Naval Bases in the Pacific and Their Strengths
The article compares Pacific naval bases of the United States Japan Britain and France amid tensions in China. It notes Ca vite and Pearl Harbor can host complete battle fleets, Guam lacks drydocks, Hong Kong and Singapore are strong in defense, Saigon handles only small boats, and US bases on the west coast include Seattle San Francisco and San Pedro.
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Pacific
China
United States
Cavite
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Uncle Sam
Hawaii
Seattle
San Francisco
San Pedro
Calif
Amarillo truck lines win injunction on weight limits
District Judge E J Pickens granted a temporary injunction blocking state motor truck load limits under House Bill 336. Amarillo companies plan to resume normal loads, saying average truck weights range from 12 to 16 thousand pounds despite limits of 7000 pounds. The ruling names state officials to show cause why the injunction should not be made permanent.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
E. J. Pickens
Underwood and Strickland
Amarillo Law Firm
Rainbow Truck Line
Pete DeShong
M. M. Seufert Company
H. A. Marr Grocery Company
Furr Food Stores
Borger
State Highway Patrol
J. W. McCormick
Bud Bickle
Jply
Porter Underwood
Underwood
Wife of Noted Bandit Is Held in Tulsa Raid
Tulsa officers detained the wife and son of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd after a dawn raid on a Tulsa residence. Floyd and his lieutenant George Birdwell were said to have stayed there overnight. The woman admitted her identity as Mrs Ruby Hamilton after a tense exchange with officers. Clyde Chuculate and his kin were also questioned as police pursued Floyd in connection with bank robberies and murders.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles
Floyd
Ruby Hamilton
Union
Clyde Chuculate
Oklahoma
George
George Kimes
Maydelle Doone
L. V. Cradit
Cradit
Bonham Street
Miss Boone
Mae Boone
Senate Passes Road Construction Bill
The Senate today added 375 million dollars to the LaFollette Costigan unemployment relief bill for road construction. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
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Senate
Washington
The
Griggs Ambulance
Used Car Bargains in Classified Ads Section
Readers can always find used car bargains in the Classified Advertising Section under WANT AD CLASSIFICATION. For a list of Amarillo’s reputable Beauty Shoppes see WANT ADS CLASSIFICATION-26A. Rent a cozy apartment for less in WANT AD CLASSIFICATION-20, and buy a radio on terms in WANT ADS CLASSIFICATION-33A.
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Amarillo
Fighting Men Are Alike and Turkeys and Nations Carved
Arthur Brisbane argues that human behavior in war resembles carving a turkey across races and nations. He notes Japan's peace talks, criticizes partitionist moves, and questions Western hypocrisy. The piece critiques labor and government policies while reflecting on wartime attitudes and economic plans.
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Law
Junnusoke Inouye
Kaiser
Holland
Turkey
Austria
Germany
Tenor Gigli Due In Amarillo Friday Evening
Beniamino Gigli world renowned tenor arrives in Amarillo for a concert Friday night at Municipal Auditorium. Tickets priced 50 cents to 2.50 with advance sales at City Drug Store No 1 on Polk Street. Gigli recently toured Europe with Rosa Ponselle visiting major capitals.
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Beniamino Gigli
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Gigli
Rosa Ponselle
London
Paris
Budapest
Bucharest
Berlin
Vienna
Zurich
Copenhagen
Four witnesses jailed for contempt in Marshall burglary case
In Waxahachie Texas on February 11 two witnesses were jailed and fined for contempt as the trial of former Dallas County Sheriff Schuyler B Marshall Jr resumed. Others faced perjury charges and questions about grand jury testimony while the bank burglary charges against Kelly Marshall McBride and Scales remained ongoing.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Schuyler B. Marshall, Jr
Dallas
Evelyn Mace
Roy Thornton
Ellis County
Tom Zachary
Tom Ball
Archie Gray
J. Robert Kelly
Kelly
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Ferris
Marshall
H. W. McBride
Herbert Scales
Ferris Bank
Gray
Ball
Zachary
Protection plans hinder Americans amid Far East tensions
Washington reports outline U S and Mexico understanding to guard interests in China while new red activity threatens foreigners. Japan reinforces in Shanghai raising fear of major battle. A Japanese air raid on a cotton mill housing U S marines killed civilians and wounded many, with damage around $60,000 and renewed U S representations to Tokyo.
