Finnish Defense Repels Soviet Assaults Near Ladoga
Finnish communique reports Soviet efforts to break the Mannerheim Line northeast of Lake Ladoga failed after heavy fighting in Kitela Aittojoki and Kollaanjoki. Russians reportedly outflanked near Aittojoki, suffered heavy losses, and targeted rail lines and Nurmes hospital areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Werner
Helsinki
Lake Ladoga
Red
Aittojoki
Mannerheim
Kitela
Kollaanjoki
Russia
Lake Muola
Karelian
Nurmes
Finland
Markajarvi
Bitter Panhandle Cold Continues Snow Drifts Across Texas
Cold snaps persist as Amarillo records nine degrees with daytime highs near 15. Snow blankets much of the Panhandle while Brownwood and Pampa report subfreezing nights. Forecasters warn of more cold and snow across Texas with temperatures dipping to single digits in northern East Texas and coastal frost in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Southwest
Rio Grande Valley
Brownwood
Amarillo
Pampa
East
Weather Bureau
Allies Dispute Over Oil Strains Diplomatic Crisis
London reports a serious allied dispute with Romania over oil shipments to Germany adding to a widening diplomatic crisis. Britain pressed Romania to supply oil for Allies or face limits on British war materials, amid broader tensions involving neutral nations, the Russian Finnish war, and a tense Atlantic scene. The piece notes American protests over merchant ship detentions, a Japan seizure incident, neutral anger at Churchill’s appeal to join the Allies, and Hertzog’s peace-with-Germany motion in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Carroll
London
U.P
Rumania
Germany
Britain
Mediterranean
Japan
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Russia
Finland
South Africa
Union
J. B. M. Hertzog
Adolf Hitler
Milk of Human Kindness Hits Detective Byrd
Huntington West Virginia January 24 The milk of human kindness soured for Detective W R Byrd who investigated a minor charge against D H Wellman. The officer found it baseless and released Wellman from city jail. Wellman then went to a nearby restaurant signed Byrd s name to a check and cashed it Byrd had Wellman jailed again on a forgery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
W. R. Byrd
D. H. Wellman
Wellman
Byrd
Start Rig Tower For Old Tack No 1
Construction of the drilling rig and tower began this morning at Old Tack No 1 announced by Mayor Ross D. Rogers. The drilling contract for the test well has been let to the Pheonix Drilling Company. The Pheonix Company has sub let the water well drilling contract which must be completed before oil drilling begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Tack No. 1
Ross D. Rogers
Pheonix Drilling Company
Pheonix Company
Student Preachers at OBU Hear Their Own Sermons
At Oklahoma Baptist University students in the preaching program must listen to recordings of their own sermons. The process records the sermons and plays them back to help students detect faults in their delivery and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee, Okla
Oklahoma Baptist University
Stammmers Marries Noon in Britain Tennis Star Wedding
Kay Stam mers, Britain's leading tennis star, wed Cadet Michael Menzies noon on January 24. The ceremony took place in Britain with coverage noting the high profile marriage of two prominent figures in sport and military circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stammers
Noon
Kay Stammers
Britain
Michael Menzies
Court Ends Wedlock of Kin Couple
Indianapolis court ends the marriage of Leroy Williamson and Virginia Williamson after evidence shows they are half siblings. The judge ordered further evidence before a final ruling. Virginia, pregnant, cried as Leroy wept and prepared to leave with his aunt to Urbana for tomorrow’s hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Leroy Williamson
Virginia Williamson
Wilfred Bradshaw
Virginia
Crystal Clair Harker
Urbana
Ill
Helen Williamson
Virginia Wolfe
Michigan City
Potter Grand Jury Probes Night Spots In Amarillo Case
Frank Strader an Amarillo youth charged in a taxi driver robbery was released from jail after questioning by the grand jury. Two Hedley boys Bob Winkinson and Jewel Walker were brought before the grand jury and returned to jail with no report issued. A campaign to bar minors from drinking places gains momentum as officers cite progress. Witnesses said the hold-up originated in a night spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Strader
Amarillo
Hedley
Bob Winkinson
Jewel Walker
Sinking of Bluecher and Turkish defeat noted
Twenty five years ago today on January 24 1915 German cruiser Bluecher was sunk with over 700 men lost in the Dogger Bank battle off the North Sea. Turks were defeated near El Kantara Egypt in the same action era note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluecher
Dogger Bank
North Sea
el- Kantara
Egypt
Borger Gets Plant For Purifying Natural Gas
Pittsburgh January 24 The Koppers Company division announced it had won a contract to build a large seaboard process purification plant at Borger Texas for J M Huber Corp. The 70 million cubic feet per day unit will remove hydrogen sulfide from natural gas used in making carbon black and gasoline. Erection begins March 14 with startup about May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Koppers Company Engineering and Construction Division
Seaboard
Borger
Texas
J. M. Huber Corporation
Poll Tax Countdown At Local Office
Receipts issued yesterday reached 239 the busiest day yet while total receipts stand at 3816. About 7000 poll taxes remain unpaid and the office can handle roughly 1200 payments daily. With six days left before the deadline an estimated 1300 people were waiting in line in the final days.
