Razing of Old Bivins Building Marks Landmark Loss
Amarillo tenants relocate as one of the city’s oldest business district landmarks is set to be demolished. Reports say land seizure pressures hit Mexican cattle holdings valued at 824,000 dollars as Secretary Hull urges Mexico to halt expropriation.
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Bivins
Amarillo
Chihuahua
Cordell] Hull
Mexico
Renew Shoe
Polk Street
East Fifth Avenue
Nunn
Sears Map and Blue Print Company
Lee Bivins
Amarillo Building
William Randolph Hearst
Chihuahua City
Hearst
Babicora
United States
Hull
Washington
Old Southwest Days Considering Annual Western Fete
Amarillo executive committee recommends making the Will Rogers Memorial celebration an annual event next year around mid July with an amateur rodeo and cowboys reunion. They report 26 600 admissions at the recent Will Rogers pageant and seek cooperation from the Will Rogers family movie stars and local chambers of commerce to boost support.
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Amarillo
Carl Hinton
U.S. 66
Will Rogers
Chamber of Commerce
U S protests Japanese air raid on Chinese liner
The United States delivered an emphatic protest to Japan over a Japanese warplane attack on a Chinese commercial airliner, killing 14. American citizen Hugh J. Wood of Winfield Kansas survived, while anti-aircraft fire damaged the Canton consulate area and Pan American Airways interests were affected amid ongoing combat near Poeyang Lake.
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Associated Press
United States
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Canton
China
Shameen
Wongsha Station
Poeyang Lake
Will Rogers Highway Group Donates $250 to Preventorium
The Will Rogers Highway Association authorized a $250 check to the Preventorium today. The donation comes from Amarillo business and professional men after a three day colorful celebration. Wade Brymer served as general chairman and the executive committee met at noon.
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Will Rogers Highway Association
Wuncer
Amarillo
Will Rogers
Wade Brymer
Horace Mayfield Claimed by Death
Dr. Horace M. Mayfield 31 son of former U S Senator Earle B Mayfield died last night fifteen minutes after a sting from an insect. A Dallas pathologist was testing to determine the cause. the insect type was unspecified. He was twin brother of Farle Mayfield Jr national committee man for the Young Democrats and a UT Galveston medical graduate who studied in Vienna.
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Tyler
Horace M. Mayfield
U. S
Earle B. Mayfield
Dallas
Mayfield
Farle Mayfield
The
Young Democrats
University of Texas
Galveston
Vienna
Canadian Steamer Coaster Sunk Off Point No Point
North Coast sank the Canadian steamer Coaster in Puget Sound near Point No Point early today. Captain A Barkland and eight crew members were rescued and returned to Seattle by the North Coast, which had been bound for Southeastern Alaska. A lifebuoy and lifeboat from the Coaster were recovered by the Ballard-Ludlow ferry.
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Seattle
Howard J. Payne
Ballard- Ludlow Ferry
North Coast
Point No Point
Puget Sound
A. Barkland
Alaska
Ballard-Lindlow Ferry
Cranium Crackers puzzle teaser on word blocks
A playful puzzle asks readers to select word blocks from sentences to form true statements. It lists items including names like Victor Emmanuel, historical figures, and possible era dates, inviting solutions on the editorial page.
Amarillo Cure for His Hay Fever
Kansas City businessman Pete Rosen told Amarillo Chamber of Commerce hay fever sufferers that Amarillo provides relief. He researched 22 states for a cure and stayed in Amarillo from August 9 to frost, praising its air and noting ragweed ends here about August 15.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Pete Rosen
Kansas City
Tye
Mr. Rosen
Minnesota
Rosen
Pierce Street
Texas
el Paso
Dies at Loss to Understand CIO Silence on Communists
Chairman Martin Dies of the House committee on un American activities said he was at a loss to understand why CIO officials have not investigated charges that the CIO has numerous Communists on its payroll as organizers.
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Washington
U.P
Martin Dies
Texas
House Committee On un-American Activities
CIO
Globe-News Quizzer Quizzed by Curious Safevepost Men
A Globe-News writer recounts a humorous encounter with Ivan Dmitri and Richard Thruelsen in Amarillo. The visitors conducted mock questions on local topics such as the Helium Plant, Panhandle agriculture, and Wheat production, while planning a trip to San Antonio.
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Globe-News
Safevepost
Paul ‘Timmons
Ivan Dmitri
Saturday Evening Post
Richard Thruelsen
Amarillo
Dmitri
U. S. Will Rogers Highway 66
Panhandle
Panhand
Levon West
Mr. Thruelsen
Braniff
Palo Dure Canyon
San Antonio
Rocky Mountain
Mr Thruelsen
Texas
O'Daniel
Braniff Aire Liner
Herring Hotel
Labor Day Parade Plans Headline Amarillo Texas
Labor in Amarillo prepares for the big parade with a workers’ event details set for Labor Day Monday Sept 5 at 2 pm in the county auditor's office. Parade positions drawn at 2 30 pm floats featured Bowen lines to enter buses and reports urged for unsold tickets.
