Finnish Relief Funds Grow as Donations Pour In
The Finnish Relief drive appeals for more funds as Amarillo business leader Ed Hardin and his wife forward a $5 check to the National Finnish Relief. The Globe News reports a $754.50 tally from firms and individuals, with many donors giving $50 to $250. Panhandle contributors across towns like Dumas and Shamrock send cash to aid Finnish relief.
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Ed Hardin
Amarillo Hardware Company
The
Globe News
Amarillo
Finnish Relief Fund
Hall Axtell
T. K Winter
T. C McAdams
C. B. Lawler
John Hughes
M. L. Fuller
Anonymous
A. K. Baracat
E. W Hardin
J. Ray
Kendall Drug
Fred T. Wagner
E. B Johnson
W A. McSpadden
Rip C. Underwood
Otis L. Wiliams
R. E. Wertz
Wildi Q. Boyce
J. R. Durrett
Phillip F. Allan
H. C. Wisner
Amarillo Cotton Oil Company
A. E. Harmon
A. R. Anderson
S. D. McIlroy
W. W. McIlroy
T. G Nichols
Miles G. Bivins
John J. Gordon
Texalvania Oil Company
D. D. Harrington
Globe- News
Panhandle
E. J. Jones
Dumas
Plainview
John Oole
John Impala
Canyon
City Pharmacy
Miami
Shamrock
Kristina Pakan
Michael Mertel
Paul Ftnk
Paul Macina
John Hrnciar
Dusan Pakan
Sam Pakan
Mike Valencek
John Hrndar
John Cadra
Oil Probation Upholds February Texas Proration Order
Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Lon A. Smith announced the February oil proration order would stay in effect though changes to individual fields may occur. He urged equitable field be works and pledged adjustments if discrimination or confiscation are found, aiming for a thorough review before the March announcement.
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Austin
Lon A. Smith
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Smith
Texas
Weather Forecast From Mr Collman Predicts Mild Snow Gap
Mr Collman forecasts fair weather tonight and partly cloudy conditions tomorrow with high around 55 and low near 22 to 28. He notes many clouds could fool people into thinking snow, but little indication of actual snowfall. The next snow is expected on the 16th while another Amarillo resident forecasts 23 snows this winter. Southwest breeze today around 20 mph.
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Amarillo
Two More Rezoning Applications Filed for City Hearings
The city commission scheduled public hearings for March 5 to consider changes at 201-217 Jefferson Street from first to second manufacturing and 610 Prospect Street from B residential to retail. A second pair of hearings is set for next Tuesday for 2405 Polk Street from A dwelling to B dwelling and 1304-06-08 North Fast Eighth from B dwelling to D retail. No decisions were made last night as protests may affect outcomes based on a map due next Tuesday.
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City Commission
Jefferson Street
First
Second Manufacturing
Prospect Street
Polk Street
North Fast Eighth
Old Tack No 1 Drilled To 1900 Feet This Morning
Drillers report Old Tack No 1 reached 1900 feet today at 8 o'clock with the well down 1000 feet and still showing progress. Amarillo Oil Company's 5000 foot Thompson Park test is logged at city hall with cuttings displayed every 10 feet and in a glass case for 500 vials. A 32 foot salt formation was found at 1368 feet followed by 20 feet lime and 15 feet sand. observers note the display fuels curiosity as Fire Chief Cooper muses on when bottles will fill with oil.
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Thompson Park
Amarillo Oil Company
City Hall
George B. Cooper
Sale of Golf Memberships To Begin Week From Today
Golf memberships for the new Thompson Park grass greens course start next week at city hall. Annual memberships cost 30 dollars with locker rentals available. Ross Rogers course opens next month with green fees set at 0.50 dollars on weekdays and 0.75 dollars on Saturdays Sundays and holidays.
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Grass Greens
Thompson Park
City Hall
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Construction Costs Top $200000 With New Permit
Construction spending in Amarillo for 1940 surpassed $200,000 reaching $205,247 by noon. Harvey Southworth received a permit for a $6,500 six room brick residence at 1022 Travis Street as part of the activity.
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Amarillo
Harvey Southworth
Travis Street
Rogers to Attend Alabama Meeting as US Mayors Trustee
Amarillo chief executive and United States Conference of Mayors trustee Rogers will attend a regional southern session in Birmingham March 8 9. Conference president Mayor LaGuardia of New York heads the meeting with rosters including Mayors Kelly Burton Overton Rossi Hoan.
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United States Conference of Mayors
Amarillo
Birmingham
Ala
Fiorella LaGuardia
New York
South
Ross D. Rogers
Texas
LaGuardia
Rogers
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Howard W. Jackson
Baltimore
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Watkins Overton
Memphis
Angello J. Rossi
San Francisco
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Washington
General License Allows Britons to Join Finnish Forces
In London today a general license was announced allowing British subjects to enlist in the Finnish armed forces. Major Osbert Peake told the House of Commons that a license also covers a recruiting organization set up in London.