French Report Skirmish With German Patrols
Paris dispatch says French machine gunners along the Lauter River east of the Vosges Mountains struck a German patrol in no mans land. One German prisoner was taken during the retreat, with undetermined German dead on the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lauter
Vosges Mountains
News Tip Prize Won By N. B. Norton
The News-Tip contest awarded N B Norton for reporting the birth of a baby boy at a local hospital with a 78 year old father and 21 year old mother. Norton received $5. Charles Altsman won second prize for reporting a flaming scar at Eighth Avenue and Buchanan Street, followed by other tipsters and a Borger explosion death report earning third place and $2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Norton
West Thirteenth Avenue
Mr. Norton
Charles Altsman
North Pierce Street
Eighth Avenue
Buchanan Street
Charles
Helen Anderson
Lincoln Street
Betty Blake
South
C. Reynolds
Pierce Street
The
Globe
Borger
Precinct Conventions Start Democratic Presidential Path
Legislative notes show precinct conventions May 4 shaping county May 7 and state May 28 in Texas. E B Germany of Dallas canvasses the state rallying for Garner’s Texas delegation, amid historic shifts since 1932 and the Roosevelt wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
E. B. Germany
Dallas
Pampa
Amarillo
Abilene
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Garner
Chicago
Roosevelt
Germany
Amon G., Carter
Fort Worth
Board to Press Investigation of Hospital Conditions
Austin January 24 Chairman Harry Knox Jr declared the board of control would press its investigation into conditions at the state hospital in San Antonio. He said the probe would be fair and impartial to uncover the facts, and a meeting would follow after notice of a Travis County injunction restricting interference with hospital management and the superintendent’s discharge. An open hearing on charges against Superintendent W J Johnson was scheduled for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Harry Knox, Jr
Board of Control
State Hospital
San Antonio
Knox
Travis County District Court
W. J. Johnson
San Ani
G Men Probe Story Of Yaqui Gold Treasure
EL PASO January 24. Federal agents investigated a self described 31 year old miner Bert Farnsworth who says Yaqui Indians hold about 11 million dollars in gold. He claims he delivered about 15000 dollars worth to Lumex Mining Co New Orleans and that the bullion was turned over to the treasury. Farnsworth says he was arrested for smuggling by air over the Douglas Arizona border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
U.P
Mexico
United States
U. S
Washington
Bert Farnsworth
Arizona
Lumex Mining Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Lumex
Treasury Department
Douglas
Ariz
Farnsworth
Soviet Press Calls Browder Conviction Blow to People
Moscow dispatch says the Soviet press branded Earl Browder s New York passport fraud conviction as a blow against the working class and progressives in America who oppose war, arguing the verdict harms antiwar forces and leftist movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.P
Earl Browder
New York
America
War Lord Wu Pei fu Honored In Beijing Funeral
Wu Pei fu the former war lord who died December 4 was given princely honors in his funeral procession through Peiping now under Japanese control. Eighty coolies bore his body and his cortege included an orchestra banners his possessions a gray charger two Studebaker cars two motorcycles and priests led by Buddhist Taoist and Lama figures followed by white clad mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
U.P
Wu Pei-fu
Studebaker
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy and cold tonight and Thursday with intense arctic air. West Texas expects cloudy skies with rain in the south and snow in the north, little temperature change. New Mexico forecast shows rain turning to snow in mountains tonight and Thursday with minimal temperature shift. Extremes 29 and 10 in 24 hours ending 6 30 A M with noon reading at 10. Call Russell Stationery Co for filling problems service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Collman
Panhandle
Texas-New Mexico
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
British destroyer Exmouth sunk in North Sea clash
London reports the destruction of the British destroyer Exmouth by a torpedo or mine with nearly 200 missing, marking the fifth destroyer sunk this war and the first without any survivors. Other British and neutral ships were also lost nearby.
