Home fires cause one third of 1998 fire damage
AP report for Fire Prevention Week notes home fires caused one third of 270 million dollars in total damage for 1998. Carelessness with heating plants matches oily rags cigars cigarettes and fluids led to 87 million in losses. Major causes follow ranking rubbish chimneys roofs heating and electrical defects with seven thousand lives lost annually. The NFPA urges prevention through hazard elimination.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
National Fire Protection Association
Ebba Fernberg Saves Kansas Bank From Run
A 16 year old Ebba Fernberg of Lindsay Kansas started sweeping a bank and rose to executive vice president then bank president. In 1930 a rival failed and a second bank failed to open. She borrowed currency from a neighboring bank and Kansas City, reassured customers, and halted a bank run, saving her bank.
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Ebba Fernberg
Lindsborg
Kan
Ebba
Kansas Town
Kansas City
Kansas
Early Steps and Responsibility Shape Her Career
The subject began by sweeping floors and built progress through accepting responsibility. Her steady rise shows how initial tasks can lead to broader leadership and achievement.
Hitlers peace plans and blitzkrieg risks analyzed in Washington
Washington observers say Hitler seeks peace but faces a dangerous position with two choices, peace at an Allied price or a swift war. Berlin and London dispatches suggest a staged peace offer followed by war if rejected, while Britain braces for air blows and potential bases in neutral Europe. The report links Germany's strategy to Austria and notes U.S. legislative tensions over arms embargo and cash and carry.
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Washington
Hitler
Poland
London
Paris
Italy
Austria
Axis
Stalin
Russia
Baltic
Carpatho-Alps
Romania
Germany
France
England
Britain
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
North Sea
Wester Front
Unknown War Details Stir Curiosity Beyond Censorship
A reflective note questions what the public cannot know about World War II Europe. It contrasts Polish casualties and German losses with uncertain official figures, guesses at behind the scenes negotiations, and speculates on how secret deals shaped historic alliances.
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Europe
Poland
Italy
Germany
Munich
Yugo-Slavia
Africa
Sudden Solicitude and the War Propaganda Confusion
The piece critiques shifting wartime moods and propaganda in Europe. It mocks how public stances on Germany Russia Poland and neutrality flip across months. It cites Rezboznik the Soviet atheist paper upset by Polish church conversions and contrasts it with its own anti Orthodox stance.
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Europe
Poland
Rezboznik
Bezboznik
Russia
Size of the universe seen by new telescope
The universe is so vast that a radio message could not traverse it and return. Sir Arthur Eddington explains that with the 200 inch telescope the nebulae 950 million light years away define a communication horizon. Expansion of space prevents messages from reaching beyond that limit.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Science
New York
Sir Arthur Eddington
Britain
Earth
Sir Arthur
Churchill Calls for Global Effort After Athenia Sinking
Winston Churchill warns of a torpedoed Athenia with no warning and urges rulers to unite and direct efforts toward localization of the current conflict. He cites Generalissimo Francisco Franco, head of the Spanish government, as a context for international responsibility.
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Winston Churchill
Athenia
Francisco Pranco
Amarillo Personalities Reward Local Businessman
This profile highlights a Amarillo figure who moved to the city in 1919 to work for a door company, later becoming owner of Ballards Cleaners and Hatters. He organized his firm in 1930 with five employees, now employs more, and is active in local clubs and the Masonic Lodge.
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Ballards Cleaners and Hatters
Amarillo
Masonic Lodge
A.B.C. Club
Anmarillo
Texas Cleaners & Dyfas
The Amarillo Globe publisher notice and rates 1939
An archival front matter notice from October 19, 1939, details The Amarillo Globe's publication status. It lists ownership The Globe News Publishing Co and key officers, billing for subscriptions including daily and Sunday editions, and a special delivery policy. It emphasizes independence as a democratic newspaper and notes AP news usage.
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Amarillo
Texas
News and Business Department
Bee
Amarillo Globe
Water as a daily laxative and abdomen massage routine
The article praises plain water as a key eliminant and provides a morning routine of warm water intake and abdominal massage to aid regularity. It urges daily habit formation and notes a 1939 copyright by The McNaught Syndicate. It also mentions Jimmy Taylor, aged 10, riding his first race at Catterick Bridge as the youngest licensed jockey.
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The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Catterick
Yorks
Eng
Jimmy Taylor
Catterick Bridge Course
Jockey Club
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David Niven
Hollywood
Adolf Hitler
Anthony Ede
Rio Grande Valley
Baek
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Farmida
Mens Clothing
Mansfield
Tex
Canyon
Waco
West Texas State College
Weir
Teeweeear
Globe
News-Globe
Mail Daily
Anion
AED J Cass
the Globe
Artie McGovern
Artik McGovern
Donald Duck
Buddy
Mar
Moon Mullins
Elmo
Tarzan and the
Tohr
Ahtea
Tarzan
Rathor
O'Rourke
Pantu
Emmy
Behi
Mungo
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