Amarillo to Get Giant Veterans Hospital in High Plains Area
The Borger American Legion post led a eight year campaign to secure a $1.435 million federal hospital for war veterans in Amarillo serving a five state region. Officials say Amarillo will host about 300 beds with a 300 member staff, construction to begin after final approvals in Washington. A Dallas site is to receive a separate hospital, with announcements expected in days.
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Amarillo
Borger
American Legion
High Plains
Veterans Administration
Washington
Bascom Timmons
the News
Dallas
Public Works Administration
Veterans’ Hospital
Bureau of the Budget
Veterans
Frank T. Hines
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Marvin Jones
Hatton Sumners
E & the
General Hines
Veterans’ Hospitalization Organization
Hitler rejects Czech peace plan and sends counter proposals
Berchtesgaden reports Konrad Henlein, returning from talks, bearing Hitler's rejection of Premier Hodza's three month truce in the Czech German negotiations and presenting new counter proposals as the high Nazi sources described.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Czech
Hitler
Milan Hodza
Sudeten Question Talks Reach High Nazi Level at Berchtesgaden
Hitler receives Henlein as Goering Goebbels and Hess attend at the Bavarian retreat while Henderson Ribbentrop plan new measures. A Czechoslovak Canton system proposal seeks autonomy within a federal defense and foreign affairs framework.
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Reichsuehrer
Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goer
Movie Campaign Offers Prizes In Nation Wide Effort
A nationwide campaign by motion picture firms promotes their slogan Motion Pictures Are Your Best Entertainment. A quarter million dollars in prizes will be offered in a Movie Quiz contest with seven hundred thousand dollars spent on a newspaper advertising drive. Amarillo theaters including Interstate Theaters owners of the Paramount State Rialto and Capitol Theaters back the plan for the 1938 39 season. George Tucker expresses optimism about the big program and forecasts. Nine sites near Amarillo are inspected for a governmental institution as candidates including a county site west of the city and Thompson Park city site.
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Amarillo
George Tucker
Interstate Theaters, Inc
Paramount
State, Rialto
Capitol
Tucker
City
Thompson Park
Dallas Man Sees Big Veterans Hospital Expansion
George Broome of Amarillo said Dallas will gain a much larger veterans hospital than planned. He noted initial site requests were 150 to 200 acres but shifted to at least a half section, signaling future expansion and a separate appropriation of the full 1,435,000 dollars, ending a long fight.
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Dallas
George Broome
Amarillo
Veterans’ Hospital
Broome
Ickes and Glass Trade Adjectives Over Relief Fight
Secretary Ickes accused Senator Glass of Virginia of losing temper and calling him a blackguard after Glass called him a hypocrite for opposing the relief bill yet seeking benefits. Ickes said Glass’s outburst shows temper, not truth, and does not disturb him.
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Washington
Ickes
Senator Glass
Virginia
Glass
Congress
Texas Sheriffs Seek Four Year Term At Convention
The Texas Sheriffs Association plans a four year term for sheriffs and aims to reform criminal laws and court procedures. The resolutions committee will report between 8:30 and 10 this morning at the closing session. Officers and next convention host cities Galveston and Temple are to be decided.
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Sheriffs Association of Texas
Resolutions Committee
Joe L. Ray
Galveston
Temple
J. B. Arnold
Beeville
Norfleet Hill
Houston
Ira Heard
Refugio
FE. E. Lowe
San Angelo
Raymond Waters
Wheeler
Cris Fox
el Paso
Will Wood
San Antonio
J. B. Davis
Lampasas
Sid McAdams
Abilene
Bill Brunt
Rusk
Fred Drees
Jack Little
Amarillo
John Snider
Jack Hall Ranch
Palo Duro Canyon
George J. Lacy
Huston
Mr. Lacy
Faust
No Decision on Amarillo Sandies Pep Squad Plan
Amarillo High School considers replacing the organized pep squad with a student body cheering section. School board president Fancher Upshaw and superintendent C. M. Rogers note the change aims to involve all students while criticizing the previous squad for impacting physical education. No final decision or action has been taken.
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Fancher Upshaw
C. M. Rogers
Amarillo
Amarillo High School
Texas
Southwest
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Dallas
Pampa High School
Upshaw
Rogers
Gertrude Mooney
University of Texas
Direct Primary Law Enacted in New Mexico
Governor Clyde Tingley signed the direct primary bill after a two week session, marking the first change in New Mexico election methods in 25 years. The law, not enacted with the emergency clause, will apply to statewide elections unless court action makes it effective earlier, delaying the first direct primary to 1940.
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Santa FE
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Read
Tingley
Stryker Scores in Hines Trial With Hope Dare Visits
In the James J. Hines racketeering trial defense argues that J Richard Davis visited Hope Dare at her apartment while jailed, allegedly with permission from District Atty Thomas Dewey as an inducement to testify. Davis says guards accompanied him and his mother sometimes present. he insists no one was alone with Dare.
