America s Making Views Known To Masses in Foreign Lands
Washington reports say the Roosevelt administration aims to shape foreign opinion by broadcasting U S views to citizens in Germany Italy and Japan. Moves include ending the 1911 treaty with Japan and recalling Ambassador Wilson from Berlin to signal disapproval of Hitler. Currency duties on German exports followed by a peace appeal to Hitler and Mussolini show the administration’s effort to influence public sentiment abroad.
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America
Washington
Germany
Italy
Japan
Tokyo
United States
China
Hitler
Roosevelt
Hugh R. Wilson
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Mussolini
Surprise Move Was Trick of Diplomacy
Washington dispatch describes a casual U S note to Japan reinterpreted as a warning in reserve. It portrays Secretary Hull reviewing treaties with a half eaten sandwich as diplomacy’s trick to time a renewed trade pact. The piece notes Pacific policy differs from Atlantic isolation and highlights missionary presence in China.
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Washington
State Department
Hull
Japan
Horinouchi
Democratic Party
U. S
China
Shanghai
Tientsin
Olton Opens Ninth Annual Rodeo and Stampede
Crowds from across the Panhandle descend on Olton for the two day ninth annual rodeo and stampede. Spectators will see rough stock including Number 6 Brahma steer with events in bronc riding steer bulldogging steer riding horse racing and calf roping. Curley Daugherty directs arena duties and C A Tyler of Guymon Oklahoma handles announcing as perfect rodeo weather is forecast.
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Olton
Panhandle
West
Curley Daugherty
C. A. Tyler
Guymon
Okla
Wild West Train Raid Ends With Bandit Gunfight
Onaga Illinois July 31 two bandits tried to seize a 56000 army payroll on an Illinois Central train from Chicago to Champaign. A mail clerk Earl Boothman led resistance. one robber was shot and captured, the accomplice fled in a car after a leg injury and a possible gun wound.
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Champaign
Earl Boothman
Illinois Central
Chicago
Onarga
Ill
Army
Technical Air School
Rantoul
Guy O'Hern
J. J. Malloy
Boothman
John Gearon
DeRay
John F Walden
Urbana
New Rail Official Here Plunges Into His Work
G H Minchen becomes assistant general manager of the Santa Fe Western Lines in Amarillo moving to acquaint himself with the 3400 mile territory. The veteran official, small and affable, expects brighter railroad conditions as public sentiment shifts in favor of railroad recovery.
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New Rail
G. H. Minchen
Santa Fe Western Lines
Minchen
F. L. Myers
Minchin
Amarillo
Western Lines
la Junta
Colorado
Wyoming
August Furnishings Highlight Amarillo Ad Bargains
Globe-News Want Ads promote August as Furniture Month in Amarillo with a large assortment of new and used items. The sample listings include a gas motor washer at 64.50 and a Simmons steel cot with coil spring, showcasing broad bargains in Classification 37. Dial 6262 for details.
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Amarillo
Globe-News
Mrs. Thomas's Wild Plum Pie Tops With Certain Folks
Old Tack Gene Howe writes wild plum pie is among his favorite dishes but he must wait as he was away briefly. Mrs. George Thomas of 208 South Pierce Street is praised by Globe News staff for her savory pie.
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Old Tack
Gene Howe
George Thomas
South Pierce Street
Lucky Globe News
Weather Report for Amarillo and Southwest Regions
The bulletin notes partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and vicinity and southwest Texas with a chance of scattered thundershowers. New Mexico is also partly cloudy with mountains seeing isolated storms and little temperature change. Historical hourly readings from Amarillo show highs around 68 and 71 with lows near 60s, referencing 1938 data.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rioting Pickets Hold Crews at Besieged Fisher Body Plant
Cleveland July 31 Several hundred workers were besieged at General Motors Fisher Body Plant as police and CIO United Automobile Workers clashed. 46 people were hospitalized with minor injuries while police prepared to guard non-strikers overnight.
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Cleveland
General Motors
Fisher Body
Eliot Ness
Ness
Ludwig
Conelly
Ohio National Guard
CIO United Automobile
Harold H. Burton
East Side
Tool and Die
Bender Body
White Motor
KGNC's New 370 Foot Radio Tower Under Construction
Steel for KGNC's new tower has arrived for the Panhandle's tallest structure. The 370 foot tall radiator requires two flat railway cars for transport and will feature a 1000 watt beacon to aid airway navigation. Construction is overseen by chief engineer W S Bledsoe near the site of the old tower's collapse.
