Firemen Contain Blazes After Plymouth Raid
The Associated Press reports German incendiaries and bombs hit Plymouth causing extensive damage. Civilian fire spotters saved the city from greater disaster while casualties were described as lighter than feared. RAF bombers attacked Lorient and the Dunkerque area as Allied ships faced losses and Greek, Libyan, and East African fronts shifted with new Allied commands.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Lorient
Dunkerque
London
Admiralty
Greece
Mediterranean
Speed-up urged to defend against spreading flu
The article notes the flu epidemic moving east toward Europe and the United States facing rapid spread with symptoms such as sudden fever and aches. It emphasizes that pneumonia death risk is low this time, type A influenza dominates, and vaccines are being distributed in Britain as part of the European response.
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England
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Europe
America
Portugal
United States
Russians Take Austrian Trenches Near Czernowitz
A blizzard in Czernowitz zone sees Russians seize Austrian trenches as of January 14 1916. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance appears in the listings.
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Czernowitz
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Greeks Shift Mood News On Albania Front
Italian regiment trapped on a mountain peak near Klisura with a 300 foot gorge separating Greek and Italian lines. Greeks use megaphones to tell Italians Soddu was replaced by Cavallero as commander. Leaflets urge surrender while Greek artillery dominates. some Italians surrender and prisoners describe police repression and potential uprisings in northern Italy.
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Mary Merlin
Elisura
Albania
Ubaldo Soddu
Ugo Cavallero
Klisura
Antonio Gazzi
Cleveland
Italy
Libya
Dewey orders Eaton plants reopen to end strike
James F. Dewey federal labor conciliator announced as a defense measure that all Eaton Manufacturing Company plants must reopen and all striking employees be restored to work.
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Detroit
James F. Dewey
Eaton Manufacturing Company
Drivers' Drunkenness Degree Listed in Lincoln Police Forms
Lincoln police assign drunkenness levels on new forms with five stages: Dry and decent, delighted and devilish, dizzy and delirious, dazed and dejected, dead drunk. The measure marks a shift in identifying impairment for driving while intoxicated.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Limit on lease lend powers debates Congress
Washington reports say White House officials expect Congress to decide on time limits for President Roosevelt's lease lend powers. Senator Taft calls for scrapping the broad plan, while Senator Clark seeks testimony from Kennedy and Bullitt. Taft's loan alternative would unfold as British assets dwindle, with initial caps of 1.0 to 1.5 billion dollars and potential further funding if needed.
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Congress
Washington
White House
Britain
Haan Taft Am
Stephen Early
Early
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Clark
Missouri
Joseph P. Kennedy
William C. Bullitt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Bullitt
Kennedy
France
Foreign Relations Committee
Ohioan
Wheeler
Commerce Department
United States
RAF Pilot Forces 150 Italians to British Unit
RAF headquarters reported a Royal Air Force pilot located 150 armed Italians near the Libyan coast. He fired a warning burst over the group and circled to escort the captives to a British military unit. The incident was described from Cairo dispatches.
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Cairo
Royal Air Force
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico region
The Weather Bureau forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair tonight with lows 25 to 30 degrees and Wednesday mostly fair. West Texas sees increasing cloudiness southwest, with partly cloudy conditions elsewhere and occasional rain over mountains late Wednesday. New Mexico expects fair east, increasing clouds west, partly cloudy with occasional snow over mountains, little temperature change. Noon temperature 35, extremes yesterday 40 and 34.
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Amarillo
Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Texas Legislature Opens for 120 Days in 47th Session
Austin reports the 47th Texas Legislature convened for 120 days. Sen Rudolph A. Weinert of Seguin was chosen president pro tem and Rep Homer Leonard of McAllen unopposed for speaker. National Guard duties affected several senators and representatives, with Weinert noted for past anti social security tax proposals and J Franklin Spears in uniform.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Rudolph A. Weinert
Seguin
Coke R. Stevenson
Homer Leonard
McAllen
House
Weinert
Sen
Welly K. Hopkins
U. S
Ferdinand C. Weinert
J. Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Texas National Guard
James E. Taylor
Kerens
National Guard
Sen. A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
State Staff Corps
Italian general captured by motorboat crew in North Africa
Cairo reports that Italian blackshirt General Artemina was spotted from the air hiding at the water's edge and captured by a motorboat crew. In Houston, a candidate for meanest man stole the artificial leg of 68 year old E. E. Jordan from his room early today.
