Floods Sweep 11 States Forcing 325000 From Homes
Flood waters from the Ohio and Scioto rivers drove into Portsmouth Ohio and surrounding areas as the two mighty rivers rose and claimed thousands of acres. Cities like Cincinnati Louisville Wheeling Evansville and Memphis faced rising waters, evacuations, and emergency measures. Authorities warned of power and gas disruptions as they prepared for receding waters and valve operations.
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United Press
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Business
Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
Indiana
Illinois
Portsmouth
U.P
Scioto
Hand of Man
Cincinnati
Louisville
Wheeling
Wheeling Island
Evansville
Ind
Tristate
Memphis
Sheehan
Cupid the Dog Delivers Amarillo Globe Papers
Cupid the American Pit bull, under a year old though now eight, carries a daily Globe route for his master P. L. Merker. He spots the carrier’s car, races two blocks or more, and brings the paper to the Merker household usually to Mrs. Sadie Frame. He learned routes with Jim Keeling and Carthel Coyle delivering the paper on different cars and streets.
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Cupid
P. L. Merker
Sanborn Street
Sadie Frame
Merker
Jim Keeling
North Fillmore Street
Mrs. Merker
Carthel Coyle
Amarillo Globe
Quadruplets in Montreal road crash lose two infants
Two of the quadruplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Arcade Rondeau died in St. Justine hospital after an ambulance skidded on a slippery highway and struck a snow plow near Pointe-Aux-Trembles. The two deceased are a boy and a girl named Joseph Achille Alfred and Marie Lise. A third boy remained near death while a girl, Marie Rita, showed marked improvement. The car crash injured the doctors and a nurse aboard.
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Montreal
U.P
Arcade Rondeau
St. Justine Hospital
St. Thomas Village
Rondeau
St. Thomas
J. E. Forest
C. Brisson
Irene Talpot
Pointe-Aux-Trembles
Forecasts Hope for Saturday Warmer in Fair Conditions
Cold spell ends as Aroly weather shows rising temperatures. Weatherman H T Collman notes the days ahead will see above freezing today and a return to normal by tomorrow morning with a forecast of fair and warmer conditions for Saturday. California citrus and Western ranches face heavy losses from ongoing frosts with 15 to 100 million dollars at risk depending on continued cold. Rescue efforts for 18 snow bound sheepherders near Winnemucca contend with 36 below zero conditions as storms threaten Nevada and California agricultural regions.
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H. T. Collman
Nevada
California
San Diego
Cal
Winnemucca
Nev
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Seven Bolshevik Youths Face Trial Tomorrow in Moscow
In Moscow on January 22 seven teen Bolsheviks, three veterans of 1917, head to trial on charges of plotting against the government. Officials warn of possible death penalty and firing squad, denouncing them with terms like low treason and scoundrel. The defendants will be tried in the Hall of Columns, Georgia room, for alleged plots with Leon Trotsky, exiled in Mexico, to overthrow Stalin.
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Moscow
U.P
Hall of Columns
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Joseph Stalin
Boxwell Bros Quote Declares Impossible Task Will Be Done
A provocative remark from Boxwell Bros asserts that once something is deemed impossible, someone will prove it otherwise. The line questions certainty and hints at persistence or challenge in reaching the contrarian outcome.
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Boxwell Bros
Heyser and Wife Hurt in Car Crash
L. D. Heyser the Potter County treasurer and his wife were injured in a two car collision at Ong Street and Fifteenth Avenue while en route to visit their ill son Cullen. Heyser suffered a severe cut and side injury. his wife had minor bruises and shock. Both were treated at Northwest Texas Hospital. Robinette, 16, was uninjured.
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L. D. Heyser
Potter County
Northwest
Texas
Heyser
Fourteenth Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
Ong Street
Robinette
Jap Tension Grows As Leaders Quarrel
In Tokyo a parliamentary crisis grows as conciliators seek army and party cooperation amid fears the diet may dissolve. Cabinet dissension and protests mark a volatile budget debate with a 1987 38 yen military heavy line and possible dissolution looming.
