Winter Front Woes and Soviet Victories Reported
London reports German troops on the Russian front poorly equipped for winter while Soviet forces claim gains around Leningrad and in the Ukraine. Tass describes a Tula rout with Germans fleeing in underwear. Sevastopol and Kerch see heavy bombing and losses. Crimea campaign notes advance toward the Donets basin as weather improves. Russia claims successes against siege-ruled cities and allied reports detail air and ground losses on both sides.
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London
Leningrad
Neva
Berlin
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Kerch
Crimean
High
Caucasus
Ukraine
Hitler
Donets River
Red Army
Ernst Udet Dies Testing Firearms in Berlin
Berlin report states Col. Gen. Ernst Udet, 45, head of the Luftwaffe technical bureau and pioneer of parachutist tactics, died after an accident while experimenting with firearms. Hitler ordered a state funeral, and the Udet squadron was named in his honor. Udet, Germany’s No. 2 WWI ace with 62 shoots, rose under the Nazi regime to chief of the air force’s technical section and influenced parachute tactics used in Norway and Holland. He died en route to a hospital after injuries from the accident, according to official news.
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Jack Fleischer
Berlin
U.P
Luftwaffe
Ernst Udet
Udet
Air Ministry
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
United Press
Reich
Today
United States
Det
Air Force
Japan envoy hopeful as new parley held
Arriving at the state department with Saburo Kurusu, Japan's envoy, Nomura told reporters he was hopeful and noted Americans are often in a fighting mood. Tokyo officials said Kurusu carried no new instructions, while Tojo and Shimada stressed readiness for any eventuality amid questions on relations with Russia and the tripartite pact's third clause.
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State Department
Japan
Saburo Karusu
Hull
Nomura
Tokyo
Shigenori Togo
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Hideki Tojo
Shigetaro Shimada
Russia
United States
Kurusu
Roosevelt
China
Teen Drivers Tags Spark Amarillo Police Probe
Police report rising complaints about teenage drivers in Amarillo. Officers stress that licenses are required, with age rules strict: under 14 requires judge affidavit and parental consent. at 16 requires father's signature. at 18 license may be issued with no parental consent. In Hillsboro, E. S. Janes of Big Sandy died when his tractor turned over on a highway project, tumbling into a creek bottom.
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Amarillo
S.4
Harper
Hillsboro
E. S. Janes
Big Sandy
Hanes
Here
Police Officer Charged With Murder After Park Shooting
Houston police sergeant Harold D. Warren of Hermann Park faces a murder charge amid the fatal shooting of Hans Nagel, a park keeper. Warren says he fired in self defense after finding Nagel watching three youths in a parked car during a quarrel last night.
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Houston
Harold 4. Warren
Hermann
Park
Hans Nagel
Warren
Nagel
News Tip Prize Is Won By Jack Lloyd Story
Roosevelt convened a high level meeting with railroad executives labor leaders and federal officials to avert a broad railroad strike set for December 7. The invitation list included Fahy Mead Lewis Eastman Pelley Fletcher Harrison Johnston and others as unions push for wage and vacation demands. Jack Lloyd won the week prize for tipping an Amarillo accident that killed one man and fatally injured another, with Ina Moreau and Mrs Lonnie Vaughn taking second and third prizes for stove explosion and barn fire tips respectively.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Charles Fahy
James M. Mead
David J. Lewis
National Railway Mediation Board
Joseph B. Eastman
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
R. V. Fletcher
AAR
George Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Abe Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Jack Lloyd
Union Bus Depot
Shamrock
Amarillo
Ina Moreau
North Buchanan Street
Highland Park School
Lonnie Vaughn
North Taylor Street
J. G. Cathey
Bong Street
Billy Joe Dunlap
Parker Street
Sylvia Caldwell
Jackson Street
E. N. Frederick
Pleasant Valley
M. E. Roberts
Cleveland Street
Ridings
Monroe Street
Edgar Adams
East Eighth Avenue
Lankford
West Ninth Avenue
E. B. Campbell
Nelleen Zischang
Orphans Home
Postmaster Advises Christmas Budget For Postage
Postmaster W D DeGrassi proposed placing the postage item in the Christmas budget. He explained 112 cent stamps may be used on Christmas cards but cannot be returned or forwarded if misaddressed. First class 3 cent postage keeps cards returnable or forwardable. many Christmas cards were sent to the dead letter office last year due to improper addresses.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Amarillo
Governor Stevenson Meets Pat Neff in Austin Visit
In Austin on November 18 former Texas Governor Pat Neff, president of Baylor University, visited Governor Coke R. Stevenson to say hello. Neff declined any appointment recommendations and noted he valued similar visits during his own term. Stevenson was out of town and could not receive him.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Pat Neff
Baylor University
Neff
Stevenson
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy today turning cloudy with intermittent rain tonight and Wednesday. High around 69, low about 36 in West Texas. Cloudy with rain, clearing El Paso area Wednesday. colder across Panhandle, South Plains, and El Paso tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico sees rain tonight, snow in Sangre de Cristo and Jemez, clearing Wednesday with cooler temps. 24 hour low 51, high 74. Noon reading 68. Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo
Jemez
Continental Divide
Amarillo Big Ben Will Be Back in Place
Amarillo National Bank officials announced the restoration of the corner clock once atop the old building at Fourth Avenue and Polk Street. The seven foot tall, 3,000 pound battery operated timepiece, stored during demolition, will be reinstalled with a new dial after the modern building is erected. Patrons mockingly urged punctual return, saying they miss the clock as much as the building.
