Yugoslavia Weighs Policy Change Over Tri Power Pact
Reports say Yugoslavia may reject the Cvetkovich tri power pact and seek a non aggression pact with Germany despite Axis pressure. A cabinet meeting is expected to clarify Belgrade's stance while Axis nationals rush to leave the country amid mounting tensions.
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Germany
Cvetkovich
Yugoslavia
Dragisha Cvetkovich
Rome
Berlin
Italy
Legation
Belgrade
Vladimir Macek
Quiet climax tonight for Amarillo mayoral contest
Amarillo voters head to the polls tomorrow to choose a mayor in a quiet campaign. Fancher Upshaw and Joe Jenkins are the candidates with radio talks closing the race. Polling places and required poll tax receipts are listed, while two commission candidates run unopposed.
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Amarillo
Aually Quaso
Fancher Upshaw
Joe Jenkins
the Court House
Central Fire Station
Buchanan Street
Sanborn School
Wilson School
Sixteenth Avenue
Wolflin School
San Jacinto School
KFDA
KGNC
R. H
Bob” Epperson
Oscar Hargett
Hargett
Upshaw
Jenkins
Weather Office Moves From Old Downtown Station
In Amarillo the U S Weather Bureau relocates from Seventh Avenue and Taylor Street to English Airfield. The change includes new phone 2 2552 and old number 2 0719 retired. Weather remains unaffected with a 75 degree day and a 42 degree low, NW wind around 15 mph and no dust.
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Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Seventh and Taylor
Soil Conservation Service
Collman
British Pound Invasion Coast Reports Air and Naval Attacks
RAF bombers blasted the French invasion coast and German shipping in daylight from the Dover Strait. British observers saw water jets over the German shore as ships were set afire or sunk near Le Havre and Brest. German heavy artillery shelled the Dover area while the 4 A. M. CST shelling continued at intervals.
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Associated Press
London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Dover Strait
Channel
Air Ministry
le Havre
Atlantic
RAF
French
Dover
Economics lecture turns tragic in Kansas State scene
Dr W E Grimes told a class about profit and a man’s garage burning as a practical economics lesson. He noted the loss and then faced a real example when his own home burned down hours later. The incident is linked to John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Manhattan
Kan
W. E. Grimes
Kansas State Lege
Anti-Convoy Bill Is Up in Senate
Washington March 31 Sen Charles W Tobey Republican New Hampshire introduced a joint resolution to prohibit convoying of merchant vessels by United States warships. Trading suspended at Liverpool for duration of the war.
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Washington
Leland M. Ford
California
Republican
United States
U.P
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Liverpool
Liverpool Cotton Association Exchange
Amarillo Forecast Warmth and Clear Skies
The Weather Bureau reports fair and slightly warmer conditions in Amarillo and vicinity tonight and Tuesday with a low around 42. West Texas sees increasing clouds with scattered showers possible late Tuesday, while New Mexico has cloudy intervals and scattered showers mainly in higher elevations. Temperature extremes over the last 24 hours ranged from 40 to 67, with noon at 52.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Farm Prices Jump As War Boosts Demand and Loans
Farm price trends brighten with higher prices for wheat corn hogs cattle and lambs as wartime demand and lend-lease aid lift markets. Government purchases and farm legislation talk support price gains despite favorable 1941 crop prospects and improved moisture. Wool hides lard also rise 18 to 36 percent since the war began.
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Franklin Mullin
Chicago
France
Europe
Britain
Congress
Ewell Fowler Wins Idea Prize For Amarillo Exhibit
The daily dollar for the best idea printed in YOUR IDEAS on page 10 goes to Ewell W. Fowler of 303 Prospect Street for proposing an Amarillo spring inventors and manufacturers exhibit. The show would educate residents about local products and connect inventors with buyers or producers. Email YOUR IDEAS EDITOR at Globe News with ideas.
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Ewell W. Fowler
Prospect Street
Amarillo
Globe News
April U S Court Postponed To May Term
Federal District Judge James C. Wilson will hold court when he desires and has notified the clerk that the April 21 term will not open until mid May. Nearly all criminal cases filed here have been tried in Fort Worth.
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James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
Easter Sunrise Rites Planned at Palo Duro Canyon
Palo Duro Canyon hosts a sunrise Easter service led by Miss Julia Dean directing a 56 voice junior high school a capella choir. Sponsored by Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce, the program aims for perfect canyon acoustics and may add more groups.
