Mystery roar unsettles Brooklyn residents after midnight
A loud, siren like roar confined to a seven mile Brooklyn strip from Coney Island to Brooklyn Bridge spurred police and residents to speculation. No cause was found despite checks for rinks earthquakes blasts planes wind or animals. Fordham seismographs showed no shock and the Weather Bureau found no thunder. The noise, heard from 10 30 PM, was likened to surf against rocks and recalled Orson Welles war of the worlds broadcasts.
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New York
U.P
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Prospect Park Zoo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fordham University
Weather Bureau
Orson Welles
Flatbush Avenue
Germany and Poland Break Negotiations Over Polish Jews
Berlin dispatch reports Germany and Poland halted talks on Polish Jewish status as Inter-Governmental Refugee Commission head Rublee arrives to press a solution for about 600 000 Jews. Dispute centers on how much property Polish Jews may take from the Reich, with 25 percent rejected by Warsaw and 23 000 already deported.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Poland
Reich
George S. Rublee
Inter-Governmental Refugee Commission
Rublee
Inter-Governmental Commission
Warsaw
Key Diplomats Report Before Senate Group
Ambassadors Joseph Kennedy and William Bullitt told a joint House and Senate military committee of an utterly chaotic European scene under Hitler and Mussolini and warned of an ongoing arms race. They discussed British French policies and the Munich outcomes, and their testimony reinforced concerns about peace prospects and the need for expanded U S defense forces.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Congress
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Robert Reynolds
North Carolina
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Reyonuds
Reynolds
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chamberlain's Rome Visit Signals Flexible War Policy
London January 10 premier Neville Chamberlains Rome trip seen as potential turning point in appeasement policy. Dispatch notes continued pressure from dictators and fear of a spring move while France Britain reject Italian territorial claims and Eden resigns shadows of Munich linger.
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Webb Miller
Nevyllle Chamberlain
Rome
Miller
Chamberlain
Munich
Chamberlin
Europe
Jey
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Paris
France
Britain
French Empire
Georges Bonnet
Czechoslovakia
Garage Man Resists Robbery At Kansas City Station
S F Stone a filling station attendant faced two bandits who demanded the cash. He refused saying they must take it themselves. He was escorted to the washroom where he locked the door and kept all receipts in his pocket.
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Kansas City
S. F. Stone
Stone
Man Questioned In Frome Murders
El Paso officers voiced little hope Texas Rangers would obtain crews to the Frome murders. Leo Wahler was questioned on a train between Dalhart and El Paso as Rangers Barr and Pharres boarded at Dalhart. Wahler is being moved from Oliver Illinois to Los Angeles for a Dyer act charge with Los Angeles police also wanting to question him about a nightclub slaying.
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EL Paso
Texas Rangers
Frome
Leo Wahler
Dalhart
R. L. Barr
W. P. Pharres
Wahler
Oliver
Ill
Los Angeles
Cal
Special Session of CIO Requested
Homer Martin announced after an executive board meeting that he would ask for a special convention of the CIO United Automobile Workers in Detroit as soon as possible. He said a formal request would be made to the board this afternoon, though opponents hold a majority on the board which must approve the call.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Martin
Nice Winter Weather Predicted by Mr Collman
Mr Collman forecasts fair weather tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. A sheltered thermometer recorded 35 degrees last night and ground temperatures stayed below freezing due to radiation cold. He says the same conditions will persist tonight.
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Mr. Collman
Coliman
Hungary Recognizes Manchukuo Increase in Ties
Hungary has recognized Manchukuo, the state announced today from Manchukuo. The brief notice confirms international recognition amid shifting postwar alignments.
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Manchukuo
Hsinking
U.P
Hungary
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Highlights Light Temperatures
The forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. West Texas remains fair with small temperature variation. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies tonight and unsettled conditions Wednesday with minor temperature shifts. Highs near 48 and lows around 35.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Oil Test Heads for Amarillo Amid Local Hopes
Amarillo residents push for core tests after Edwin R. Jameson drills a mystery well at 1603 Monroe Street. Longtime local Upton Jones recalls past calls for testing and notes an oil bearing strata may underlie the city, with townwide curiosity and optimism cited.
