Amarillo officials face discharge rumors amid administration changes
Burks and Barker told they'll go as Amarillo tax assessor collector and city auditor face discharge amid talks with city manager Hancock. Burks cited his delinquent tax collection record as defense while Barker said he would be discharged effective December 1, with a successor named. The mayor and commissioners expressed surprise and offered no official statements as the city contemplates its administrative shake up.
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Burks
Barker
Perry Burks
Amarillo
Hancock
Joe Jenkins
City Hall
Bob Epperson
Epperson
Oscar Hargett
H. R. Smith
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Amarillo area sees clear skies today with high clouds building tonight and Thursday. Temperatures range from a low around 40 tonight to a high near 68 today, with warmer conditions overall. South of the continental divide expect increasing cloudiness and intermittent rain west of Rio Grande Valley tonight and Thursday. Minimum 34 and maximum 61 recorded in the past 24 hours, noon reading 56.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Rio Grande Valley
Russell Stationery Company
Woodpecker Causes Turmoil for Cops and Family
The Dearens of 700 Belleview Street report a woodpecker in their wall that unsettles their home life after purchasing from R A Selby. Police responded with bird hunting gear but the bird vanished inside, pecking and taunting as winter looms. Selby defends the previous occupancy, noting he sealed the hole last spring.
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Tom J. Dearens
Belleview Street
Dearens
R. A. Selby
Mrs. Dearens
Amarillo Pushes Airline Bid At Washington Hearing
Amarillo and other Texas cities head to a Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing in Washington to push for an Amarillo to Denver air line with connections for nearby towns. Rex Baxter Chamber of Commerce manager and Byron Singleton city counselor lead the city’s delegation. Baxter will seek progress on defense projects and urge an ammonia nitrate plant costing over 15 million dollars per S F Spangler engineer for Chemical Construction Corporation.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Denver
CAA
Washington
Byron Singleton
Corporation Counsel
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Baxter
S. F. Spangler
Chemical Construction Corporation of New York
Bioff Given 10 Years in Pen, Fined
William Bioff convicted extortioner of more than 550000 from the motion picture industry was fined 20000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. George E Browne former president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employers AFL received eight years and 20000 fine. Bioff Browne were convicted November 6 after a 17 day trial for anti racketeering conspiracy and extortion.
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New York
William Bioff
George E. Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
AFL
Bioff
Browne
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across the State
Weather forecasts show Friday or Saturday unsettled areas but overall today will be clear with increasing high clouds tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures reach near 68 degrees today and fall to around 40 tonight. mornings 34 and yesterday’s high 61. Winds west-southwest 25 to 35 mph, with possible slight rise. Brady on the hill country edge dropped to 27, the coldest in the region this year.
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Brady
War Supplies Flow Through Near East to Russians
Basra Iraq November 11 delayed United Press war supplies are moving to Soviet Russia via multiple routes. Brigadier Rhodes says trucks rails rolling stock from America India Australia are aiding Red Army transport and routes are being extended to ensure steady deliveries.
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Basra
Iraq
Near East
Soviet
Russia
Red Army
America
India
Australia
Rhodes
Cigarette Butts Price Up in Paris Market
In Vichy on November 12 reports say Paris cigarette butt prices rose to 25 francs for 50, a new high. Dealers report growing demand they cannot meet as butt trade expands in the occupied capital.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Archbishop Lucey Attends Brother's Funeral in San Francisco
Archbishop Robert E. Lucey left St. Anthony's Hospital after a week of care to board the Grand Canyon Limited and travel to San Francisco for the funeral of his brother Edmund Lucey who died the previous day.
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Robert E. Lucey
St. Anthony's Hospital
L. J. FitzSimon
San Francisco
Edmund Lucey
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon Limited
Peeping Horse Looks Twice Into Windows
Mrs. T. J. Thompson finds a bay mare peering into her window at 821 Alabama Street. A reporter notes the horse is in the city pound, described by the poundman as a young two year old mare, seen wandering homes.
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T. J. Thompson
Alabama Street
The
Globe News
Mr Thompson
Defense Plant Corporation Approves 5.7 Million for New Factories
The Defense Plant Corporation today authorized 5.7 million dollars for new chemical factories supporting synthetic rubber production. Three point five million will fund a Charleston West Virginia plant run by Carbide and Carbon Chemicals to produce butadiene. An additional 2.2 million will finance a Texas site near Galveston County to supply several chemicals, operated by Monsanto Chemical Company of St Louis.
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Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Charleston
W. Va
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Galveston County
Texas
Monsanto Chemical Company
St. Louis
London gunman's foray leaves three dead in West London
In West London a gunner in the royal artillery fired a submachine gun at random from an automobile. Three people died and four were wounded as Philip Joseph Ward was charged with murder for killing Leslie Francis Ludford, a solicitor, the first victim. Emily Crisp died later in hospital.
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London
Emily Crisp
Philip Joseph Ward
Royal Artillery
Leslie Francis Ludford
Rail unions set December strike schedule in 1941 wage dispute
Five national unions signed a statement announcing staged walkouts at 6 A M on December 7 8 and 9 1941 to protest railroad wage dispute findings. The action followed by leaders Alvanley Johnston C J Goff H W Praser A F Whitney and T C Cashen and distributed through general chairmen to employees.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Carriers Conference Committee
Alvanley Johnston
The
C. J. Goff
H. W. Praser
A. F. Whitney
T. C. Cashen
Finns Turn Down U.S. Peace Offer
The Finnish reply to Cordell Hull’s demarche denies any Russia peace offer or U.S. mediation. In Dallas, a safety zone at Commerce and St. Paul Streets was damaged twice as police collected iron pipe debris and searched for damaged cars.
