Soviet Delays Ratification of Nazi Pact
British and Soviet reports detail Moscow’s postponement of ratifying the non aggression pact with Germany, signaling a possible vote against ratification if Poland is attacked. Hitler’s reply to Britain’s final answer stressed readiness but hinted at continued negotiations, while Chamberlain urged unity and readiness of the British fleet.
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London
Soviet Union
Germany
Poland
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Viaceslav Molotov
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Nevile Henderson
Henderson
Reichs Chancellery
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Warsaw
House of Commons
Europe
Europeans See War Imminent Says Wrestler Dory Detton
Wrestler Dory Detton and wife Sally visited England France South Africa Palestine Scotland Ireland and Sweden and returned with a view that most people expect war sooner or later England appears volatile while France shows cautious calm Swedes neutral Greece Switzerland Denmark Belgium show little desire for war Detton notes air raid drills in London hunger for meals in England and a gloom over the European mood He says the United States stands apart and would rather be poor than risk conflict.
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Jerry Malin
England
France
Dory Detton
Amarillo
Sally
South Africa
Palestine
Scotland
Ireland
Sweden
Detton
United States
Johannesburg
Africa
Dory
London
Hyde Park
Paris
Germany
Haifa
Greece
Switzerland
Denmark
Belgium
Munich
New York
Confesses Club Killing on City College Campus
DeWitt Clinton Cook, 20 year old typesetter, confessed February on the City College campus to beating Anya Sosyeva dancer at the auditorium and attacking Delia Bogard dancer and Myrtle Wagner housemaid. He carried a 18 inch 2x4 and wore gloves. His wife and mother were arrested on suspicion of grand theft.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Homer Cross
DeWitt Clinton Cook
City College
Anya Sosyeva
Cross
Cook
W. F. Warnock
Delia Bogard
Myrtle Wagner
Wagner
Order Guard on Fritz Kuhn
The Dies committee asked New York police and customs to take extraordinary precautions to stop Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund from leaving the United States.
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Washington
U.P
Dies
New York
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Gallup Poll Finds Two-Thirds Oppose Roosevelt Third Term
Gallup reports two thirds oppose a third term for President Roosevelt. Look Magazine survey shows most Americans doubt he will run in 1940 yet many would support him regardless of rival, with Roosevelt trailing Dewey and tied with Taft in various matchups.
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Gallup
New York
U.P
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Roosevelt
Look Magazine
Thomas F. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
City to Open Bids for 185 Foot Police Radio Tower
Bids for constructing an 185 foot police radio tower at Fourth Avenue and Madison Street will be opened tonight by the city commission. The session also includes paying petitions and routine matters, with the meeting set to begin at 8 o'clock. Gandhi in Calcutta urged Hitler to accept Roosevelt’s peace appeal and arbitration for Poland, proposing Hitler have a disputant voice.
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Fourth Avenue
Madison Street
City Commission
Calcutta
U.R
Mahatma Gandhi
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Poland
Hitler
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast shows fair tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday. West Texas and New Mexico stay partly cloudy with little temperature change. Noon temperature 93, 24 hour extremes 65 and 96.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Construction Costs Near Two Million
Two building permits issued early this morning push Amarillo construction costs toward the $2,000,000 goal, now $67,153 short. City inspector Wallace Hazelwood cited planned homes likely to push the total over the milestone. First permit went to James Noland for a $4,500 five room brick at 2503 Taylor Street. second went to Hugo Loewenstern for a $3,500 five room frame at 3709 Tyler Street.
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Amarillo
Wallace Hazelwood
James Noland
Taylor Street
Hugo Loewenstern
Tyler Street
Senator Clark criticizes Panama defense readiness
Senator Clark of Idaho denounced the Canal Zone defense as lacking modern equipment on August 29. He cited WWI era anti air craft range finders and prewar coast defense guns, noting new guns arrived but ammunition delivery delayed by red tape until October as U S troops head to Panama.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Clark
Idaho
Canal Zone
Canal
German ships ordered to Black Sea ports
The Exchange Telegraph reported from Istanbul that all German ships in the vicinity have been ordered to Black Sea ports.
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London
U.P
Exchange Telegraph
Istanbul
Turkey
Black Sea
Russell Gifford Leaves Amarillo Police for Seminary
Amarillo police sergeant Russell Rusty Gifford resigns effective Sept 1 to study theology at a Fort Worth seminary. Patrolman C C Mutt Cutler will be promoted to night desk sergeant. Gifford joined the force Dec 9 1931 and has nine years as a postal worker prior. Cutler has lived in Amarillo over 20 years and recently swapped duties to assume new assignment.
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Russell
Rusty” Gifford
Amarillo
Fort Worth
C. C. “Mutt” Cutler
Gifford
Cutler
Bowery
Man With Maps Is Jailed After Suspicious Behavior
A 30 year old man was jailed in Plainview after police said he acted suspiciously. He had in his possession maps of several buildings and a list of names of federal and state officers and prison and FBI personnel. Fingerprints were sent to the state public safety department.
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Plainview
FBI
State Public Safety Department
Hitler imposes strict one meal plan on staff
In Berlin on August 29 Adolf Hitler ordered a strict one course meal for himself and the Wilhelmstrasse chancellery staff. Close aides said the Fuehrer instructed his cook to remove soup and dessert from the menu for the time being.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Fuehrer
Steamship Man Says Evacuation Facilities Ample
A U S Maritime Commission spokesman in Washington announced that current steamship services between Europe and the United States are ample to handle the evacuation of Americans. The statement was issued August 29 in the official war-era briefing.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Maritime Commission
Europe
United States
News Tip Prize Winners Named By Globe News
Quick phone tips earned prizes in Amarillo Globe-News contests. Mrs. S. E. Cox won $5 for reporting a baby killed by a truck, Henry Kollner received $3 for tipping dynamite found under a social center, and Mrs. F. E. Coan won $2 for reporting a shooting. Several others submitted tips.
