Roosevelt cuts vacation to handle looming European crisis
President Roosevelt hurried home from a curtailed vacation as Washington weighed options on peace efforts and potential war implications. Officials planned immediate talks with Hull and others on neutrality, currency stability, and evacuations, while the Tuscaloosa relayed rapid dispatches as a special train met the President at Sandy Hook.
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Washngton
Roosevelt
Washingerton
Europe
State Department
Hull
Gulf Stream
Annapolis
White House
Tuscaloosa
Sandy Hook
N. d
Congress
Steinhardt
Russia
Hitler presses Poland demands over Danzig protectorate
Berlin reports claim Hitler demands unconditional return of Danzig cession of prewar Polish regions and acceptance of a Bohemia Moravia like protectorate. Britain pledges aid while Cham berlain seeks peace three questions loom over a looming crisis.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Poland
Danzig
Posen
Poznan
Pomorze
Polish Upper Silesia
Bohemia and Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Nevile Henderson
Britain
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Nevile
Chamberlain
DNB
Rotary Governor On Visit Today
Hiram Arrant governor of Rotary Twenty-seventh district and chemistry professor at Hardin-Simmons College Abilene will guest Amarillo Rotary today. He will meet committees at 10 45 AM at the Amarillo Hotel and speak at the noon regular meeting. He also will visit the Dalhart club Friday at 7 45 PM.
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Hiram Arrant
Rotary
Hardin-Simmons College
Abilene
Amarillo Rotary
Irving O. Tolzein
Arrant
Amarillo
Dalhart Club
Girl's Burning Death Probed in Covington Ky
The death of 22 year old Anna May Bishop was found on her bed with nude burned and bruised body. Coroner James P. Riffe noted cuts welts possibly from a lash and a large burn on her back. Detectives said wrists and ankles showed evidence she may have been bound with rope.
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Covington
Anna May Bishop
James P. Riffe
Leroy Hall
Albert Seiter
Lawyers to Elect Two to Code Board
Lawyers in the Ninth Judicial District will elect two members to assist in shaping a code of ethics for the Texas bar. The meeting starts at 10 o'clock in the district court room, called by Judge Reese Tatum. The appointees will join the state committee drafting rules for attorney discipline and a code of professional conduct for lawyers.
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Bar of
Texas
Ninth Judicial District
District Court
Reese Tatum
Ninth District
Supreme Court
Wayside Picnic Promises Fun for All at Palo Duro Canyon
The Wayside community in Armstrong County holds its annual picnic with barbecue, red soda, peanuts, and entertainment. Thousands attend for bands and a prairie rodeo featuring nonprofessional contestants from Panhandle and South Plains ranches. Marvin McGehee says stock is tough and predicts excitement, with a short program honoring old timers after lunch.
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Wayside
Palo Duro Canyon
Armstrong County
Panhandle
South Plains
Marvin McGehee
German Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Signed in Moscow
Moscow reports a ten year non aggression pact between Germany and the USSR sealed in a three hour meeting led by Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov with Stalin present. The agreement vows to refrain from force, not aid third powers, and keep future consultations.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Joseph Stalin
von Ribbentrop
Molotoff
Stalin
Britain
France
German Reichs
Socialist Soviet Republics
Germany
Ussr
U.S.S. R
War threat looms as Hitler backs Poland demand
Europe arms on a wartime footing as Adolf Hitler repeats his Poland demand. Britain and France mobilize, France partial mobilization brings 2,000,000 under arms. Markets react with a sharp stock drop and grain and sugar futures surge. Ribbentrop meets Russia in Moscow as tensions rise across Europe. Continued on page 13.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Poland
Britain
Hitler
Neville Henderson
Chamberlain
Great Britain
France
Chicago
Winnipeg
Canada
Wheat Pool
U. S
Leopold
Belgium
Moscow
von Ribbentrop
Russia
Old Time Cowpunchers Gather for Panhandle Reunion
Old cowpokes who punched cattle or worked on ranches in the Panhandle before 1896 meet today at Wragge's Park north of Canyon along the Amarillo Canyon highway. John Arnot of Amarillo, president, will preside as the Old-Time Cowpuncher's Association holds its annual reunion. The event features a beef dinner and stories as senior locals renew acquaintances.
