Willert Lecture Backed By 25 Years Of Study
Sir Arthur Willert a diplomat and foreign affairs expert will lecture on the European situation at the High School Auditorium in Amarillo under The Globe News. He has over 25 years of close contact with European England and US political leaders. Amarillo students will attend a matinee. evening tickets cost 40 cents.
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Arthur Willert
British Foreign Office
Amarillo
Globe News
Arthur
Europe
England
United States
Sir Arthur
Pope Pius XII Elected on Cardinal Pacelli Birthday
Vatican City announces Eugenio Pacelli elected 262nd pope on his 63rd birthday and takes name Pius XII. The selection on the first day of the conclave triggers celebrations in Paris and scrutiny in Berlin over views of Vatican policy. Coronation date to be announced.
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Vatican City
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Pius XII
Pius XI
Paris
U.P
Cardinal Pacelli
France
Berlin
Vatican
United States
Pacelli
St. Peter's
Camillo Cardinal Caccia Dominioni
Order of Cardinal Deacons
Eugenio Pacelli
Order of Deacons
England Waited For War or Peace: March Club Address
Sir Charles Morgan-Webb spoke to the Knife and Fork Club about England’s 48 hours after Chamberlain’s Hitler interview, detailing home defense measures, gas masks, air raid shelters, and the reluctance of nations to see war. He analyzed Munich’s outcomes, Hitler’s aims, and Mussolini’s role in steering the crisis.
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Knife and Fork Club
England
Germany
Sir Charles Morgan-Webb
Europe
Chamberlain
Hitler
Munich
Manton and Spector Indicted in U S Government Conspiracy
Martin J. Manton former senior judge of the Second U S Circuit and George M. Spector an insurance man were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the U S government. The charges come as the special grand jury probes the federal judiciary in the area following Manton’s resignation under fire.
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New York
Martin J. Manton
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
George M. Spector
U. S
Manton
John C. Knox
Amarillo Area Weather And Warmth Forecast
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday for Amarillo and surrounding areas. West Texas and New Mexico regions show fair weather with slight temperature changes, lows near 19 and highs around 42. Precipitation totals about .06 inches. Panhandle Lbr. Co. Inc. advertises low loan rates for repairs and construction, contact 4306.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Panhandle Lbr. Co. Inc
Farm Boy Pleads Guilty to Extortion Note
Clarence A. Gauntt, 18, of O'Brien Texas, pleaded guilty to attempting to extort $2,000 from Knox City merchant A. J. Malouf. He admitted writing letters threatening the life of Malouf’s youngest daughter unless payment was made. He is jailed on $2,000 bond.
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Dallas
U.P
Clarence A. Gauntt
O'Brien
Tex
A. J. Malouf
Knox City
Gauntt
Malouf
Five Accused of Working With Big Car Theft Gang
Five suspects, four men and a woman, were charged with involvement in an international car theft gang. Police said the ring stole more than 1,000 vehicles in Texas and Louisiana and moved them to Mexico where the cars were resold after their numbers were altered.
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San Antonio
Texas
Louisiana
Mexico
Man Crashes Through Kitchen Wall At Breakfast
Richmond resident Sherman Anderson hosts breakfast when a vehicle driven by Lee Smith plows through the kitchen wall. The startled guest enters still in his car, creating a dramatic March morning scene.
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Richmond
Sherman Anderson
Lee Smith
Lowenthal To Lecture Here In Amarillo
Internationally known writer and lecturer Marvin Lowenthal visits Amarillo for a speaking engagement at Temple B nations Israel at 8 pm tomorrow. He will also attend a luncheon Saturday noon as honor guest while he rests and consults with local Jewish leaders.
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Alex Weisel
Marvin Lowenthal
Amarillo
Lowenthal
Temple B'nai Israel
Weisel
Rainey to Assume UT Presidency on Texas Independence Day
Three hundred ex students gather on Texas Independence Day to honor Dr. Homer P. Rainey, president elect of the University of Texas, who will take the UT helm at the end of the current school term. He also serves as director of the American Youth Commission.
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Washington
University of Texas
Texas
Homer P. Rainey
Rainey
American Youth Commission
Japanese Boy Picks a War Toy Fatal Grenade Incident
In Kiangwan north of Shanghai a Japanese boy handling a found hand grenade threw it by play. Three men and a woman died and two others were injured in the blast as ruins were surveyed after the battle.
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Shanghai
Kiangwan
Woman Eats Herself to Death Mystery Case in Kansas City
Dorothy Barber, 20, wife of a WPA worker, fed constantly and shed 25 pounds in a year as doctors at General Hospital investigate a rare pancreatic disorder. Dr. R. K. Simpson says diagnosis may take days and may require surgery to regulate her abnormal appetite.
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Kansas City
U.P
Dorothy Barber
WPA
General Hospital
R. K. Simpson
Simpson
Governor denounces class hatred over pension issues
Gov W Lee O'Daniel spoke at Texas birthplace on Texas independence anniversary condemning efforts to deny constitutional pensions for the aged, dependent children, the needy blind, and retired teachers. He warned against eroding rights and urged reconsecration to democratic principles and constitutional obligations.
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Washington-On-The- Brazos
Tex
Guv. W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
O'Daniel
Dodd Fined in Hit Run Case
Former ambassador to Germany Dr. William E. Dodd, 69, was fined 250 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to hit-and-run involving injury to Gloss Grimes, a negro child, struck on a highway near Hanover Courthouse on December 5. The child’s condition later improved with no skull or bone fracture.
