Hitler Opens Door to Soviet Entry in Axis Reach
Adolf Hitler hosts Vyacheslav Molotov in Berlin amid hints Moscow could join the Berlin Rome Tokyo Axis. Talks run two and a half hours in the chancellery as Nazi officials signal possible Soviet partnership in a “new world order.” Moscow keeps silent while German commentary suggests Russia might become the fourth pillar alongside Germany Italy and Japan.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Russia
Hitler
Tokyo
Molotoff
Balkans
Near East
Anhalter Station
Germany
Italy
Japan
Moscow
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
V. G. Dekanozoff
Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Foreign Office
Explosions Destroys Three U S Explosive Plants
Three industrial plants in New Jersey and Pennsylvania were struck by powerful blasts between eight and nine A M causing at least 11 deaths and many injuries. Victims occurred at Woodbridge Siples Station and Edinburgh plants. FBI and state police opened inquiries amid sabotage doubts.
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United Press
United Railway Signal Corporation
Woodbridge
N. J
Trojan Powder Company
Siples Station
Allentown
American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation
Edinburg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United Railway
Siples
Edinburgh
Jersey City
Staten Island
Raritan Bay
Burton Explosives
Colder Than Expected Sweeps Panhandle Snow Hits Amarillo
Snow began in the Panhandle with blizzard conditions shifting east. Dalhart and Amarillo reported white ground by late morning with 27 to 33 degree readings as temperatures dropped to 13 in the country and 20 in town. Nationally a severe winter blast left at least 52 dead and widespread damage across the Midwest to the East Coast.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
North
Clayton
New Mexico
Colorado
English Field
Collman
Mid- West
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast
The Weather Bureau reports fair and warmer conditions for Amarillo and vicinity tonight and Wednesday with increasing cloudiness. West Texas sees higher clouds and warmer temps, while extreme north portions are slightly unsettled tonight. New Mexico notes high clouds tonight and Wednesday with scattered light snow over northern mountains.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Missing Child's Body Found Near Home in Georgia
The body of two year old Murray Upshaw Jr. was found in the woods near his North Georgia mountain home in Cartesville. Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan said a state highway patrolman reported the discovery and troopers rushed to the scene to continue investigations. no cause of death was given.
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Cartersville
Murray Upshaw, Jr
North Georgia
Lon Sullivan
Upshaw Place
Sullivan
Stockyards Blaze Destroys Pavilion and Cattle Records
Fire at Western Stockyards early this morning destroyed the sales pavilion at 3000 East Third Avenue and burned the cattle records for about 2,500 head. Firemen faced icy hoses and rail obstructions while trying to save pens and nearby structures as suspects pointed to a dropped cigarette near the scales platform. Auction records were lost and new books opened in the stockyards offices as buyers and sellers work to identify property and settle sales.
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East Third Avenue
Southwestern Public Service Company
R. B. Dickerson
Jack Coulter
Stockyards Company
Stevens
Church Leader Warns Of Gambling In US Congregations
Rev Philip C McGahey of Breckenridge First Baptist Church tells Texas Baptist Pastors Conference that about 10 percent of US churches run lotteries to boost budgets and attendance. He cites saloons, divorces, and crime as part of a broader moral decline and crime bill costs.
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Houston
Philip C. McGahey
First Baptist Church
Breckenridge
McGahey
Texas Baptist Pastors
United States
Recommends Debt Limit Raise to 75 Billion
Senator Walter F. George urged the new Congress to raise the national debt limit to 75 billion dollars and overhaul the tax system after the January 3 meetings. He is slated to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and leads the Senate Finance panel on debt and tax matters. He aligns with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, who called for 65 billion dollars for defense spending.
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Washington
U.P
Walter F. George
D. Ga
Congress
George
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
News Tip Prize Won By Clyde McManus
Clyde McManus of 513 East Fourth Avenue won the first prize of five dollars for a tip on the Fourth Avenue and Lincoln Street fire in which an invalid died. The weekly contest awards three prizes for timeliest tips, with runners up receiving three and two dollars.