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Panhandle
Wragge's Park
Canyon
Amarillo Canyon
John Arnot
Amarillo
Mr. Arnot
Panhan
Tribute Notices Mrs Nobles Amarillo Pioneer Remembered
Simple services honored Mrs. H A Nobles at her home and funeral at Llano Cemetery. Dr R Thomson praised her long life of service and family devotion. Nobles, 68, died after an attack of indigestion. She helped civic and church work and helped found the Nobles Brothers Grocery Company with her husband.
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Amarillo
H. A. Nobles
Nobles
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Llano
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
National Mother-in-Law Club
National Organization
Deuces and Arabs Wild Kidnaped Preacher Teaches Poker
Rev. Gerould R. Goldner, 29, of Mogardore Ohio, captive of Palestine Arab kidnappers near Jerusalem, says he taught 15 captors to play poker with deuces wild. He won his captor’s shoes hat cloak and rope among other winnings, and later returned some to save face. Goldner and his father Rev. Jacob Goldner were abducted July 18. the father was released to arrange ransom and the son freed after payment of about half the $5,000 demanded. The son arrived on the Statendam.
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New York
Gerould R. Goldner
Mogardore
Ohio
Deuces Wild
Goldner
Jacob Goldner
Cleveland
Jerusalem
Statendam
Maverick Warns of Witch Hunts in Defending Rally
Mayor Maury Maverick urged caution against modern witch hunts in response to a planned Communist rally at the San Antonio municipal auditorium. He cited Salem hysteria, defended free speech, and warned against restricting a group, noting the rally’s permit controversy and veterans’ protests.
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Maverick
San Antonio
Maury Maverick
Emma ‘Tennayuca Brooks
Salem
New England
Russia
Germany
Hopi Snake Dance Closes Drought Prayer with Ritual
Hopi participants on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona completed the eight day snake dance to plead for rain. Priests, braves, and families circled caverns beneath the mesa displaying rattlesnakes said to be emissaries of the gods. The elders reportedly faced no venomous bites due to a secret Hopi protection formula.
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Hopi Reservation
Ariz
U.P
Gath
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The section reports a Thursday forecast of fair skies and warmer temperatures for Amarillo and vicinity, with similar patterns across West Texas and New Mexico showing partly cloudy skies and little temperature change. Hourly readings near yesterday’s highs and lows are inconsistently legible but indicate warmer daytime highs and cooler nights in the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Packard Announces Four New 1940 Car Lines
Packard unveils four new 1940 lines including One-Ten One-Twenty One-Sixty and One-Eighty with updates to hood and radiator lines and styling. New models promise better power to weight ratios improved economy and riding comfort. See them at Motor Sales Company Amarillo 906 Tyler Street with agents R A Pittman and J E West.
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Packard
Motor Sales Company
Tyler Street
R. A. Pittman
J. E. West
Amarillo
Scottish Rite Masons Hold Luncheon in Amarillo
Scottish Rite Masons of Amarillo host a noon luncheon with the thirty third degree team from El Paso in the Amarillo Hotel. El Paso consistory members invited. Honorary team from El Paso performed third degree work in Perryton Pampa and Borger over the past three days. E A Wells arranged the lunch. Other team members include Oscar Allen Wayne L Slaughter and W M Stockwell.
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Scottish Rite Masons of
Amarillo
el Paso
Perryton
Pampa
Borger
E. A. Wells
Scottish Rite
Oscar Allen
Wayne L. Slaughter
W. M. Stockwell
Novelist Paul Horgan Praises Amarillo Mural Contest
Paul Horgan, noted novelist and playwright, lauds the 6500 dollar mural competition at the Amarillo post office. He commends local themes and urges Congress to restore and continue federal arts programs. Horgan will have two plays produced this fall in New York and Philadelphia and will co edit a new book on Josiah Gregg.
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Paul Horgan
New Mexico Military Institute
Horgan
Amarillo Post Office
United States
Congress
Federal Theater Project
New York
Philadelphia
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Brock Pemberton
New Theater
Maurice Garland Fulton
New Mexico
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Lord Halifax
NBC
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