Navy to Build Five Ships Per Japan Three To Keep Pacific Edge
Roosevelt aides unite across administration to outpace Japan in a naval build-up aiming for a 5-5-3 fleet ratio. Washington predicts Japan may denounce treaties by mid December, with Congress to consider appropriations for 78 ships by end of 1936.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Japan
London
United States
Congress
Navy Department
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Vinson
Pacific
Great Britain
Alaska
Hawaii
Army Air Corps
Navy
Pacific Territory
Army
Panama Canal
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Philippines
China
Ama rillo Pampa gridiron clash draws cross town fans
Thousands of Amarillo and Pampa fans packed Polk Street for the annual Amarillo Pampa high school football classic. Officials prepared band and pep events as Amarillo backed its District 1 title bid while Pampa prepared for the game at Butler Field with a Santa Fe special arriving at 1 45 pm. Weather would stay cold with little moisture.
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Butler Field
Pampa
Polk Street
Gray County
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Santa Fe
Winter Teases Panhandle With Light Snowfall
Snow skimmed the Panhandle with 2 to 3 inches in Lockney Plainview Lubbock Dimmitt and Hart Amarillo saw only 0.01 inch. Temperatures ranged 13 to 36 degrees with Texline at 13 above and Amarillo at 27. Clear skies followed as conditions eased.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Fort Worth
Denver
Lockney
Plainview
Lubbock
Dimmitt and
Hart
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Texline
Bolivian President Quits Under Strain
LA PAZ Bolivia Nov 2 UP President Daniel Salamanca resigned as chaos and unrest spread after a day of military standoff in the Chaco Boreal region. Vice President Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano announced he would direct public affairs in Salamanca’s absence while the army took positions with the troops.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Daniel Salamanca
Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano
Salmanca
Chaco Boreal
Shooting It Up Lands Mexican In City Bastile
Emanuel Lopez, allegedly firing a single shot 410 gauge shotgun twice at 200 Lincoln Street, was jailed after neighbors reported the disturbance. He claimed the house he rents costs him six dollars a month. County officers to take him into custody this afternoon.
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Bastile
Emanuel Lopez
Vincent Lopez
Lincoln Street
RB. Aravelo
Lopez
Hopkins Meets Roosevelts To Plan Relief Spending
Harry L. Hopkins heads to Warm Springs Georgia to discuss next year’s relief program with President Roosevelt. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau Rexford Tugwell and possibly Interior Secretary Ickes will join to decide spending levels and allocations for feeding and clothing the needy.
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Hopkins
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
Rexford Tugwell
Brain Truster
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Public Works
Max O'Brien Acquitted By 47th District Jury
Max O'Brien was found not guilty on receiving and concealing stolen property after a 14 and a half hour deliberation. The jury announced the verdict at 9 05 this morning with Mrs. O'Brien present and witnesses testifying about the Martin burglary. The state relied on circumstantial evidence while the defense argued the case lacked a strong basis for conviction. O'Brien faces two additional indictments, with co defendant Julius Grodjeski severed. all cases await next week's docket.
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Max O’brien
47Th District Court
Ben Smith
O'Brien
E.A. Simpson
FE. T. Miller
O’brien
W. R. Martin
West Eighteenth Avenue
Bob George
Willie Tomlinson
Tomlinson
George
Martin
Julius Grodjeski
Grodjeski
London Royal Wedding Sparks Crowds at Westminster Abbey
George Duke of Kent and Marina Princess of Greece wed at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony attended by 1500 guests and watched by hundreds of thousands along the processional routes. The couple, married at 11 13 am, also sealed the union with a Greek Orthodox service at Buckingham Palace. George appeared nervous while Marina spoke calmly as the Archbishop of Canterbury led the vows.
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London
George
England
Marina
Westminster Abbey
Duke of Kent
Buckingham Palace
Gum salesman dies in Seguin crash near highway
Belgren Belgren, 33, of San Antonio, a Wrigley Gum salesman, died after a head on collision near Seguin, Texas. Four others injured, including Harry Hornby Jr and Jack Classen, all on their way to or from an Austin football game. No cause given.
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Seguin
Tex
APJ
Belgren
San Antonio
Here
Harry Hornby, Jr
Uvalde
United States Collector of Customs
W.C. Barnes
Prefericksburg
Fisher Little
Jack Classen
Hornby
Barnes
Fisher
Austin
Classen
Bolgren
Wrigley Gum Company
Japan ends Washington naval treaty and builds ships
The column reports Japan's formal denunciation of the Washington naval treaty and vows to expand shipbuilding. It argues battleships are vulnerable to air power and that Japan will proceed despite US and UK limits, reflecting on strategic balance and global perceptions.
Trio in cafe identify dead couple linked to Philly children
Three Philadelphia residents identified the man and woman found shot near Duncansville as the couple who were in a Philadelphia restaurant with three young girls on November 18 and 19. They also linked the three little girls found dead in the Carlisle mountains to the restaurant companions.
