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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
6
Markets show mixed results with declines in some rails and utilities while others rise. Fenner Beane furnishes stock averages and indexes based on New York Stock Exchange listings including Amarillo Building.
Weather data notes that only Wyoming and South Dakota lack laws licensing either chauffeurs or private opera vehicles, highlighting a sparse regulatory landscape for such transportation services in these two states.
In a special session the Amarillo city commission asked the Civil Aeronautics Authority to consider an airline application between Amarillo and Atlanta. They urged issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The panel also awarded Forrester Machinery Company a road maintainer contract worth 5755 dollars.
Prime Minister Chamberlain outlined a somber speech noting Britain’s belief that Poland and Germany could settle their quarrel through negotiations without war. Nazi officials received a summarized version and awaited a full translation before commenting.
Chamberlain spoke to a crowded House reporting the Soviet German pact came as a surprise and that negotiations for a British French Russian pact were under way. He urged emergency powers to govern like a dictatorship to protect national safety, listing railways food and air defense as key controls. He praised Poland for calm while Germany readied for war.
The Ashai reports Germany urged Japan to join the nonaggression pact with Russia but Tokyo rejected the idea as not worth discussion. Germany accused of deserting Japan and declared the anti Comintern pact killed by the agreement.
Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop declared Hitler will master the present European crisis as he has previous ones. Speaking in Koenigsberg before continuing to Berlin, he affirmed East Prussia’s loyalty to the Fuehrer and belief in an invincible Germany. The British press departed Berlin as the day closed.
Democratic powers France Britain and Poland would hold a slight head start in manpower and training at war’s outset, with 7,000,000 mobilized and 50,300,000 on standby. Germany Italy hold a larger trained force, while Turkey Greece Romania and others could field millions more. Berlin reports Koenigsberg to visit Danzig as tensions rise.
Border observers report long lines of German military trucks near Eupen, with fortifications along the Belgian border occupied by night. Artillery is being moved into position while official sources express disappointment over no major power replying to King Leopold's peace appeal on behalf of seven small nations.
Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy urged all American tourists in England Scotland and Wales to sail for home at once. Officials estimate 3000 to 4000 Americans remain and Kennedy warned that within a day or two there may be no sailings to New York and staying could bring inconvenience or danger.
London reports Great Britain has begun mobilizing a fleet of liners and cruise ships for wartime needs. The move aims to reinforce transportation capacity as the nation readies mobilization efforts during the crisis.
The U S embassy advised citizens to arrange departure from France after the French government called up the fifth class reservists. The crisis intensified as the embassy, having previously privately suggested returning home, issued a formal notice urging Americans without compelling reasons to depart.
British and French military missions depart Moscow after defeat as reported in the era's war coverage.
Reliable reports say Moscow plans to leave tomorrow and end negotiations with Soviet Russia for a three power mutual assistance pact after Joach im von Ribbentrop arrived to brief Hitler. Swastika and red banners adorned Moscow airfield marking a historic Nazi display. British and French missions secured passports and visas to return to Paris and London. The German embassy denied German wage to leave Britain. A Lisbon dispatch claimed Franco viewed the Russo German pact as nullifying the anti communist accord, allowing Spain free foreign policy choice.
The 33rd annual international peace congress in Zurich urged President Roosevelt to intervene at once to secure a truce in the European crisis and pave the way for an international conference.
The French liner Ile de France sailed for Europe today with 257 passengers after 178 persons mostly Americans canceled passage.
Paris reports Premier Daladier intends a national union government uniting all factions as five classes of reservists massed under partial mobilization. After a two hour cabinet meeting with President Lebrun, officials said he plans a nation wide appeal for unity to follow.
France forms a cabinet backed by nearly all parties as Communists’ inclusion remains undecided. About 150000 reservists join the two million already under arms while emergency troops rush to German and Italian frontiers. Paris faces transport disruption as buses and subways are diverted, lines congested, and civilian long-distance service curtailed to coordinate mobilization and grain gathering orders.
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