15 Nov 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1938
Page
1
An editorial urges safer driving habits noting that minor errors like pulling from curbs and running amber lights cause crashes. It stresses slowing down, obeying signals, and courtesy, warning that 95 percent of city accidents are preventable with patient compliance and proper lane use.
The Crippled Children's Council finale at the auditorium starts at 8 30 with Carlton Seales Orchestra and 15 minutes of prelude. Guests include Wes Izzard as interlocutor and several performers. proceeds benefit the council.
Mrs. Carl Adams of 2108 Pierce Street wins first prize in a weekly News Tip contest for information on near fatal burns to James Richard Buster. Second prize goes to Mrs. Carl Hamilton for tipping on a Trinidad train wreck injuring W. H. Kirk of Amarillo. Third prize awarded to Mrs. Birtis Acton for tip about a dog bite incident.
In Nashville a household tale says a concert unfolds when a mouse joins a canary in a cage. Pete Vietti and two neighbors hear the duet as the mouse and bird share a brief musical performance before the creature returns to its hearthside routine.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order authorizing a joint congressional committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority and inspect income and excess profits tax returns of private utilities.
New York dispatch reports seven fire engines rushed to the scene after Miss Rose Commoreto, 18, tripped when a heel broke off her shoe. In the fall she grabbed a fire alarm box to steady herself, triggering the alarm and prompting a swift responders' call.
Paris reports Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet said France will not surrender any colonies in talks aimed at addressing Adolf Hitler's demands. Bonnet spoke after a Daladier meeting amid preparations for Neville Chamberlain's late November visit to Paris.
Border guards report subterranean passages under the frontier used to escape into France from German persecution. About 500 Jews were detected attempting illegal entry and turned back into Germany during the current anti Jewish outburst. Many tunneled 40 to 50 yards from the Saar district into France.
Texas live stock ranges were 75 percent of normal as of November with dry feed common in most districts. The Panhandle's high plains benefited from October rains improving conditions, while central Texas black lands and south central areas declined. Cattle and sheep stood at 81 percent of normal on November 1, goats 82 percent, slight drops from October 1.
Tokyo report says Japan’s Social Mass party central committee urges Asia to unite under an Asiatic League with Japan, Manchukuo, and controlled China areas at its core. The resolution, to be voted at next week’s party convention, mirrors the “Asia for the Asiatics” slogan and seeks regional linkage beyond bilateral ties.
Paris reports a plan to make Premier Edouard Daladier a virtual dictator within the Republican system. Deputies would extend his decree powers to 1942 and postpone elections until 1940. The move aligns with Daladier pursuing reforms while a pair of foreign office decrees heighten tensions over press and court proceedings linked to Germany.
Golden Rule Week will be observed in Amarillo next week through the Kiwanis Club churches and schools. T. M. Bruner and C. A. James lead planning for the event with an essay contest offering cash awards and plans for church services civic programs and radio programs.
Five reservations remained at noon for the Rose Bowl Tea Room opening. Mrs Wales Madden said operations were in shipshape and cooks were busy with hams and turkeys. The Junior Welfare League charity event moved from Polk Street to the Tyler and Sixth Avenue building.
The Veterans Administration announced President Roosevelt approved the selection of Byrd F. White site 244 acres on the Dallas outskirts for a 250 bed general medical and surgical veterans hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The project is valued around 1.2 million dollars with a recent 600 thousand dollar contract awarded for Amarillo work.
In Budapest on November 15 the cabinet resigned amid ties reported to Neely Greenhill Agey involving insurance. The move comes as political realignments unfold in Hungary with implications for policy and governance.
The Amarillo Ministerial Association adopted a resolution condemning the Nazi regime's persecution of Jews and other minorities. It urged global protest and fair play. Dr. Howard Williams was elected president and Powell Smith secretary-treasurer.
U P report says mass meetings boycotts and relief funds form today to protest Nazi anti Semitic campaign in Germany and aid victims. Prominent figures Hoover Landon Ickes King Hughes Gannon denounced persecutions on a nationwide radio broadcast.
London reports that the United States Great Britain and France urged Germany two weeks ago to discuss orderly emigration of potential refugees including Jews, but Berlin has not replied. George Rublee, head of the international refugee committee, was to negotiate with Germany as riots flared after the Paris assassination, delaying talks. British officials say no German-British contact had occurred, while Hugh Wilson's Washington call may complicate Chamberlain's stance.
Paris reports a basis reached for a Franco German war renunciation accord aiming to ensure peaceful settlement of disputes. The pact would echo the Munich agreement and extend nonbelligerence to other issues, with Bonnet and Weizsaecker in talks. Italy talks uncertain as Mediterranean issues require prep.
The Swiss Federal Council, continuing its Nazi crackdown, decided to suppress the Nazi publications Angriff Schweizerdegen and Schweizer folk. Authorities have been searching Nazi quarters for propaganda literature and other documents.
Berlin reports that German papers urge the U S to stop expressing horror over Jewish persecution as Ambassador Wilson prepares to leave for Paris. Nazi bureau plans intensified measures while panic grips Jews seeking consular aid.
Jesse H Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation defended Roosevelt policies and criticizes bankers for not aiding business recovery at the American Bankers Association convention in Houston. He warned bankers oppose planned economy and political involvement.
Protestant Catholic and Jewish leaders form a Southwest wide effort to combat religious bigotry. About two hundred representatives met to plan the organization with Federal Judge William H. Atwell as principal speaker urging vigilance to preserve freedom and prevent power from eroding rights.
In Le Mars Iowa county authorities accuse Maybelle Knox fifty once social figure and reform advocate of feigning illness to dodge questioning about her mother's death and her missing husband and a mysterious elderly woman. Deputies cite a Jekyll Hyde persona and note she had forged checks.
Berlin dated Nov 15 report says Charles A Lindbergh and his family seek a residence in Berlin for a winter stay. He arrived last month and was honored with the German Eagle decoration. German air force officials have since searched for suitable lodging after his departure for France on Oct 29.
A Coast Guard seaplane and about six vessels searched nine miles off Cape Cod for two Boston high school students Thomas Glendon 17 from a noted wine family and Lester Welford 18 from Wakefield Mass who were last seen in a skiff drifting at sea.
Weather outlook for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies and a rise in temperature tonight and Wednesday. West Texas and New Mexico expect fair conditions with little temperature change. Maximums near 60 and minimums around 37, with slight warmup in the north portion.
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