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Amarillo
Big Ben
London
Amarillo National Bank
Fourth Avenue
Polk Street
Bill Baker
Opportunity Idea Contest Offers Daily Reward
A reader appeal touts a challenge from YOUR IDEAS EDITOR at Globe News promising one dollar daily for the best idea. Participants are urged to submit a 150 word or shorter concept, not necessarily original, to claim a share of the opportunity.
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America
Globe News
Navy recruiter interviews Borger youths in Amarillo visit
C. M. Norman, a navy recruiter stationed in Amarillo, traveled to Borger today to interview local young men about enlisting in the Navy. The event involved outreach by V. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Navy
Borger
C. M. Norman
Amarillo
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Toy Matinee Slated Friday in Amarillo
Amarillo Kiwanis Club will stage its annual Toy Matinee Friday at 9:45 AM at the Paramount and State Theatres. Admission is a toy for Amarillo schoolchildren, with gifts distributed at Christmas after repairs by local firemen and NYA. Al Williams leads the committee coordinating toy collection and distribution.
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Paramount
State Theatres
Clay Thornton
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Amarillo
Martin Nussbaumrillo
Amari4o
NYA
al Williams
Kiwanis
Ama
Jacinto
Amarillo Construction Costs Near Two and a Half Million
Construction costs in Amarillo this morning stood within about 34 thousand dollars of 2.5 million. The largest permit went to R. D. Houck for a 12000 dollar home at 2618 Hayden Street. Three other permits were issued to F E Atkinson Ted Hamer and Ray Wicker for 3000 dollar homes in the 3800 block on Hayden Street.
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Amarillo
City Hall
R. D. Houck
Hayden Street
FE. Atkinson
Ted Hamer
Ray Wicker
Labor leaders urge unity as Roosevelt asks for defense mobilization
In a CIO convention message President Roosevelt urged rapid production of guns tanks planes and ships and national unity among workers to support defense. Disorders erupted at captive coal mines as United Mine Workers staged strikes in West Virginia and Pennsylvania affecting 53,000 miners across several states. The CIO backed arming Britain the Soviet Union and China and pressed for no appeasement of anti democratic forces while planning a White House conference to avert railroad strikes.
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CIO
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
Alabama
Tennessee
Illinois
UMW
Mr. Roosevelt
Philip Murray
Murray
Roosevelt
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hitler
Great Britain
Soviet Union
China
Resolutions Committee
Congress
Nazi Germany
Vichy
France
White House
Frank Dixon
Fairfield
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Birmingham
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Gary
W. Va
William Hairston
William Lawson
U. S. Steel
Fayette County
Cambria County
Terre Haute
Ind
Public Service Company of Indiana Power
John L. Lewis
Detroit
Yester
Nazi Peace Feelers Prompt Turkish Spain Transit Talks
Ankara dispatch reports Franz Von Papen hints Germany may seek transit facilities in Turkey and Spain as part of a new Mediterranean Middle East phase. He says armistice could follow Russia’s defeat with Turkey playing a peace power role, while Britain’s exit could extend the war if armistice is refused. He predicts limited Ukraine grain next year and slow Russian economic gains for years.
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Dana Adams Schmidt
Ankara
U.R
Germany
Baloon
Turkey
Spain
Franz von Papen
la Vanguardia
Madrid
von Papen
Paul Schmidt
Russia
Europe
Britain
Mediterranean
Ukraine
Drivers Go on Binge Today For Science
Kansas City reports fifty seven men will volunteer to drink alcohol under police supervision to measure its effect on driving. Each subject will consume whiskey or beer at half hour intervals, then drive a 200 foot forward and reverse path and a 16 post figure eight, under tests including a drunkometer, with medical exams and observation. Public access is denied. officers will accompany drivers home afterward.
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Kansas City No. 18
Henry W. Johnson
Police
American minister arrested in Rome
Italian police arrested the Rev. Hiram Woolf of Elmira New York rector of the American Episcopal Church in Rome on suspicion of intelligence activity.
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Rome
Hiram Woolf
Elmira
N. Y
Fire Kills Six Elderly Patients at Amityville Sanitarium
Six elderly residents three men and three women perished when a fire destroyed a private sanitarium building in Amityville N Y early today. Thirty others, many bed ridden, were rescued. Superintendent Dr Canvas L Markham said most patients were incurably incapacitated and those rescued appeared shaken but unharmed beyond shock.
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Amityville
N. Y
Canvas L. Markham
Brunswick Home
Ships Serving British Will Get Arms First
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox announced that American merchant ships destined for the British Isles and northern Europe will be the first armed under the amended neutrality law. Second preference will be given to ships operating to and from the Red Sea.
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Washington
Frank Knox
British Isles
Europe
Red Sea
Knox
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Tula
Crimea
Fama
Parachute Corps
Norway
Holland
Kichisaburo Nomura
Oliceman
Build Now
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Russell Stationery Company
Mich
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