Doctor R S Killough Dies A Texas Medical Leader
Amarillo physician Dr. Robert Swan Killough 72 died at St Anthony's hospital after a fall on a fishing trip. A pioneer in medicine for 30 years he practiced eye ear nose and throat work and helped develop local industry. Funeral at Polk Street Methodist with interment in Llano Cemetery.
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R. S. Killough
Amarillo
Robert Swan Killough
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Killough
Palo Duro Canyon
D. W. Owen
Polk Street Methodist Church
Texas
Panhandle
Jason Robberson
Potter County
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
London
Paris
Vienna
J. J. Crume
A. J. Streit
Streit & Killough
State Medical Association
Woodmen of the World
Security Benefit Association
C. C. Grimes
Labor Day Dance Tickets On Sale At Local Stores
Tickets for the Labor Day Dance, climax of the Central Labor Union celebration, are on sale at Major Drug Stores on Sixteenth Avenue and Jackson Street, Fisk Medical and Professional Building, and Cretney Drug Store in the Oliver Eakle Building. Admission is 50 cents per person.
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Central Labor Union
Sixteenth Avenue
Jackson Street
Fisk Medical and Professional
Cretney Drug Store
Fox Drug No. 3
Oliver Eakle
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Fair conditions dominate Amarillo and surrounding areas with little temperature change tonight and Friday. West Texas stays fair to partly cloudy, while New Mexico eyes unsettled skies with possible showers and thundershowers in the northwest. Temps: min 63, max 92 in the last 24 hours, noon reading 89.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
First Dirt Turned For Bivins Building In Amarillo
Mrs. Miles Bivins led a ground breaking at Polk Street and Fifth Avenue for the three story Bivins Building to house the Southwestern Public Service Company offices. Elizabeth Clair Childers and Lee T. Bivins are co owners. S Lambie Company is the contractor.
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Miles Bivins
Bivins
Polk Street
Fifth Avenue
Amarillo
Elizabeth Clair Childers
Lee T. Bivins
Southwestern Public Service Company
S. Lambie Company
Amarilloans Split On Looming War Fears
A survey of 25 Amarillo residents reveals a near even split on the possibility of war. Some foresee inevitable conflict between England Hitler Russia France and Japan, while others remain optimistic that a way out exists. Radios and street conversations buzzed with names of nations as people debated the crisis.
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England
Hitler
Amarillo
Russia
France
Japan
The
Globe Today
A. Ky Baracat
Ori
H. H. Payne
Detroit
Mich
Plymouth Motor Corp
War talk among local merchants and officials grows
A panel of local business leaders and civic figures discuss the looming threat of war as tensions rise. Opinions vary from confident bluff to imminent conflict, with voices including a bank chair, theater manager, jeweler, ice cream company head, and others weighing England's stance and Hitler's aims.
Britain Steels Self For Momentary War Standoff
Americans were urged to leave England France and Germany as Britain braces for imminent peril of war after Hitler pushed Europe to a crisis point. Poland accuses German forces of frontier violations and Danzig is encircled by a Polish division raising fears of coup. Authorities mobilize as Europe prepares, with Pope Pius XII calling for peace and Britain moving toward emergency powers.
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United Press
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France
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Silesia
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Danzig
Free City
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Rome
Roosevelt
Italy
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Department of State
Washington
Free City of
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Reich
King George
Privy Council
Poland
Gdynia
Russia
Moscow
Warsaw
Fuehrer
League of Nations Committee
Britain
Sweden
League
Josef Beck
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Neville Chamber
Ernest O. Thompson
Turbulent world markets spark war scare rumors
Chicago grain pits volatile as rumors of Europe war scare push prices up then down. Treasury issues and foreign bonds fall, currencies slide. Berlin signs nonaggression pact with USSR, 10 year term. Houston raises war risk cargo insurance to 5 percent, delays possible. Hong Kong urges women and children to evacuate as fortifications rise.
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Hong Kong
U S Ready for Shock
Acting Secretary John W. Hanes stated the treasury machinery is ready to operate for emergencies if Europe erupts into war. He noted ongoing inter-departmental meetings and many crisis sessions, and that the Munich crisis framework remains operable for immediate use.
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U.S
Washington
John W. Hanes
Hanes
Munich
Market Flurre Subside Amid War Scare Rumors
In New York on August 24 speculative markets showed quick calming after war scare selling in stocks while commodity buying persisted. Morning losses in leading shares mostly reversed into gains. wheat futures faded after early advances in Chicago and Winnipeg as bond prices, including U S government issues, stayed pressure.
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New York
U. S
Chicago
Winnipeg
Mrs Roosevelt Leaves for Le Havre on Return Liner
Mrs Sarah Delano Roosevelt, mother of the President, departed Paris today for Le Havre. She travels to New York aboard the liner Washington with her grandson John and his wife, holding round trip return tickets.
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Paris
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
le Havre
New York
Washington
John
Romania tightens frontier defenses amid neutrality pledge
Bucharest reports a buildup on the Hungarian and Bulgarian borders while the government tells Poland it will stay neutral if a conflict over Danzig erupts. Officials discussed international events throughout the day in informal sessions.
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Bucharest
Rumania
U.P
Poland
Danzig
Yasill
German gunboat Weser cancels London visit
London harbor authorities were notified that the German gunboat Weser, slated to arrive today, cancelled the visit. Steam trawlers bound for North Sea fishing grounds have ceased sailing and vessels at sea are being recalled.
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London
U.P
Weser
North Sea
War clause in invitations hints at wartime anxiety
In Washington on August 24, a diplomat introduced a playful war clause in dinner invitations. The note invites guests to "come over Friday for dinner if there is no war by then," reflecting public mood and cautious humor amid looming global tension.
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Washington
Morgenthau Cuts Trip As War Outlook Grows
Henry Morgenthau Jr the United States secretary of the treasury today moved up his return to Washington by a week due to the worsening European outlook He reserved passage on the steamship Bergensfjord sailing from Oslo next Wednesday for the voyage home.
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Oslo
Norway
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States
Jap Army Navy Split On Independent International Policy
Tokyo reports the Japanese army and navy agree on pursuing an independent international military policy. The navy spokesman said they will cooperate with friendly powers as much as possible. The statement followed statements on policy and security.
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Navy
Tokyo
Amarillo Interviewers Weigh War Risk Amid Tense Europe
In Amarillo residents and business figures across professions express varied opinions on the looming European crisis. Statements range from disbelief in immediate war to warnings that conflict is almost inevitable if powers refuse to back down.
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J. A. Gillies
Santa Fe Western Lines
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