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Panhandle
KGNC
Denver
W. S. Bledsoe
Mrs Lyons Reported Very Low In Amarillo
Mrs Mary Lyons longtime Amarillo resident with critical illness since last Wednesday remained very low late last night under constant medical care at her daughter Mrs J C Honea home 1410 Hughes Street
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Mary Lyons
Amarillo
Lyons
J. C. Honea
Hughes Street
Tulia Mother Finds Tiny Tot Drowned in Bathtub
Jimmie Dale Bryan eleven months old died in a bathtub at his home fourteen miles northeast of Happy Oklahoma. His mother left him briefly with two older sisters. life could not be saved despite artificial respiration and transport to a Tulsa clinic. Survived by parents and two sisters Mildred and Billie and another sister. Body handled by Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home Canyon with funeral planned at Wayside.
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Tulia
Jimmie Dale Bryan
Lester Bryan
Happy
Mildred
Billie
Tulsa
Jimmie Dale
Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home
Canyon
Four Honor Guests Named for XIT Reunion in Dalhart
The General XIT Committee selected Ab Blocker, Frenchy McCormick, John Armstrong Jr., and his widowed mother as honor guests for the Fourth Annual XIT Reunion next Monday and Tuesday. Blocker, 83, helped deliver the first trail herd and designed the XIT brand. McCormick, once Belle of Old Tascosa, is 78 and lives in Chaning. Armstrong Sr. was a foreman shot in 1908, and Joan Armstrong, now widowed, recalls the case.
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Dalhart
Ab Blocker
Ek Wee
Freer
Tex
Frenchy McCormick
John Armstrong
Farwell
Bovina
Joan
Canadian River
R. L. Duke
Dualhart
Armstrong
Big Wells
Chicago
Austin
Blocker
Buffalo Springs
Campbell
Brandin
Old Baton Rouge
Dodge City
Old Tascosa
Billy the Kid
Frenchy
Mickey McCormick
Dalhart Hospital
Casa Romero
Channing
Tascosa
Mrs. Blackwell
Good Will Crew Plans XIT Trip
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce good will committee members meet this afternoon at 4 in the Tri-State Fair office to plan a special train to the XIT reunion in Dalhart. Twenty members will sell tickets at 180 for a round trip, aiming to move over 200 passengers as Milton Cox announces train arrangements.
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Crood
Amarillo
Milton Cox
Tri-State
Congress to probe oil production controls feasibility
A resolution by Representative Coffee, a Washington Democrat, seeks a congressional investigation into the feasibility of production control to conserve the nation's petroleum supply. The probe would be conducted by a five member committee of the House.
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Washington
Representative Coffee
Washington Democrat
Economy Leaders In House Given Chance at Bill
The Senate voted 52 to 28 to approve a pared down lending bill now moving to the House for action. The House rules committee sent the measure to the floor as the House banking committee version trimmed the program to 1.95 billion dollars. President Roosevelt also sent a long range timber rehabilitation plan to Congress for northern Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
House Banking Commi
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Committee
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hull
Kensuke Horinouchi
United States
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
National Industrial Council
Associated Industries of
Cleveland
RFC
Export-Import Bank
Model Home Under Way at Globe News Site
Amarillo contractor Frank Jesse announced the Globe News Model Home project with excavation for the basement beginning at 1018 Milam Street. Additional workers will join by Thursday or Friday and the $16,000 house should take about three months to complete.
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Milam Street
Frank Jesse
Amarillo
KFDA Makes Bow on Air Waves This Morning
The Amarillo launch of KFDA begins at 6 with an 182 foot tower covering the city as the new station starts its initial broadcast. The day features a 18 hour schedule with salutes from New York Chicago St Louis and Texas stations. Dedication at 12 15 includes Mayor Rogers and Bishop Seaman with a 7 30 PM Texas State Network salute and a 15 minute statewide wrap. KGNC airs a 6 30 PM recognition program. Prominent attendees include Rep Marvin Jones Senator Clint Small and District Attorney Clifford Brawley. A televised stag dinner at the Amarillo Hotel runs 9 to 10 with broadcasts from the new supper club.
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Amarillo
KFDA
Mutual Broadcasting System
Allied
Glenwood Baptist Church
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
WGN
WOR
KGNC
William K. Dorman
John Perry Associates
New York City
TWA
U. S
Marvin Jones
Clint Small
Jack Little
Rey. Catia
Ross
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