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London
Mexican Candidate's Aide Is Murdered Near Camacho Home
In Mexico City on February 14 Captain Evaristo Navarrete aide to presidential candidate General Manuel Avila Camacho was shot dead. Private Guillermo Ruiz Pimentel was wounded by Private Chavez Chavez who opened fire after Navarrete reprimanded him for neglecting duties as doorkeeper. Chavez was arrested as Camacho campaigned in Jalisco.
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Mexico City
Evaristo Navarrete
Manuel Avila Camacho
Guillermo Ruiz Pimentel
Chavez Chavez
Chapultepec Heights
Chevaz
Navarrete
Navarete
Pimentel
Chavez
Camacho
Jalisco
Taxpayers Association Backs One Tax Office Plan
Potter County taxpayers could pay all state, county, city and school levies at a single office and receive one receipt under a proposed consolidation. The plan, backed by Wade Brymer, envisions one assessor, one board of equalization, and a unified staff to cut overhead by at least 40 percent while directing tax rates by each division’s needs. A library transfer to the city and investigations by committee heads will follow this week.
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Potter County
Potter County Taxpayers Association
Wade Brymer
Board of Equalization
Association
Brymer
Twelfth Annual Father and Son Banquet Friday Night
The San Jacinto Methodist Church will host its twelfth annual father and son banquet Friday at 7 15 p m in the Fellowship Hall. Rev H Clyde Smith will speak, J R McDowell serves as toastmaster, Bruce Autrey gives the invocation, and A D Nance leads group singing. Entertainment features include a boys trio Jim Bob Nance Clement Birkmeyer and Jack Anderson a Billy Morris tap dance Hugo Loewenstern Jr saxophone solo and selections by the Blackburn Shaw Quartet.
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San Jacinto Methodist Church
H. Clyde Smith
J. R. McDowell
Bruce Autrey
A. D. Nance
Jim Bob Nance
Clement Birkmeyer
Jack Anderson
Billy Morris
Hugo Loewenstern, Jr
Blackburn-Shaw
Japan weighs 200 unsettled American damage cases
Tokyo reports Japan considering about 200 unsettled cases involving damage to American interests in China. Foreign Minister Arita told the Diet as Chinese reports said 27 Japanese warplanes attacked the Hanoi Kunming railway but were met by Chinese airmen. The United States and France protested past bombings of the railroad.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Hachako Rita
Diet
Arita
Hongkong
Hanoi-Kun- Ming
United States
Frince
Fresh Appeal Made for Aid Against Reds
Finland reports a fall of key Mannerheim line positions to Soviet forces on the Karelian Isthmus as the 14 day battle continues. Moscow claims 84 fortifications seized, while Finland says counterattacks and repulses halted the advance. Finns plead for foreign aid to resist.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Helsinki
Finland
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Verdun
Lake Ladoga
Red Army
Gulf of Finland
Foreign Office
Mannerheim
Blum Reports Welles Signals for Roosevelt Third Term
Paris report by Leon Blum in Le Populaire says Sumner Welles’ Europe mission aims to help Roosevelt decide on a potential third term. Blum, head of the Socialist party, doubts Roosevelt wants it but notes public pressure could become a duty due to the European war. Welles will visit Paris, London, Berlin and Rome.
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Paris
Sumner Welles
Europe
Roosevelt
United States
Fromer
Leon Blum
le Populaire
Blum
French Socialist Party
Welles
London
Berlin
Rome
Whitehurst Promoted at Agriculture Department Moves to Washington
George E. Whitehurst a cartographer for the Bureau of Agricultural Economics leaves Amarillo tonight for Washington to become assistant chief of the cartographic section. His rise reflects years in the Southwest and mapping of regional problems. He has worked for the federal government and BAE since 1936 and studied at the University of Oklahoma and New Mexico State College.
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George E. Whitehurst
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Amarillo
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Whitehurst
Southwest
University of Oklahoma
New Mexico State College
BAE
Kittie Whitehurst
L. H. Hayter
Eddie L. Moore
Soil Conservation Service
Fort Worth
Germans Claim Right To Sink U S Shipping In War Notes
A Nazi source says German submarines have a theoretical right to torpedo United States ships en route to the Mediterranean if they enter Gibraltar, with neutrally status depending on circumstances. The note follows the Burgerdijk sinking as justification. Churchill cites air power hindering a close blockade. Berlin insists Pan American neutrality plan requires a change in British and French positions. In Washington: Elks invite Washington's Birthday dance with Tiny Fogel and His Tune Jugglers at Elks Hall, 25 cents admission.
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United Press
United States
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Downs
Dover
Washington
Elks
One Committee Approves Navy Expansion Plan
The House naval committee approved a two year $655 million fleet expansion to build 21 combat ships and 22 auxiliary vessels. Earlier another committee cut $111,699,699 from the navy budget. The measure was submitted with presidential backing.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
House
Roosevelt
Mass removal of 700 Jews from Stettin on six hour notice
In Berlin on February 14 authorities routed upwards of 700 Jews from their homes in Stettin with six and a half hours notice for mass removal. The trains were believed headed to Poland but exact destinations were not disclosed. This marks the first mass removal from the Alt Reich region prior to annexations. Similar actions had been reported from Vienna and Prague.