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Tokyo
Japan
Diet
Prince Konoye
House of Peers
Geneneral
Juichi Terauchi
Yester
Water Plan Is Next In Line
President Roosevelt announced a forthcoming special message to Congress presenting a long range plan for conserving and developing the nation’s water resources. Prepared by the National Resources Committee, the plan surveys watershed areas and lists Public Works projects in two parts for immediate construction and future work, with a recommendation to make the committee a permanent agency reporting directly to the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Committee
National Resource Committee
All Clues In Mattson Case Prove Futile
Federal agents and police said they had exhausted every clue in the Charles Mattson kidnap murder case without result. They hoped the $11,000 reward might lure a tip to the killer's identity and whereabouts. A general description of the kidnapper is all that remains, with no fingerprints obtained.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
E. J. Connelly
FBI
Desperado Lee Antle Killed in Cave City Gunfight
Lee Antle of Springfield Illinois, sought in five states for crimes from theft to kidnapping and murder, was killed in Cave City Kentucky after a gun battle with police. A companion, Elmer Walling of Jefferson City Missouri, was believed wounded.
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Cave City
Lee Antle
Springfield
Ill
Desperado
Elmer Walling
Jefferson City
Love in Amarillo Couples Arrested After Brief Marriage
Buela Pope and O B Clark Jr, both Amarillo residents, married briefly on Wednesday night then were jailed. Pope, in lieu of $1000 bond on forgery charges, faced arrest after the couple’s money-making scheme unfolded. Clark, 20, lived at 508 N Taylor Street and reportedly had no steady job.
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George May
Buela
O. B. Clark, Jr
Clark
N. Taylor Street
Japan and U.S. Cotton Pact Aims for Exports Cap
Domei dispatch from Osaka says Japanese textile makers will export to the United States at most 255 million yards of textiles in 1937 and 1938, with 1937 exports limited to 180 million yards. The provisional agreement marks a ceiling on trade between the nations.
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Tokyo
U.P
Domei News Agency
Osaka
United States
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Summary
Weather forecast shows fair conditions in Amarillo tonight with a low of 12 degrees and a warmer Saturday with light to moderate westerly winds. West Texas and New Mexico readings include partly cloudy skies with slightly cooler south portions tonight and rising temperatures in the north and east. Temperature extremes recorded in Amarillo today reached 5 to 23 degrees.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Farley Confirmed for Second Term as Postmaster General
Washington January 22 James A Farley was confirmed by the Senate for a second term as President Roosevelt s Postmaster General in a vote that affirmed his leadership of the nation s mail service.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Senate
Roosevelt
Three Men Charged in Fort Worth Swindle Case
In Fort Worth on January 22 three middle aged men were charged with swindling for soliciting funds for a non existent church. The accused are Harry C Jordan of Fort Worth Harry Jennings of Austin and Howard W Willison of Houston.
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Fort Worth
Harry C. Jordan
Harry Jennings
Austin
Howard W. Willison
Houston
Bombs Blast Fascist Lines In Madrid Campaign
Socialist airmen launched repeated raids against Madrid’s besieging Fascists today as government planes dropped bombs on lines south and west of the capital. Infantry seized a strategic hill in the northwestern battle zone. Portugal blamed foreign agitators for recent terror, while the insurgent hub at San Sebastian warned the Biscay fleet to halt vessels near insurgent waters. Germany prepared to answer Britain on foreign volunteers, as Perpignan reports said Catalonia coup plans failed when a dynamite cache was found near Barcelona.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
San Sebastian
Biscay Bay
Germany
Catalonia
Perpignan
France
Barcelona
Roosevelt Declines Intervene in Auto Strike Stand
President Roosevelt rejects intervention in the General Motors strike while John L. Lewis orders sit-downs to tighten union organization. Sloan of GM denies withdrawal caused by Lewis statement as talks stall and labor officials seek direct talks amid tense negotiations in New York and Detroit.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Detroit
Roosevelt
General Motors
Lewis
Lewin
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Perkins
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Labor Department
Senate Sifts Neutrality Bill Expands Presidential Powers
In Washington on January 22, Senator Key Pittman introduced a resolution to extend neutrality legislation indefinitely and broaden presidential authority to embargo war materials to nations in civil warfare. The measure, from the Longrange Relations Committee, adds new powers for embargoes and strengthens existing prohibitions.
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Washington
U.ph
Senate
Key Pittiman
Nevada
Longreign Reelations Committee
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Joseph Gaston Andre
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Cold
John Maynard Lor
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Water Plan
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Young Love
Farley
Alfred P. Sloan, SR
Frances Perkins
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