Explorer of Arctic dies after stroke at 75
Dr. Frederick Cook, famous explorer who claimed to reach the North Pole, died in New Rochelle Hospital at 75 after a May stroke. He had cared for a dying friend’s wife in Larchmont and lingered in and out of hospital before his death.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Frederick Cook
North Pole
Cook
Ralph Shainwald von Ahlefeldt
Larchmont
United Hospital
Port Chester
British Air Attacks Increase Across Channel and Africa
British reports say a squadron of nine Spitfires engaged a German patrol over the English Channel, shooting down two Messerschmitts. RAF and Italian claims clash over air losses as Britain warns of a looming Nazi blitzkrieg while expanding attacks into Africa and the Mediterranean.
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Britain
Germany
East Africa
London
Europe
Romania
Sofia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Dobruja
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Soviet Russia
Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Africa
Mersa Matruh
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Libya
Cairo
RAF
Massawa
Eritrea
Airh Comand
St. George's Channel
Ger
Destroyers As Useful Gadgets In Wartime Navy Roles
Dewitt Mackenzie argues General Pershing’s call to provide at least 50 World War I destroyers to Britain would aid Britain amid Nazi submarine danger. Destroyers act as fast, versatile protectors, screening fleets, tackling U boats and torpedo boats, escorting convoys, and supporting mine-sweeping operations.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Pershing
United States
England
Britain
India
West Indies
Brittain
British Isles
English Channel
Mediterranean
Signor Mussolini
XIT Reunion Brings Cowboys and Candidates Together
Old-time cowpunchers and modern political hopefuls swap yarns at the XIT Reunion in Dalhart Texas. Speakers include Alfalfa Bill Murray criticizing the New Deal and Willkie Roosevelt politics, with Coke Stevenson among the crowd. Over 500 Wheeler County residents and Amarillo delegates attend amid parades, rodeos, pageants, dances, and candidate courting.
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Lewis’ Nordyke Dalhart
XIT
Alfalfa
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Coke Stevenson
Weaver Moore
Houston
Dalhart
Stevenson
Moore
Wheeler County
Gene Worley
Congress
Deskins Wells
Wellington
Wells
Amarillo
Coronado
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas regions
The bulletin notes scattered showers and cooler conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies Tuesday. It covers West Texas and New Mexico with showers and thunderstorms, cooler temps, and regional variations. Temperature extremes: high 98, low 70. noon reading 92.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Man Hits Badger on Highway Then Brings It Home
M Mitchell of Sixteenth Avenue and Polk Street spotted a badger crossing Highway 66 east of Amarillo. He chased the animal, struck it on the nose with a hammer, placed the stunned badger in a sack, and carried it home.
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Badger
M. Mitchell
Sixteenth Avenue
Polk Street
Highway 66
Amarillo
Mr. Mitchell
Fireman House Fire Sparks Quick Response at Station
A man named Brummall set a car blaze at Amarillo’s Sixteenth Avenue fire station early this morning. Firemen grabbed a five gallon pumper can, dashed out, and contained a short circuit caused the ignition with only slight damage reported.
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Voss Brummall
Sixteenth Avenue
Amarillo
Funeral service for Mark Taylor held at First Baptist Church
Final tribute to Mark Taylor was scheduled at 4 PM at the First Baptist Church. Dr J Howard Williams will officiate with burial in Llano Cemetery under N S Griggs and Sons. Active pallbearers include Dr A J Streit and others. honorary pallbearers from Bartlesville and Phillips Amarillo Division. Taylor, 41, died in a highway collision yesterday morning. He was a division manager for Phillips Petroleum and a notable Amarillo civic leader. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, children Betty Jane and Mark Jr., a brother James C. Taylor, and two sisters.
