Plan Impossible Refuses To Call Special Session
Lieutenant Governor Coke R. Stevenson in Austin declares he will not call a special legislative session under a plan to suspend Governor W. Lee O'Daniel. He calls the Ragsdale proposal impossible and says he would not act contrary to the governor's wishes while serving as acting governor.
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Crockett
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Cyclone Davis, Jr
Dallas
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O'Daniel
Davis
ODN
Legislature
Germany Cancels 1940 Winter Olympics in Garmisch Partenkirchen
Berlin reports the XII Olympiad setback as Germany forfeits the February winter games due to the European War. Finland is awarded the summer games, while Japan has already renounced both events. Hans von Tschammer and Ostberg cites the IOC ruling restricting belligerent hosts and blames England and France.
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Berlin
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Garmisch- Partenkirchen
Japan
China
Finland
Former Virginia Governor EF Lee Trinkle Dies at 63
Roanoke dispatch reports former Virginia governor EF Lee Trinkle died in Richmond at age 63. He had traveled to attend a state education board meeting where he served as president.
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Virginia
Roanoke
EF Lee Trinkle
Richmond
State Board of Education
Legislature Contemplates Suspension to Trigger Special Session
Dallas November 25 lawmakers reacted cautiously to Rep Bailey Ragsdales plan to suspend Gov W Lee ODaniel to clear a path for a special session. Several veterans called the idea impractical while others urged no immediate reaction awaiting the governors radio reply.
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Bailey Ragsdale
W. Lee O'Daniel
Ragsdale
Crockett
House
J. C. McDaniel
Kal Segrist
Rogers Kelly
Edinburg
Emmett Morse
Houston
State Ready Will Contest Efforts To Delay McCain Case
Grant Wentz 31 gassed strangled and shot his wife and three children before killing himself in Salt Lake City on November 26. He was found with a rifle and a bullet wound. the children, Dafene 7 Marie 6 and Barth 5, were strangled beaten and shot as the gas was turned on.
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Ealt Lake City
Grant Wentz
Wentz
Dafene
Marie
Barth
Special Venice Of 50 Men Is Ordered For Jury
The state readies for war and will contest any defense motion for continuance. County Attorney Louis Woolsey prepared for the murder trial of J W McCoin, a farm laborer, set for Monday. McCoin, indicted for the murder of his wife Edna Bianch at their Gull farm home south of Ector, was taken into custody after neighbors found her death. The trial was moved from Nov 13 to Nov 27 after Judge Blackburn overruled a defense motion to quash a 50 man venire ordered for the second setting. Defense lawyers Cunningham Lipscomb and Cole offered no tactics yet.
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J W McCoil
McCoin
Edna Bianch
Gull
Ector
Homer Batsell
McCoins
Cunningham Lipscomb
Cole
Western film industry teeters as unions threaten nationwide strike
In Hollywood on November 25, William Biiff with the American Federation of Labor warned a paralyzing strike could close nearly all picture theaters. An eleventh hour union conference was held to decide possible action for 18,000 workers demanding a 10 percent wage increase as producers resist. The first move may be studio closures and withdrawals of actors and crew.
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Porter
Mito McCleary
T L Abernathy
Leonard
Farr
Pirtie
Hollywood
William 310
American Federation of Labor Unions
Mine Layer Crew Sunk After Vessel Hits Mine Off Denmark
A German mine layer of 700 tons struck a mine and sank off Langeland Island. Only ten of a 50 man crew were saved as the ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Reports from press dispatches in Copenhagen dated November 25.
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Langeland Island
Classy First Half Play By Warriors Smeared In Second
A suspended sentence for 18 year old John Eller followed a Halloween riot conviction. He must stay in his home after 8 pm for two months and entertain or be entertained by a jailer during the period. In Bulphur Springs, Sulphur Springs knocked off the Bonham Purple Warriors 32 to 0 as Parson and Targrev’s punting helped the defense and the game remained scoreless in the first half.
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Bonham Prepares Traditional Last Thursday Thanksgiving
Bonham plans a full day observance with church services, business and community gatherings. The day will see courthouse and federal offices closed, local activities including a church program featuring carols and a community meal, amid wartime news notes and local events.
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Busine
Bonhans
Owed Securities and Burned Case Histories Highlight Soseley Scandal
Fragmentary OCR shows a corporate debt case with Willie owing 2.5 million dollars and a later note about a bond and chief executive, followed by a controversial order to burn patient case histories within a week, signaling a dramatic legal and health care dispute.
Germans Claim Discussed Ships Are Being Used
Berlin says a Nazi U boat destroyed a British Q boat and sunk a 1000 ton naval auxiliary vessel using disguised neutral ships. London reports a German sub was captured attempting to enter the Firth of Clyde, with British minesweepers and port closures underway. Volunteers were called to aid sweeping operations in the Thames estuary.
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Thames
Tax Hike Pushed To Fund Armament Costs
In Warm Springs Georgia chairman Carl O Vinsen of the House naval affairs committee, after a conference with Roosevelt, proposed funding a 200 million dollar defense bond issue for next year through increases in income tax, inheritance tax, and gift tax.
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Carl O. Vinsen
House Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Sears
Denmark objects to British wartime export controls
London news reports Denmark filing representations against Britain's extension of contraband controls to Germany. Also from Johannesburg an agricultural group seeks subsidy for tuberculin-tested milk on dairy farms in South Africa.
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Derine
Chiustav Rasmussen Ts
Foreign Office
Johagnesburg
Buuth
Organ Seeuth Africa Milk Uni
Condemnation Suits Filed Against Landowners for Road Right of Way
Condemnation suits were filed in a county court on November 13 against landowners along the proposed right of way for the Boma Baby Dolph street project. Special commissioners John Phillips N J Barnes and F D Moore will appraise land values and damages. The action was reported from West End and tied to a prior explosion rumor without details.
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Gulden
John Philips
N. J Barne
F. D. Moore
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