Congress of Industrial Organizations Calls Army Stop Strike Breakers
The CIO adopted a resolution urging President Roosevelt to direct an immediate halt to training selectees and service men for strike breaking. The move comes as reports claim the Army trains draftees in strike breaking, a claim linked to the selective service act and labor faith. The convention also reported rapid action to finish business before elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Associated Press
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
United States Army
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Edenborn
Uniontown
Uniontown Hospital
Brownsville
John Stepanik
Coal Center
UMW
Brownsville Hospital
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Carole Landis Divorces Willis Hunt Jr in Las Vegas
Actress Carole Landis is divorced from broker Willis Hunt Jr days after their Las Vegas elopement. Landis testified Hunt was “inhuman” and called her “a fool” as the case proceeded in Hollywood courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saf
Carole Landis
Hollywood
U.P
Acess
Willis Hunt, Jr
Las Vegas
Hunt
Victory Theater
Lands Healed by Shriners Ceremonial in Amarillo
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine with about 1100 members across 48000 square miles plans a care free ceremonial in Amarillo featuring visiting nobles from Moslah Ballut Abyad Maskat and El Maida. The parade and registration times are set with souvenirs for attendees. A separate note reports missing items from a Navy aircraft recovered by a farmer near the Canadian River, including a wind breaker and a broken fountain pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine
Amarillo
Mawsa
Lilalil OY
Khiva
Panhandle
Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza and
Scurry Counties
Paramount Theater
Moslah Temple
Fort Worth
Ballut Abyad
Albuquerque
Maskat
Wichita Falls
el Maida
el Paso
Polk Street
Third Avenue
Amarillo Hotel
D. 8S. Fahrney
United States Navy
Navy Adds Yeomanette At Recruiting Office
Miss Zenna Beryl Rice of Amarillo joins the navy recruiting station as a yeomanette to assist with clerical work. Chief C. M. Norman, the recruiter, sent Cal William May of Tulsa to Dallas for enlistment yesterday and Clyde T. Cummings today. both enlisted in the naval reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Zenna Beryl Rice
Amarillo
C. M. Norman
Cal William May
Tulsa
Dallas
Clyde T. Cummings
Naval Reserve
Japan Offered Material To Abandon War
The United States proposes giving Japan access to needed raw materials if Japan abandons force as national policy. Hull discusses with Saburo Kurusu and Admiral Nomura as U S officials weigh whether Japan will join the economic program. Sen. Elbert D. Thomas suggests arbitration by a U S commission to settle differences and freeze military lines with China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
Cordell Hull
Saburo Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Sen
Elbert
China
Germany
Weather Outlook: Cold Night With Warmer Tomorrow
The forecast calls for winds from the north at 25 to 30 mph by tomorrow afternoon. Tonight will be partly cloudy and milder, but tomorrow turns considerably colder with a low near 30 and a daytime high around 53. Tomorrow’s high around 48 with clouds and light rain in West Texas Panhandle. Now open Victory Theater.
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Weather Bureau
Panhandle
West Texas
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with increasing clouds Saturday and northerly winds 20 to 30 mph. Daytime highs reach 53 today and 42 tomorrow with a low around 30 tonight. West Texas remains mostly cloudy with intermittent rain elsewhere, New Mexico shows varying cloudiness and light drizzle, while temperatures 24 hours ending 6:30 am show a 27 minimum and 48 maximum.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Victory Theater
The Duchess of Crime Dies in Gas Chamber
Juanita Spinelli, known as the Duchess, was executed at San Quentin for the murder of Robert Sherrard. She cursed her enemies and prayed as she faced the gas chamber, dying within 14 seconds. Her associates, including Mike Simeone and Gordon Hawkins, were sentenced to die upcoming. Ives testified and is in a mental institution.
