Map of Europe Shows How the War Would Be Fought
Washington experts map a hypothetical German Russian and Allied clash with Germany driving from the Polish corridor toward Warsaw and the Ukraine. The plan envisions French and British aid, Italian involvement, naval blockades, and air campaigns targeting rail lines and ports to protect Poland and strike key enemy targets.
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Europe
Washington
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Poland
Italy
England
France
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Slovakia
Warsaw
Ukraine
Mussolini
Turin
Britain
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India
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Skaggerrak
Henderson Flies With Britain's Reply to Berlin
British ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson flew to Berlin to deliver Britain's reply to Hitler on Poland and the German crisis. The message urged direct talks and offered Britain as mediator if needed, while signaling an adverse stance. World powers prepared for possible war as Mussolini offered limited mediation and Europe moved toward confrontation.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Europe
Nevile Henderson
Germany
London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Great Brittain
Poland
Independent Panhandle oil men seek mid continent price alignment
A large group of Panhandle independents appealed to major purchasers to adopt a straight mid continent price basis for the district. They noted the district faces a 19 cent per barrel shortfall versus mid continent producers and urged state field allocations to consider oil and gas allowables. The meeting approved a 15 day extension to resolve the price dispute and improve relations between independents and major companies.
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Panhandle
Mid-Continent
Oil Shutdown Tightens Gasoline Supplies in Mid-Continent
Austin reports indicate reduced gasoline and crude oil stocks due to a 15 day oil shutdown across six Mid-Continent states Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Kansas New Mexico. Texas railroad commissioners were briefed as reps from major oil firms failed to agree on extending the shutdown beyond Tuesday, with other states' orders expiring soon. The oil states compact commission held an executive session to discuss the halt.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Railroad
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas
New Mexico
Oil States Compact Commission
Submarine Squalus Brought to Surface
The submarine Squalus and its air buoyed hull were raised in three lifts from 40 fathoms, after being sunk 97 days earlier with 26 dead. Salvage ship Falcon used air to lift the 95 foot hull and two pontoons, bringing the sub to the surface about an hour after salvage operations began.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U.P
Falcon
Teachers colleges meet at West Texas State College
Presidents of seven Texas state teachers colleges and regents hold a three year first meeting at West Texas State College Canyon. Reports cover the year’s activities and a decade plan while a luncheon and host picnic accompany the session. The group toured campus facilities and historical society museum as part of the visit.
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Texas State Teachers Colleges
Board of Regents
Teachers Colleges
West Texas State College
Canyon
Cousins Hall
J. A. Hill
Amarillo
Buffalo Lake
John FE. Hill
Amarillo Country Club
Hill
West Texas
Board of
Regents
A. H. Eubanks
McKinney
A. W. Collins
Irvingston
J. K. Baretta
San Antonio
J. G. Ulmer
Tyler
Collins
S. P. Cunningham
Huntsville
Panhandle- Plains
War scare is all big bluff declares Ford
Henry Ford, who once sent a peace ship to Europe, called current war threats a big bluff in a Wayside Inn interview. He praised Neville Chamberlain but blamed war profiteers and munitions makers, urging bombing of munitions factories if conflict erupts.
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Sudbury
Mass
U.P
Henry Ford
Europe
Thomas Edison
Wayside Inn
Ford
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Britain Publishes Sweeping Defense Regulations
Britain issued broad defense rules covering many sectors. The admiralty controls merchant shipping and warns British merchants to avoid the Mediterranean and Baltic seas. The transport minister may run railways, land can be seized for war food, military areas closed, cameras restricted, codes and mails restricted, and public utilities placed under new rules.
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London
Great Britain
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Baltic
Minister of Transport
Wallace Beery Lands Plane in Kansas City
In Kansas City on August 28 the film star Wallace Beery landed his airplane and told friends he must put Carol Ann to bed. Moments later the 8 year old replied by phone that he is asleep? He was a little fired. Insurance See Neely Greyhill Agcy.
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Kansas City
Wallace Beery
Carol Ann
Beery
This Little Cow Went to Market Ad Teases a Sale
A short ad features a 3 gallon Jersey cow for sale at 1312 FE 13th with the line This little cow did go to market in a big way. The ad drew a buyer by the second day, costing the advertiser sixty cents. Globe-News Want Ad reaches over 33,000 homes daily.
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Jersey
Globe-News
Globe News
Kansas Governor Won't Move Thanksgiving Date
Topeka Kansas August 28 Payne Ratner Kansas Republican governor refused to shift Thanksgiving ahead one week following President Roosevelts lead. He said in Kansas traditions are not destroyed just for newspaper headlines.
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Topeka
Kar
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Roosevelt
Ratner
O'Daniel appoints El Paso man district judge
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel named David F. Mulcahy of El Paso to serve as judge of the 41st Judicial District effective immediately to fill the vacancy from the resignation of P. Ir. Price. The announcement was made in Austin on August 28.
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O'Daniel
el Paso
War of Fear Fights Fronts Across Europe Fronts Show Tense War Readiness Across Poland France and Germany
As war looms in Europe, AP and UP reporters detail German observation balloons near the Polish frontier while Warsaw endures a fragile peace. Civilians flee, trains halt, and front lines tighten as police and troops brace for action. Gasoline is rationed, and Berlin faces a food store rush amid tightening controls. Paris sees mass exodus and government censorship tightens press.
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Warsaw
East Prussia
Italy
Rome
London
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Britain
Paris
Hitler
France
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Istanbul
Turkey
Tokyo
United States
Spain
Frince
Wsec
Associated Press
United Press
Breslau
German Silesia
Riesengeberge
Berlin
Silesia
Red Cross
Calais
Czechoslovakia
Briefs On War In Europe
In London a panic erupts when a man throws a case with black rubber balls labeled Peace Conference Now at a crowd. Ottawa says Canada now controls shipping and runs a naval service. Berlin denies claims of a plot to kill Hitler. London reports a woman suicides after crisis news. New York markets wobble with dollar losses. sterling around 4.29. Houston brokers push for war contracts. The Normandie reaches New York harbor under war conditions, lights out and secrecy maintained as it passes the German liner New York.
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London
U.P
Downing Street
Berlin
Propaganda Ministry
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Kroll Opera House
New York
Wall Street
Atlantic
Netherlands Move to Triple Army and Navy Strength
The Netherlands announces plans to swell its armed forces to three times current strength. By tomorrow the Netherlands expects about 1.2 million personnel, with 400,000 men in the army and additional sailors to man ships as the first line of warships remains ready.
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AMS
Ica
Tootow
Netherlands
Nho
Weather forecast Amarillo and West Texas outlook
The forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair and continued warm conditions tonight and Tuesday. West Texas will be partly cloudy and warm through tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies to night and Tuesday with isolated thunderstorms NW. Temperatures: high around 96, noon reading 94.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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