War Fronts and Household Tragedy in Amarillo
Reports from wartime fronts describe a German surface raid sinking a British convoy of 86 000 tons and air strikes on Krupp in Essen while back home Claude McSmith dies in a apartment fire that also injures Lula and Bobby McSmith.
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Pest
Germany
Ireland
Great Britain
Krupp
Ruhr
Koritza
Janina
Greece
Reynolds Packard
United Press War
Essen
Air Ministry
London
Man High Command
Rangitiki
Cornish
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Flying Skunk Mystery At Boston Museum Explained
The New England Museum of Natural History explained the famed flying skunk hoax. Attendants attached blue goose wings to a stuffed skunk for a Boston feature story, boosting attendance before placing the creature on exhibit in a glass case for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
New England Museum of Natural History
Registrants Urged to Check Address on Cards
Draft registrants in Amarillo were cautioned to ensure their certificates or little white cards show correct current addresses. Postmen returned several questionnaires today as registrants could not be found at listed addresses. Responsibility for accurate addresses rests with the registrants, says the selective service director.
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Amarillo
K. M. Patterson
Selective Service Board No. 2
Director of
Selective Service
Amarillo Forecast With Light Rain Tonight
The Weather Bureau reports light rain tonight for Amarillo and vicinity with Saturday partly cloudy conditions. West Texas shows mainly cloudy skies and rain into Saturday with little temperature change. New Mexico has mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain east of central ranges and partly cloudy Rio Grande Valley. Temperature extremes over 24 hours ended 6:30 A M were a high of 56 and a low of 46. Noon reading 51 with trace precipitation. Transfer files, steel and cardboard. Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mountain Ranges
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandleman
Alpine
Rio
Tucumcari
Collman
Panhandle
Colorado Rookies Find Jerry's Bombs Like Monster Fourth
Colorado rookies uncover a massive set of bombs tied to Jerry in a dramatic fourth quarter. The scene unfolds as players race to defuse the threat and secure a surprising victory.
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Colorado
Jerry
Bomb Kills Father’s Children in Scranton Auto Explosion
In Scranton, Pennsylvania, a bomb exploded beside Dr. E. H. Reb horn’s car killing his son William aged 19 and daughter Lois 17 as authorities search for assassins of the family’s father, a city health official. Lieut William Pike and police bomb experts led the investigation with potential FBI involvement.
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Scranton
E. H. Rebhorn
City Department of Health
Wiliam
Lois
William Pike
New York Police
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau For Investigation
Roosevelt's Election Forecast Off Target Again
President Roosevelt admitted he was far from accurate in predicting the electoral outcome. He had forecast 340 electoral votes for himself, while early returns showed him at 449 to Wendell Willkie 82. He noted the 340 figure matched his August 2 forecast before the 1936 election and said he did not forecast the House results, though he was less worried about that chamber.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Alf M. Landon
House of Representatives
Relief Applicant Names From Bible
A Clinton welfare office questioned a relief applicant after she gave her children’s names as Pizlam Civ and Vereeley. She said the names came from the Bible, pointing to Psalm Civ and Verily in the book.
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Clinton, N. C
Perfumed Garbage Coincidence at Queens Dump
New York officials investigated a Queens garbage dump after Councilman Burke complained of a strong odor from 60 barrels of aromatic tonic poured onto the pile. Deputy sanitation commissioner Lizee said the odor was coincidental and the tonic condemned. The inspection followed a council dispute over waste disposal methods.
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New York
Queens Borough
Albert Lizee
James A. Burke
Two Million Helped By Food Stamp Plan
The Agriculture Department reported that in September more than 4.6 million dollars worth of surplus food was distributed to nearly 2.9 million members of public assistance families through the food stamp plan.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department estimates 1940 cutter production
The agriculture department on November 8 reports 1940 cutter production at 12,847,000 bales, more than a million bales above last year.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
All Panhandle Benefits From General Rains
General rains bring moisture to the Panhandle and West Texas with light to moderate precipitation. Early forecasts predict more rain in several hours as a cloudy spell stretches from the Panhandle to the border area. Temperatures ranged from the mid forties to mid fifties with light southerly winds and scattered totals reported in Lubbock, Roswell, and surrounding towns.
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Panhandle
Mr. Colle
Rio Grande
Plains
Lubbock
Big Grande
Roswell
Red River Amendment Apparently Defeated
Red River County voters rejected a tax authority amendment to retire county debts. Early leads shifted as Texas election returns from 243 counties showed 158,928 against versus 151,394 for the measure, alongside Roosevelt leading Willkie in presidential totals.
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Dallas
Navy
U.P
Red River County
Texas Election Bureau
Roosevelt
Willkie
Thomas
Browder
Hitler Speech Cancelled on NBC Blue Network
NBC announced that Adolf Hitler's scheduled speech on the Blue Network at 12:15 today has been cancelled. The announcement did not give a reason, and no replacement program was listed.
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New York
NBC Today
Adolf Hitler
Globe-News Want Ads Reach 33 000 Families at Home
In a bold pitch the Globe-News highlights its want ads as a direct route to 33 000 family homes and circles. It promises contact with live prospects for any sale rental or trade and invites readers to dial 6262 to reach the Want Ad Headquarters run by John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Globe-News
Texas Demos In Rift Over Cabinet Shakeup
E B Germany, head of Texas Democrats, urged removing Ickes and Perkins and installing Wendell Willkie as national defense commission chair. He argued unity but faced quick party backlash from George Purl who called the telegram self serving. Germany also proposed Willkie to Jesse Jones and Texas senators Connally and Sheppard.
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Dallas
U.R
E. B. Germany
State Democratic Executive Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
National Defense Commission
Germany
Edward J. Flynn
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Frances Perkins
Labor
George Purl
Dallas County
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Ickes
Perkins
Jesse Jones
Tom Connally
Morris Sheppard
Texas
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Brindisi
Valona
Tower of London
St. Clement Danes
Strand
Atlantic Ocean
Neville Chamberlain
California
Chamberlain
British Press Association
Council
By Fred Post
Claude T. McSmith
Lula McSmith
WPA
Bobby McSmith
Lincoln Qteacst
McSmith
Northwest Texas Hospital
Freddie
Claudie
Orville L. Bennett
North
Taylor Street
Joe Lamb
Fourth Avenue
Lincoln Street
Betty Jo
Mrs. Lamb
Floyd Cooper
The
Red Cross
James Allen
Louellen
McSmiths
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Llano Cemetery
Marvin Chamberlain
Amarillo College
Palo Duro
Denver
Western Avenue
Joe McCollum
Landergreen Dairy
N. G. Hopkins
Roger R. Reed
U.S. Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Company
Union Station
Henry A. Wallace
Moses Taylor Hospital
Glen Alden Coal Company
Lackawanna Railroad
Reichern
William
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Hitler
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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