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Labor
Amarillo
Second
Taylor
Polk Street
Tenth Avenue
Point of Assembly
Rogers
Bowen Lines
Hospital additions to start sept 20
Northwest Texas Hospital will begin expansion work by September 20 with a $300,000 program to be completed in 14 months. A government grant of $112,900 plus a proposed $22,000 extra may raise the federal share to about 135,000 or 45 percent of the total. County officials secured bids for nurses home excavation and seek bond financing of $165,000.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
J. Newt Riggs
John Winters
Lon Sellars
Guy Carlander
Fort Worth
WPA
Corrigan Lands in Galveston to Welcome Ceremony
Douglas Corrigan the so called wrong way Trans Atlantic flyer landed at Galveston Municipal Airport at 11 35 a m. A large crowd greeted the smiling pilot and a ceremony followed dedicating the airport as the Douglas Corrigan Airport.
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Galveston
Douglas Corrigan
Trishman
Weather Prospects Questioned as Colman Responds
A reporter asked Mr. Collman about changes in today or tomorrow's weather. he replied there are no prospects for alterations.
Allred to Take Week Vacation Along Texas Gulf Coast
Governor James V. Allred announced a one week vacation starting next week with his family and will travel somewhere along the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Texas Gulf Coast
WPA Rolls Its Highest Peak In Three-Year Span
The Works Progress Administration reports 3,038,908 on relief rolls last week, with the average worker supporting three dependents. Hopkins says WPA spending exceeds 50 million dollars weekly and now supports nearly one tenth of the population. The agency notes fewer unemployment declines since the February 1936 peak, despite more people jobless now.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Harry JL. Hopkins
Hopkins
WPA
No Foolin He is Hot Up About This Incident
Bud Hamilton suffered burns and embarrassment at a 1940s Philadelphia game after a box of matches lit in his hip pocket. He dashed to the stairs pantless, flames spreading to his shirt tail until a concessionaire soaked him with orange juice.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Bud Hamilton
Hamilton
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Shibe Park
Burglars Lift Cigaret Machine at Brown Derby
Police reported juveniles admitted theft of a cigaret machine from the Brown Derby refreshment venue on Fast Tenth Avenue. They also confessed to unreported house prowling and to stealing a paperhanger's tools, as disclosed by Mack Holleman last night.
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Amarillo
Tenth Avenue
Mack Holleman
Thompson for Job at Tech Thompson for Job at Tech
Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson of Amarillo emerged as a leading possible successor to Dr. Bradford Knapp as president of Texas Technological College in Lubbock. Regents noted strong West Texan support and that a final decision would likely be delayed for months.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Bradford Knapp
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Board of Regents
Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Child Is Injured In Plains Crash Near Clarendon
Four year old Jo Ann Ritter suffered critical head cuts when two cars collided head on four miles south of Clarendon. Eleven others were hurt, including the driver W S Miller of Pampa and his family.
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Clarendon
Jo Ann Ritter
Joe Ritter
W. S. Miller
Pampa
Globe-News Election Party Set for Saturday Night
The Globe-News will host its annual election party Saturday starting at 7 o clock to announce local and state race results. Polls close and broadcasting from the Globe-News office will occur with Texas Election Bureau data and loudspeaker setups by Amarillo Electric Company.
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Beaumont
O'Daniel
Jesus Christ
James Stephen Hogg
Texas
O’daniel
Woodul
Terrell
McDonald
Giles
Brooks
Stevenson
Globe-News
Amarillo
Amarillo Electric Company
Globe News
Globe- News
Sixth
Fillmore
Sixth Avenue
Taylor
Texas Election Bureau
Amarillo Two Day Forecast Shows Fair Skies And Mild Temps
Weather forecasts for Amarillo predict fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a high near 88 and a low around 47. West Texas and New Mexico areas vary from fair to partly cloudy with unsettled west portions and little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Germany Threatens Intervention in Czech Affairs Over Minority Crisis
Prague reports say Germany warned European powers of action to back Sudeten German autonomy if Czech minority talks stall. Berlin claims no attack on Czechoslovakia would be seen by major powers. Hungary minority leaders in Czechoslovakia align with Sudeten claim.
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Reynolds Packard
Prague
U.P
Prager Abend Zeitung
Germany
Berlin
Abend Zeitung
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Sudetens
Moscow
Siberia
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Jerry) Sadler
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