Roosevelt defies Hitler as Europe reacts to torpedo speech
Roosevelt's fighting speech triggers strong reactions in Britain Mexico City papers hail his stand and German accusations spark sharp congressional commentary. Bailey proposes sabotage penalties while U.S. Steel and UMW discuss the captive coal mine strike as Knox urges national defense priority.
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Mexico City
Adolf Hitler
el Universal
South
Central America
Sol Bloom
Dem
New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gerald P. Nye
Repub
North Dakota
United Press
Josiah W. Bailey
Dem. N. Co
John L. Lewis
Bailey
Senate
National Defense
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
CIO
Weather and political echoes mingle in mixed news report
Amarillo and West Texas forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with rising temperatures and scattered showers west of Pecos Valley, while New Mexico faces snow at higher elevations. A political critique of Roosevelt’s speech follows, with charges of war motivation and Nazi propaganda.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
The Last Poker Game Cost Him 5 Dollars
In Martinez California Emil Terati is bequeathed five dollars to gamble on poker the night his wife Marie Terati is cremated per her will filed in Contra Costa County Court The remainder of the five thousand dollar estate goes to her son Harry Hamilton Jr with the first husband Harry Hamilton named as executor or beneficiary for the specific bequest and payments alluding to a prior gambling incident at the mother's burial.
Red Dive Bombers Push Back German Lines On Moscow Front
Russian shock troops and dive bombers mounted a counterattack near Mozhaisk about 60 miles from Moscow, repelling German advances. Pravda cited 50 tanks 19 planes and 200 munition trucks destroyed. Russians claimed heavy German losses in Donets and Crimea sectors, while Moscow prepared for a ballet and relief measures continued.
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United Press
Moscow
Donets
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Mozhaisk
Red Army
Pravda
Ukraine
Rostov
Crimea
London
Stalino
Stanislavsky Theater
Russia
Kramatorsk
Leningrad
Three Dirty Shirts Go to Washington Burglary Report
James R. Boone and family return from a trip to find a burglary at their home on Monroe Street. The thief entered through a jammed rear door, pulled the electric clock plug at 8:30, and took clothes and watches but left the camera, later found in the kitchen sink.
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James R. Boone
Monroe Street
Boone
Boones
Mrs. Boone
OES Session Tonight Public Memorial Service Planned
The 59th General Assembly of the Grand Chapter of Texas, Order of the Eastern Star, opens tonight at the Municipal Auditorium at 9 15. Mrs Lucy K Harmon of Dallas will lead the memorial service with George S Dowell delivering the memorial address and musical readings by Dallas residents. About 2 000 attendees registered by noon and more are expected before Thursday noon election day and officer installation.
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Evelyn Boyd
59Th
General Assembly
Grand Chapter of
Texas
Order of the Eastern Star
Municipal Auditorium
Lucy K. Harmon
Dallas
George S. Dowell
Blackburn- Shaw
Stella Owen
Freda Bernhard
Ed C. Couch
Pharr
Gussie Dowell
Luling
International Temple Fund
Florence Read
Jesse Edmonston
Eunice Donnelly
Lockhart
U. D
Norma Allen
Clyde E. Smith
Panhandle-Pampa Highway Reopens After Rain Flooding
The highway between Panhandle and White Deer is open again after a four mile dirt detour around a lake was completed. Traffic moves over the improvised route but rain could force detours or closure. Another section between Hereford and Dimmitt remains closed.
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Highway Department
Panhandle
White Deer
Hereford
Dimmitt
Berlin Diary reveals Sudetenland pact and European brinkmanship
William L. Shirer reports on the Sept 1938 Sudetenland agreement signed by Hitler Mussolini Chamberlain and Daladier with occupation planned for October. Daladier and Chamberlain pressed no concessions while Hitler met Mussolini to finalize plans as Czechoslovakia bears the sacrifice.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Daladier
Sudetenland
Germany
Munich
Peace of Europe
Kufstein
Czechoslovakia
Amarillo Community Chest Near Record Total For 1941 42
The Amarillo Community Chest reports a total of 55158.13 dollars as of today noon at the Amarillo Hotel. The fund’s 18 year history suggests a new local record may be set by this final report meeting, with Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance noted in the source.
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Amarillo
Amarilloans Support President's Strong Stand In Speech
A morning poll of Amarillo residents shows broad approval of the President's hard line against the shoot-on-sight manifesto and labor-minority demands. Local workers, including Cal Farley and Lew Fields, defend military aid and defense readiness, while others call for decisive action against strikes and indiscipline.
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Amarilleans
Cal Farley
Hitler
Andi
John Pool
Western Auto Supply Company
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