Winter Snow Slows Panhandle Highways Open But Slippery
The 19th winter snow, about 2 to 5 inches, slickens Panhandle highways as Mr. Collman notes light winds from the north and diminishing drift risk. Highways 87, 66, and 60 show slow spots or openings with Borger to Pampa cut-off still blocked. Cold nights near 20, day highs near freezing. additional snow expected this week per December forecast.
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Soviet 18th Division Destroyed In Karelia Front
Helsinki reports a Red Army drive northeast of Lake Ladoga left 18,000 killed or captured as Finnish forces rush fresh troops, guns, and planes to halt the advance toward the Mannerheim Line. Russians approach Viipuri and isolate Koivisto Island while Finnish reinforcements bolster the second line.
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Red Army
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Viipuri
Finland
Koivisto Island
Gulf of Finland
Lake Vuoksi
Dutch Protest over Arendskerk Torpedoing Demanded
The Hague reports Minister to Berlin H. M. Van Haersma De With is ordered to protest Germany over the illegal destruction of the Netherlands steamer Arendskerk and seek compensation. The torpedoing by a German U-boat in mid January sparked Dutch indignation and calls for stronger action. The Bur ferdijk Holland America Line freighter was also torpedoed on February 10.
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Bridge School Here March 1 Topic of Talk
Amarillo residents discuss a bridge school starting March held in the old American Legion hall Municipal Auditorium sponsored by the Mother-in-Law Club. Rufus Steele will teach with Culbertson system lectures after each lesson. Tickets are $2 for a five day session with limited tables for personal aid in afternoon and night sessions.
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American Legion Hall
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Germany storing Soviet oil in Romania for shipment
Bucharest reported Germany stores tens of thousands of tons of Soviet oil in Romanian reservoirs for Danube transshipment after the spring thaw. Three more Soviet tankers docked at Constanta as Romania, under an agreement of December 21, lends storage tanks to Germany to ease Berlin over Romania’s lag in oil production.
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Britain and Germany Trade Blows at Sea in War News
London reports fierce naval actions with two German merchant ships captured by Britain as prizes and the destroyer Daring torpedoed and sunk with 157 lives lost. The Altmark dispute rages as Halifax rejects Norway’s demand for British sailors. Morea and Rostock damaged near Vigo. six merchant ships suffer weekend losses.
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Vigo
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Red Army
Finland
Farmhands From Poland Flow Into Germany for Labor Demand
Berlin announces mass movement of agricultural workers from occupied Poland into Germany. Scores of thousands are being brought to till German soil with five thousand from Warsaw daily. Krakow region expected to supply about 120,000 Polish farmhands within weeks.
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Germany
Poland
Warsaw
Krakow
Neutrals Pay High Toll in War George S Sweden Norway Denmark
Europeans at war spike toll for Scandinavia as neutral ships face delays and destruction. Sweden Norway and Denmark fight price rises and trade disruption while preserving neutrality amid German, Allied pressure and Baltic trade limits.
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Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Jesse Jones backs more credit for Port Finns fight
Jesse Jones, federal loan administrator, said he would consider adding credit to Finland if the country continues to fight with a real chance to win. The statement came amid ongoing economic and wartime pressures.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Pintland
Chamber of Commerce Recommends 1500 Aid for Fat Stock Show
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors voted to provide 1500 for the 1940 premium list of the Fat Stock Show. The funds, to be budgeted for the year starting April 15, will be paid quarterly. The board urged two changes including merchant representation on the stock show directorate and a decision on future aid before budgeting. Miles Bivins urged financing 4-H activities. Elmer Johnson succeeds Tully Garner as director. Ray Pinkney will represent the Tri-State Fair.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jim Florey
Miles Bivins
Elmer Johnson
The
Santa Fe
Tully Garner
Ray Pinkney
Mayor Ignores Mayor in Special Meeting on Golf Course
Joe Jenkins as city commissioner convened a special meeting without the mayor. Jenkins and commissioner No. 2 H. Ernest Smith approved a resolution naming Thompson Park’s new grass greens municipal links the Ross Rogers course. Mayor Rogers learned of the meeting from the minutes today. Memberships open after tomorrow. applications filed with the city secretary.