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New York
James J. Hines
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Hope Dare
Thomas F. Dewey
Davis
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Tammany
Hines
Panhandle Gas Allowable Cut Ordered by Rail Commission
The railroad commission ordered a 20,185,000 cubic feet daily reduction in Panhandle and Rodessa natural gas production for September. East Panhandle sweet gas limited to 98,670,000 CF daily, down 9,933,000 from August. west Panhandle sour gas 633,794,000 CF daily, down 7,924,000. Rodessa 51,999,000 CF daily, down 2,318,000. Take from Dees-Young sand 737,940,000 CF. Gloyd sand 524,880,000. Hill sand 297,150,000.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Panhandle
Rodessa
East Panhandle
West Panhandle
Dees-Young
Scattered Showers Hit Panhandle and New Mexico
Light showers fell across the Panhandle with Amarillo and Farwell reporting brief rains while Albuquerque endured 1.66 inches in 24 hours. The storm flooded curbs and sewer backlogs rose two to three feet as rains spread along the Rio Grande reaching El Paso and Tucumcari. The forecast called for partly cloudy southeast with showers in the west and north Friday and Saturday.
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Panhandle Plains
Central
New Mexico
Amarillo
Farwell
Texas
Shattuck
Oklo
Albuquerque
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tucumcari
West Texas
Oil Man Shot to Death in Tulsa Hotel
Charles Baker aged 57, a well known oil man, was found dead with a gunshot in a downtown Tulsa hotel room. County Investigator H H Cullison said it appeared to be self inflicted.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles Baker
H. H. Cullison
Y M C A Questionnaire Prompts Amarillo Support
A local survey introduces a proposed Y M C A in Amarillo with plans for a charter, building site, and city-wide participation. It seeks public sentiment and invites responses from families, detailing five questions and listing Allen Early and Porter Underwood as temporary leaders.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Amarillo
Y. M
Y.M.C. A
Allen Early
Porter Underwood
Pupils Begin School Classification by Alphabet Schedule
More than 1,500 high and junior high students have begun classification. Students with surnames K through R report at 8:30 this morning, while 8 through Z report this afternoon. No one may be classified out of order. those missing their slot will be delayed to next week.
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R. B. Norman
Agriculture Dept Seeks Lower Freight Rates on Wheat Exports
The agriculture department urged eastern and southern railroads to cut freight charges from central and western grain regions on wheat bound for foreign markets. It said lower rates would aid placing 169 million bushels of surplus grain into world markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eastern and Southern
Weather summary Amarillo and nearby regions
Partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo and West Texas with a general fair spell across New Mexico. Forecast shows scattered showers and thunderstorms in parts of the area Friday, with little temperature change. Yesterday's temperatures reached a high near 74 and a low near 67, with trace precipitation in the 24 hour period ending the previous day.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Navy forms Atlantic force of 14 ships including cruisers and destroyers
The Navy announced a temporary Atlantic squadron of seven 10 000 ton light cruisers and seven destroyers, to be active September 6, under Rear Admiral Forde A Todd. This marks a revival of an Atlantic fleet after Pacific concentration in 1931 32. Officials cited fleet problem preparations but offered no reasons for the move.
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Washington
Navy
Forde A. Todd
Pacific
Tahoka Editor III Hospitalized in Lubbock Stricken
Tahoka News editor F I Hill, long ill in a Lubbock hospital after a leg injury, is reported in serious condition with pneumonia. His brother Dr J A Hill of West Texas State College was summoned to Lubbock as family members received updates amid concern.
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F. I. Hill
Tahoka News
Lubbock
Canyon
J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
Mexico rejects Hull call halting expropriation without pay
President Lazaro Cardenas declared Mexico will continue agrarian reforms and expropriation of foreign oil properties with payment only for actual investments. He rejected arbitration and said the nation will not yield to U S pressure, promising friendly ties and an amicable solution. Continued on Page 23, Col. 4.
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Stryker
Davis
Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Hull
Congress
Cardenas
United States
Governor elect seeks broader tax plan for pension costs
A state news brief notes the governor elect calls for spreading the tax burden to fund old age pension costs, aiming for broader revenue sources. The item highlights fiscal strategy and policy direction without specific program details.
O'Daniel to Ride In Opening Tri State Fair Parade
Governor-elect O D Aniel will visit Amarillo for the Tri State Fair opening September 19 to 24 and ride in the Beutler Brothers rodeo parade. Mason King announced the invitation acceptance after a Fort Worth conference. Ray Pinkney notes weather insurance for attractions and strong exhibitor interest as New Mexico plans a major exhibit helping draw crowds.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Amarillo
Texas
Exposition Grounds
Beutler Brothers Rodeo
Fort Worth
Mason King
O’daniel
Ray Pinkney
Mighty Sheelsey
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