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Amarillo
Upton Jones
Edwin R. Jameson
Monroe Street
Mr. Jones
Allred Seeks Probe Into Land Office Spending
Governor James V. Allred announced he asked Attorney General Gerald Mann and State Auditor Tom King to investigate how four months of appropriations for the general land office were used. The move followed disclosure that public lands were sold or leased by former land commissioner William H. McDonald just before Bascom Giles took over. McDonald defended his actions as lawful.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Gerald Mann
Tom King
General Land Office
William H. McDonald
Bascom Giles
McDonald
Frankfurter Isnt Fit To Sit on High Bench Hearing Told
Senate Judiciary hearing on Felix Frankfurter nomination featured Collis Redd of the Constitutional Crusaders of America charging he violates liberal traditions. Witnesses opposed the pick, but committee indications favored approval. Dean Acheson represented Frankfurter who was absent.
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Senate
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Collis O. Redd
The
Constitutional Crusaders of America
Senate Judiciary Committee
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Thomas Payne
Jefferson
Redd
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Committee
Dean Acheson
Treasury
New Deal
Prankfurter
Borah
National Recovery Administration
NRA
Connally
Donald Richberg
Gen
Hugh Johnson
George Eb, Sullivan
Austria
American Civil Liberties Union
Sullivan
Civil Liberties Union
William Foster
Supreme Bench
Oil Test Tip Tops City News Tip Contest
A tip about an oil test at 1603 Monroe Street won W M Leachman first prize in the News Tip contest. Second and third places went to C E B Kennett and R J Fowlkes for tips on a crushed scrap car and an army rifle found during garage teardown. Other participants and tipsters are listed with addresses across Monroe Street and area streets.
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W. M. Leachman
East Thirteenth Avenue
Max Zweig
Irving Kearns
Thad Ansley
West Eighteenth Avenue
C. EB. Kennett
South Virginia Street
John Stalcup
Hughes Street
Scott E. Potter
Dotty Hamilton
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Pierce Street
Clay Keen
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Seventh Avenue
Glen Perryman
Eighteenth Avenue
William Bettis
English Airport
Cortella Ingram
Grant Street
R. D. Mason
Clara Netts
van Buren Street
H. L. Mauldin
East Wighth Avenue
Walter Smith
Tyler Street
Elroy Vaughan
Northside
M. Smith
North Taylor Street
Royce Gant
John Bowling
Fillmore Street
World Faces Wheat Crisis Again in Italy Institute Warning
Rome report from January 10 says the International Institute of Agriculture warns of a new wheat crisis worse than 1928 due to rising grain surpluses. It estimates 1.14 billion bushels exportable by July 31 1939 and 540 million bushels of world import demand.
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Institute
Italy
Rome
International Institute of Agriculture Today
Navy Amphibians Start Long Flight From San Diego
Eighteen of the navy's finest fighting planes departed at dawn from North Island San Diego bound for Guantanamo Bay Cuba to join the United States fleet in fleet problem XX. The vanguard lifted at 611 AM and by 637 AM all aircraft were en route across the Laguna Mountains toward Tucson El Paso San Antonio New Orleans and Miami led by Commander Allan Price.
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Cal
U.P
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
North Island
Laguna Mountains
Tucson
el Paso
San Antonio
New Orleans
Miami
Allan Price
Amarillo Youth Becomes Airplane Engineer at Vega Unitwin
Bob Reedy, 26, of Amarillo, rose from local schooling to aeronautical engineering with Vega Aircraft Company, a Lockheed subsidiary. Now back in Burbank, he works on the new twin engine Unitwin six place airliner, featuring side by side motors with a sliding clutch system for reliability.
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Bob Reedy
Amarillo
Vega Aircraft Company
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Bob
Taylor Street
Reedy
Vega
Burbank
Cal
Wichita University
Stearman Company
Wichita
Menasco Buccaneer
Unitwin
Prominent German Writer Found Guilty of Treason
Ernst Niekisch, a noted German writer, was convicted of high treason by the People’s Court in Berlin and sentenced to life in prison. He faced charges of plotting against Nazi leaders and broadcasting bootleg radio propaganda, with other defendants to be tried in groups later.
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Berlin
U.P
Ernst Niekisch
People’s Court Today
Wilhelm Drexel
Miekisch
Karl Troegler
Drexel
Troegler
Niekisch
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Germany
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