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Duncansville
San
Philadelphia
Here
Carlisle
Harrisburg
Anna le Fanore
Louis Ellis
Anna Gasperon
Fills
la Salle
Miss Gasperon
la Fanore
Amarillo Observes 313th Thanksgiving With Citywide Events
Amarillo pauses for Thanksgiving as snow dusts streets and many businesses close. Central Presbyterian Church hosts the largest service led by Rev. J. O. Haymes with choir music. the day features a Sandies vs Harvesters football game and various social events. Nationally, relief programs fund meals. President Roosevelt marks the holiday at Warm Springs.
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Amarillo
Central Presbyterian Church
Ance
J. O. Haymes
Methodist Church
Central Presbyterian Choir
Amarillo Sandies
Pampa Harvesters
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal
Federal Relief Administration
Roosevelt
LSU President pledges leniency on censorship crisis
President James M. Smith of Louisiana State University said he would resign if the board fails to back censorship of The Reveille and that most of the 26 suspended journalism students may be reinstated after Thanksgiving. He warned the board to heed his stance and noted peace on campus as students left for the holiday. He also urged joining the Red Cross.
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Baton Rouge
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
Reveille
Smith
Univreity
Youth Broods Over Wife Priest Deaths in Hotel
Joseph L. Steinmetz 22, son of a rabbi, killed his 17 year old wife Ruth and the priest Rev. Joseph J. Leonard during a drinking party in a hotel room. He awaits arraignment Friday on two murder charges and has refused food and water in his cell.
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New York
Joseph L. Steinmetz
Meyer Machus
Steinmetz
Ruth
Los Angeles
Joseph J. Leonard
Weather Outlook for West Texas Panhandle and Southwest Zone
Partly cloudy skies persist across West Texas with warmer readings tonight in the Panhandle and southwest areas. In the north and east portions the night is partly cloudy and warmer, with a 27 degree minimum reported this morning.
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West
Texas
Panhandle
Priday
Curtail Fund to End Probe
The Nye committee seeks extra funds for the munitions inquiry as it resumes with officials from major companies slated to testify. The original $50,000 appropriation dwindles and six investigators remain on a staff of 17. The Du Ponts of Delaware are due to testify next week.
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Washington
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
Special Arma Committee
Nye
du Ponts
Delaware
Typhoon Strikes Southern Philippines Amidst Widespread Damage
A typhoon with 125 mph winds swept the southern Philippines, Governor Delacruz of Leyte reports the storm worst in memory. Crop losses may reach at least one million pesos, with life and property feared as high tides inundate farms and villages. Buildings toppled as the system centers near Capra Island, moving west by northwest and likely passing south of Manila.
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Manila
P. I
Philippines
Delacruz
Leyte
Capra Island
Women Fliers Set For Endurance Flight
In Oklahoma City on November 20 U P verslag, Jean Larene and Henrietta Sumner prepared to launch at 2 PM in a bid to set a new women endurance record. They must stay aloft over ten days to surpass the 239 hour mark, after a week of poor weather delayed the attempt.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Jean Larene
Henrietta Sumner
Kenneth Hunter
Garner at Home in Uvalde for Thanksgiving
Vice President Garner spent Thanksgiving peacefully with his family at their Uvalde home. Tully C. Garner, son of the Vice President, Mrs. Tully Garner, and their daughter Genevieve joined from Houston to be with the family.
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Garner
Uvalde
Tully C. Garner
Tully Garner
Genevieve
Houston
Lopez Ticket Sale Opens Saturday With Space Limited
The Vincent Lopes orchestra concert and dance comes to town with downtown ticket sales starting Saturday at the High School Auditorium seating limited. Mail orders go to Miss Lois Black. prices 35, 50, 75 cents for the concert and 1.50 per person for the dance at the Nat. Lopes and band broadcast on WFAA Dallas at 11 tonight and Saturday.
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Vincent Lopes
Wilbur
Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Lois Black
News-Globe
Stags
Lopes
WFAA
Dallas
U S Men Seek Vengeance On Mobsters for Slaying
Chicago dispatch reports federal agents struck to avenge the killings of two more officers in the Dillinger war. Inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Agent Herman Hollis died after a roadside gunfight near Barrington Illinois. Nelson's body was found at a Chicago suburb. Investigators cast a wide net across Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota seeking Alvin Karpis and a woman believed to be Nelsons wife amid a growing toll of dead officers gangsters and bystanders. Autopsy cites cause of Nelsons death and the hunt for perpetrators continues with authorities pursuing leads into prominent gang members.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
George Baby Pace
Nelson
Samuel P. Cowley
Justice Department
Division of Investigation
Herman Hollis
Barrington
Ill
Hollis
Cowley
Niles Center
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Alvin Karpis
St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
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Harvester
Odius Mitchell
Price Memorial College
Butlerfield
Middle West
The
Red Cross
Max O'Brien
By Burnette T. Johns
Griggs Ambulance
Dia
Arthur Brisbane
King Festures Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
Faltore Nova
Associated Press
LSU
John Maynard Lor, Co
U.S
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