Two Men Die as Train Hits Truck Near Amarillo
A truck driven by three men was struck by a Fort Worth and Denver passenger train at a grade crossing near Amarillo. Elbert Eugene Carpenter and W. H. Kuhler were killed. Frank Larra Jr. was critically injured. The three worked for P. F. Yoachum farms at Pullman. Fire damaged a home at 309 North Buchanan Street later the same day.
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Amarillo
Elbert Eugene Carpenter
W. H. Kuhler
Memorial Park Cemetery
Frank Larra, Jr
van Buren Street
Fort Worth
Denver
St. Anthony's Hospital
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Carpenter
Boxwell Brothers
Memphis
Zelma Lois
Grace Carlton
Washburn
Douglas Lindsay
Bill Kuhler
Griggs and Sons
Frank Larra
Leon Yoachum
Kuhler
Larra
Yoachum
Bill Elder
Childress
Bob Johnson
William Pieper
Vandenberg Raps New Tax Bill in Senate
The Senate debated a record $3 679 800 000 tax bill seeking new surtaxes on individuals and corporations. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, in a minority report, warned the country cannot be an unlimited treasury while urging defense economy as war finances rise. He urged a 5 percent sales tax with exemptions and predicted inevitable higher taxes to fund war needs.
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Vandenberg
Senate
Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
America
Walter F. George
Georgia
Finance Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Federal Treasury
Berlin Battles Bleed German Drive Along Front
Russian counter offensives claimed to recapture 22 villages in 10 days and push German lines back toward Leningrad while German reports said Moscow threats remained unclear. Red Star and Pravda praised Voroshilov inspiring Leningrad defenders as RAF night raids hit Berlin Frankfurt and western German targets in a new air war.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Leningrad
Red Army
Schutzstaffel
Hitler
Taninevad
Haan Undaw
Klementi Voroshilov
Red Star
Army
Pravada
Communist Party
Russia
Krasnogvardeisk
Tallinn
Pskov
Voroshilov
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Reich
RAF
Frankfurt
Mannheim
Ostend
Dunkerque
Air Ministry
Ministry
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Calais
Watches Stolen From Zales Window On Eighth Avenue
Burglars cracked the Zale Jewelry display on Eighth Avenue and stole 20 watches, some diamond-studded, valued up to $150 each. One watch worth $100 was recovered after a suspect dropped it while fleeing a policeman. A separate incident notes a purse theft of $50 from Mrs. G A Perry during a cafe deal.
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Eighth Avenue
Zale Jewelry Co., Inc
Polk Street
G. A. Perry
West
Brown Street
Pampa
Amarillo
Hubert Cole
Paramount
Cole
Lee Throneberry
Union Bus Depot
Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
British Submarines Sink Two Schooners Near Benghazi
British submarines sunk two large schooners in an attack on an Italian convoy near Benghazi Libya, with possible sinking of a supply ship northwest of Sicily. Attacks also reported on shipping in approaches to Benghazi.
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London
Benghazi
Libya
Sicily
Admiralty
Weather chase ends with recovered watch and suspect link
An anxious pursuit at the station ends with a recovered $100 watch as Throneberry pinpoints a suspect named Mrs. Perry who allegedly carried $1,000 in her forecast for Amarillo. The forecast calls for fair weather with possible storms, cooler by Thursday, and thunderstorms spreading from the Panhandle to west of Pecos.
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Weather Bureau
Throneberry
Perry
White House denies Japanese invitation to Roosevelt talk
White House secretary Stephen Early dismissed a New York Herald Tribune report that Premier Fumimaro Konoye invited President Roosevelt to a high seas conference on Japan US relations. He stated there is no invitation and noted the President's planned voyage is a Chesapeake Bay cruise from Annapolis, not a conference at sea.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Stephen T. Early
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Roosevelt
Autiuwllw
Uilwdeb
Arilile
Mr. Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune
The
Herald Tribune
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Denver Man, 69, Breaks Hip After Sunshine Stumble
Walter Crow, 69, had been in hospital three days for a cold. He stepped outside to enjoy sunshine, inhaled deeply, and stumbled on the front steps, breaking his hip and returning to hospital care.
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Denver
Colo
Walter Crow
Cooler air moves into Panhandle with advancing front
The Weather Bureau reports an extensive low pressure area in the western Dakotas drawing cooler Pacific air toward the Panhandle. A cool spell arrives tomorrow with a forecast of fair weather and scattered showers today, followed by thunderstorm activity Thursday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Pacific
Panhandle
Four Indicted For Espionage
Four individuals including an 18 year old girl were indicted on conspiracy to violate the espionage act as federal agents describe an international spy ring operating in New York and abroad in Spain Portugal and Germany. The group allegedly gathered and sent to Europe information on American force movements and dispositions along the Eastern seaboard plus related photographs and sketches.
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New York
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Europe
Weatherman Will Arrive Tomorrow In Amarillo
H C Windburn a 16 year veteran of the U S Weather Bureau arrives to take charge of the weather bureau station at English Field in Amarillo. He has Houston experience and has served at Lincoln North Platte and Rapid City. Windburn will succeed H T Collman transferred to St Joseph.
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H. C. Windburn
U. S. Weather Bureau
English Airfield
Windburn
Houston
Lincoln
North Platte
Nebraska
Rapid City
South Dakota
H. T. Collman
Amarillo
St. Joseph
Colleman
David Bruce
Bruce
Texas
Winburn
Dollar Day ideas editor contest prompts quick cash
A call to readers to submit ideas of 150 words or less to YOUR IDEAS EDITOR at Globe News. The best idea printed earns a dollar, highlighting a daily Dollar Day promotion with easy cash for clever notions.
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Globe News
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P. F. Yoachum Farms
Pullman
Buchanan Street
Russell Stationery Company
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
McCormick Co
Chamber
English Channel
France
Zale
West Texas
Pecos Valley
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Lubbock
South Plains
del Rio
Galveston
Dwight Newby
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