Texas Fog Slows Traffic Across State
Dense fog settled over Texas paralyzing air travel and slowing ground transport from West Texas to East Texas. Reports say at least 17 lives were lost in related accidents as flights and highways froze under thick mist. Cities like Amarillo Dallas Fort Worth and El Paso reported varying fog depths with temperatures from freezing to warm gray skies.
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Wink
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Austin
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Amarillo
Naval mine sinks as vessel foundered during tow
Admiral reported the mine Sphine foundered in Went while towed after damage by a phase commander and four crew members. Four officers and crew members are missing. The incident marks a notable naval loss amid ongoing wartime actions.
Interest In Third Term Running High Among Committee
Democratic National Committee members gathered in Washington to discuss President Roosevelt's possible third term amid rumors and petitions to enter his name in the Illinois primary. Leaders like Mayor Edward J. Kelly and Patrick Nash urged his unopposed renomination while the party weighs convention city and date plans for 1940.
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Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Patrick A. Nash
Poll Tax Payments Rise as City Records Show Increase
City poll tax payments for 1939 totaled 1 252, up 200 from 1938, says Walter Boyd city clerk. He notes the Supreme Court ruling requiring both city and state poll taxes for voting eligibility. Ad valorem tax payments were about unchanged, with heavy mail payments over the deadline.
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Walter Boyd
Boyd
Supreme Court
Fog and foggy roads blamed for Bonham area accidents
Dense fog and slick highways caused multiple crashes around Bonham over the weekend. One injury is confirmed as Miss Faye Brown with a fractured knee after a collision with a bread truck near Bell Saturday night. Mrs. Lee Dowlin and a Windom companion escaped unharmed when their car overturned on the Bonham Windom highway. Other collisions, cars skidding, and vehicles stuck in mud were reported as visibility worsened. A doctor treated a seriously ill boy near Rogers, and school buses faced difficulty Monday due to the mist.
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Bonham
Faye Brown
East 8Th Street
Bell
Miss Brown
Lee Dowlin
Windom
Rogers
Balkan Entente Ends Amid Nonaggression Pledge
Belgrade report says Romania Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey wrap up a three day conference with a pledge to stay out of war and to expand economic ties for seven years. Observers note no guarantees or defensive bloc. Yugoslavia may pursue a separate friendship with Hungary.
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Yugoslavia
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Russia
Europe
Hungary
Senate Farm Bloc to Restore Part of Roosevelts Budget Cuts
In Washington on Feb 5 the Senate faces a headlong fight as the farm bloc led by Sens. Scott Lucas and Richard Russell plans to restore some of the 66.9 million dollars cut by the House from President Roosevelt's budget. Republicans may join in the clash as the appropriations subcommittee reviews the cuts and floor attempts to add back reductions. The Economic Outlook branded the budget a political game in an election year, noting deep cuts hit projects in rivers harbors roads public works and farm payments.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Scott W. Lucas
Richard B. Russell
D. Ga
Appropriations
House Appropriations Committee
State, Justice and Commerce Department
Chamber
Economic Outlook
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Budgd
Congress
Sherman Fire Destroys Three Businesses in Four-Hour Blaze
Origin unknown for a Sunday morning fire in Sherman that damaged three business buildings including Dean Printing and Typewriter Agency and a Montgomery Ward warehouse. Estimated losses reached 40,000 with Dean Printing at 15,000 to 18,000. Firemen battled for four hours, origins unclear at the rear of the bowling alleys.
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Sherman
Loas
John Marshall
Honey Grove
Dean Printing Company
Montgomery Ward & Co
Roberts, Sanford and Taylor Co
al Stamper
Akron Patrolman Frostbite On Funeral Escort
In Akron Ohio Patrolman John Griffin suffered severe frostbite on his face while escorting a funeral procession on a motorcycle. Doctors said his face showed every sign of a second degree burn as freezing winds chilled him. Separately, a report noted that one third of U.S. cigarettes are produced in three North Carolina cities.
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Akron
John Griffin
Griffn
United States
North Carolina
Murphy Takes Oath As New Member Of U. S. Supreme Court
Legislative moves signal a part year WPA appropriation may be possible to ease financial pressures. Senator Byrnes argues Congress could trim expenditures by hundreds of millions, with tax hikes proposed to stay within the debt limit. Some leaders favor a partial year WPA sum, while others oppose changing WPA funding or delaying the session.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Legislative Landera
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Rnieltig
Byrnes
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Barnes
WPA
Fifth Appointee Of FDR To High Tribunal
Frank Murphy was sworn in as associate justice of the Supreme Court, becoming President Roosevelt’s fifth appointee to the high bench. The ceremony unfolded amid debate over the Court’s constitutional stance, as Murphy faced questions about the court’s prior direction and its future interpretation.
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Washington
Fett
Frank Murphy
Supreme Oot
Roosevel
Murphy
Charles Zimare Cropley
Jan Murphy
Justine Hearts
Justine Pelix
Finns Repel Russian Offensive In Karelia
Helsinki reports a major Red Army offensive repulsed as Finnish forces drive back attackers on the Isthmus and islands. Five hundred Russians killed. Finns seize seven tanks, four guns, 30 automobiles, and other arms. Russians also harmed at Aktojoki Kunhmo and Lake Maerka. nine planes shot down with unfounded reports of more downed aircraft.
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Karelian
Salla
Lake Lauoga
Lake Lagoda
Mantsl
Aktojoki
Kunhmo
Lake Maerka
Red Army
Unclear Bombing Protests Spark Diplomatic Reply
Tokyo sources describe US protests over bombing of a Japanese railroad as a military matter. Foreign Office spokesman Yuakihehiro Suma says noncombatant casualties are possible and the war and foreign offices may respond to the American protest.
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Tokyo
Yuakiehiro Suma
Foreign Office
Yunan
United States
War Office
Iiten
Vacation Burglar Arrested After Loot Recovered
Houston police announced the arrest of a burglar who admitted sixty robberies over four years. He targeted homes of wealthy travelers on vacation and police recovered about $150,000 in stolen jewelry cash and valuables including silver.
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Houston
Birygiar
Otte Herm
Japan's Northern Army Ghost Hunt for Officer Killed in 1932
A fragmented report describes Japan's Northern Army engaged in a ghost hunt for a 1932 officer believed killed in Northern Manchuria. The text blends weather, Mongolia, and Manchurian invasion references with uncertain details and names, including General Ma Chan-Shan, amid a back page note.
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Snanghal
Ispat Northern Army
Rey
Susuwan Province
Mongolia
Hinlary
Ordos Plain
Ma Chan-Shan
Nonni River
Manchuriia
Manchuria
Hirohito
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