Real Estate Convention Opens in Amarillo With Large Turnout
More than 600 real estate men from Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and New Mexico gather in Amarillo for the Texas Real Estate Association annual convention opening at the Herring Hotel. The event features public sessions and talks on licensing acts and market changes.
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Southwest
Texas Real Estate Association
Amarillo
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Britain Hikes Taxes to Fuel War Effort in Budget
London reports a sweeping wartime budget with a 35 percent income tax and higher surcharges to fund the fight against Germany. The Prime Minister’s government hails the plan as essential while a North Sea sea battle yields no British losses.
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London
Britain
Germany
House of Commons
John Simon
Europe
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
North Sea
Berlin
Ministry of Information
First Sea Jord
Sinking of Russian freighter sparks tempers in Moscow talks
The Metallist, a 4000 ton freighter, was torpedoed off Estonia with five crew missing as Soviet press attacks Estonia over coast bases and as German Russian talks open. Von Ribbentrop meets Stalin while Selter returns to Moscow amid hopes for a German Soviet military pact and possible peace overtures in Poland.
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Estonia
Metallist
Baltic
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Karl Selter
Sukru Saracoglu
Russia
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Helsinki
Finland
Tallinn
Katenin
Selter
Stalin
Vyaches‘laff Motoloff
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Count Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg
Alexander Shkarteeff
Berlin
Poland
Paris
Adolf Hitler
France
Britain
Geremany
Nazifuehrer
Germany
Soviet
Hitler
Talent Slayer Given Death in Florida Court
Charles Jefferson, a self described talent scout, was convicted of first degree murder without mercy for slaying 17 year old school girl Miss Dunn. He admitted attacking the two girls after luring them with movie career promises, claiming a kidnapping hoax was the motive and denying premeditation. The death sentence is mandatory.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Charles Jefferson
Jean Bolton
Miami
Miss Dunn
Miss Bolton
Einger
Jefferson
Amarillo Youth Catches Runaway Jackrabbit Near School
A jackrabbit entered Amarillo and was chased by a youth at Amarillo High School. Charles Barkley 1900 Polk Street tracked the animal to a blind alley and pinned it after a short pursuit. He said the rabbit struggled on the slick pavement and could not gain a foothold.
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Amarillo High School
Charles Barkley
Polk Street
Barkley
Ship Operators Fight Neutrality Revisions
Ship operators led by United States Lines Dollar Line and Pan American Airways pressed lawmakers to weaken a pending neutrality resolution. They warned of warship restrictions hurting business while Congress pledged possible relief in January if needed. Lindbergh and Borah held a luncheon amid arms embargo opposition and hints of a radio address.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Congress
United States Lines
Dollar Line
South
Central America
Caribbean
Pan American Airways
United States
South America
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Pan American
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Borah
Idaho
Beaten Warsaw Surrenders to German Forces in Berlin
Berlin reports Warsaw capitulated tonight after a 20 day siege. German high command said the Polish capital will likely be handed to the encircling army by September 29 with General Johannes von Blaskowitz arranging terms. A German-Russian accord was also anticipated from von Ribbentrop’s Moscow visit.
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Mateus Taycki
Warsaw
Hungary
Budapest
Bedlam
Szycki
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Johannes von Blaskowitz
Germany
Survivors Relate Athenia Sinking Tales From Texas
New York reports the arrival of about 150 Athenia survivors, many injured, with vivid accounts of the liner's explosion and rapid blackout. Texans among the passengers recall splintering, lifeboats, and rescue by the Norwegian Knute Nelson, while others describe panic among mothers and a seven hour ordeal at sea.
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New York
U. S
Orizaba
Athenia
18Th Street
Hudson
Senate Chairman Pittman defends neutrality law tightening
Senator Pittman a Nevada Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee said in a radio speech that the administration will strengthen the proposed neutrality law, not repeal it, countering the popular impression. He urged adding teeth to the measure.
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Washington
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Real Estate Men From Texas Attend State Meet
Local Amarillo real estate dealers host Texas realtors today and tomorrow with busy schedules. Classifieds in the Globe News Want Ads list houses farms ranches and commercial property. Turn to the Want Ads to find a property and call the advertiser for a showing as Amarillo dealers display a Business As Usual sign.
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State of
Texas
Globe News
Amarillo
Globe-News
Dorizas Speaks On The Muddle In Europe At Club Dinner
Dr. Michail Dorizas arrives for the Knife and Fork Club dinner lecture at the Country Club tonight at 7 15. Reservations available to members at Maxor Drug or Amarrillo Hotel news stand. He will discuss the Paris Peace Conference of 1918 19 and his European experiences.
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Michail Dorizas
Knife and Fork Club
Country Club
Maxor Drug
United States
University of Pennsylvania
Europe
Near East
Spain
France
Belgium
Bremen
Farmer Robbins Loses Fingers While Working Hogs
In Popular Bluff Missouri on September 27 a farmer identified as Robbins badly injured his left hand while cutting corn for hogs. After removing a bandage he began chopping again and accidentally severed his thumb leaving three fingers intact. He hurled the hand axe aside and declared he would keep his remaining fingers.
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Robbins
Popular Bluff
ICC To Investigate Wreck of Fan Train
Texas and Pacific railway officials said the Interstate Commerce Commission would investigate the Millsap wreck of a fan train carrying Texas Christian University football fans to Los Angeles. The engineer and conductor were killed. no passengers were seriously injured.
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Texas and Pacific
Texas Christian University
California
Millsap
Tex
Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Angeles
Britain Seizes 255000 Tons of Contraband Since War Start
The Ministry of Information said 255000 tons of contraband have been seized since the war began, including more than 70000 tons in the week ending yesterday.
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London
Ministry of Information
Men Die On A Calm Night On The Western Front
French dispatches describe a night of brutal action at the Saint Paul farm on the western front. Poilu in the granary pressed fire from a machine gun as German mortars cratered nearby and a comrade fell in a moonlit field.
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Taylor Henry Paris
Saint Paul
Paris
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E. M. Townsen
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Austin
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Oklahoma City
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Hugh Wagnon
Brea' Rabbit
Warsaw Command
John Lawrence
University of California
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