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Benina
Bengasi
Libya
Berka
Ankara
Turkey
Middle East
North America
British Supply Council
Arthur B. Purvis
Purvis
British Purchasing Commission
Clive Baillieu
Morris Wilson
Cairo
Egypt
Argentina
North
Africa
Houston
E. E. Jordan
News Tip Prize Is Won By J. W. Hollis
J W Hollis of 605 Washington wins the week’s News Tip contest earning $5 for tipping about a jackrabbit and a Persian cat swapping rights and lefts in a driveway at 2909 Harrison Street. Second prize goes to Billy Scheel of Alamo Courts for reporting a false teeth loss at a local Elk City cafe. Third prize to Mrs C C Blake for discovering a sauerkraut can filled with tomatoes. Other entrants include James L Gordon, Billy Cohen, A C Womack, and several residents listed by city blocks.
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J. W. Hollis
Washington
Harrison Street
Billy Scheel
Alamo Courts
Elk City
C. C. Blake
Buchanan Street
John Maynard Libs, Co
James L. Gordon
Gordon's
Style Shop
Billy Cohen
West Eleventh Avenue
A. C. Womack
North Mirror
Mrs. Dougherut
North Buchanan Street
W. J. Hardesty
North Arthur Street
Buford Hill
Tyler Street
Cliff Wright
Adams Street
R. B. Groves
Maryland Street
Jack Crouch
North Fillmore Street
Tommie Crabtree
van Buren Street
Paris Faces Worst Food Shortage Since 1870s
Paris endures what is described as the worst food shortage since the 1870 71 siege as Vichy and farmers clash over prices. Black markets surge up to five times prewar levels while Paris struggles for meat, potatoes, butter and vegetables amid transport, coal, and rationing woes. Brussels also reports beer drinkers must surrender a bread ration ticket per glass amidst bread scarcities.
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Glenn Stadler
Paris
U.P
Berlin
Vichy
Brussels
Belgium
iVia
Agriculture Ministry
He Wasn' A Sandie He Wasn' A Sandie
Amarillo man Joe Townes charged in Fort Worth with going AWOL in a rented car claimed he was on the 1934 state championship Sandie squad. Coach Howard Lynch said Townes was never on any Sandie team and no rosters list him as a member. Townes said he was a reserve center and had won a letter but did not travel for the championship game due to illness.
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Mussolini
Britain
Mediterranean
Martin
W. Stirling Cole
Republican
New York
Cole
Joe Townes
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Sandie
Howard Lynch
Townes
Bull Lynch
Lynch
Clear Skies To Replace Damp Weather Here
A cold damp start gives way to clearing skies as a north wind keeps temperatures near freezing. High around 35 degrees, low 25 to 30 tonight, with last night’s low 34 and yesterday’s high 40. Clouds should break by dusk, followed by fair conditions tonight and tomorrow. Moisture is scarce with trace amounts elsewhere. Tucumcari reports .13 inch, Clayton .09, Waynoka .88, Guymon 1.0, Elk City .19.
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Mr. Collman
Amarillo
English Field
Clarendon
Adrian
Pam
Roswell
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Clayton
Waynoka
Okla
Guymon
Elk City
Buffalo Lake case hearing delayed to next morning
Hearing in the Buffalo Lake case before Judge Franklin Kennamer in Oklahoma federal court was postponed to 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. U S attorney general aide Tom De Wolf, here as defense counsel, verified the passing of the hearing. The case, R. L. McSpadden et al vs H. H. Pinnell et al, concerns alleged diversion of water in Tierra Blanca Creek by Umbarger dam.
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Buffalo Lake
Franklin Kennamer
Oklahoma
Tom de Wolf
United States
French Freighter Mendoza Evades British Blockade
The 8,199 ton Mendoza slipped out to sea from Montevideo carrying Argentine food for France after twice balking attempts to pass the British blockade.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Mendoza
France
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Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Naval Affairs Committee
Defense
War Department
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Panhandle
The
Globe and the News
Carl Vinson
Vinson
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Turinn
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Solons
United Press
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