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Berlin
Stettin
Poland
Alt Reich
Germany
Vienna
Prague
Regal Co FHA Loans Featured in FE A
FE A Regal Company highlighted for FHA loan programs and eligibility details. The feature outlines qualification steps, required documentation, and potential benefits for home buyers seeking insured mortgage financing through the agency.
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FE. A. Regal Co
Amarillo Weather and Wind Forecast Tonight Through Thursday
The forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with fair skies and warmer temperatures tonight, followed by partly cloudy skies Thursday. New Mexico regions see increasing high cloudiness, with snow over ranges west and north Thursday afternoon or night and warmer readings in other areas. Temperature extremes over the past day show a minimum of 22 and a maximum of 43, with noon reading 5. The text also lists an advertisement for the Gone With the Wind movie edition at Neely-Greenhill and Russell Stationery Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
German Russian fighting along Niemen River continues
Twenty five years ago today on February 14 1915 reports state ongoing hostilities between German and Russian forces along the Niemen River with clashes reported across multiple sectors and no decisive breakthrough indicated.
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Niemen River
Pendergast Machine Crushed by Reform Vote in Kansas City
The Pendergast Democratic machine, once dominant in Missouri politics, suffered a crushing defeat in a Kansas City charter election. Reform groups won every major measure while Police Chief Reed enforced order with patrols to curb election violence.
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Kansas City, Mo
Pendergast Democratic
Missouri
City
L. B. Reed
G-man
It Takes Little Boy To Understand Man's Troubles
In Scranton Pennsylvania on February 14 a florist, Alex Turnbull, was trapped for an hour inside the ice box after the door locked. Passersby ignored his cries until a small boy finally entered the shop and freed him.
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Scranton
Alex Turnbull
Turnbull
Amarillo Texas Tech Club Dinner Set for Tomorrow
The Amarillo Texas Tech Club will hold its regular monthly dinner meeting tomorrow at 6 45 PM at the Amarillo Hotel.
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Amarillo
Texas Tech Club
Amarillo Hotel
Texas court affirms death verdict in Maypearl robbery slaying
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Burton Franks of Bonham at death for the robbery killing of Willis Wiseman at Maypearl. The ruling comes as the Furth source notes Build Now. John Maynard Lbr. Co.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Burton Franks
Bonham
Willis Wiseman
Maypearl
Tex
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Attempted Lynch Attempt On Maryland Mob Foiled
In Snow Hill Maryland a mob of about 1000 men attacked Worcester County jail seeking two black women held for investigation in a farmer slaying. Four state troopers rescued the women and pursued the crowd to Stockton where Harvey Pilchard was killed. injuries reported among officers and civilians, while a suspect was moved to Salisbury.
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Snow Hill
Worcester County
Stockton
Harvey Pilchard
Ruxton Ridgely
Delaware Line
W. H. Weber
Baltimore
J. William Hall
Salisbury
Hall
Goebbels Attacks Foreign Press Over Nazi Criticism
German Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels condemned what he called journalistic excesses against the Reich. He told 500 Nazi speakers that neutrality of any state is doubtful when such criticism is allowed and that public opinion cannot be separated from state policy.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Reconstruction Finance To Bar Loans To Wagner Act Violators
Washington report notes that the Reconstruction Finance Corp will withhold loans to firms found by the labor board to violate the Wagner Act. Chairman J Warren Madden of the National Labor Relations Board disclosed the decision today.
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Reconstruction Finance
Washington
UPI
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Labor Board
Japs Offer Peace Terms Under Threat of Death
Hong Kong dispatch says Japanese high command will press Chiang Kai Shek to seek peace under threat of further slaughter as reports claim 50,000 Chinese killed and 200,000 wounded in Kwangsi province.
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Hong Kong
Kwangsi Province
South China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Used Car Values Highlighted In Globe-News Want Ads
A sample of used car values is shown in the Globe-News Want Ads. Listings include 193 Olds Sedan, 1939 DeSoto Coupe, 1938 Olds Sedan, 1938 Terraplane, 1938 Ford Sedan, 1937 Dodge Coupe, 1937 LaFayette Sedan, 1936 Hudson Coupe, and a 1930 Chevrolet Coupe priced as low as 3 dollars. Dial 6262 for want ad help.
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Globe-News
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Alabama
Taxpayers League
National Venetians
Reds
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Isthmus Front
Kuhmo
Ministry of Information
Geo. E. Whitehurst
U.S
Britain
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Graf Spee
Uruguayan
Neely-Greenhill Agey
Lnswrance
Russell Stationery Co
Arctic Ocean
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North Sea
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France
EU Inland
U.S.S.R
Hungary
Spain
Rance
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Kansas City
Lords
Tom Pendergast
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