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First Baptist Church
J. Howard Williams
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs and Sons
A. J. Streit
Bob Crudgington
Guy Owens
Harvey Allen
W. W. Gibson
Charles Pisk
Frank Phillips
K. F. Adams
A. M Hughes
Philip R. Phillips
H. O. Stark
L. R. Shanklin
Bartlesvile
Okla
Amarillo
Phillips Petroleum Company
Mr. Taylor
McKinney
Joe Taylor
Fila Matthews Taylor
Cities Service Oil Company
Borger
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Starks
Bartlesville
Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Betty Jane
Mark, Jr
James C. Taylor
Oklahoma City
Tommye Jo Chaillie
Los Angeles
Cal
Dannette Taylor
Blackburn-Shaw
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Sullivan
Ruth Osborn
Fort Worth
Daisy
Elsie Kalin
Boxwell Brothers
Rodriguez Granted Return to Die in Mexico
EL PASO August 5 The Mexican government allowed Gen Nicolas Rodriguez exiled leader of the Mexican Gold Shirts to return home to die in his native land. The decision comes as Rodriguez seeks to spend his final days in Mexico after years in exile.
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EL Paso
Tex
Nicolas Rodriguez
Gold Shirts
Mexico
Cooler weather forecast for Amarillo
Mr. Collman forecasts cooler weather for Amarillo over the next 48 hours with scattered showers accompanying the drop in temperature.
76 Persons Perish When Steamer Sinks
The Ministry of Interior said 76 people died when the 785 ton steamer Moraleda owned by Chilean State Railways sank north of Faraway Island in the Straits of Magellan.
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Santiago
Chile
Ministry of Interior
Moraleda
Chilean State Railways
Faraway Island
Straits of Magellan
Japanese embassy protests arrest explanation in London
A Japanese embassy spokesman declared that Tokyo finds Britain's explanation for the arrest of two prominent Japanese businessmen in London unsatisfactory. The incident heightens diplomatic tension between Japan and Britain.
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London
Britain
Smart Shoppers Rush Early Dollar Day Bargains
Shoppers crowded Amarillo's business district at an unusually early hour for Dollar Day specials. The rush attracted buyers seeking value and relief from heat as a note warned today may be the last Dollar Day in five weeks before Labor Day.
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Amarillo
Seven Die and Two Injured in Weekend Crashes
A weekend toll across three traffic accidents left seven dead and two seriously injured. The list of victims includes Mark Taylor of Amarillo Phillips Petroleum and four young people in a head on crash on the Canyon Hereford road.
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Mark Taylor
Amarillo
Phillips Petroleum Company
Canyon-Hereford
Rex Sullivan
Taylor Street
Highway 66
Wildorado
Bernard L. Dorsey
Amarillo Parade Trip Heads to Dalhart XIT Reunion
Amarillo residents dressed in rainbow shirts join a caravan to Dalhart for the XIT Reunion. The delegation includes the Sons of the Legion, a Khiva Shrine float, and a Phil lips Petroleum first aid car, escorted by the Texas Highway Patrol for the Dalhart parade.
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Joseph
Amarillo
Bulgaria Aims to Reclaim Dobruja After 27 Years
Bulgarian officials expect an agreement with Romania to return southern Dobruja to Bulgaria after 27 years of Romanian rule. Negotiations aligned with Hitler's directive to settle the dispute were completed, and Victor Kadare, Romanian minorities expert, returned to Bucharest.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Dobruja
Adolf Hitler
Victor Kadare
Bucharest
British Say 37 000 Bombs Are Dropped
London report says British airplanes dropped 37 000 bombs on Germany and occupied territory in four weeks and 307 Nazi planes have been shot down in the Battle of Britain since June 18.
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London
U.P
Germany
Britain
Father of bitten girl bonds out after cult rites
Adel Georgia August 5 Albert Rowan father of a six year old girl bitten by a poisonous snake during rites of a religious cult was released on bond today after doctors declared the child out of danger.
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Adel
Albert Rowan
Greek Plot Said Aimed at Me Taxas Regime
An alleged plot to overthrow the regime of Prime Minister John Metaxas, which marked its fourth anniversary Sunday, was reported. The dispatch from Athens notes claims of conspirators and authorities investigating the alleged plan.
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John Metaxas
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