Senate weighs embargo as Japan China war impact grows
Washington reports say termination of the American Japanese trade treaty prompts calls in the Senate to halt shipments of war materials to Japan. A clash with Britain, including the Asama Maru seizure, strains relations as the United States debates action while most lawmakers urge caution.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Britain
Tokyo
Wing Sang
United States Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sol Bloom
New York
Johnsons Attorneys Obtain Delay in San Antonio Hospital Hearing
In Austin on January 26, Attorney General Mann ruled the state board of control cannot discharge San Antonio state hospital employees without the superintendent's consent. Dr. Johnson's counsel won a three day delay in a hearing on charges of moral unfitness against Superintendent W. J. Johnson amid a crowded Senate chamber and a tangle of testimony from former hospital workers.
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Austin
Jan
Gerald C. Mann
State Board of Control
San Antonio State Hospital
W. J. Johnson
Johnson
Board of Control
Claude Williams
San Antonio Hospital
Everett Johnson
San Antonio
Jesse Swig
Williams
Lucy Robinson
Dr.Johnson
Carl Wright Johnson
Finnish Front Holds Despite Red Offensive Northeast of Ladoga
Finnish army communique reports continued pressure on lines northeast of Lake Ladoga with all attacks repelled. Russians fail to break Fort Mants and face hundreds of casualties and loss of horses. Seven American fliers join Finland's air force as Stockholm cautions travel home.
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Helsinki
Lake Ladoga
Red Army
Mantsi
Fort Mants
Finland
Aittojoki
Kollaanjoki
Kitela
Lapland
Markajarvi
Salla
Vincent Schmidt
Mineola
N. Y
U S Citizens May Volunteer for Foreign War Service
President Roosevelt stated Americans may volunteer for foreign armed forces without losing citizenship as long as they do not swear allegiance to the belligerent nation. He noted foreign governments cannot campaign for enlistments here but U S citizens may inquire at foreign legations about joining.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight in Amarillo. West Texas fair tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures. Panhandle and north central parts expect similar fair conditions on Saturday. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies with light rain west of Continental Divide and generally fair conditions east, with temperature rise through Saturday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Taxpayers Organize In Week In Amarillo
Wade Brymer announced the Potter County Tax Payers League will form within a week. About 30 businessmen, including non Real Estate Board members, aim to cut city county and school taxes by 33 1 3 percent without reducing services and push toward uniform valuation and centralized tax offices. They oppose parking meters and warn low cost housing could threaten local business.
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Wade Brymer
Potter County
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Amarillo
League
Amarillo College
Cellulose Factory Explosion Scares Oslo Citizens
An explosion at a Jemadlen cellulose factory in Oslo caused many casualties and released poison gas. Residents fled the area by car or on foot as panic spread through the neighborhood.
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Oslo
Norway
U.P
Jemadlen
Amarillo Youth Burglary and Car Theft Cases Reported
The Amarillo police report several youth crimes including burglary, car theft, and theft from automobiles. Seventeen year old Delba Lee Nivens faced burglary charges for January 13 at Chicken Snack on West Tenth Avenue after telling officers he was picked up in Turkey and later jailed in Memphis. Vernon Counts, 17, is held on theft from cars, while a 15 year old was detained as a juvenile delinquent in a car theft case. The car belonged to R V Converse and was recovered after a chase, damaged in the pursuit. Feolio Montantes faces a felony charge for false swearing to obtain a marriage license. Bond set at $1000 for Nivens and Montantes. In three weeks, twelve boys under 19 have been charged with burglary or robbery in Amarillo.
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Delba Lee Nivens
West Tenth Avenue
Turkey
Memphis
Vernon Counts
R. V. Converse
Lincoln Street
Feolio Montantes
Justice of the Peace Carder
Nivens
Amarillo
Henry B Lovett Dies at 81 in Pampa
Henry B. Lovett, 81, who arrived in the Panhandle in 1876 to hunt buffalo, died here yesterday. He owned extensive ranch and oil holdings and funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow. Social security record outfits complete. Russell Stationery Co.
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Pampa
Henry B. Lovett
Panhandle
Buffalo
Russell Stationery Co
Local Girl Wins 4-H Gold Star Honor in Potter County
Eleven year old Anna Marie Wink of near Amarillo earned the Gold Star 4-H honor, selected from 52 Potter County girls. She farmed 1939, sold fryers, and grew a large garden while earning $49.13 net from poultry and $41.52 from canned foods. She built a brooder, sewed clothes, and helped improve her yard with 54 gladiolas. Last year marked her second year in club work at St. Francis school.
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Anna Marie Wink
Texas
Anna Marie
Texas Club
College Station
A. & M. College
Potter County
John Wink
Amarillo
St. Francis
Lucille
Embargo Impact on Japan Ties to Open Door China
A historical note explains January 26 as the end by action of a trade treaty with Japan, enabling future economic measures without treaty violation. It highlights a Congress push to cut exports until Open Door in China is restored, citing 1939 eleven month trade data: U.S. imports from Japan rose by 27 million while exports to Japan fell by about 7 million amid an unofficial aviation material boycott and rising sales of iron steel scrap and copper.
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Japan
Congress
China
United States
Excited man claims hex caused killing in Philadelphia
Detective quotes Emil Gardia, 44, as he tells police he quarrelled with Joseph Gallagher before Gallagher was slain with a slit throat. Gardia says he felt hexed and could not sleep for weeks, though he denies using a knife. Joseph Gallagher’s death followed his singing of Beer Barrel Polka.
