Kansas City Police Plan Alcohol Impact Driving Demo
Kansas City police outline a November test in which about 30 drivers receive whiskey and drive a marked indoor course to measure effects with a drunkometer. Chief Harold Anderson calls it a large scale demonstration of alcohol impact on driving for science and safety.
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Kansas City
Harold Anderson
Anderson
H. W. Johnson
Traffic and Safety
Missouri
National Safety Council
Cenfer on Coal Dispute Strikes Halt Production at Plymouth
Strikes at the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company Plymouth plant halted production of .50 caliber machine guns and $25,000,000 ship building orders for the navy as labor actions spread. The day’s Washington conference involving John L. Lewis and Myron C. Taylor aimed at mediation amid national emergency, with Roosevelt and defense officials attending.
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Navy
Michigan
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
Myron C. Taylor
U. S Steel
Taylor
Lewis
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Plymouth, Mich
United Automobile Workers
Leningrad Strikes Back Germans Enter Crimea
German forces reported blasting through Crimean defenses and nearing Rostov as Moscow fronts saw fresh German attacks and Soviet counterattacks. Soviet reports claimed recapture of four villages from Leningrad to the Kerch Narrows while Rostov and the Caucasus remained focal points.
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Leningrad
Crimea
Joe Alex Morris
Rostov
Moscow
Leninrad
Kerch
Caucasus
Maloyaroslavets
Mozhaisk
Kalinin
Tula
First Freeze Is Predicted For Plains Farm Areas
The autumn first freeze is predicted tonight with a potential 32 degree low but overcast conditions may prevent frost. Polar air moves from Canada toward the Panhandle while Amarillo forecasts a rapid 10 degree drop tonight, possibly delaying frost until Friday. Harvest work continues in muddy fields as rains linger across the Panhandle region and surrounding towns.
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Plains
North Plains
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Canada
Rockies
Panhandle
H. C Winburn
Amarillo
Patriots in France stage demonstration amid invasion fears
Reports from Moscow via radio say French patriots in Amiens demonstrated against expected British invasion, unearthed weapons, and attacked a German HQ as occupation troops were replaced by younger and older soldiers. Other dispatches note executions in Mons, sabotage arrests in Rustchuk, and feared reprisals across Poland and Norway.
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Amiens
Moscow
London
Brussels Zeitung
Emil Foucarte
Mons
Sofia
Rustchuk
Poland
France
Norway
London Radio
Josef Goebbels
Rich winner of weekly news tip contest
Ruby Rich of 10 Tyler Street wins first prize for a tip about a Conway woman meeting her son after a 15 year search. J R Nicholas of 310 North Johnson Street wins second prize for a tip about killing a coyote at Northwest Sixth Avenue and Hayden Street. Third honors go to Mrs T A Curtice of 1012 Pierce Street for tipping about a falling ladder that narrowly missed a baby.
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Ruby Rich
Tyler Street
Conway
J. R. Nicholas
North Johnson Street
North West Sixth Avenue
Hayden Street
T. A. Curtice
Pierce Street
ASCAP and Networks Settle Music War With NBC and CBS
New York Oct 29 The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers says a contract will be signed this afternoon with National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System ending a ten month dispute. Asoap songs will be eligible for performances starting tomorrow under the deal.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Asoap
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with rain and colder conditions. High around 53 this afternoon and a low near 32 tonight. West Texas mostly cloudy with rain tonight and Thursday. Panhandle to central portions. New Mexico mostly cloudy to night and Thursday with rain statewide except snow at higher elevations. Cold air spreads east of Sangre de Cristo Mountains tonight. Temperature extremes 40 to 49 in the past 24 hours. Noon temperature 50.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Nye Warns of War as Neutrality Repeal Debated
Senator Gerald Nye argues during the Senate debate on repeal of neutrality shipping restrictions that passing the bill will lead to war. He warns the first American armed ship carrying war materials to a British port would be an advance guard for troops overseas, claiming the administration's policy moves push the U S toward conflict. He states the gloves are off and the nation may enter war before Britain.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Senate
Nye
United States
Great Britain
Be Heard Be Richer
Public notice invites readers to submit ideas of up to 150 words to YOUR IDEAS EDITOR at Globe News. Contest offers one dollar daily for top ideas and mentions prior payments to Amarilloans.
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Globe News
OES All-District Rally Tonight Concludes Sessions
An all-district rally at the Municipal Auditorium will close today's events the third day of the Order of the Eastern Star of Texas grand assembly. Tonight's program ends with 10 o'clock schedule followed by tomorrow's election and installation day and a Thursday buffet dinner at 6 o'clock.
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Mexico City
D. F
Walter E. Chaput
Grand Chapter
Texas
Order of the Eastern Star
Municipal Auditorium
Mexico
General Grand Chapter
United States
Grand Assembly of the Order of the Eastern Star of Texas
Old Timer Recalls Wandering Halloween Pranks of Amarillo
An Amarillo elder recalls past Halloween mischief with wagons on roofs, swapped store signs, four front wheels on mismatched buggies, and mule with green paint at a school principal’s office. He laments modern youths have little to work with.
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Amarillo
Professor Green
Profits Jump for 240 Firms in Third Quarter 1941
The Associated Press reports profits of 240 companies rose 38 percent in Q3 1941 to 383.9 million dollars versus 278.5 million a year earlier. Oil firms and railroads led gains with 16 oil producers earning 23.7 million and 19 railroads totaling 63.7 million, nearly double 1940 levels despite higher taxes and large reserve allocations.
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New York
Associated Press
Bear causes orchard trouble in Shelton
Ranger George Cooke reported a brown bear was shaking apples from his trees in an Shelton orchard. He shot the bear while cows fed beneath, as he tended to the diminishing apple crop and considered the bear meat for food.
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Shelton, Wash
George Cooke
Cooke
Berlin Diary excerpt shows tense prewar mood and Polish ties
William L Shirer’s Berlin Diary entries from August 1939 reveal German public sentiment under Hitler. In Danzig militarization grows as residents hope union with Germany without war. In Warsaw, Poles remain calm even as Berlin and Goebbels fuel tension and anticipation of conflict.
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Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Free City
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Sudetenland
Germany
Gdynia
Here
Warsaw
Gibes
Goebbel
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