TWO TRAINMEN KILLED IN TEXAS RAIL WRECK
A Texas and Pacific passenger special carrying more than 100 Texas Christian University football fans derailed five miles east of Millsap Texas. Engineer Leonard J. Perry and conductor N McNeely were killed and several others injured including fireman B Hammer. The crash scarred the right of way setting grass ablaze and delaying the team en route to the Los Angeles opener against U C L A. An official inquiry was expected Wednesday.
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Texas Christian University
Here
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Fort Worth
N. McNeely
J. B. Hammer
Dallas
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Larry Spink
Monroe Bicknell
McNeely
John Hayes
Hayes
Mineral Wells Fire Department
C. R
Reimers
George Taggert
Red Gillis
Los Angeles
Don Gillis
Sweetwater
Tex
Santa Fe
T. O
Catherine Fine
Weatherford Hospital
Hammer
Churchill says U boats being checked and ships armed
London Sept 26 Winston Churchill declared Britain had seized more German cargo than lost to submarines and that U boats were being checked with greater success. He cited reduced British losses and pledged to fight sea attackers with convoys and arming merchant ships as the Allied council reported agreement on munitions and supply. Poland's partition by Germany and Russia's advance were noted as major developments.
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Turkey
Shkra Saracoglu
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London
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FDR Declines Involvement in Neutrality Legislation
Secretary Hull tells Senator Vandenberg the administration will not lead the congressional fight over neutrality bills. He cites the President and his own prior statements and says the executive branch has met its constitutional duty, leaving Congress to resolve the legislation.
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Weather roundup for Amarillo and nearby regions
The Amarillo area records fair to warm conditions with a slight rise in Panhandle temperatures. West Texas and New Mexico show continued fair to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in the extreme northeast region and little overall temperature change.
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Plains chemists to talk rubber in Borger lecture
Dr Ira Williams director of research for the J M Huber Corporation will address the Panhandle Plains Section of the American Chemical Society on the rubber industry and synthetic rubber development Williams helped DuPonts in synthetic rubber work and will speak at the Black Hotel Borger with free admission public invited dinner reservations available Williams studied at Akron Chicago and Pittsburgh and previously worked at Firestone and the Mellon Institute
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Panhandle
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American Chemical Society
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E. H. Reinbold
Reinbold
Huber
Williams
University of Akron
University of Chicago
University of Pittsburgh
Firestone Research Laboratory
Mellon Institute
Italian Pleads for Pen Term To Escape Il Duce's Army
Gio vanni Gregoris 30, an Italian, begged for a prison sentence before Federal Judge James V. Allred after deportation and illegal entry charges. He said he came to the U S as a boy, signed a 1933 deportation agreement to leave San Quentin, and urged a maximum sentence to avoid return to Italy. The judge gave a two year term with possible deportation decision pending in Washington.
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Houston
Giovanni Gregoris
James V. Allred
Gregoris
Galveston
United States
Allred
San Quentin
Italy
Washington
French Strike Through Siegfried Line Near Hornbach
Paris reports French infantry under heavy artillery drove into the Siegfried Line forming a salient at Hornbach on the western front. German guns replied as air forces clashed, and the French claimed to have consolidated the Hornbach position despite strong German counterfire. Berlin expected Hitler to intensify focus on the West. Warsaw remained a key German objective with storming operations announced.
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Blind Youth Sets Reporting Goal
Robert A. Ross, 21, of Altoona Pa, blinded seven years ago in an explosion, begins study at Pennsylvania State College this month as a freshman in journalism. He and his seeing eye dog Rita are a familiar sight on campus as he aims for a career in newspaper reporting.
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Robert A. Ross
Altoona, Pa
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Jail death ruled as death by own action in county cell
Justice of the Peace Dave Long ruled the death of Ann Odell Calhoun also known as Patricia Occonor as death by own action. The 40 year old woman was found hanging from a cell door with a sheet strip around the neck and wrists cut. She had been detained after loitering near Eastham Prison Farm.