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Ralph Salazar
San Quentin
Cal
Upi
Juanita
Christ
California
Robert Sherrard
Tehachapi Womens Prison
Culbert L. Olson
Clintor Duffy
Othel Leta Juanita Spinelli
Mike Simeone
Gordon Hawkins
Albert Ives
Sherrard
Detroit
Purple Gang
Texas
Lorraine
Spinelli
Anthony
Vincent
Gov
Olson
Simeone
Hawkins
Ives
Government Takes Over Oklahoma Power Project
The Federal Works Agency announced by presidential order it has seized the Grand River dam power project at Winita Oklahoma from the state to manage and generate hydroelectric power for national defense. The project will supply power for aluminum and magnesium production, smokeless powder TNT DNT airplane assembly and bomb loading plants, plus about 50 army camps and other defense sites.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
Roosevelt
FWA
Oklahoma
Grand River Dam
Winita
Okla
British spearheads sweep near Tobruk in Libyan Desert
British forces moved south and west of Tobruk as tanks clashed in the Libyan Desert. On the Eastern front the Red Army fought to stop a major German push toward Moscow and the Caucasus.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Tobruk
Red Army
Moscow
Caucasus
North Africa
Atlantic
Rostov
Tula
Kalinin
Mozhaisk
Ankara
Libya
Italy
Algeria
Morocco
Dakar
South Atlantic
Hitler
Maxime Weygand
Africa
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Bir el Gobi
Hell Fire Pass
Solum
Berlin
Rome
Salam Area
Giarabub Oasis
Sidi Omar
Bardia
Finland Seeks Tacit Armistice in Nordic Talks
Well informed sources report ongoing Finnish American discussions in Helsinki may lead to a tacit armistice with Russia. Britain’s war stance remains open as assurances on frontiers are sought, with Germany potentially accepting a peaceful settlement without full hostilities.
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Helsinki
U.P
Finland
United States
Russia
Britain
Germany
Toys pile high as Kiwanis collect for Christmas
Amarillo Kiwanis Toy Matinee drives a lobby full of toys for repair and redistribution to needy children. Al Williams leads volunteers from Kiwanis, Fire Department, and WPA in gathering hundreds of items for later distribution at the Community Christmas Tree event. Bus pickups and a cinema interlude accompany the effort as Armstrong Transfer aids in moving the pile.
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Paramount
al Williams
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Fire Department
WPA
American Legion
Municipal Auditorium
C. L. Ives
Jim Hudson
Guy McSwain
Clay Thornton
Kiwanians
Bruce Au’ Y
Funeral for Col. Gen. Ernst Udet Attended by Hitler Goering
Berlin reports a state funeral for Col. Gen. Ernst Udet, luftwaffe ace and technical chief, with Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering present. Goering lauded his work and character. A Belgrade paper cited by Donau Zeitung claimed Udet died testing a new aircraft, not a firearm, revising earlier reports.
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Berlin
Ernst Udet
Luftwaffe
Adolf Hitler
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Goering
Udet
Air Ministry
Donau Zeitung
Belgrade
Fier
Roosevelt nominates Fleming to head Federal Works Admin
President Roosevelt named Brig. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, currently wage hour administrator, to replace John M. Carmody as Federal Works Administrator in Washington on November 21.
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Roosevelt
Fleming
Washington
Philip B. Fleming
John M. Carmody
Enginemen in Parsons Clash Over Whistle Law
Enginemen piloting trains through Parsons face a clash between a state whistle rule and a city ordinance banning train whistles. The conflict leaves crews unsure when to sound at crossings.
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Parsons
Kans
Petain to Meet Hitler in Occupied France Next Week
Private advices say Marshal Petain and Admiral Darlan will travel to occupied France to meet Reichsmarshal Goering who will take them to meet Adolf Hitler. The trip marks Petain's first departure from occupied France since Montoire and follows Weygand's dismissal amid Hitler pressure.
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New York
U.P
United Press
Henri Philippe Petain
Jean Francois Darlan
France
Reichsmarshal
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Vichy
Adolf Hitler
Petain
Occupied
Hitler
Montoire
Germany
Maxime Weygand
French
West Africa
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
de Brinon
German Leader Fears Victory By America
Berlin reports Dr. Robert Ley telling 15,000 laborers from 14 European countries that Europe must find its own strength or be crushed by the United States. He derided Americans as cultureless barbarians and called Roosevelt a poor fool, predicting Moscow will fall in some manner.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Robert Ley
German Labor Front
Europe
America
Ley
Moscow
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Fayette County
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Lewis
United Mine Works
Carnegie Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Navy Office
Gels Yeomanette
Oklahoma Power Project
Armstrong Boys
Armstrong Transfer and Storage Company
Daniel Boone
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
Seinv
John Maynard Lbr. Co
U. S
Maxim Weygand
French Africa
John Mansville
Newby’s
eVine
Russell Stationery Company
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