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Philadelphia
Charles Brown
Joseph Gallagher
Brown
Emil Gardia
Gallagher
Gardia
Car Taken From Alabama Street Returned Quickly
A car taken from 810 Alabama Street yesterday was returned within a brief time. Two boys turned the keys over to the owner, C. L. Duniven of 2404 Harrison Street, and the youths live in the Alabama Street neighborhood.
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Alabama Street
C. L. Duniven
Harrison Street
Birth of a Daughter Reported by Underwoods
District Attorney and Mrs. Bob Underwood announce the birth of a daughter at 5:30 this morning. The baby weighed six percent pounds and the name is not yet announced. Lights for Rome report notes war blackout lamps being removed as Italy signals possible stance.
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Bob Underwoods
Bob Underwood
Rome
Italy
Tax Authority to Speak at Amarillo Kiwanis Luncheon
George C. Hester head of the government department at Southwestern University Georgetown will address Amarillo Kiwanis next Monday at the Amarillo Hotel. The talk titled Todays Problems in State Government will cover current tax and state governance issues and is open to the public with Real Estate Board members planning to attend.
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Texas
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Amarillo
George C. Hester
Department of Government
Southwestern University At
Georgetown
Hester
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Office
Love Turns To Hate, Two Are Found Dead in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri a love turned deadly when police found the bodies of Jane Miller 21 a stenographer and Alfred L Dick 22 a filling station attendant. Dick killed Miller then shot himself leaving a note claiming revenge and his hoped relief from worry by his death.
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Missouri
Joseph
U.P
Jane Miller
Alfred L. Dick
Southerner Lists Trade For Snow In Damyankee Weather
In Tupelo Mississippi a humorous classified ad appears offering to sell trade or give away snow in exchange for warm sunshine, with a note to apply all points south. A Latvian ship Everne, 4485 tons, was torpedoed near Riga with all but one crew rescued.
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Tupelo, Miss
U.P
Yupelo Journal
Gosh
Riga
Everne
Globe News World’s Best Music series seventh unit release
The Globe News announces the seventh unit in its World’s Best Music series, Haydn Symphony No 99 in E flat major. A six part three-record set priced at $1.49 or $2.29 for deluxe edition, with Schubert Beethoven Mozart Wagner Bach Debussy others at same price. Available in Globe News lobby 10 am to 6 pm. order details via Music Appreciation Editor.
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Franz Josef Haydn
Schubert
Beethoven
Mozart
Wagner
Bach
Debussy
Globe News
The
Weather Looks Warmer With Lingering Snow Predicted
The forecast notes partly cloudy skies and a rise to 25 degrees as warmth fights lingering snow. Last night’s low reached 5 at the airport and 8 in town, with tonight’s expected 12 to 16 below.
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Amarillo
Three Amarillo Children Narrowly Escape Gas Fumes
Three Amarillo children Patsy Car malee and Milton Womack, children of Mr and Mrs A C Womack of 308 North Mirror Street, were overcome by carbon monoxide from a gas stove at about 8 30 this morning. They were recovering this afternoon and Milton had the only serious symptoms.
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Amarillo
Patsy
Carmalee
Milton Womack
A. C. Womack
North Mirror Street
Milton
Equity in a Refrigerator Advertised for Sale
A three day Globe-News Want Ads notice markets an Electrolux 4-cubic-foot refrigerator as sold equity cheap. The ad invites calls to 4735 and 6262 for readers in need of a bargain, noting a 70-cent ad cost and urging bold enrollees to place their own story in the paper.
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Globe-News
Dial
Explosion at Irlam Sub-Station Blows Roof Off
A powerful blast at a 60-foot Irlam electricity sub-station near the Manchester Ship Canal interrupted power to Cadishead and other districts. Police found no sabotage or casualties. Fire Chief F H Yuleton said cables and transformer oil burned. firefighters contained the blaze in thirty minutes.
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London
Irlam
Lancashire
Cadishead
Manchester Ship Canal
F. H. Yuleton
Germans Up U Boat Output To Prepare For Sea Warfare
London reports indicate German submarine production has risen to a one-a-day pace and new plane carriers are being launched. Berlin offered no comment on plane carrier claims, while a well informed source suggested submarine output would surge as crews complete about four weeks of training.
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London
Reich
Berlin
Triangular Sparrows Resume Nest Building Job
Three sparrows that had been building a nest in a Chinese Elm on Kentucky Street continued the work today. They spotted last year’s nest in a honeysuckle vine and appropriated material. Residents wonder how long the trio can go without a squabble.
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Kentucky Street
Mass Arrests in Ukraine After Plot Against Stalin
From Kaunas dateline Giornale D Italia reports mass arrests in Ukraine after exposure of a vast plot against Josef Stalin. The paper notes the editor Vir ginio Gayda, linked to the foreign office and outspoken for Premier Mussolini.
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Ukraine
Stalin
Rome
U.P
Giornale D'Italia
Kovna
Kaunas
Lithuania
Dateline
Josef Stalin
Virginio Gayda
Foreign Office
Benito Mussolini
Double Rations For British Ham And Bacon
London reports the food ministry announced a doubling of weekly rations for ham or bacon starting January 29. Each person will now receive double portions of either ham or bacon.
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London
Food Ministry
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Henry Lovett
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