U S Navy to Patrol Western Hemisphere Waters
Sumner Welles announced U S naval cooperation with Pan American nations to patrol waters adjacent to the western hemisphere outlining consent based, either individual or collective action. In Galveston the freighter Hubert arrived after Rotterdam departure with eight passengers, describing a courteous German sub encounter and radio silence instruction.
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Sumner Welles
United States Navy
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Galveston
Rotterdam
Lykes Bros. Steamship Company
Hubert
J. W. Smith
Hybert
Carl P. Schulz
New Orleans
Johanna Koch
Jersey City
N. J
Constantina Knoc
Gertrude
Ruth E
Chicago
Gilbert Vandyk
Herbert F. Reimann
Houston
Henry J. Skrotzky
Al Smith backs FDR in neutrality fight on radio
Alfred E. Smith, once a critic of the Roosevelt administration, will urge support for Roosevelt's neutrality proposals in a CBS radio speech next Sunday at 6 PM Amarillo time. He plans to back repealing the arms embargo, as Senate opponents focus on the issue alone in a strategy meeting.
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Alfred E. Smith
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Amarillo
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Senate
Real Estate Delegates Welcome Allied Lines to Amarillo Convention
H N Wheeler, convention chairman, invites real estate owners lumber and material men bankers loan agents and others in allied lines to register for the Texas State Real Estate Association session in Amarillo from Thursday to Saturday Registration is 5 for men 3 for women and includes business and entertainment programs Delegates will enjoy a Palo Duro State Park barbecue Thursday and A Night in Old Tascosa at the Herring Hotel Friday with additional entertainment for delegates wives Thursday and Friday afternoons.
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Amarillo Real Estate Board
Texas State Real Estate Association
Amarillo
H. N. Wheeler
Wheeler
Palo Duro State Park
Old Tascosa
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Mountains for Sale Joke Ad From Globe-News Want Ads
A humorous item from Globe-News prompts readers to buy a mountain via Want Ads but notes an actual listing for a kitchen range at 2403 B Polk 9621. The playful plea invites readers to try ads on any mountains for sale.
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Local Rain Only Wets The Street
A local shower fell in Amarillo shortly after 10 last night, the first moisture in weeks. Texline and Dalhart saw light drizzles, Boise City received a spritz, while Tucumcari had none and Albuquerque had a light shower. Lightning to the west suggested possible thunderstorms in Oldham County, though no rain was reported there.
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Amarillo
Texline
Dalhart
Fort Worth
Oldham County
Amarillo-Atlanta Air Route Hearing Postponed
Washington reports a Civil Aeronautics Authority postponement of a hearing on a new air route from Amarillo Texas through Oklahoma City Tulsa Memphis to Atlanta. Braniff Airways and Trans Southern Air Lines sought the route with stops, but the session was moved to October 2 due to the agency's heavy workload.
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Texas Panhandle
Tulsa
Memphis
Atlanta
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Braniff Airways
Trans-Southern Airlines
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
CAA
Inside on Grid Scoring with Jim Crowley
Fordham coach Jim Crowley, who since 1933 has a 35 8 7 record, explains favorite plays of top college teams in a new FOOTBALL PHOTO DIAGRAMS series starting today on Page 6. Crowley, Notre Dame’s Four Horsemen era figure, brings expert technical insight.
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Fordham
Notre Dame
Crowley
Considerate Nazi Sub Captain Captured by British
London reports the German submarine commander who signaled Churchill after sinking the Firby is now in British hands and being treated with consideration. Churchill noted some captains showed humanity, including offering to rescue survivors. The Firby was sunk off the Scottish coast on September 11 with over 40 crew aboard.
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James Woodruff
War of Nerves Shapes Allied Strategy In War
Allied leaders emphasize psychological warfare as key to pressuring Germany. Chamberlain reports progress while Churchill notes U boat threats. Franco British plans focus on Saar Basin gains to fortify the Maginot Line and prepare for West Wall actions. Propaganda battles shape morale and expected moves through winter.
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