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Clyde McManus
East Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Lincoln Street
McManus
E. B. Campbell
Monroe Street
Borger
M. A. Wisdom
Forrest Street
Mr. Wisdom
British List Losses By Enemy Sea Action
London reports week ending Nov 3 shows British mercantile losses of 13 ships totaling 65 609 tons including the Empress of Britain 42 000 tons Allied losses four ships 5 403 tons and one neutral ship 1 583 tons total losses 72 595 tons Build Now John Maynard Lbr Co Washington reports army suspends saber training to focus on Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance warfare phases for profit.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Washington
New Jersey Bad Girl Break Jail Again
Isabelle Messmer a convicted murderer from New Jersey escaped the Ector County jail for the second time in eight months. She slipped from a third floor cell and descended the courthouse wall despite a three year sentence awaiting transfer to state prison.
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Odessa
Isabelle Messmer
New Jersey
Ector County
Buford Armstrong
St. Louis
London Air Raids Toll Surges to Over Six Thousand
London reports October air raids killed 6,334 civilians and wounded 8,695. Casualties break down to 2,791 men 2,900 women and 643 children killed or 4,228 men 3,750 women and 717 children injured, with many hospitalized.
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London
United Kingdom
Chinese Claim Capture Of Jap Supply Port
Chinese reports say forces seized Yamchow port on the southern Kwangtung coast used to supply Japanese in Kwangsi. The Japanese have pulled back from Kwangsi, stating the withdrawal was voluntary.
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Hongkong
Yamchow
Kwangtung Province
Kwangsi
German City Is Ruined by RAF Bombing
London reports from November 12 indicate Hamburg, in northern Germany, faces economic ruin due to constant Royal Air Force bombing. Damage to industries and shipping grows daily as work moves to eastern cities and occupied Poland, with rising unemployment and discontent. Docks are quiet, warehouses burned, and Hamburg’s industrial base weakened while British raids reach Ta ranto and Sudanese fronts. The weather roils air operations. a convoy in the north Atlantic largely escapes a German raider, despite Berlin claiming heavy losses.
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Air Ministry
Germany
Hamburg
Royal Air Force
Poland
England
Strait of Dover
North Atlantic
Ireland
Admiralty
Berlin
Quake Halts Nazi Plans In Rumania
In Bucharest on November 12 AP reports a major earthquake halted German base preparations in Rumania as rescue work began amid ruined homes and factories. Oil fields suffered refinery damage but enough crude remained to support Reich shipments. agriculture may suffer as peasants are conscripted for reconstruction. German and Rumanians aided relief while some locals opposed to German control praised prompt aid. Rescue crews recovered hundreds of bodies as fires and quakes affected the region.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Reich War Machine
Bucegi
Carpathian Mountains
Berne
Switzerland
Robert St. John
Army declines comment on bootlegging at Camp Bowie
In San Antonio on November 12, Army officials refused to comment on charges that liquor dealers planned to bootleg toxicants to soldiers at Camp Bowie in Brownwood. They noted they had not seen a Houston speech by T C Gardner claiming liquor vendors were building fruit stands near Brownwood. Officers said any such issue would be handled locally by the camp commander if it occurred.
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San Antonio
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
T.C. Gardner
Houston
Supreme Court Rules Against Labor Board on Reimbursements
The Supreme Court ruled that the labor board lacked authority to require a company found guilty of violating the Wagner Act to reimburse government relief agencies for wages paid to employees deprived of their regular work.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Labor Board
Italian Attack Halted In Greek Front Near Koritza
Greek mountain artillery halted a new Italian assault midway between Koritza and Janina, forcing Alpine troops to retreat toward Albania after penetrating into Greece along the Sardanopros River. Italians suffered 12 officers and about 600 men lost, with matériel, while Greeks captured Cangon and pushed toward Koritza. British air raids hit Durazzo and Valona as bombardment and pursuit continued.
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Koritza
Janina
Albania
Greece
Sardanopros
Pindus Mountains
Biklista
Cangon
Plyasa
Durazzo
Valona
Recruits Sought for Amarillo Home Guard Unit
Amarillo announces enlistment drive for Texas Defense Guard first company. Captain Petersen says no cost to enlist and a soldier training school will begin at the Legion Home on Harrison Street at 8 p.m. Recruit ages 18 to 64 urged to join and help reach full strength.
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Amarillo
Texas Defense Guard
A. Petersen
Legion Home
Harrison Street
Capt. Petersen
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