Last Day at Tri-State Fair Tops crowds with 10 cent entry
On the final day of the Tri-State Fair Fort Worth crowds enjoyed the free grandstand shows at 2:30 and 8:00 PM. Admission was cut to 10 cents as the mammoth midway was dismantled, with exhibits prizes and contests continuing until midnight. New Mexico Rural Schools Day and Girl Scout Day had drawn large attendance, Oklahoma Day featuring Higgins Band was planned.
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al Independent
VFW
New Mexico
Hereford
Stratford
Higgins
Pinkney
College Flying Ranks Open to Nonstudents in Civil Air Training
Amarillo College and West Texas State officials emphasized that eligibility for the Civil Aeronautics Board training program includes nonstudents aged 19 to 27 with 60 college hours and a passing physical. Fall training begins Oct 1 at Municipal Field and Canyon’s flight field with 30 slots at each school and room for more. Married men may apply. the pledge to enter the air corps is presented as advisory. Aimed pay is $245 a month for air corps service versus $21 monthly for enlisted army.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Amarillo College
West Texas State
Canyon
Municipal Field
College Flying Field
Air Corps
Sam
U S Bicycle Production Hits New High in 1939
The census bureau reports 1,252,029 bicycles manufactured in the United States in 1939 at a cost of 22,449,000 dollars, surpassing the previous record of 1,182,691 units set earlier. The rise reflects growing popularity of bicycling in America.
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U. S
Washington
Sept
U.S
Census Bureau
United States
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico region
The forecast calls for scattered afternoon showers and possible thunderstorms over the Panhandle and southwest areas. Saturday and Sunday show mostly fair conditions with afternoon cloudiness and thunder potential. Temperatures remain steady with minor cooling in the east portion Saturday.
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Amarillo
Southwest
Panhandle
New Mexico
Plainsmen Welcome Lawmakers at Amarillo Dinner Unity Stressed
About 200 Plainsmen and women greeted Congress and state legislators at the Amarillo Hotel Club Room. Gene Worley Grady Hazlewood Jack Little Hop Halsey Ennis Favors Paul Fubank Dick Craig attendance highlighted panhandle unity with a call for citizen input and action on district, state, and national issues.
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Congress
Amarillo
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Grady Hazlewood
Jack Little
Hop Halsey
Lubbock
Ennis Favors
Pampa
Paul Fubank
Matador
Dick Craig
Miami
Tom Deen
Floydada
Plains Region
New Mexico
M. S. Smith
Curry County
Hereford
Dalhart
McLean
Memphis
Vega
Panhandle
Plains
News-Globe
John McCarty
D. Thomson
Worley
United States
Mr. Worley
Fred Oliver
Mr. Oliver
Hazlewood
Resi
Dents
Little
Favors
Craig
Halsey
Eubank
Amarillo-Quanah
Ray Pinkney
Fair Association
Tri-State
Naval Subcommittee On Defense Tour
A U S House naval subcommittee left Washington to inspect new navy air bases in the Mid Pacific. Traveling by navy plane they departed Anacostia for Corpus Christi Texas to view a pilot training school site, then by destroyer to Honolulu and flights to Johnston Wake and Palmyra islands. Members include Representatives Jacobsen Jenks Anderson and Darden with plans to join later.
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Washington
House
Naval
Navy
Mid-Pacific
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
San Pedro
Calif
Honolulu
Johnston
Wake
Palmyra Islands
Jacobsen
Towa
Jenks
New Hampshire
Anderson
California
Darden
Virginia
Dutch Pilot Parmentier Carries Out Clock Like Vengeance Raids
Dutch aviator Koene D. Parmentier, surviving the 1940 Netherlands bombardment, conducts nightly solo raids on German targets in Rotterdam, The Hague and Amsterdam. He signals his next strike with notes and is rumored to have a $10,000 price on his head.
