Oil official Shaw dies from gunshot in New Orleans
Dr. James A. Shaw director of Louisiana conservation minerals division dies in Baptist Hospital after a fatal shot at his home. He had been a central witness in federal cases against former Gov. Leche and Seymour Weiss over alleged hot oil conspiracy. Shaw had testified in Dallas on orders shaping oil production and profits tied to Weiss and Leche.
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New Orleans
James A. Shaw
Louisiana Conservation Department
Baptist Hospital
Shaw
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Eoernie Watch
Conservation Department
Thibodaux
Here
Dallas
Freeman W. Burford
Leche and Weiss
Weiss
Rodessa
Louisiana
John Rogge
U. S
Burford
Dr. Shaw
T. W. Davidson
Robert 8. Maestri
Weiss-Leche
Leche
Maestri
Earl K. Long
David B. McConnell
Huey P. Long
Long
Leche-Weiss
Little Poland Is No Setup for Germany
NEA Service analyzes early moves in a potential invasion of Poland. Germany may seize the Polish Corridor and threaten Silesia, but immediate collapse of Polish resistance is unlikely without aid from Britain, France, or Russia. The Russo German trade pact reduces Soviet help, while East Prussia’s isolation and Danzig connect to a possible corridor drive toward Warsaw.
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NEA Service
Germany
Poland
Silesia
Russia
Britain
France
East Prussia
Warsaw
Czersk
Fremsdenblatt
England
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Danzig
Corridor
Germany Nears Reckoning With Poland Over Danzig and Corridor
Berlin reports and Hamburg papers warn of a looming crisis as Germany presses for Danzig free city status and the Polish Corridor. Leaders say the hour approaches and Poland must join direct talks or face swift action. East Prussia officials pledge economic readiness for a long conflict.
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Danzig Free City
Germany
Pomorze
East Prussia
Danzig
Albert Forster
Berlin
Hamburg
Fremdenblatt
Poland
Beobachter
Reich
Koenigsberg
Fritz Landfried
Economics Ministry
Skid Fatal to Four in Mahwah NJ Weather Crash
Four people died when their car skidded on a rain soaked highway in Mahwah New Jersey tumbling down an incline and overturning. Identified victims are Charles Mann 52 his brother Robert 60 Mrs Cora Haring 40 and her daughter Jacqueline 5.
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Mahwah
N. J
Charles E. Smith
Charles Mann
Robert
Cora Haring
Jacqueline
Amarillo Fat Stock Show Dates Set for 1940
Amarillo announces March 3 to 6 as the 1940 fat stock show dates. Fat Stock Show president Grover B. Hill confirms the schedule to preclude rumors of cancellation and notes ongoing need for larger facilities. The event precedes Fort Worth’s Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show and marks Amarillo’s 13th annual show with 200 bulls shown for sale.
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Amarillo
Grover B. Hill
Hill
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Fort Worth
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Britain to block water in Clyde Firth warning issued
The British Broadcasting Company warned that obstructions to navigation would be set up in the Firth of Clyde where an anti submarine boom was placed during World War II.
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London
British Broadcasting Company
Firth of Clyde
East Is East West Is West Meet on Backed Train
A Rock Island westbound train backing into its station to swap a passenger who mistakenly boarded the wrong direction caused curiosity at the Sixth Avenue underpass. The dispatcher explained the rail move aimed to place the eastbound passenger on the correct train before the service resumed.
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Rock Island
Sixth Avenue
Globe-News
Hereford Family Hurt In New York Crash
Four Hereford Texas family members were injured in a collision with a bus in heavy rain near New York. O G Hill 51 and Mrs Bessie Hill 39 suffered critical injuries. Orvella Hill 16 serious. O G Hill Jr 15 good. The family had been to Mayo Clinic Rochester and were touring the northeast. Mr Hill is a prominent merchant.
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New York
Hereford
Texas
Knickerbocker Hospital
O. G. Hill
Bessie Hill
Orvella Hill
O. G. Hill, Jr
Hill
Rochester
Minn
Orwella Hill
Mayo Bros. Clinic
Canada
Know Your Self series on self discovery to start Tuesday
The News will run a seven day daily series by Marie Isaacson an accredited analytical psychologist on personal problems. The entertaining and informative articles aim to help readers know themselves better to cope with life challenges.
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Marie Isaacson
Know Yourself series uses planetary vibrations for birth date analysis
Miss Marie Isaacson offers a simplified pattern based on planetary vibrations to help individuals understand personal characteristics and aptitudes. Readers may mail a coupon with 10 cents, a self addressed stamped envelope, and birth details to the Amarillo Daily News for personalized birth date analysis and mailed keys.
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Miss Isaacson
Panhandle Skies Clear After Weekend Storms
Weather reports indicate the Panhandle and Plains cleared after a weekend front. A cold front and thunderstorms brought lower clouds and moisture from Wichita to Albuquerque and Denver to Dallas. Amarillo areas saw .06 inch, while Tucumcari Liberal Kan Stinnett Sanford reported an inch, Canadian Pampa Stratford each about a quarter to an inch.
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Panhandle
Plains
Wichita
Kansas
Albuquerque
Denver
Dallas
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Liberal
Kan
Stinnett
Sanford
Canadian
Pampa
Stratford
Here
Clovis
British railroad men threaten strike over wage demands
London readers learn that more than 600000 railway workers threaten a countrywide stoppage unless a minimum wage of 50 shillings a week is granted. Union officials plan to meet Tuesday to decide on the strike action if railroads do not agree.
