Texas and California arrests in 1938 Frome murder case
In a desert murder probe, Texas and California officers seized Charles Hatfield and his wife Bonnie in Van Horn along with a farm wife linked to the crime. Dope-ring involvement cited. Gov. Stevenson seeking extradition from California. Other arrests expected as West Texas sheriffs pursue the case.
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Ustin
Texas
California
Desert
Weston Frome
Nancy
van Horn
Charles Hatfield
Bonnie
Los Angeles
Coke Stevenson
Groesbeck
West Texas
Hatfield
Culberson Couny
van Hornaday
Hutchnson
Sutton County
Willkie Hughes May Get Posts
President Roosevelt was reported to be considering Charles Evans Hughes Wendell Willkie James A. Farley and possibly Alfred Smith for posts on a supplemental board of costs to assist the new national war labor board.
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Washington
Roosevelt Oday
Charles Evans Hughes
Wenell L. Willkie
James A. ‘Arley
Alfred Smith
Umires
Naional War Labor Board
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle region
The Amarillo area will see clear skies this afternoon and tonight with slightly colder temperatures tonight. High near 60, low around 22, with generally fair conditions in Panhandle and South Plains and partly cloudy elsewhere with possible rain in the Rio Grande area tonight.
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Amarillo
Toight
West Texas
Panandle
South Plains
Rio-Eagle Pass
No Time for Love New Serial Starts Today
Lavinia, an assistant buyer in Armworth's Department Store, aspires to independence and a career in business or the arts. Frederick Rand flirts amid office chatter as Lavinia balances ambition with romance and family expectations.
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Freddy Rand
Preddy
Lavinia
Americans Beat Japanese in Field Gun Battle
Washington January 13 AP The War Department reported American and Filipino artillery batteries proved superior to Japanese forces as enemy tanks armored units and infantry were shattered and dispersed in a 24 hour battle.
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Washington
War Department
Plains Pioneer Elizabeth Ann Stephens Eakman Dies at Canyon
Elizabeth Ann Stephens Eakman, 83, last of the pioneer Stephens family, died at Canyon. Sister of late congressman John H. Stephens who served Panhandle from 1895 to 1917. Survived by four daughters in Amarillo Abilene Canyon and San Angelo. She moved to the Panhandle in 1889 and lived in Canyon and Amarillo area over 52 years. She belonged to Eastern Star and the Presbyterian Church.
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Elizabeth Ann Stephens Eakman
Stephens
Canyon
Eakman
John H. Stephens
Panhandle
John Mathis
Amarillo
Leland L. William
Abilene
Harry A. Brown
L. L. Diltz
San Angelo
L. H. Stephens
Randall County
Nazis Lose Key Cities
The Associated Press reports Russia’s armies recaptured the rail hub of Orel and threatened Vyazma as Red forces push from Kaluga toward Smolensk. Berlin says Hitler moved HQ from Smolensk. German forces fall back to the Valdai Hills. Timoshenko drives toward Kharkov in Ukraine.
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Associated Press
Russia
Rel
Moscw
Smol
British Exchange Telegraph Renow
Berlin
Say
Adolf Hitler
Smolisk
Moscow
London
BBC
Sovi
Orel
Red Army
Kaluga
Vyazma
Moscow-Smolensk
Hitler
Valdai Hills
Fuehrer
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Steamship Sunk Off Nova Scotia In Closest Atlantic Loss
A large steamship was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine about 160 miles off the Nova Scotia coast. Survivors estimate 94 lives lost and 89 saved. Of the rescued, 66 were Chinese and 23 white. four white crew and about 90 Chinese aboard were lost. Most victims perished in near zero seas on rafts and small boats. This marks the closest sinking to the North American coast in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Nova Scotia
North American
United States
West Coast
Newfoundland
Woman Felt Engine Trouble After Parking Mishap
Mrs. Verna V. Ballard told police she suspected engine trouble after backing into another car. She drove the towed vehicle four miles before police stopped her in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Verna V. Ballard
Stockholders of Amarillo Banks Meet for Annual Sessions
Stockholders of Amarillo's three national banks hold their annual meetings this afternoon. The fixed date for such sessions. After the session officers will be elected.
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Amarillo
Bob Kesterson
Tax Measure Draws Fire In Congress Over Bond Taxation
Washington report notes treasury proposes taxing all government bonds immediately to raise 9 billion dollars in new revenue for Roosevelt budget. Senator Taft questions legality and fairness for prior bondholders while other lawmakers discuss gross income tax or payroll deduction schemes as alternatives.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Congressional
Taft
Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
Finance
Battle Fronts Spread Across Far East As Allies Strive
Japanese positions on the Batan Peninsula near Manila Bay faced relentless American Filipino shelling that reportedly silenced 11 batteries. Allied forces claimed Japanese losses were heavy while defenders suffered relatively little as tanks and armor were shattered. Dutch and British reports described Japanese offensives in Malaya, Borneo, Celebes, and Timor, with Allied reinforcements rumored and possible counterstrikes anticipated.
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Batan
Manila Bay
Department
Philippines
War Department
Corregidor Island
Tarkakan
Dutch North Borneo
Far East
Britain
Washington
Malaya
China
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Tarakan
Borneo
Imperial Tokyo
Kakas
Menado
Minahassa
Celebes Island
Celebes Sea
Celebes
Dutch Indies
Tokyo
Australia
Timor
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Allies Pledge Trials for Axis Terror at St James Palace
Representatives of nine occupied countries pledge to seek out and try Axis officials responsible for terror. In a St James Palace ceremony the governments in exile from the Netherlands Belgium Yugoslavia Norway Greece Luxembourg Poland Czecho Slovakia and the Free French Committee lay groundwork for postwar trials. Churchill Roosevelt and Molotov outlined positions while Belgium Egypt quoted? The note mentions observers from the United States Britain China and Soviet Russia attending the conference.
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London
St. James’ Palace
Netherlands
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Norway
Greece
Luxemburg
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Free French Committee
Aad
Churchill
Roosevelt
Vyacheslav Molotov
China
Hubert Pierlot
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Toy Department
Dorcas
Freddy
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Shaw Walker
Borden's
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United Nations
South Pacific
East Indies
Thailand
Federated Malay States
Selemban
Port Sweetenham
Selangor
Newby’s
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Indian Ocean
Penang
Kuala Selangor
Straits of Malacca
Kra
Alor Star
South China Sea
Kota Bharu
Bhio Archipelago
Malay Peninsula
Germany
Pierlot
Partitioned
Czecho - Slovakia
Jan Smarek
Soviet Russia
Neely- Greenhill-Lowndes
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