Nazi air moves seen as German troops mass near Bulgaria
Reports from Budapest and Bucharest note 60 or more German transports east toward Romania resuming after bad weather. Bulgarian police seize an American courier’s passport. the United States protests. Turkish and British actions loom as weather and supply lines limit fast Balkan warfare.
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Budapest
Romania
United States
Frank Stevens
United Press
Bucharest
Rumania
Stevens
Germany
Bulgaria
Balkans
Dies Committee Probes Krivitsky Death and British Aid Plan
Washington dispatch reports Dies Committee plans to push evidence in the Krivitsky case after the Russian secret police agent was found shot in a Bellevue Hotel room. Willkie urges immediate destroyer aid to Britain and LaGuardia touts US-Canada defense plans as Conant backs intervention.
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Washington
Dies
Democrat
Texas
House Committee
Walter Krivitsky
Krivitsky
Dies Committee
Bellevue
J. B. A*atthews
Samuel Ginsburg
House
Matthews
Louis Waldman
New York
Hans
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Britain
Senate
Willkie
British Isles
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York City
United States
Canada
LaGuardia
Vandenberg
Michigan
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Dr. Conant
Europe
Texas prison board abolishes whipping of convicts
The Texas prison board voted to abolish the use of the "bat" leather whip for punishing convicts as the Legislature in Austin moved to curtail corporal punishment. The action followed a House vote approving a modified bill allowing officers to use necessary means to defend themselves and discipline prisoners. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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Houston
U.P
Texas Prison Board
Austin
Prison Board
Texas House of Representatives
Sidney M Ticta
Eveenuyyares A4idutl
Texas
C. W. Butler, Jr
Crockett
House of Representatives
House
M. B. Morgan
Denison
Morgan
Sam Hanna
Dallas
Senate
FBI May Bring Suspect to Clovis
Federal authorities plan to transport Gene Crosby from California to Clovis New Mexico to face a kidnapping charge. Crosby allegedly abducted taxi driver Charles A Walker in February 1935 and forced him to El Paso. Accomplice Jose Armento was killed in a San Francisco jewelry store robbery. Crosby confessed involvement in 15 California robberies.
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Cal
U.P
Gene Crosby
Clovis
N. M
el Paso
Crosby
Charles A.walker
Jose Armento
San Francisco
Wallace Everett, Jr
California
University of California At Los Angeles
Everett
Five Die In Blast In South Philadelphia Homes Wrecked
A gas main explosion in South Philadelphia killed five people and injured more than 20 as two blasts wrecked houses. A boy with a toy died, and a policeman may have died entering a damaged home. Firemen aided by three alarms battled a large blaze.
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Philadelphia
U.P
New Jersey
Judge Adams Refuses Apology for Nazi Flag Burning
Municipal Judge Ida May Adams in Los Angeles refused to apologize for burning a Nazi flag in her courtroom. German chargé d affaires Hans Thomsen protested to Cordell Hull, who asked Governor Olson for a report. Adams said she would file a complete account for the state department.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Ida May Adams
Hans Thomsen
Washington
Cordell Hull
Floods isolate thousands of patients at Mendocino State Hospital
Floods isolated 2 800 insane patients at Mendocino State Hospital as guards doubled precautions to prevent panic while food stocks dwindled. The Russian River and Mill Creek floodwaters stayed several hundred yards away, though officials warned of possible shortages if waters did not ebb in three days.
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Ukiah
Cal
U.P
Mendocino State Hospital
Russian River
Mill Creek
Valentines Day Reminder for Vacant Properties
The notice reminds readers of an upcoming fifteenth vacancy day when many homes and duplexes are vacated and filled. It urges placing Want Ads promptly for any vacant property and provides the Globe-News Want Ads contact and examples of listings such as floor coverings and local insurers.
Heat Wave In Rio De Janeiro Causes Dozens Of Fatalities
Rio de Janeiro authorities report twenty three deaths from sunstroke and heat exhaustion this month amid a January started heat wave. Temperatures have hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade as the heat persists with no break expected.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
The Weather Bureau forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with a low of 32 to 35 degrees and Wednesday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian sees increasing high cloudiness tonight followed by partial clearing, with little temperature change. 24 hour extremes were 37 to 61 degrees, noon temperature 57 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
British press continues push to drive Italians from East Africa
Cairo dispatch reports the British Middle East command confirming progress in a large pincer movement across Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Italian Somaliland. No new Libya front updates. unconfirmed word of a French raid toward Khadames near Tripoli. Benghazi harbor to be used as a central Mediterranean base. Bergonzoli captured after arriving with six fellow generals.
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Egypt
Middle East
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Libyan
Khadames
Tripoli
Fort Saint
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Italy
Bengasi
Annibale
Bergonzoli
Bardia
Benghazi
Burglar Selects Himself a Suit at City Cleaners
A burglary at Country Club Cleaners, 3211 West Sixth Avenue, was discovered this morning. Police found a worn jacket near the shop and believe it was discarded by the burglar who chose a suit and left a note saying you left the window open.
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Country Club Cleaners
West Sixth Avenue
News Tip Prize Is Won By Hardy Ellis Story
Hardy Ellis of 1921 Pierce Street won the $5 first prize in the week’s news tip contest for his tip about a fireman toy incident. James L. Gordon of Gordon's Style Shop earned $3 second prize for tipping an attic cleaning at Amarillo’s first radio station and an 1902 Paducah ice storm tie. Archie McDavid’s tip about a shoplifter foot race won $2 for McDavid Brothers employee Sallie McGill.
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Hardy Ellis
Pierce Street
James L. Gordon
Gordon
Amarillo
Paducah
Mr. Gordon
Archie McDavid
McDavid
McDavid Brothers
British Ships Shell Ostend Under Cover of Darkness
British warships pushed into Ostend harbor under cover of darkness and unleashed a heavy bombardment that damaged harbor works and started fires. The attack marked the first major naval assault on Ostend since German occupation last spring. The RAF also conducted widespread raids on Germany and occupied territories, including Hanover, Boulogne, Rotterdam, Cherbourg, and targets in Italy and the Mediterranean. The RAF lost four planes. 90 percent of the raiding force reached Hanover.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Ostend
Belgium
France
Flanders
Air Ministry
Hanover
England
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Holland
Germany
Berlin
RAF Coastal Command
Cherbourg
Franco plans talks with Mussolini as Spain eyed for Axis bloc
Reports from Vichy indicate Francisco Franco and Ramon Serrano Suner travelled from Madrid toward Ventimiglia to meet Benito Mussolini. The aim is a possible Italian Spanish bloc aiding Rome Berlin Axis. Petain may visit along the Riviera coast while Ciano reportedly leads the foreign ministry delegation.
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Switzerland
Francisco Franco
Spain
France
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Vichy
Rome
Madrid
Il Duce
Axis
Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Portbou
Philippe Petain
Riviera
Petain
Paul Reynaud
Serrano Suner
Ventimiglia
Genoa
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Filippo Ansuro
Foreign Office
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Panhandle Livestock Ass'n Convention
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