TWA Seeks Renewal of Historic Los Angeles to San Francisco Route
TWA officials announced plans to file for a certificate to reinstate the original 1827 model air route between Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of a new transcontinental system. The move recalls the line first flown by Western Air Express and Maddux Airlines, costing about 1 million dollars in its early era and marking the birth of the modern airline network.
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United States
San Francisco
TWA
Jack Frye
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
Western Air Express
Maddux Airlines
Los Angeles
San Diego
Seattle
United Air Lines
Chiang Kai-Shek vows to persevere in China fight
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek declared in Chungking that China would continue to fight Japan despite changes in Europe and the broader international situation. He said China would maintain its resistance and cope with world developments in line with established policy.
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Chungking
China
Chiang Kai-Sheck
Europe
eChina
Rationing Enforces Scarcity as Berlin Buys Little
Berlin applies wartime controls as money fails to secure staples. A hundred dollar bill or 1000 marks buys almost nothing without official ration tickets. Shaving soap, handkerchiefs, dresses, and shoes require limits and stamps, with five months between ticket reissues. Merchants face delayed deliveries and shortages as residents accept the new rules with quiet grumbling.
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Berlin
Reich
Father Accused of Hiring Killer in Daughter’s Murder
Camden prosecutor alleges Rev Walter Dworecki arranged for Wanda Dworecki to be murdered by Peter Shewchuk for insurance proceeds. Wanda, 18, was found beaten and strangled near a south Camden area on August 8. Shewchuk, who surrendered in Chester, Pa., and Dworecki are charged with murder.
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Camden
N. J
Walter Dworecki
Iron Mike
Samuel P. Orlando
Wanda
Peter Shewchuk
Dworecki
Peter
Shewchuk
Lover's Lane
Chester
Orlando
Shevchuk
Farm Experts on Tour Find Astounding Things on Plains
A delegation of farm experts led by Undersecretary M L Wilson visited the Southern Great Plains gathering insights into archaeology and agriculture. They toured Amarillo Canyon Plainview Swisher Hale and Clovis with museum praise and plans to end in Flagstaff for a conference.
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Uncle Sam
Great Plains
M. L. Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Amarillo
Mr. Wilson
Earl H. Bell
University of Nebraska
Floyd Studer
Wilson
Dr. Bell
Canyon
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Canada
Norway
United States
G. E. Condron
Swisher
Hale
Plainview
Lamb
Clovis
N. M
Edwin R. Henson
Southern Great Plains
L. H
Federal Farm Program
Amarillo Trucks Sighted in New Hampshire Inquiry
A Los Angeles man recalls a 1936 journey through Portsmouth and other New England mill towns where a fleet of cotton loaded trucks passed through. Each cab door bore a sign claiming Amarillo origin and he seeks the name of the fleet owner from that era.
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California
Amarillo
Personality Sketch Series To Be Offered
The Globe News will publish biographical sketches of Panhandle personalities drawn by Aleck Sakowitz. Each feature centers a large original portrait with smaller side vignettes of life, hobbies, and ambitions. Prominent Amarillo and Panhandle figures will be highlighted for their economic and social impact. The subject may purchase the large portrait. the biography and reproduction appear free in the newspaper.
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Panhandle
Globe News
Aleck Sakowitz
Amarillo
The
Sakowitz
Globe-News
Preventorium Receives Flag From Amarillo Elks Lodge
The Amarillo Tuberculosis Preventorium now has a new American flag, a gift from the Amarillo Elks Lodge. Mark Perry, secretary of the lodge, presented the flag this afternoon as part of the Grand Lodge of the Elks Americanism program.
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Amarillo
James Harvey Thompson Dies in Local Hospital
Infant son of Mr and Mrs T J Thompson of 821 Alabama dies at 11 30 this morning in a local hospital. Survived by the parents and one sister Carol Thompson. Funeral arrangements entrusted to N S Griggs and Sons pending completion.
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James Harvey Thompson
T. J. Thompson
Alabama
Carol Thompson
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Melba Cavender Injured by Car in City Intersection
Three year old Melba Jo Cavender of 508 Van Buren Street was struck by a motor vehicle at Sixth Avenue and Polk Street. She received emergency treatment at Northwest Texas Hospital and was later sent home.