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Thompson Park
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Ross Rogers Golf Course
Japanese say Chinese offensives aid destruction of Chiang forces
Tokyo reports a war office spokesman praising Chinese offensives in China as the best opportunity to destroy Chinese forces and pledging that Japan will never make peace with Chiang Kai-Shek's regime.
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China
Chiang Kai-Shek
War Office
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Film Ad Note
Forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with clearing and colder tonight and Tuesday fair. New Mexico partly cloudy with snow flurries, colder tonight. Rio Grande Valley colder tonight. Temperature extremes show a 46 to 21 range. Also an ad for Gone With the Wind at 69c and a local stationery shop.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Politicians navigate Texas as Pie Suppers become partisan battleground
Governor O Daniel signals reelection push on a Sabbath broadcast noting a million dollar Texas soap factory. Centerville women go on strike over pie suppers, while Senator Morris Sheppard plans reelection and W E Douglass recalls Galveston 1886 Democratic convention with humor about a minister and cowmen complaining of wool.
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O'Daniel
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Potter County
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Senate
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W. E. Douglass
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al Smith
Galveston
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Waco
Vivien Leigh Granted Divorce Over Adultery Claim
Herbert Leigh Holman obtained a decree nisi for divorce from Vivien Leigh, star of Gone With the Wind, on grounds of adultery with Laurence Olivier. The case, heard in London’s High Court, was undefended and cited Olivier as the lover, with Justice Sir Charlton Hodson presiding.
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U.P
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Vivien Leigh
Sir Charlton Hodson
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Laurence Olivier
United States
Finland calls for service men formerly exempted
A Reuters dispatch from Helsinki reports Finland has drafted all men previously exempted in peacetime due to ill health. Also, Miss Kathryn Burwell returned to duties as city secretary after a two week illness.
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London
Reuters
Helsinki
Kathryn Burwell
Allies Open Naval Attack on Dardanelles
A February 19 1915 note marks the Allies launching a naval assault on the Dardanelles. The item references Neely Greenhill Agey and Insurance context for the era.
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Dardanelles
Neely-Greenhill Agey
Sweden Won't Send Troops to Finland War Crisis
King Gustav issued a proclamation declaring Sweden would not intervene militarily in Finland. The government, following Prime Minister Hansson, rejected Finnish appeals for a military corps. Sweden said aid would be limited to nonmilitary support and would block transit of allied troops across Sweden to Finland to maintain neutrality.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Gustav
Finland
Per Albin Hansson
Foreign Office
Russia
Goering Confiscates All Polish Factories and Farms
Berlin February 19 GOERING orders confiscation of all factories farms and forest lands in former Polish territory now part of the Reich. Exemption only for property owned by German nationals before September 1. Lands to be managed by the state to guarantee national sustenance as directed by Goering.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Reich
Poland
Goering
Horse Leads Liquor Officers To Home of Conspirator
A Texas liquor control board leader recounted a Cherokee County raid where a horse wearing sugar sacks led inspectors and Federal Agent Jim Haddock to a farmhouse five miles from an Alto still. Two men were arrested and the farmer faces conspiracy charges in connection with the operation.
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Austin
M. L Eilers
Texas Liquor Control Board
Jim Haddock
Cherokee County
Alto
D. W. Lowe
Eilers
Still
Drilling of Old Tack No 1 Resumed to 2860 Feet
Drilling of the Old Tack No 1 resumed at 5 am Saturday after a water pump was set and reached 2860 feet by 8 am today. The prior depth was 2550 feet at 10:30 am Saturday. More rock cuttings showing formations were to be displayed at city hall today.
Tickets Given To 19 Cars On Railroad Tracks In Clearfield
In Clearfield Pennsylvania 19 motorists received parking tickets and fines for parking on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Snow covered the rails and three trains were halted in one day to prevent wrecks.
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