Tri-State Fair officials plan big crowd despite rain risk
The Tri-State Fair opens its seventeenth annual exposition Monday with rain insurance on the Beutler Brothers rodeo and Stars on Parade. Milton Cox reports stage expansion awaited from MCA, advance season-ticket sales strong at Amarillo venues, gate price 15 cents, season tickets a $440 value for $2, and dozens of bands expected to participate with a schedule to be announced.
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Tri-State
Milton Cox
Association
Beutler Brothers’ Rodeo
Music Corporation of America
Stars On Parade
Mr. Cox
Amarillo
Barry Breen
Wylie
Sam Houston Band Parents Association
The
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
Cox
Tri-State Fair
Nellie Granger
TWA
Five Cents a Day for Nazi Soldiers in Italy
A radio report states starting September 15 Italian soldiers both regulars and blackshirts will be paid one lire per day. The change leaves blackshirts who previously earned more than regulars paying for food and aligns pay with the lower rate.
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Rome
U.P
Battering Nazi Army Rolls Over Poland and France
German forces push deep into Poland with civilian flight and railway disruption as Polish officials flee toward Romania. Refugee routes hamper supplies while Warsaw endures heavy bombardment. In France, Allied troops land in sizeable numbers as Daladier's cabinet is reshuffled to sustain the war effort.
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London
Raemaker
Hitler
Evening Standard
Poland
Associated Press
Germany
San
Vistula
Eugene Kwiatkowski
Romania
Polszka Bank
Bank of Poland
Warsaw
Lwow
Hungary
Rumania
Cernauti
Rumanian
Wladyslaw Polenski
Polish Air Corps
Praga
Daniel DE Luce
Budapest
French Army Forces Pressure Saar Basin Amid War Readiness
Reports from Basel describe two large French formations driving toward Saarbrucken while Maginot Line gunners disrupt rail lines. Daladier reshuffles the cabinet naming Pernot to blockade, Doutry to armament, and Bonnet to justice as the Socialist party withdraws from government. continued coverage on Page 13.
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Basel
Switzerland
Saarbruecken
Saar
Daladier
Sen
Georges Pernot
Republican Union Group
Raoul Doutry
Georges Bonnet
Socialist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Allowables for Texas Oil Wells Remain Unchanged in October
Texas oil field allowables stay the same for October except East Texas. Chairman Lon A. Smith said East Texas will keep its higher allotment but remain shut in weekends to align with demand, while other fields maintain current levels. The Interstate Oil Compact Commission met in Fort Worth with unit designations for the Loving, Bower, Sealy, and North Ward pools.
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Texas
Austin
East Texas
Lon A. Smith
State Railroad Commission
Smith and
Jerry Sadlers
Federal Bureau of Mines
Smith
Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Humble
Rowan & Nichols Oil
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Fort Worth
Loving
Bower
Sealy
North Ward
Winkler
Ward Counties
Weather digest Amarillo and nearby regions report cooler skies
Partly cloudy and cooler conditions sweep Amarillo and adjacent Texas and New Mexico areas. Showers are possible in the extreme northwest New Mexico and southwest Texas regions, with temperatures easing after a warm spell yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Athenia survivors recount sea disaster and wartime shocks
Survivors of the liner Athenia tell of a torpedo attack and a periscope near their ship as they recount hours of fear and courage. The City of Flint voyage carried 200 ill clad survivors to Montreal and American ports, with nurses tending the injured in a hastily arranged hospital.
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N. S
City of Flint
Montreal
Glasgow
City of
Flint
Franklin Dexter
Boston
Athenia
Dexter
Mianne Palfrey
Summitt School Head Herman Ford Named Principal
Herman Ford, current Lamar School principal in Plainview for six years, is named to head Summitt School to replace E. O. McNew who died in a car crash. Board action pending, Ford to assume duties Sept. 18 pending superintendent recommendation.
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Herman Ford
Lamar
Plainview
Summitt
E. O. McNew
Amarillo
Ford
Amarillo Independent School District
Charles M. Rogers
Summitt School
Jerry
David
Plainview High School
Wayland College
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
University
Italy Delays War Role Definition by Italian Will
Rome reports Italy will decide its European war role gradually and independently. Virginio Gayda of Il Giornale d Italia said Italy will act according to Italian interests and European interests, following consultations with British and French ambassadors. Neutrality could persist for some time, officials indicated.
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Rome
Italy
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Il Giornale D'Italia
Compton Defense Begins in Prolonged Attack Case
The state rested in the Compton case as defense testimony starts at 9 am. A 13 year old girl testified she was assaulted in Thompson Park on March 18, held for hours and forced into an old car. Physicians testified and the defense hints at an insanity defense linked to a social disease.
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Jack Compton
Compton
Thompson Park
Nix
Warsaw
Otwock
Kutno
Twin Beds Found Fast Through Globe News Want Ad
They were twin beds in good condition, found a new home in one day with Globe-News Want Ads. The ad at 2218 Hayden and phone 8623 urged converting unused beds into cash with quick results from Globe-News Want Ads Dian 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
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Globe- News
Hayden
Globe-News
Debate on U S Stand Fueled by Neutrality Fight
Washington debates the U S stance as President Roosevelt calls a special session for September 21 and invites leaders of both parties to an extraordinary conference at the White House on September 20. Senate debate centers on lifting the arms embargo and adopting a cash and carry system with safeguards.
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Roosevelt
Congress
White House
James A. Farley
Parley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dan Nuys
Inediana Democrat
van Nuys
Senate
Great Britain
Britain
England
Farly
Washington
New Cancer Treatment Shows Remarkable Early Results
Dr. J. R. Davidson of Winnipeg reports three cancer cases treated with vitamins plus an extract from youthful tissues. He says the approach could hint at prevention and a way to arrest cancer progression, likening cancer to diabetes in chronic management. The described cocktail included embryonic chick bodies and whiskey.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Atlantic City
N. J
International Cancer Congress
J. R. Davidson
Winnipeg
Canada
Davidson
Defenseless Village Bombed In Poland Telegram Details
Ambassador Biddle recounts German air raids across Poland including attacks near Warsaw and Otwock. He notes bombs dropped near the U.S. embassy and other missions, with multiple casualties and frightened civilians in a defenseless village.
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Foreign Office
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Goering
France
Moscow
Tass
Mozyr
White Russia
Wyznikow
Deblin
Krasnik
Jaroslaw
Przemsyl
Berlin
Paris
Sarreguemines
Birnberg
Birn Hill
Chamberlain
Ministry of Informacy
Tion
Landwehr
Aaa
Reichstag
Will Nix
U.S
U. S
State Department
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Biddle
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