N. C
M. L. Tuckers
Plains Residents Seriously Injured When Hit by Truck
GALVESTON Dec 27 Mrs Pearl Clark of Plainview and B G Stanton of Lubbock were seriously injured when struck by a truck while crossing the street. Hospital attendants said both had fractured skulls and leg fractures. Chris Haverson was charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. Mrs Clark and Stanton were visiting the former's son.
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Galveston
Pearl Clark
Plainview
B. G. Stanton
Lubbock
Chris Haverson
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Wednesday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees fair skies with a severe north and central freeze, near freezing in the Rio Grande Valley with killing frost southeast tonight. New Mexico: fair tonight and Wednesday, warmer tonight. Temperature extremes show a maximum of 29 and a minimum of 14.
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Amarillo
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Elliott Roosevelt Faults Mexico Over Good Neighbor Policy
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, told Texas State Network that Mexico has exploited the good neighbor policy by expropriating oil properties and selling oil to other nations. He warned the United States must act to prevent trade loss and cited Mexico’s favorable tariff treatment and 1937 silver purchase deals as benefits enjoyed under the policy.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Elliott Roosevelt
Mexico
Ephe
United States
Texas
Nazi Germany
Cardenas
Mexican Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Rebels Press Eastward in Catalonia Drive Toward Barcelona
Rebels forcefully push from Hendaye across rugged frontier territory as Franco’s offensive advances toward Barcelona. Government forces report ground gains disputed by communiques. north sees Vilanova de Meía captured and Borjas Blancas claimed along the Lerida-Tarragona corridor.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Franco
Vilanova de Meya
Artesia
Catalonia
Lerida
Borjas Blancas
Tarragona
Amarillo Sisters React to New Secretary of State
Two Amarillo sisters of Mrs. Tom Beauchamp, wife of the newly appointed secretary, said they are very happy about the news. Mrs. William Campbell lives at 2123 Taylor Street and Mrs. H. C. Holman at 1024 Sunset Terrace.
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Amarillo
Tom Beauchamp
W. Lee O'Daniel
William Campbell
Taylor Street
H. C. Holman
Sunset Terrace
Two Suspects in Food Store Robbery Identified by None
Two men held by police after the early Christmas morning robbery of the Furr Food Store on Line Avenue could not be identified. The incident involved a store manager Dudley Arden and clerk Oris Odom, who were unable to identify the suspects.
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Furr
Line Avenue
Dudley Arden
Oris Odom
One Slain As Hungarian Guards Fire On Slovak Demonstrators
In Nagysurany, 55 miles east of Bratislava, Hungarian gendarmes fired on a crowd protesting the border change returning Nagysurany to Czecho-Slovakia. One man was killed and several injured as Slovaks gathered before the gendarmerie station. The official Hungarian account cites Slovak agitation directed from Nitra.
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Budapest
Nagysurany
Czecho-Slovakia
Bartislava
Hungary
Nagy Surany
Nitra
Italians Reported Moving in Great Numbers Toward French Somaliland
Paris reports indicate Italian East Africa troops and Ascaris native soldiers are moving toward the French Somaliland border. Daladier asks Chamberlain and Halifax to visit Rome in mid January to discuss defense, not territorial concessions, as France seeks to deter Italy and deter mediation with Germany.
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French Somaliland
Paris
Italian East Africa
Pertinax
L’ordre
Mme
Genevieve Tabouis
L'Oeuvre
Ascaris
France
East
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Chamberlain
Halifax
Tunisia
Erik Labonne
Corsica
Jon
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