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S. E. Cox
North Fillmore
Henry Kollner
Lincoln
Sixteenth
Buchanan
F. E. Coan
Fillmore
Globe- News
The
Globe-News
Amarillo
H.T. Bray
Johnson
Claude Jones
John P. Mathis
Buddy Meyer
Bowie
Eva Bell Warren
North Arthur
Harry Ingman
Polk
Mannie Rubin
Hughes
Edgar Patching
Happy
Tex
Edgar Sharp
Tyler
Gene. McGlasson
Washington
Charleen McCarter
West Sixth
J. L. Dysart
Canyon Road
Olan Craig
North Garfield
Dolly Jean Sheedy
Louisiana
Alvin Carder
Monroe
Elmo Baker
North Jackson
Paul Johnston
North
Alabama
Lee Morgan
North Taylor
S H. Medearis
Harold Gallarneau
Lipscomb
R. N. Wilson
Melrose Apartments
Goldie Quayle
West Ninth
Returns Purse and $600 To Maharajah of Indore
Neil Shuler found a purse with $600 in the Santa Ana business district. Inquiries led to the Maharajah of Indore, Holkar, at his fortress like home nearby. The maharajah thanked Shuler for his honesty and courtesy.
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Maharajah of
Indore
Santa Ana
Cal
Neil Shuler
O. R. Holkar
Shuler
Holkar
Humble Restores Oil Prices After State Meetings
Humble Oil and Refining Company in Houston restored its crude oil price postings to the previous levels, after an 18.5 cent per barrel rise matched the Aug 11 cut. The firm, Texas largest crude buyer, normally pumps 135000 barrels daily and buys 251000 in Texas and New Mexico. The price adjustments followed Texas Railroad Commission and Interstate Compact Commission talks in Austin amid field shut downs in six Midwest states.
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Houston
U.P
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Texas
Humble
Sinclair Prairie Oil Company
Mid-Continent
Cride
New Mexico
Midwest
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Interstate Compact Commission
Texas Regulatory Body
Liner Bremen Searched Delays Departure For War Materials
Customs agents scoured the luxury liner Bremen in New York harbor delaying its sailing to determine if it carried implements of war. Immigrant passengers at Ellis Island were kept separate from the inspection. Coast guard and police guarded the pier as Cunard’s Aquitania arrived with Americans fleeing war zones.
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New York
U.P
Bremen
Berlin
Ellis Islands
Gregory O'Keefe
Lloyd Line
Cunard
O'Keefe
Venire Called for Trial of Compton
A special venire of 150 men was called for the trial of Thomas Lee Compton on indictment for criminal assault of a 13 year old Amarlillo girl and three lesser counts. The trial is set for September 11 with Will Nix declining to enter a plea and the court noting a not guilty plea. Twenty nine criminal cases were set for trial this term. The grand jury continued its work as the court recesses Monday for Labor Day.
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Thomas Lee
Jack) Compton
Amarillo
Compton
Will Nix
Grand Jury
Amarillo Boat Drivers Enter National Races at Eagle Mountain
Three Amarillo motor boat drivers Don Allred Harvey Wilson and Roy McGee will compete in the National Motor Boat Races at Eagle Mountain Lake near Fort Worth September 16 to 18 entering Class A B and C events. Perry Vermillion Plains Boat Club director notes boats designed for Panhandle altitude will have an advantage at lower altitude and aims to win prizes.
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Amarillo
Eagle Mountain Lake
Fort Worth
Perry “Peck” Vermillion
The
Plains Boat Club
Don Allred
Harvey Wilson
Roy McGee
Eagle Mountain
Panhandle
Mr. Vermillion
U S Tourists Stranded as Sailings Canceled in Scotland
More than 600 American tourists stranded in Glasgow by canceled transatlantic sailings. Consul-General Leslie A. Davis leads evacuation efforts, using small freighters limited to about 30 passengers. Some travelers, short on cash, plan extended holidays as they tour Ayrshire with pockets of optimism.
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Glasgow
Scotland
United States
Leslie A. Davis
Seven Girls Inflate Tires. Cop Ends Fun in Balboa
Seven girls in Balboa California were found letting air out of a parked auto tire. Policeman Ralph Waterloo intervened with an old fashioned hand pump and let them take turns inflating the tires. The girls promised never again.
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Balboa
Calif
Ralph Waterloo
Naval fleet readied for coast patrol duties
Naval officials radioed the Lunenburg fishing fleet to stand by for duty call. In wartime the fleet would support coast patrol and mine laying among similar tasks.
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Halifax
N. S&s
Lunenberg
Shaw suggests giving Germans a good show if war comes
George Bernard Shaw said he would travel to the East Coast to amuse German warships if war occurs, recounting a World War shell splashing a soup scene in Scarborough. He argued Stalin’s influence restrains peace and mocked Britain for blackguarding Russia, while noting the Stalin Berlin pact.
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London
U.P
George Bernard Shaw
Scarborough
Shaw
Hitler
Stalin
Britain
Berlin
Russia
St. Paul's Ac
Judas
Christ
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