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Melba Jo Cavender
van Buren Street
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mountainair artist exhibits Garden of Oz in Santa Fe offices
Clem Shaffer, Mountainair hotel man, displays his Garden of Oz carvings in Santa Fe general office building windows for two weeks per M C Burton. The display includes the 20 foot Tin Man of Oz and numerous figures from flying monkeys to mastodons, attracting over 10,000 visitors to Shaffer's gardens last year.
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Clem Shaffer
Mountainair
N. M
Shaffer
Santa Fe
Regular Army Troops to See Amarillo Visitors
Militia soldiers of the Twentieth Infantry will march into Amarillo on Labor Day afternoon en route to Fort Francis Warren after maneuvers at Camp Bullis. The regiment will stay one night and troops pitch camp infield of the old racetrack, with the public invited to watch from the grandstand.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Uncle Sam
Milton Cox
S. F. Paine
Twentieth Infantry
Fort Francis Warren
Camp Bullis
Mr. Cox
Britain Prepares for War as Football Faces Disruption
Aug 29 AP Britain braces for possible war affecting sport and daily life. Liverpool FC will field nine professionals in the Middlesbrough match after 20 professionals are called up as territorial army reservists. Authorities halt road works to free lanes for traffic. Studios may shut if war comes, and cinema policy shifts to daylight shows in protected venues. Gas tanks across towns are camouflaged to mislead bombing observers, and air surveillance blanks out town names in ads. The liner Strathmore is recalled from Africa, bringing 900 passengers ashore.
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London
Liverpool Association
Middlesborough
Territorial Army
John Anderson
Wardour Street
Strathmore
Britain
Africa
Lee Williams Dies at Home in Las Vegas New Mexico
Lee R Williams a former Amarillo resident and speed boat racing pioneer died yesterday at his Las Vegas New Mexico home after a brief illness He founded Williams Sign Company later Panhandle Outdoor Advertising Co He sold the business in 1927 and moved to Las Vegas Survivors include his father a sister and a sister in law Funeral services will be held in Las Vegas tomorrow at 2 30 p m
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Lee R. Williams
Williams Sign Company
The
Panhandle Outdoor Advertising Company
Ross Rogers
Las Vegas
George T. Williams
Amarillo
Ray Wiseman
R. P. Parcells
Boy suffers punctured lung after roof fall accident
Dickie Carr seven fell through barn roof when a board snapped and he landed on a nail piercing a lung. He developed traumatic pneumonia and remains in serious condition at Northwest Texas Hospital, reports say. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Carr of 1508 Johnson Street.
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Dickie Carr
Northwest Texas Hospital
William H. Carr
Johnson Street
Overheated Stove Causes Apartment Fire Above Music Store
An overheated stove ignited a wall causing slight damage to an apartment above Myers Music Mart at 1322 Tyler Street. Firefighters received the alarm at 12 45 PM.
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Myers Music Mart
Tyler Street
Oil Fields To Open Friday Under New Proration Order
Texas oil fields shut since August 15 will reopen Friday under a statewide proration order announced by Railroad Commission Chairman Lon A. Smith and Commissioner Jerry Sadler. The commission extended the shutdown deadline to 7 A M Friday September 1. East Texas production runs about 380000 barrels daily with total Texas wells at risk of future adjustments and charges for recent cut production.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Oil
Railroad Commission
Lon A. Smith
Smith
Jerry Sadler
Texas
Smith and
Sadler
East Texas
San Antonio
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Gulf Coast
Commission
United States Bureau of Mines
Norman Ecker Injured After Fall From Scaffold
Norman Ecker of 702 Mirror Street was injured this afternoon when he fell from a 10 foot scaffold at 905 Adams Street while performing carpentry on a duplex. He had no fractures and was taken by ambulance to a doctor’s office for examination.
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Norman Ecker
Mirror Street
Adams Street
Ecker
Collman Predicts Ending Heat Wave Soon
Mr. Collman forecasts no change in hot dry weather with a heat wave ending around tomorrow night. He notes tomorrow may be the last extremely warm day of the year as temperatures rise to near 97 at the airport and about 100 downtown.
Police error sparks near war scare in Swindon
Swindon residents were stirred into widespread alarm when police posts announcing general mobilization appeared overnight. Officials later removed the notices and said they were issued for potential use only and posted in error.
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Swindon
England
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Austin, Texas
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Treasure Isle
Isle of Paradise
Jimmie Powledge
Fisk
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