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Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
America
China
Shanghai
Peiping
John O'Shea
Kanchow
Stimson
Rogers
Stanley K. Hornebeck
State Department
Allen T. Klotz
Japan
New York
Conulate
U.P
U. S
Shimada
Nomura
Taylor
Markham Road
Cook
M. C. Ford
Mussolini Visits Pope Pius XI Early at Vatican
Premier Mussolini arrived fifteen minutes early for an audience with Pope Pius XI on the third anniversary of the Lateran Pact. The visit disrupted Vatican ceremonial routines as cameras proved unprepared and papal aides hurried to receive him.
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Vatican City
Benito Mussolini
Pius XI
Vatican
Mussolini
Duce
Alberio Mella
Carlo Cremonesi
Amarillo Weather Forecast Fair Then Colder
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas calls for fair skies tonight and Friday with colder air and freezing temperatures. Extremes today reach 36 to 46 degrees. northern and western areas may see freezing tonight. New Mexico and eastern sections stay generally fair but chilly.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Writers Beaten Routed In Kentucky Coal Fields
New York critic Waldo Frank and colleagues were beaten and driven from Pineville Kentucky after distributing food to miners. Frank and Allan Taub were assaulted while a crew escorted the group to the Cumberland Gap. Dr Elsie Mitchell said Frank would remain confined for days to recover.
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Kentucky
Knoxville
Tenn
Waldo Frank
New York
Tennessee State Line
Pineville
Frank
Cumberland Gap
Taub
Elsie Mitchell
Kentucky-Tennessee
Congress backs emergency measure to free nearly a billion in gold
Congress unites behind a Hoover supported bill to expand bank credit by allowing rediscounting of sound securities and freeing gold up to 60 percent collateral for notes. The plan aims to relieve reserve pressure, supplement the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and accelerate passage in both houses.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Glass
W. Va
Steagall
Ala
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Reserve
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Lewis enters race for Democratic presidential nomination
Springfield, Feb. 11 4 James Hamilton Lewis United States senator from Illinois was placed in the running as a Democratic candidate for President with a primary petition filed at the Secretary of State's office. Vincent Y. Dallman Springfield editor of the Illinois State Register filed the petition. He said Lewis policies that swept the state in 1940 will carry divis into the Democratic column and ensure a national victory.
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Springfield
James Hamilton Lewis
United States
Illinois
Secretary of State
Vincent Y. Dallman
Ilinois State Register
Lewis
Finance agency heads chosen for Houston and San Antonio
R. F. Ford named manager of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan office in Houston Texas and Otto Moeerschecht named to run the San Antonio office. W. D. Davis was selected to handle the corporation's affairs in New Orleans.
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Washington
U.2
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New Orleans
W. B. Davis
Houston
Tex
R. F. Ford
San Antonio
Otto Meerscheidt
Texas
Otto Moeerschecht
W.D. Davis
Delafe Confesses to Family Killing in France
Police say Pierre Delafe admitted fatally harming his wife and five other relatives on Monday. Victims included a grandmother and four babies, after a dispute over a door.
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Agen
France
Pierre Delafe
Union Pacific Declares Quarterly Dividend
New York February 11 The Union Pacific Railroad Co announced its regular quarterly dividend of 2.50 dollars on common stock.
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New York
Henry Ford
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Al Smith Edges Garner In Globe Straw Vote Lead
In the Globe straw poll the top four candidates are closely bunched with Al Smith leading at 55 votes, John N. Garner 52, Franklin Roosevelt 61, and Alfalfa Bill Murray 50. Write in ballots appear for Old Tack, Mayor Ernest O Thompson, Eddie Cantor, and William G McAdoo.
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al Smith
John N. Garner
Smith
Garner
Franklin Roosevelt
Bill Murray
Ernest O. Thompson
Eddie Cantor
William G. McAdoo
the Globe
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Hongkong
Singapore
Saigon
Soviet
Russia
Wei-Haiwei
Ufotami
Amami
Sydney
Alaska
Esquimalt
Samoa
Canada
England
Globe-News
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Globe
Brisbane
League of Nations
Manchuria
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Boxwell Bros
Triumps
Metropolitan Opera Company
Verona
Mexico
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Bhanghal
Pope
Borah
Idaho
Fess
Ohio
J. Ham Lewis
U. P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred FE. Smith
Wee
Hiram Johnson
William H. Murray
George W. Norris
Gifford Pinchot
James A. Reed
Albert C. Mere
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