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Cordell Hull
Finland
United States
Russia
America
Dallas
Commerce and
St. Paul Streets
J. W. King
T. G. Baker
British Bombers Attack Naples in Night Raid
British bombers attacked Naples last night dropping explosive and incendiary bombs. The Italian high command reported six dead and 30 wounded as fires set by the raid were quickly controlled.
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Berlin
Lowestoft
England
Channel
Rome
Navy
U.P
Naples
Finland Resists U S Plea as German Spokesman Mocking White House
A German official denounces the United States request for Finland to halt hostilities as a fitting slap in the face to the hysterical old man in the White House. He calls the U S appeal shameless and Jewish blackmail and praises Finnish conduct as brave in Europe.
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Berlin
U.P
Finland
United States
White House
Europe
Finland’s Note Says Self Defense Justifies War Efforts
Finland demands continued military operations near the front and rejects withdrawal requests. The note to the American envoy argues self defense against Soviet aggression, stating Finland will resume civil duties only after secure positions. It appeals to U S democracy not to push a smaller nation into surrender.
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Finland
H. F. Arthur Schoenfield
Washington
Soviet Union
Russia
Col Thompson to Leave Army Service November 24
Col. Ernest O. Thompson will be relieved from active duty November 24 due to his civil duties as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. He commands the 36th Division's 141st Infantry and led the division to Camp Bowie without incident. A dinner honoring him will be held November 21 hosted by Lieut. Col. Carol Phinney.
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Thompson
36Th Division
Camp Bowie
Carol Phinney
Lth Quartermaster Regiment
141St Infantry
Winters to Push Streamlined County Government
County Commissioner John H Winters, new president of the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association, announced today the coming year will focus on streamlining county government to run more efficiently at the lowest possible cost. He said committees and work plans would start within a few days.
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John H Winters
Texas County Judges and Commissioners’ Association
Winters
News Tip Prize Won By Mrs Nobia Sewell
Mrs Nobia Sewell of 312 West Eighth Avenue won $5 first prize in the week’s news tip contest for reporting the three lost boys who appeared at her doorstep Wednesday with no destination. Second prize goes to Mrs J C White of 2103 Monroe Street for tipping about an Amarillo woman whose clothes were set afire by sun through a purse knob. Third prize goes to Mrs Bally McGill of 1109 Polk Street Apartment 24 for her tip about a cat trapped in a West Amarillo vent pipe. Additional tipsters listed include Mrs J M Gast 1917 Pierce Street and others across local streets.
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Nokia Sewell
West Eighth Avenue
J. C. White
Monroe Street
Amarillo
Bally McGill
Polk
J. M. Gast
Pierce Street
C. B. Ruth
North Buchanan Street
K. S. Reynolds
Travis Street
Clark
Harrison Street
Dad McEntire
Georgia Street
Sallee
Florida Street
T. A. Reville
Outlaw Kid Twist Reles Dies Escaping in Coney Island
Abe Reles, once a Murder Inc. leader, dies after dropping from a sixth floor window at the Half Moon Hotel while attempting to escape. He had cooperated with investigators and admitted killing or aiding in six slayings while under police guard. Also: NBC Berlin correspondent Alex Drier banned from air over censorship disputes. Howard K. Smith’s CBS broadcast unclear.
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New York
Abe “Kid Twist” Reles
Murder Inc
Brooklyn
Half Moon Hotel
Coney Island
Edward Heffernan
Reles
William O'Dwyer
Murder, Inc
Alex Drier
Berlin
National Broadcasting Company
Howard K. Smith
Columbia Broadcasting System
Columbia
Arrest Expected in Deaths of Elephants at Ringling Show
In Macon Georgia a Burns detective Edward Mullin predicted an arrest within 48 hours over the poisoning deaths of 10 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey elephants. He called the poisoning a mass murder of animals. Also noted Copina Wright Jr returned from honeymoon to Hollywood to start a new film, with Pamela Beaudette marrying in New York last week.
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Macon
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Edward Mullin
Burns
Hollywood
U.P
Cobina Wright, Jr
Pamel Beaudette
New York
Police Squad Hunts Cow in Sewer
In Newark New Jersey six members of the police emergency squad searched a sewer conduit between Newark and East Orange for a cow. They carried ropes flashlights a portable telephone and a tommy gun and used soothing calls to attract the animal before handing the case to the sewer department.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
East Orange
Sewer
Agriculture Department Recovers Rotten Argentine Beef
An army inspected shipment of 500000 pounds of canned beef from Argentina was found deteriorated and turned to the agriculture department for disposition. Col. Charles O. Thrasher noted swollen and broken cans and said the meat was unfit for human consumption. A similar lot was refused at San Francisco.
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Seattle
Argentina
Agriculture Department
Charles O. Thrasher
Army
San Francisco
Lost Black Hog Found By Globe News Want Ad
A black hog lost near pinkney is found and returned to its owner through the Globe News Want Ad service. The notice offers a reward for the hog’s return and encourages readers to use classifieds to retrieve lost items.
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Globe News
Pinkney
Pinkney Packing Co
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William D. Hassett
CIO
National Defense Mediation Board
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John Owens
U.S
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