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Palo Duro Canyon
Julia Dean
Amarillo
Canyon
Guy Carlander
Chamber of Commerce Paio Duro Canyon
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ministerial Alliance
Davis
Hearst Says He Doesn’t Object to Citizen Kane
El Paso Herald-Post reports William Randolph Hearst sees no objection to Orson Welles film Citizen Kane and calls opposition rumors propaganda from Mars. Hearst arrived in El Paso from Mexico City, then continued by train to Los Angeles.
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Hearst
Citizen Kane
EL Paso
U.P
William Randolph Hearst
Orson Welles
el Paso Herald-Post
Herald-Post
Mars
Mexico City
Mexico Northwestern Railways
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
House Passes Redistricting After Brief Debate
In Austin on March 31 the House approved to final reading a redistricting bill for the Texas House of Representatives after two hours of debate. The measure passed 87 to 50 despite a string of amendments, all of which were rejected by comfortable majorities.
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Austin
House
State House of Representatives
Gates Slammed and Pie Thrown at Staten Island Ferry
William Walsh, first in line at Staten Island ferry gates, bought a lemon meringue pie during the trip and threw it in gatekeeper Frank Donadio's face after Donadio slammed the gates. Walsh serves a 10 day jail sentence and remains upbeat about the incident.
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New York
Frank Donadio
Staten Island
William Walsh
Walsh
Donadio
Camp Bowie Soldiers Rise To Early Reveille
Under General Claude V. Birkhead orders the 36th Division men at Camp Bowie now start first call at 6 AM, fifteen minutes earlier than before. Morning routines tighten as troops adapt to the new schedule.
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Camp Bowie
Claude V. Birkhead
Parachute Gown Wows Bride and Groom at Evanston Wedding
Richard K. West blinked in surprise as Betty Lingle walked the aisle in a gown cut from a parachute West had used to bail out of an airplane. A seamstress added embellishments turning the parachute into a dramatic wedding dress.
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Cambria Works
Bethlehemes Corporation
Johnstown
Paey
Cioims
Universal Cyclops Corporan
Bridgeville
Pan
CIO
Allis Chalmers
Milakee
Las
Knox
Defense
Navy
York
Evanston, Ill
Richard K. West
Betty Lingle
Naval Recruiters Visit Amarillo For Navy Jobs
Naval recruiting officers will be in Amarillo on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Marine office in the post office building. They seek men ages 17 to 36 for navy jobs with many vacancies. The minimum age was lowered from 18 to 17. Seventeen-year-olds receive discharge on their 21st birthday. Chief Store-keeper's Mate A N Dearing leads the recruitment effort.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Marine Office
Post
Navy
A. N. Dearing
Dynamite Found in Boxcar Coal Load Near Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on March 31 a boxcar unloaded by R. J. Ballard and a Black helper revealed three sticks of dynamite among coal shipped from McAlester Oklahoma. Local police notified and explosives experts were summoned to inspect the scene. No injuries reported.
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Fort Worth
U.pr
R. J. Ballard
McAlester
Okla
French Protest British Attack Off Algerian Coast
France files a formal note through Washington protesting a clash between British naval units and four French merchantmen guarded by a destroyer off Algeria. Paris warns of re examining convoy policy while the British say the ships carried war materials and attempted to reach Spanish waters to evade a blockade.
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United Press
London
Algeria
Washington
France
Britain
Germany
Admiralty
Madagascar
Jean Francois Darlan
Bangkok
Siam
Italian Fleet Turns on Itself After Defeat
Amid a decisive Ionian Sea battle, Italian ships reportedly fired on each other after the British left. The Littorio class battleship, crippled earlier, was said to have limped toward home as mutual fire broke out. Italian losses included several cruisers and destroyers. British claims noted heavy damage but uncertain losses on their side.
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United Press
Alexandria
Egypt
U.R
Italy
Ionian Sea
Yosuke Matsuoka
Berlin
Axis
Jugoslav
Athens
Fiume
Pola
Zara
Piraeus
Admiralty
Vincenzo Gioberto
Maestrale
Giovanni Delle Bande Nere
Alfiera
Vittorio Alfieri
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Labor Board
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Roosevelt
Frank P. Graham
North Carolina
Mediation Board
Bridgeille
Vanadium Corporation of America
Iing
Vanadium Company
We Labor Department
Ted
AFL
Cornell Dubilier Corporation
South Plainfield
Fessor
John Maynard Lbr. Co
the Weather
Russell Stationery Company
Ewell Fowler
Idea
U. S. Court
Pierce St. Greenhouses
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Newbys
Li Duce
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