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Hanover
William E. Dodd
Germany
Gloss Grimes
Here
Hanover County
Liberty
Simpkins
C. C. Coleman
Richmond
Cardenas Departs Nazi-linked Baron From Mexico City
President Lazaro Cardenas ordered the deportation of Baron Hans Heinrich Holleuffer, brother-in-law of Berlin police head Wald Heinrich von Helldorf, amid reports of Nazi espionage ties in Mexico.
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Cerman
Mexico City
U.P
Lazaro Cardenas
Hans Heinrich Holleuffer
Wald Heinrich von Helldorf
Berlin
Mexico
Petain Named Ambassador to Nationalist Spain
Paris March 2 193? Marshal Henri Petain, Verdun hero, was named France's ambassador to nationalist Spain today.
Mr. Collman Predicts Warmer Weather Ahead
Mr. Collman projects fair and warmer days with a high near shirt-sleeve weather today and near freezing tonight. He notes a strong south wind and cites past wind data, sunshine hours, and March weather quirks, concluding April may avoid frost and blizzards.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Fire at Queen Hotel in Halifax Leaves Many Missing
A Halifax blaze at the Queen Hotel and adjacent buildings trapped guests and staff early today. Officials fear 21 missing and up to 27 due to a fast spreading fire, with 20 injured and hospitalized from burns and injuries as guests leaped from windows. The hotel housed about 87 guests and 30 employees when the fire began.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Queen
Bull Fights a la Ferdinand Considered by Arkansas House
In Little Rock on March 2 a bill was introduced by Rep Keelin Anthony to legalize exhibition bull fights with no weapons and no injury to animals. The text offered no explanation for how a weaponless matador would defend against a ferocious bull.
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Little Rock
Ferdinand
Arkansas
Keelin Anthony
There Was an Item of 40 Years Difference-But Nothing Else
Portland dispatch notes nurse Jessie Eivers found two men named John Baxter with ages 42 and 82 in hospital records. Both had three stitches in their left hands from wood chopping.
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Portland
Ore
Jessie Eivers
John Baxter
Army Air Corps Hope for National Defense Urges Stability
Fort Worth March 2. Maj Al Williams aviation editor says the U S Army Air Corps with its stable and far reaching program is the country s only hope for adequate air defense. Williams speaking at the three day Southwest aviation conference noted Navy aviation lags behind current flight advances.
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Fort Worth
U.P
U. S. Army
Maj
al Williams
Major Williams
Scripps-Howard
Army Air Corps
U. S. Navy
U S Navy to Build Lighter Than Air Dirigible for Training
The navy opened bids for an American built dirigible of 3 million cubic feet capacity costing up to 5 million dollars. Authorized by Congress, the craft will be under 325 feet long and 2 million cubic feet smaller than Akron and Macon. Roosevelt approved the study.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Roosevelt
Akron
Macon
Corpus Christi man admits taxi driver slaying
James Worth Roddy age 23 of Corpus Christi admitted killing Ramon Barron a San Antonio taxi driver whose body was found in Buda after authorities announced the confession.
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San Antonio
U.P
James Worth Roddy
Corpus Christi
Ramon Barron
Buda
Neutrality Act Blamed For Fascist Spree In Senate
In a Senate debate Senator Logan Democrat Kentucky charged that the Neutrality Act gave fuel to dictatorial nations and urged readiness for defense as the House eyed a half billion dollar army bill. Senator Glass opposed extending Roosevelt's power to lower the gold content of the dollar. Dr. Feis told a House committee a foreign government discussed exchanging war materiel with the United States and another hinted at possible debt revisions for such exchanges.
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Washington
Logan
Kentucky
Senate
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
House
Glass
Virginia
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Roosevelt
Herbert Feis
Hull
House Military Committee
Gunther Named New Harvey House Manager in Amarillo
Charles Gunther becomes the new manager of the Fred Harvey Eating House in Amarillo. He has long been with Fred Harvey Eating Houses, Inc and was transferred from the Bright Angel dining room at the Grand Canyon, having previously managed the Amarillo Harvey House and served as relief manager. He succeeds Frank D. Rutenber, who will be reassigned within the Fred Harvey system pending final transfer details.
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Charles Gunther
Fred Harvey
Mr. Gunther
Fred Harvey Eating Houses, Incorporated
Amarillo
Fred Harvey Corporation
Bright Angel
Grand Canyon
Amarillo Harvey House
Frank D. Rutenber
Rutenber
Osaka Munitions Explosion Kills and Homeless
Police report more than 500 injured or killed from a massive Osaka munitions blast. Casualties list 48 dead, 32 probably fatally hurt, 440 seriously hurt. Eight hundred homes burned leaving over 8,000 homeless across the industrial city.
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Tokyo
U.P
Osaka
Japan
Acid to Sink Ships Reveals Ocean Demineralization Threat
Secret naval intelligence files presented at a spy trial describe acid caches found just over the Mexico border that could eat through battleship armor when released in salt water. The report details drums shipped from a German freighter to a Japanese boat, stored in Ensenada, with arrests near Terminal Island and Honolulu, tying to espionage charges against Mikail Gorin and others.
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Los Angeles
Naval Intelligence Department
United States
Mexico
California
Edna
Flying Cloud
Ensenda
Naval
H. D. D. Clayborne
San Pedro
Calif
Japan
Russia
Ensenada
San Diego
United States Naval Base
Lieut
Clayborne
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Hawaii
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Julius Livingston
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Oklahoma City
Albert Einstein
Texas University
W. Lee
Dodd
Mr. Collman
New Harvey House
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