Britain Warns Japan Fleet May Be Sent To Far East
Prime Minister Chamberlain warned in Parliament that Britain might deploy a fleet to the Far East under certain circumstances. He stressed it was a warning, not a threat, as tensions rise over British subjects in North China amid a Japanese blockade and anti British sentiment. A Japanese delegation plans talks in Naples on August 26 to discuss further collaboration with Germany and Italy.
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Far East
London
Chamberlain
Japan
China
Europe
Tientsin
Naples
Germany
Italy
Senate Restores Coronado Fund To $250000
The Senate restored the United States Coronado Exposition commission appropriation to 250000 after the House cut it to 172000. Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico backs keeping the fund at 250000 as conference on the third deficiency bill proceeds.
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Washington
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Senate Passes Deficiency Bill With Farm Loan Provisions
The Senate advanced a deficiency appropriation bill of about 189 million dollars, adding 119 million to support loans on surplus crops to keep them off the market. The measure, approved 61 to 7, heads to a Senate-House conference for reconciliation as adjournment looms.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate House
Pepper
Florida
Congress
McCarran
Nevada
Murray
Montana
LaFollette
Wisconsin
House Economy Coalition
Widow and Son Attend XIT Tribute Service in Dalhart
Dalhart reports that John Armstrong Jr and his widowed mother will attend the Pioneer Tribute Service for the XIT Reunion. The 1908 shooting of John Armstrong Sr by order of XIT ranch management is noted. Judge Charles E. Coombes Sr. will give the tribute address. A massed choir from local churches opens with America The Beautiful.
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Dalhart
M. E. Church
South
West
Farwell
Bovina
XIT Ranch
XIT
R. L. Duke
Armstrong
Charles FE. Coombes
West Texas
Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Coombes
Jdr
West Texas Utilities Company
B. N. Richards
John W. Myrose
Presbyterian Church
Luzelle Hicks
Lilian Fountain
Judge Coombes
Harold G. Scoggins
Charles E. Coombes, Jr
Hatch Law Invoked as Kentucky Votes Today
Kentucky primaries proceed amid Hatch Act debate with Democrat candidates led by John Young Brown and Keen Johnson facing intra party clashes. Republicans nominate John Sherman Cooper and King Swope as main contenders while labor groups back Johnson and Brown claims AFL endorsement.
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Hatch
Kentucky
Apur
Charles D. Arnett
Atty
Frank Murphy
John Young Brown
Senate
Alben Barkley
Keen Johnson
Human guinea pig tests tick bite on public health service
Dr Gordon E Davis a bacteriologist at Rocky Mountain Laboratory Hamilton Montana exposed five ground squirrel ticks to his arm until they fed and detached He risks contracting relapsing fever but reports no sensation This proves ticks carrying relapsing fever can bite humans and act as potential disease carriers
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
Gordon E. Davis
Service
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
Hamilton, Mont
Davis
Dream Home Concrete Run at Globe News Site
Concrete footing work begins for a seven room brick veneer model home at 1018 Milam Street in Bivins Addition. Contractor Jesse's men pour the first concrete and finish basement excavation. foundation forms and footings to be completed early next week per Harold Walsh, supervising architect. Building permit issued this week at city hall.
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Jesse
Globe News
Milam Street
Bivins
Harold Walsh
Roosevelt Plans San Francisco Fair Trip Postponed
President Roosevelt intends to defer his trip to the San Francisco fair until about October 1, according to dispatches from Washington. The delay shifts the visit to a later date.
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Washington
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Two Ways To Profit Through Globe-News Want Ads
A note on earning money by using Globe-News Want Ads for bargains in almost any purchase and a reminder to use the ads to sell furniture sports gear boats guns clothes or vacant property. Ads accepted for regular classification until 6 30 PM at classification No 37 in today's Wants Ads dial 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
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Globe- News
Globe-News
Big
Sunday News-Globe
Sail Boat Races Set At Buffalo Lake
Officials announce regular sail boat races Sunday at Buffalo Lake starting at 3 p m The triangular three mile course will award a J J Hav ing Cup and points toward the Ernest O Thompson Trophy Photos will be taken of boats and the race by a government photographer
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Buffalo Lake
Ernest O. Thompson
Death of Judge John R. Caverly Ex Loeb Leopold Trial Figure
Chicago reports Judge John R. Caverly a 78 year old Cook County jurist who presided at the 1924 Loeb Leopold murder trial has died in Bermuda. His passing follows that of Clarence Darrow, the defense attorney renowned for saving the thrill killers from the electric chair.
