Americans In Pakan Community Debate Hitler Plans
Residents of Wheeler County Texas, founded by Czech immigrants, oppose Hitler a annexing part of Czechoslovakia while stressing their Americanized identity and sympathy for Czech neighbors. They recall Sam Pakan Sr. and the land boom, note 400000 naturalized Czechs in Texas, and contrast Czech and German views amid rising tensions.
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Panhandle
Pakan
Wheeler County
Hitler
Iron Man
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten Strip
America
Hitl T
Paul Macini
Chicago
John Krizan
New Mexico
Steve Kovac
Daddy” Mertel
We Lela
Sam Pakan
Texas
United States
Cermaka Czech
Allred
Anton J. Cermak
Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Texas Panhandle
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding area
Partly cloudy skies and scattered showers or thunderstorms across West Texas and eastern New Mexico. Amarillo observed temperatures with a high near 85 and a low around 65. Report notes yesterday's hourly readings and historical extremes from 1937.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Portales County Fair Opens With Horse Show Chief Attraction
Portales County Fair starts Wednesday with a major horse show led by Doc Smith. About 12 to 14 gaited horses from Roosevelt County and Texas competition, including the Clovis Horse Show winner from Texico, are entered. Two races planned for cowhorses and ponies, with prizes offered by several sponsors. Amarillo day set for Friday.
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Portales
Doc Smith
Roosevelt County Fair
Clovis
Texico
Amarillo
Donkey Baseball Fundraiser Comes With Colorful Mounts
Rotarians and Kiwanians practice in Donkey Baseball at Jaycee Park near El Taos to raise funds for the Maverick Club and Preventorium. Named mounts include Strawberry Roan Pike's Peak Midnight Cavalcade Mae West and Texas Tornado. Proceeds from 25 cent admissions split 60 40 for winners and losers.
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Pike's Peak
Civic Club
Cal Farley
Rotarians
Bill Gilstrap
Kiwanis
Cub
Jaycee Park
Canyon Highway
el Taos
Maverick Club
Kiwanians
Top Exhibits Headed for Amarillo Fair Exposition
Nationally noted Hereford show stars arrive for the Tri-State Fair exposition opening in Amarillo with Hollywood headliners nightly. Exhibits travel by truck and train, with free midway attractions including the loop of death and a fireworks display the only legalized pyrotechnics in Amarillo. Local clubs operate advance ticket bargains to fundraise for scholarships and equipment.
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Movita
Hollywood
John Carroll
Lloyd Nolan
Jack Randall
Clark Gable
Peti
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair
Largent & Stevens
Brownwood
C. M. Largent & Sons
Merkel
International
Chicago
American Royal
Kansas City
Bill
Maverick County
Tri- State
Sam Houston Band Parents Association
Beutler Brothers
Band Parents Seek New Uniforms for Amarillo High Band
Members of the Amarillo Band Parents Association met to finance new band uniforms in black and gold West Point style. The group voted to sponsor the United States Navy Band visit on November 4, with Mayor Ross Rogers offering municipal sponsorship due to the band serving both school and city functions.
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Amarillo Band Parents Association
Amarillo
West Point
United States Navy
Ross Rogers
Band Parents Association
Pre School Special Offers in Beauty Ads
A Want Ad note in the Beauty Shops section teases a scandalous bargain with a “Pre-School Special” priced at $5.00 per permanent and $2.50. The snippet directs readers to Classification 32 in the Globe-News Want Ads Project for lurid details and other offers from various shops.
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West
Globe-News
Hitler demands Sudeten state rights fueling European tension
In Nürnberg Hitler calls for self-determination for the Sudeten Germans and hints at force if Prague resists. Britain and France weigh war risk while Czech frontier towns report shootings, bombings, and martial law prep as Swiss and British observers assess a looming crisis.
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Associated Press
Nurnberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
France
Alsace-Lorraine
London
Britain
Hitler
Prague
Ger
Paris
Fuehrer
Berne
Switzerland
Hill
Neville Chamberlain
Graslitz
Bohemia
Tydings Leads Maryland Senate Primary Amid Roosevelt Push
In Maryland primary returns Senator Willard F. Tydings holds a lead over Rep. David J. Lewis with 23 658 votes to 18 154 in Baltimore precincts. Roosevelt backed Lewis opposing Tydings and urged swift PWA action on two Maryland bridge projects. Maine GOP gains also noted with Gov Barrows leading Louis Brain in the general election.
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Maryland
Willard F. Tydings
David J. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
Baltimore
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Louis J. Brain
House
Tydings
Public Works Administration
Free State
Pershing and First Army Honored in St Mihiel Commemoration
Seventieth anniversary ceremonies in St Mihiel France marked the defeat of the German salient as General John J Pershing, though in France, could not attend due to delicate health. He would celebrate his 78th birthday the next day.
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ST. Mihiel
France
John J. Pershing
First Army
ST. Mihiel Salient
Pershing
Texas Democrats Prepare for O Daniel State Convention
Leaders moved toward transferring party control to W. Lee O Daniel Fort Worth flour broker and likely next governor. The state committee named temporary officers set convention dates and resolved seating disputes as O Daniels camp arrives in Beaumont with family for the pivotal gathering.
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Beaumont
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Fort Worth
State Democratic Executive Committee
Lefors Worker Electrocuted Cleaning Tank
Barney Johnson about 30 was electrocuted while cleaning a gasoline tank at the Danziger Refinery two miles west of Lefors He entered the tank to clean it and used an electric light The light is believed to have shorted causing the fatal shock
Downing Street Ministers Weigh Hitler Speech Implications
In No 10 Downing Street tonight Viscount Halifax foreign secretary Sir John Simon chancellor of the exchequer and Sir Samuel Hoare home secretary gathered to weigh the implications of the speech. Observers noted Chancellor Hitler did not mention the latest Czechoslovak government proposals.
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No. Ten Downing Street
Viscount Halifax
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Hitler
Pioneer Grocers Return to Amarillo in Walker Smith Venture
The Walker Smith Company plans a full return to Amarillo opening a wholesale grocery operation in the Fain Chemical building on Taylor Street near the Denver tracks. Remodelling is underway and orders for groceries are being placed as the firm, capitalized at over two and a half million dollars, resumes local presence after closing in 1902.
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Walker-Smith Company
Amarillo
Fain Chemical Company
Taylor Street
Denver Tracks
J. L. Smith
Smith
J. A. Walker
Bownwood
B. C. D. Bynum
Panhandle
Mississippi River
Texas and Pacific
West Texas
Nanca Burns
Walker
Colorado City
Tex
Texas
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Auscha
Sudeten
Haida
Austria
Eduard Benes
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