Threat of War Grows Over Border Violence and Diplomacy
International tensions rise as diplomacy braids with military moves. Hitler’s sealed reply to Britain keeps negotiation doors open while Poland fears German troop concentrations in Slovakia and border clashes escalate. Belgian and Dutch mediation offers surface as France braces for possible conflict.
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Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Berlin
Poland
Slovakia
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Nevile Henderson
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
London
Lord Halifax
Leopold
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
France
Paris
Tarnow
Warsaw
Ministers To Study Reply
Warsaw dispatch reports Prime Minister Chamberlain’s address pledging Britain will stand with Poland in peaceful settlement but ready to resist aggression by all means. Officials deny immediate mobilization. Germany’s troop concentration near Poland triggers grave tension and Slovak concerns. (Continued on page 11)
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Chamberlain
Poland
Britain
France
Foreign Office
Slovakia
Tarnow
R. A. Butler
Alexander Cadogan
House of Commons
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Texas Oil Wells Reopen Under New Commission Order
Texas Aug 29 1947 the railroad commission ordered reopening 70 000 oil wells in a surprise move to avert an anticipated 20 cent per barrel price drop. Humble Oil and Refining Co said it would restore offers. Production holiday ends at 7 am Friday with two day extension once, then new order to take effect Saturday.
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Austin
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Smith-Sadler
Smith
Karl K. Long
Louisiana
Thompson
Texas Railroad
Ernest O. Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Smith- Sadler
Sadler
Would Buy Danzig for Der Fuehrer Plan Declares Offer
Retired Navy commander and sugar planter Lieut. Commander Allan R. Wurtele proposes to purchase the Polish Corridor and Danzig as a gift for Hitler to avert war. He offers $5,000 to start a contribution, warns that a broader European war would cost far more in lives and money.
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New Roads
Danzig
Hitler
Allan R. Wurtele
United States
America
Louisiana Will Not Extend Oil Shutdown End Time
Conservation Commissioner Ernest S. Clements and Gov. Earl K. Long announced that Louisiana would not extend its oil production shutdown beyond 6 P M, aligning with Texas which ends its shutdown at midnight. Earlier they had indicated Louisiana would go along with Texas.
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New Orleans
Ernest S. Clements
Earl K. Long
Texas
Louisiana
Clements
Long
Partly cloudy across Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Weather notes show partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas and New Mexico with little temperature change. The report includes yesterday’s hourly temperatures and a record of maximum and minimum values for the day, indicating a mild to warm pattern.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Roosevelt warns Senate over neutrality law in European crisis
President Roosevelt told newspapermen the Senate's failure to pass neutrality legislation worsened the European crisis. He defended the Bremen seizure to prevent its use in war and warned similar action against belligerent ships. Dispatches flood the White House as officials note diplomacy remains in talking stage and Panama Canal defenses expand with more guards and 272 officers and 17,360 enlisted troops.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Hull
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
R. J. Kibbe Rites In Hereford Today
Funeral services for R. J. Kibbe 82 will be held at the First Christian Church Hereford at 3 30 p m Wednesday after noon. Kibbe died today at his son Dr C T Kibbe’s home in Elida New Mexico while visiting there. A pioneer citizen and rancher he lived in Texas since 1891 and helped community affairs. Survived by two sons Harry Kibbe Hereford Dr Kibbe Elida and two daughters Mrs W A Vaughn Hereford and Mrs C J Bane Salt Lake City Interment in Hereford cemetery.
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Hereford
R. J. Kibbe
First Christian Church
Kibbe
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Dr. Kibbe
Elida
Harry Kibbe
W. A. Vaughn
C. J. Bane
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hereford Cemetery
Just Tossed It Away In A Looping Flight
Pampa Texas reports Mel Dunn a three year pilot with a private license lost his plane control stick during a loop at 3 000 feet. He was flying from Shaw to municipal field when the stick came loose at the top of the arc and he threw it out the window. Dunn crawled to the front cockpit and recovered control before landing. A reward is offered for the return of the joy stick.
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Pampa
Mel Dunn
Shaw
Municipal Field
Dunn
War News and Whispers Darken Global Outlook
War department moves to strengthen Panama Canal anti aircraft defenses. British fleet stands ready in Commons. Americans urged to return home as European tensions rise. France mediates German Polish dispute with Belgium and Netherlands. Tarnov rail station bombing kills 18. Galveston seals ships. customs tighten screenings. German forces mass on Polish frontier. Crisis Cocktail advertised in New York. Lothian arrives in Washington as boundary talks loom. Moscow Tass reports ongoing global tension.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Grand Council
Tass
High Command
Europe
New York
Marquis of Lothian
Washington
Aquitania
Panhandle Farm Leaders Inspect Plains County Projects
A delegation led by Under Secretary M L Wilson and including archaeologists and farm officials toured Randall Hale and Lamb counties visiting soil conservation and dam projects. The group eyed Canyon processes and the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum as they assess agricultural programs and potential national monument status for nearby ruins.
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Department of Agriculture
Panhandle- Plains
M. J. Wilson
Amarillo
Randall, Hale
Lamb
Clovis
N. M
Pan
Canyon
Panhandle
U.S. Department of Agriculture
M. L. Wilson
Earl H. Bell
University of Nebraska
Floyd V. Studer
Mr. Wilson
Marvin Jones
Panhandle Plains
Great Plains
Montana
Flagstaff
Ariz
West Texas State College
Panhandle- Plains Historical Museum
Canada
Norway
Floyd Studer
Wilson
Bell
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Traffic Deaths Jump Despite Warnings
Chicago reports a 1 percent rise in July traffic fatalities amid a broader upturn after a 19 month decline. The National Safety Council notes 2,750 deaths in July 1939, 1,720 a year earlier, with first seven months totaling 16,250, four percent below 1938. Rural deaths rise while urban groups show mixed results across cities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
America
Boston
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Providence
R. I
Kansas City
New Bedford
Mass
Duluth
Bremen Detention of German Liner Stirs Nazi Protest
The port of New York detained the Bremen along with the Normandie Aquitania and Transylvania pending a fresh customs search. President Roosevelt said the ships of all European belligerents would face the same scrutiny to prevent at sea armament, while German officials protested the delay. Authorities searched for weapons and found none beyond a camera and a Russian ikon, and guards watched for Fritz Kuhn to avoid sanctuary aboard.
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New York
Bremen
Transylvania
Hudson River
Lloyd Line
State Department
Harry Durning
Roosevelt
Durning
Normandie
Aquitania
William Drechsel
United States
Drechsel
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Unloaded Gun Car Warns Drivers in Want Ads
A local column jokes about a battered vehicle nicknamed Unloaded Gun that would behave unpredictably on the road. The piece recommends browsing the Globe-News Want Ads for safe, reliable, low priced used cars as prices fall.
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Globe-News
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