Drake, Denver Agent Promoted to Burlington General Agent
W. M. Gray of Dallas will replace Drake as Amarillo traveling agent for the Fort Worth & Denver. Drake, 10 years in Amarillo, will become Burlington Railroad general agent at Abilene on September 1. Other Burlington promotions include R. A. Craig to Dallas general agent and Guy C. Victory to traveling freight and passenger agent in Lubbock.
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FE. A. Drake
Fort Worth & Denver
Burlington Railroad Company
Abilene
Drake
Fort Worth
Amarillo
West
Twentieth Avenue
Dallas
W. M. Gray
Rock Island Line
Burlington
R. A. Craig
Guy C. Victory
Lubbock
A. D. Dodge
Wichita Falls
F. D. Daggett
Denver
E. L. Edmonds
Germany economy seen as peace path by Schacht
Paris Aug 27 authoritative sources say Dr Hjalmar Schacht Nazi finance minister urged aiding Reich economic rehabilitation as the best method to curb German militarism. The Reichsbank president was quoted picturing Germany prosperity as the key to European peace.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
France
Reich
Reichsbank
Germany
Deficit to be reduced to fresh low since New Deal era
Washington reports optimistic federal leaders foresee a deficit drop for 1937 to the lowest since 1933 as revenues rise from income tax collections. Final budget revisions by Acting Budget Director Daniel W. Bell are readied as relief spending soars and AAA taxes vanish.
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Mack Johnson
United Press
Washington
Daniel W. Bell
Congress
AAA
Senate
Treasury
Panhandle Day highlighted at Fort Worth Frontier Centennial
Spanish rebels opened the second day of their attack on Iran as Loyalists claimed mixed gains. The conflict spread across the country with sieges and counter moves near Zaragoza Oviedo and Toledo. Amid the war news U S political figures campaigned in the Midwest urging tax reform and drouth relief as President Roosevelt planned a Salt Lake City funeral trip.
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Amarillo
the Panhandle
Frontier
Fort Worth
Southwest
Panhandle
Plains
Ross D. Rogers
Lisbon
Iran
Madrid
Drid
Estremadura
Oviedo
Toledo
Alcazar
Washington
Roosevelt
George H. Dern
Salt Lake City
Drouth
White House
Hart Tempted to Return to Silver Screen
Hollywood reports William S. Hart, retired western star, being urged to return to film work after fans' letters demanding his comeback. Hart, living quietly at a ranch near the film colony, would headline a new western series if he agrees. Sol Lesser, independent producer, cites renewed demand for Hart in pictures.
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Hollywood
William
Hart
Pictures
Sol Lesser
Legion seeks state action on veterans insurance at Beaufort convention
Hanson Post of the American Legion plans a move at the state Legion convention in Beaumont opening Sunday to seek national legislation affecting about a million World War veterans on government insurance. Major F E A Simpson, chairman of the post legislative committee, is to propose a measure for adoption at the convention.
Firemen perform acrobatics to dodge truck crash
Two firemen escaped serious injury when a speeding truck rammed a city engine at Tenth Avenue and Madison Street. The pair leaped to swing from the rear step as a collision collapsed the step and scattered heavy gear. Both vehicles were damaged. no injuries reported.
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Joe Bosley, Jr
Tenth Avenue
Madison Street
Central Fire Station
City Hall
Hughes Street
T. B. Gibson
L. D
Savage
Bosley
Plane Test by Merrill and Richman
Dick Merrill and Harry Richman launched a non stop test flight in the monoplane Lady Peace from Ployd Bennett Airport at 8 26 A M Eastern Standard Time with about 900 gallons of fuel. Richman planned radio contact along the coast and hoped to start the London bound leg Friday afternoon weather permitting.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Dick Merrill
Harry Richman
Lady Peace
Ployd Bennett Airport
New Foundland
London
Merrill
Richman
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with unsettled periods and scattered showers likely in Rio Grande Valley. West Texas expects similar skies with cooler spells Friday. New Mexico shows unsettled tonight, cooler northwest, Friday generally fair. Amarillo temperatures reach 64 degrees early today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Thieves Loot Amarillo Bus Fares in Overnight Burglary
Burglars entered the Amarillo Bus Company garage through a window and rifled 12 fare boxes. Each box carried from 1 to 15 dollars and the total haul was not yet known as officials and police continued inspecting the scene at 7 AM.
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Amarillo Bus Company
Transportation Company
Grant Street
George Nutzbaum
Nussbaum
Soviet Secret Police Arrest Ex-Army Head Putna
Soviet secret police arrested General Vitoria Putna in Moscow. He was Russia's military attache in Great Britain and formerly second in command of the Red Army in the Far East. Putna was named in the trial of 16 terrorists as an active member of the Trotzky Zinoviev group implicated in Stalin's assassination plot.
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Moscow
Vitoria Putna
Russia
Great Britain
Red Army
Far East
Putna
Trotzky-Zinoviev
Stalin
Pope Pius XI Seems Weak From Worry Over Spanish Crisis
Pope Pius XI is so weakened by concern over the Spanish situation that he can barely rise from his throne after audiences. In San Antonio a masked man robbed a Postal Telegraph office, threatening the manager and a delivery boy with a pistol and escaping with 150 dollars.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Pius XI
San Antonio
John Voss
Robert Meador
Dismissal of Oil Well Spacing Suit Upheld by Court
A three judge federal court in Tyler dismissed J. O. Whittington's suit challenging the constitutionality of the railroad commission oil well spacing regulations. Attorney General William McCraw announced the ruling today in Austin.
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Austin
William McCraw
Tyler
J. O. Whittington
Railroad Commission
British MP Gallacher barred from enterin United States
The United States government refused a temporary visa to William Gallacher a Communist British MP preventing a planned Chicago visit. State department cited entry ban for groups aiming to overthrow governments by force. Civil Liberties Union protested the decision noting Gallacher’s ties to the Communist International headquartered in Moscow.
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Washington
United States
William Gallacher
State Department
American Civil Liberties Union
Department
Gallacher
Canada
Communist International
Moscow
The
Civil Liberties Union
Chicago
London
Peace Talk Plan Denied By Wallace
August reports claimed President Roosevelt favored a world peace conference if reelected. Secretary Wallace stated he was authorized to say there had been no conversations aimed at arranging such a meeting and had not seen the NY reports.
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Roosevelt
Bismarck
N. D
Wallace
New York
Secretary of Agriculture
Eyston’s record speed hints at faster air travel
Captain G E T Eyston’s 480 horsepower car set a record at Bonneville Salt Flats, covering in 48 hours a distance equal to Southampton to Capetown. The feat, while impractical on earth, illustrates potential air travel speeds of 500 miles per hour or more once safety improvements are added to planes.
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G. E. T. Eyston
Bonneville Salt Flats
Captain Eyston
Southampton
England
Capetown
Africa
New York
London
Alaska
Cape Horn
FDR Policies Debated by ABA Lawyers in Boston
Members of the American Bar Association split over a report on Roosevelt administration rights. Four majority members say the administration shows no obligation to protect constitutional rights. Three minority members urge discharging the committee as unhelpful beyond Supreme Court guidance.
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Boston
American Bar Association
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
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