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London
Exmouth
North Sea
Admiralty
Germany
Admiral Graf Spee
Winston Churchill
Sydfold
Scottish
Baltanglon
Pluto
Foxen
Hospital Superintendent Honored by Legion And Medical Society
Dr. O E Herndon superintendent of the new Veterans Hospital will be honored by the American Legion and Potter County Medical Society at an open house Friday night at the new American Legion Home. Visitors may attend from 8 to 10 30 oclock and meet the superintendent alongside Legion officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
O. E. Herndon
Veterans Hospital
American Legion
Potter County Medical Society
Dr Fanny Howe Dies in Atchison at 75
Dr. Fanny Howe aged 75 widow of Dr. Charles Howe and sister-in-law of the late Ed Howe died last night in Atchison from bronchial pneumonia. A homeopathic physician for 40 years she is survived by her foster son Winfield Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Howe
Ed Howe
Atchison, Kan
Charles Howe
Atchison
Howe
Winfield Howe
Japan gears to dodge trade disruption after treaty loss
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita pledged adequate measures to avert economic inconvenience after the US-Japan trade treaty ends Friday. Washington officials say trade will be day to day, with no move to a temporary agreement. Shanghai sources say the US rejected local settlements on indemnities for damages in China, seeking a broader negotiated settlement instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Thompson
Tokyo
U.P
Hachiro Arita
Japan
United States
Arita
Domei
Diet
Washington
State Department
United Press Dispatch
Shanghai
China
Alter Bus Line by Agreement Affects Washington Street Route
City commission and Amarillo Bus Company reach agreement to extend the Wash ington Street line from Twenty-sixth to Thirty-second Avenue while preserving a 15 minute schedule by rerouting, adding Van Buren, Tenth and Tyler streets, and Fourth to Polk. Also hearing petitions for rezoning and street improvements including a street light request at Thirty-fourth and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Amarillo Bus Company
Washington Street
Twenty-sixth
Thirty-second Avenue
Washington
Third Avenue
Polk Street
van Buren
Sixteenth Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Tenth
Tyler
Fourth
Polk
C. W. Brett
Thirtyfourth
Josephine Jamison
North
Houston Street
T. E. Tow
Eighth Avenue
Taylor Street
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth Avenues
Eighteenth Avenue
Harrlson and
Thirty-fourth Avenue
Senate Committee Approves Finnish Loan Credit Increase
The Senate banking committee approved a $100 million capital increase for the Export-Import Bank to back a non-military loan to Finland. The bill limits future loans to no more than $30 million per nation, bans arms purchases, and bars funds for activities violating international law as read by the State Department. Further loans depend on congressional approval and Jesse Jones’s discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Finland
Brown
Michigan
State Department
Jesse Jones
Congress
SCS Practices Its Preachments And Has Cover Crop in Town
The Soil Conservation Service walks its talk on cover crops. Bermuda grass on the old post office lawn, once kept clipped under Jim Farley, is now allowed to grow full length under Secretary Wallace's department. The taller grass traps snow and debris, showing a policy shift in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Jim Farley
Wallace
Bermuda
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Milk of Human Kindness
Potter Grand Jury
Pauline Lakey
Court House
E. G. Rice
North Grant Street
H. Kilgore
Tennessee Street
Bob Miesse
Cleveland Street
Melvin Robinson
East Fourth Avenue
A. F. Hutchinson
Yellow Cab Company
F. M. Schenefelt
Western Avenue
W. A. Tomlinson
West Twelfth Avenue
Oliver Wright
Tyler Street
J. B. Diggs
Austin Street
Fred Shaw
Shaw-Graves Cleaners
Imogene King
Harrison Stree
Lewis Nordyke
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
White House
John Garner
G-Men Probe
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Call Russell Stationery Co
Europe
Wilhelm
Fromter
Doorn
Holland
Grenville
Senate
SCS
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