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London
U.P
British Isles
Europe
Lasky and Lowe Escape Serious Injury After Car Side-Swipe
Jesse Lasky and Edmund Lowe, prominent film figures, narrowly escaped serious injury when their car was sideswiped by another vehicle in San Antonio late last night. The incident occurred near a city street, with both men unharmed and cooperating with investigators.
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San Antonio
Jesse L. Lasky
Edmund Lowe
Freak Storm Kills Two and Destroys Homes in Virginia Shore
A freak twister from Chesapeake Bay struck Fleeton to Mundy Point on August 19 1940. It killed two people including Raymond Campbell and Julia Richardson and left over twenty injured with more than a dozen homeless. The Fleeton post office was toppled and a freighter at the wharf was unharmed as the storm crossed the area.
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Fleeton
Chesapeake Bay
Mundy Point
Raymond Campbell
Elbert Simmons
Northumberland County
Potomac River
Leonardtown
Julia Richardson
Fleeton Wharf
Boston
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Bahama Islands
Gulf of Mexico
Hamilton, Mont
Bedford
Bayonne, N. J
CCC Enrollee Held In Memphis Slaying
A Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee was jailed in Memphis in connection with the slaying of John Gonzales a Mexican World War veteran from Las Cruces who had worked at the CCC camp for 16 months. The death involved a claw hammer after a family dispute. The body will be sent to Las Cruces for burial.
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Memphis
Civilian Conservation Corps
John Gonzales
CCC
Gonzales
Las Cruces
Roosevelt Ends Vacation Aboard U S Lang Near Halifax
President Roosevelt shortens his Newfound land ocean vacation and heads to Bonnie Bay then back toward Halifax to handle urgent White House duties sent by mail.
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U. S. Lang
Halifax
N. S
Roosevelt
Newfoudnland
Bonnie Bay
White House
Crash in used car market shocks Amarillo area
The Globe News Want Ads show a sharp drop in used car prices as Amarillo dealers rush to clear stock before 1940 models arrive. Prices hit new lows this year, with good used cars and trucks offered at substantial discounts. Read the Want Ads for the full selection and visit dealer lots to compare.
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Amarillo
High Plains
Globe News
Hitler Signs Pact With Russians Deepens European Crisis
Fever over the Danzig dispute grew as German forces massed on the Slovakia frontier and Berlin pressed demands to resolve the corridor issue. A Soviet trade and credit treaty opened Russia to Nazi interests while Danzig leaders urged action. Britain and Poland prepared for formal alliances as tension mounted and fighting fears loomed near. Roadways along the frontier filled with troops and munitions as barracks and depots rose in border towns.
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Danzig
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Great Britain
France
Albert Forster
Chamberlain
Britain
Europe
Tientsin
China
Shanghai
Hongkong
Canton
Berlin
Poland
Plane crash at Municipal Airport injures two
Pilot Stanley Adams and student Joe McCord escaped unharmed when a Piper Cub owned by Boyd Aero Service crashed during takeoff at Municipal Airport. The plane lost speed, struck the ground, tearing off both wings and bending the fuselage.
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Municipal
Boyd Aero Service
Stanley Adams
Joe McCord
Volcano wipes out village on Torishima island
Tokyo reports Hochi cites eruption of a supposed dead volcano wiping out the island population. Thirty dead are confirmed and about one hundred fishermen are believed killed in the disaster 317 miles south of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
U.P
Torishima
Hochi
If You Think That You've Had Trouble
A collage of odd happenings from across the U S and abroad. incidents include a California aviator crash in his yard a lost Beav er golfer struck by lightning and a dog bequeathed $2000 prompting legal questions. sightings span Van Nuys Buckle up humor and unusual events.
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New York
van Nuys
Calif
Wheeling
W. Va
St. Paul
Bishopstoke
Eng
Baltimore
Camden
N. J
Fort Wayne
Ind
Maryland
Rifles Crack as Milkmen Battle in Milk Strike
In Utica New York on August 20, clashes between dairy farmers and milkm en escalated into a sixth day of strike action. A milk truck in Pulaski was shot at, deputy sheriffs escorting it. State troopers guard plants as milk dumps continue and the NYC area receives less than half its normal supply.
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Utica
N. Y
New York
Dairy Farmers
Pulaski
Careavan
New York City
Weather outlook for New Mexico and surrounding regions
Unsettled weather with Monday and Tuesday thunder showers across eastern and west central New Mexico, warmer in the northeast. Oklahoma: fair with cooler east, warmer northwest. Monday through Tuesday, warm. West Texas: partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday. warmer in the north on Tuesday.
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New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Benny Goodman Swing Visit Draws Massive Amarillo Crowd
Benny Goodman and his band drew an estimated 10 000 to 20 000 fans at English Airport Amarillo with 4000 cars and over 15 000 people in attendance including many youths. The pilot avoided using the ramp to prevent crowding while Goodman played his clarinet and the crowd urged more but he hurried to Wichita.
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Amarillo
Benny Goodman
English
Jim Line
Highway Patrol
TWA
Goodman
Benny
Wichita
Kansas
Wichita Airs Port
Tolzien
KGNCO
Bob Watson
Eddie Baumel
Watson
Louise Tobin
Miss Tobin
Plaifview
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