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Chicago
John R. Caverly
Cook County
Bermuda
O'Daniel Urges Temperance Campaign Week of Sept 28
Governor W Lee O Daniel called on schools churches and civic groups to join a temperance drive during the week of September 28 in honor of Frances Willard a longtime leader of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Francis Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Daring 90 MPH Police Chase Ends In Crash Near Pampa
A stolen 1938 sedan was chased by four Pampa officers at 90 mph starting near the city outskirts at 2:30 am and ending south of Pampa after overturning four times on an unpaved road. R L East of Berger and EF J Sargent charged with car theft in Hutchinson County. Bast and Sargent suffered minor injuries.
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R. L
Berger
EF. J. Sargent
Pampan
Hutchinson County
Dale Lane
Pampa
George Cain
Marland
Borger
Jeff Guthrie
Lawrence Flaherty
Borger Road
Bast
Sargeant
Amarillo XIT special train to Dalhart exceeds sales goal
More than 200 tickets sold for the XIT reunion special train leaving Amarillo for Dalhart Tuesday at 8 30 am. Sixty five hundred? No. The drive is led by Sam Elkins with 30 tickets sold and expected to reach 40 to 50 before departure. Tickets cost 1 80 and can be reserved via the chamber of commerce.
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Amarillo
Dalhart
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Tri-State Pair Association
Amarillos Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Guy P. Miller
Search Continues for Missing Two Year Old in Cramer
Two hundred farmers, townspeople and CCC enrollees joined a third day search in Cramer Minnesota for two year old Kelly Whicken who wandered from his home while his mother picked berries.
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Cramer, Minn
CCC
Kelly Whicken
Carole Lombard Undergoes Knife in Hollywood
Hollywood star Carole Lombard underwent an operation for acute appendicitis and is recovering satisfactorily, officials said. The blonde screen actress was treated today in Hollywood and listed in good condition.
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Hollywood
U.P
Carole Lombard
Hearing set for Humble Oil allowables August 16 in Austin
An application for resumed allowables by Humble Oil and Refining Co. was scheduled for a hearing August 16 in Austin by railroad commission officials. The hearing will address production boosts for Gulf, Sinclair, Selby and others after a court voided a prior proration order.
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Humble Oil
Austin
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Fast Texas
Railroad Commission
Commission
Lon A. Smith
Jerry Sadler
Ernest O. Thompson
Sadler
Howard Glasscock
Satan-East
Howard and
Snyder
Goldsmith
Ector County
Foster Field
Sewell Pool
Young County
Cordele
Jackson County
Gaines
Yoakum Counties
Reynolds
Jim Wells
Benavides
Duval County
Fureka Heights
Harris County
State Farm Head Will Visit City for Panhandle Hereford Tour
J F E McDonald state commissioner of agriculture will visit Amarillo for the Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association first annual tour August 9 10 and 11. The tour will inspect 45 herds with participants from Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Colorado Kansas Missouri and other breeders. Gov. W Lee O Daniel invited to view opportunities but cannot attend.
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J. FE. McDonald
Amarillo
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
W. Lee O'Daniel
Panhandle
Pully
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
W.L. Stangel
Department of Animal Husbandry
Retail sales rise in Texas June over year
Dollar sales of independent retail stores in Texas rose eight percent in June compared with June 1938, based on reports from 1,215 firms. The gain did not match May, and with the sole exception of San Antonio, all Texas cities with 100,000 plus population posted June increases over the prior year.
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Dallas
Texas
William L. Austin
Bureau of Census
Harold M. Young
Department of Commerce
San Antonio
1939 Levy Fixed At 77 Cents to Aid Schools
The Texas automatic tax board set a 77 cent state ad valorem tax rate for 1939, the highest since 1934, to fund schools and pensions. Gov. O'Daniel chaired the meeting, which closed to reporters, as the rate applies Oct 1 1939 to Feb 1 1940. The move narrows the school fund deficit but widens the general fund overdraft.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
George H. Sheppard
Charley Lockhart
O'Daniel
Robert S. Calvert
Comptroller’s Department
Confederate Pension Fund
Calvert
Tax Board
Lockhart
Sheppard
Harris
Montgomery
Gerald ©. Mann
Ends Mississippi Canoe Trip
Edward Spinden completed a journey begun in Chicago on June 22 paddling a 16 foot canoe down the Mississippi River to Galveston and via the Intracoastal Canal. He reported total expenses of 35 dollars and plans a trip to Mexico before returning home.
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Galveston
Edward Spinden
Chicago
Mississippi River
Intracoastal Canal
Mexico
Spinden
Mississippi
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm conditions expected Saturday for Amarillo and West Texas with a chance of scattered showers. Rio Grande Valley and New Mexico regions show partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thunder showers and little temperature change. Yesterday’s highs reached 83 in Amarillo with a low around 66. other readings noted near 89 and 68 for different spots.
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Amarillo
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Orca
Sweeping Social Security Changes Approved To End Long Deadlock
Washington's House approved a broad social security bill after weeks of deadlock. The measure would raise and extend benefits while saving about 905 million dollars over three years, with Senate acceptance needed to send it to President Roosevelt.
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House
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Con
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