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Associated Press
New York
Low Countries
Netherlands
Koene D. Parmentier
Royal Dutch Airlines
Rotterdam
Hague
Amsterdam
Parmentier
Bermuda
France
Lisbon
Portugal
England
Royal Air Force
Janda
Fortieth Fair Honors Oma With Last Day Events
The final Fortieth Fair day features free grandstand shows at 2:30 and 8:00 with bands including Higgins. Exhibits remain intact for prizes, independent concessions stay open, grounds admission is 10 cents, and the midway is being dismantled this morning.
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Oma
Higgins
London Air War Ends With British Routs and Losses
German bombers raided London for a 14th night as British fighters staged a daylight ambush, sending a 200-plane squadron back to France in disorder. Officials reported British losses surpassed German ones for the first time, while anti-aircraft and fighter fire aided the defense along the southeast coast.
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London
France
English Channel
Germany
High Command
Kent
Britain
We Need a Whistle at Want Ad Headquarters
Notice urges readers to place Sun News Globe want ads early for Sunday publication. It emphasizes thrifty timing and the busy weekend market with many buyers sellers and traders seeking ads. Dial 6262 for Globe News Want Ads.
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Want Ad
Sunday News Globe
Globe-News
Plains Defense Committee Formed by Water Board
The Panhandle Water Conservation authority formed a Panhandle-Plains Defense committee with Carl Hinton as chairman to continue its full program in 1941. It will include representatives from chambers of commerce and county commissioners across the Panhandle to survey and coordinate defense plans and seek a $25,000 legislative appropriation. The group scheduled its annual meeting for Dec. 19 at McLelland Lake with Pampa and Gray County hosting, and attendees from many Panhandle cities and counties endorsed the effort.
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Panhandle-Plains
Carl Hinton
Micaoultd Uliasuuoly
Chambers of Commerce
The
Panhande
McLelland Lake
Pampa
Gray County
M. O. Goodpasture
Carroll Smyers
James E. King
Memphis
Noe McDade
Dumas
Bob Glenn
Deskins Wells
C. C. Bishop
C. Led
Marriage Not Exemption For Service With Army
Army officials announced that married men are not automatically exempt from the draft. Local boards will assess if a wife or dependent relies on the draftee’s earnings. A Senate appropriation funds barracks and facilities, while $1.64 million monthly goes to boards for clerical work. Registration cards will be numbered, shuffled, and a blindfolded official will draw capsules to determine draft order. Col Julius Dorenfield Jr. of Amarillo leaves for Camp Mabry for selective service duty.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service System
Senate
House
Panhandle
Julius Dorenfield, Jr
Amarillo
Austin
Camp Mabry
Dorenfield
Texas State Staff
Texas National Guard
Brownwood
Simpson, Dorenfield and Fullingim
British Bombers Hit Dortmund Ems Aqueducts in Westphalia
British RAF dive bombers struck the Dortmund Ems canal aqueducts near Munster disrupting German repair work. The raid formed part of a wider offensive on Germanys transport and military infrastructure with all planes returning safely. The admiralty confirmed Sturgeon sank a 10,000 ton troopship off Denmark earlier.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Dortmund-Ems
Ems
Munster
Air Ministry
Westphalia
Admiralty
Denmark
Navy
Long Canal
Dortmund
Emden
Transport
Marion
Kattegat
Senate Ends Action On Ban On Interstate Convict Made Goods
The Senate completed congressional action today on a bill prohibiting interstate shipment of convict made goods.
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Washington
Senate
Kidnapping of Count's Son Sparks Calm Pledge to Pay Ransom
A three year old son of Count and Countess de Tristan was abducted near Hillsborough California. The family offered a $100000 ransom and asked police and reporters to withdraw to allow the kidnapper space to communicate. The note demanded money be secured leisurely and instructed contact via a San Francisco classified ad. The kidnapper fled with the nurse. a black 1936 Ford with California plates 63 was involved. FBI and Hillsborough police took charge.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Marc de Tristan
Louis 8. Cates
Marc de Tristan, Jr
Cates
Phelps Dodge Corp
C. M. Hirschey
Mare
Mary Poley
FBI
San Francisco
Jane Christenson
Louis 8
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Big Copper Company
Edwin Christenson
Count Louis de Tristan
France
de Tristan
Foley
Negro
Albert Williams
Williams
Cali
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