Aviation Club Meets Tonight in Amarillo
The Aeronautical Association of Texas holds its first meeting at Amarillo Municipal Airport hangar with transport from the Amarillo Hotel at 7 tonight. President Blenner outlines plans for state wide clubs and a push for airplane factories in the Panhandle and Texas, tied to Gov Elect Od Daniel’s industry goals.
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Aeronautical Association of Texas
Dave Bieter
Amarillo
Prop and Wings Club
Panhandle
Austin
Blenner
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Charlie Boyd
Municipal Field
Italy Considers Internationalizing Tunisia Amid Talks
In Faris a report says Italy plans to present a new strategy to Prime Minister Chamberlain to internationalize Tunisia and reduce French control. Sources note Chamberlain pledged support for France against territorial transfer, yet Tunisia’s status looms large in any Mediterranean discussions.
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Faris
Italy
Tunisia
Mussolini
Amberlain
Rome
Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Djbout
Mediterranean
Morford Infant Dies at Northweet Hospital
A three month old Morford daughter Heriey Morford died at Northweet Texas Hospital this morning. She was the child of Mr. and Mrs. Lievd Farl Morford of 3301 Best Tenth Avenue. The parents survive with two brothers Billy Ray and Braty Parl and a sister Prances Leute. Funeral arrangements have not been finalized.
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Northweet
Texas Hospital
Heriey Morford
Lievd Farl Morford
Best Tenth Avenue
Morford
Fort Worth
Denver
Boxwell Panera
Burvivora Besieen
Billy Ray
Braty Parl
Prances Leute
Civilian Flier Plan Seen Slow to Help Amarillo
Local flyers greet Roosevelt announcement to train 20 000 civilian pilots as a national defense reserve. Officials say benefits to Amarillo will be distant with initial intake limited to college students and approved schools. They favor broader government funded instruction and arrival of government owned planes to spur local flying.
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Amarillo
Roosevelt
Charlie Boyd
Thornton Oxnard
Boyd
Jewelry theft leads to arrest of two Tucumcari visitors
Ruth Rascoe and Maypelle Bell were charged last night with theft after returning from Tucumcari. Sheriff’s officers picked them up there an hour after two women filed complaints accusing them of stealing jewelry.
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Ruth Rascoe
Maypelle Bell
Tucumcari
61 Got Jobs At Post Office
Amarillo post office hired 61 extra workers for the Christmas mailing rush, averaging eight hours daily. Extra wages totaled 1,497 30 with overtime for regular staff pushing rush week payroll over 3,500 dollars. Postmaster W D DeGrassi says Christmas receipts exceed 10,000 but the office operates near cost, largely spending in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
DeGrassi
American embassy asks exemption from Nazi business ban
The American embassy delivered a note to Berlin's foreign office seeking assurances that American citizens would be exempt from the Dec 14 law barring Jews from managing business enterprises, even Jewish owned ones. The note seeks assurances alone and does not cite the German American friendship treaty.
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Berlin
U.R
Foreign Office
Potter County To Have Two Amarillo High Alumni In Office
For the first time in Potter County two Amarillo High School graduates will hold county office. Tom Seay, elected county attorney last summer, and F E Gene Jordan, appointed as assistant by Seay, will take the oath on Saturday. Jordan, a 1923 Amarillo graduate, studied at Abilene Christian College and was the first student at Texas Tech before earning UT Law School in 1933. He later worked in the state auditor’s office and now partners with H H Cooper. Seay, a UT and UT Law School graduate, previously served as assistant county attorney under Howard Anderson, who retires January 1. County officials will take oath Saturday.
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Potter County
Amarillo High School
Tom Seay
F. E
Gene) Jordan
Seay
Jordan
Amarillo High
Abilene Christian College
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
University of Texas Law School
State Auditor's
Austin
H. H. Cooper
University of Texas
Texas Law School
Howard Anderson
Amarillo Pianist Esther Johnson Heads Home From Balkan Tour
Famous Amarillo pianist and Balkan music expert Esther Johnson returns to the United States aboard the Cunard Franconia due in New York Saturday. She recounts Belgrade engagements, Queen Maria’s reception, Balkan field films, and plans for winter lectures and concerts in America.
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Cunard
New York
Europe
Johnson
B. V. Blackwell
Harrison Street
Belgrade
Kolarcheva University Hall
Ernest Schelling
Ragusa
Queen Maria
Marie
Roumania
Maria
Serbia
America
Bucharest
Paris
Treasury Girds for Drive Against Spies
Treasury enforcement chiefs mobilize for a coordinated anti spy program in line with President Roosevelt. Elmer Ivey is named coordinator of all treasury and allied agencies to centralize the espionage crackdown.
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Washington
WPA
Treasury
Roosevelt
Elmer Ivey
Will Rogers Highway Bulletin Announces Albuquerque Convention
National Will Rogers Highway Association bulletin ready for distribution along the Chicago to Santa Monica route. Pat Flynn reports national president Carl Hinton has secured a prominent speaker for the annual convention to be held March 13 to 15 in Albuquerque.
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Will Rogers Highway Association
Chicago
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Pat Flynn
Carl Hinton
Albuquerque
Municipal Employes To Hear Civil Service Talk Tonight
Members of the American Federation of State City and Municipal Employes will meet at the Capitol Hotel to discuss Civil Service for state city and municipal workers. State Senator Gene Worley of Shamrock will deliver the main address replacing Senator Clint Small who is in Austin. The 7 p.m. program includes Rep. Jack Little Bob McKinley A W Ackerman and several state representatives and local officials.
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American Federation of State
Capitol Hotel
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Clint Small
Austin
Rep
Jack Little
Bob McKinley
TSES
H. W. Ackerman
State Federation of Labor
Max Boyer
Borger
A. B. Tarwater
Plainview
Allison
Levelland
WPA May Be Dissolved If Permanent PWA Plan Proposed
Legislators discuss making the Public Works Administration semi permanent with a gradual WPA abandonment. Some expect emergency funding to July 1, while others press for a long range construction program and immediate PWA action during private industry downturn. Senator Hayden forecasts a post emergency decision on a permanent PWA to fill unemployment gaps, with an expected emergency appropriation of 650 to 750 million dollars.
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Public Works Administration
Congress
PWA
Hayden
Arizona
WPA
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