Far East Peace Talks and Hankow Defense Meeting
Report states there will be no peace in the Far East until China's sovereignty is respected. Generalissimo meets commanders at Hankow General Headquarters to plan defense of the provisional capital as Japanese forces push closer. Comment from divisional commanders Liu Juming Chang Zezhong and Pai Zhenshi could not be obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
China
Hankow
Lung-Hai
Lui Ju-Ming
Chang Tse-Chung
Pai Chung-Shi
The Arch of Peace by George Grey Barnard
The narrator recalls visiting a former power house in New York where sculptor George Grey Barnard pursued his life work. Barnard, son of a Illinois preacher, rose from poverty to craft a monumental Arch of Peace, funded partly by 300000 dollars, enduring vandalism and years of dedication before his death at 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Tenth Avenue
New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
George Grey Bar
Mllinois
Chicago
Pennsylvania
State Capitol
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Arch of Oz
Peace
Weather Brief From Mand Vicinity Tonight
The forecast notes fair skies tonight with cooler temperatures. Partly cloudy conditions expected later, with a change in range and a maximum not specified.
Amarillo Parade Seeks World's Biggest Band for Roosevelt Visit
Rehearsal for Amarillo section of the world's largest band set for Tuesday night at Municipal Auditorium to perform The Eyes of Texas for President Roosevelt's July 11 visit. Homer Rice reports 500 musicians expected. area crowds may reach 5 000 to 6 000 for the parade at Ellwood Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Roosevelt
Municipal Auditorium
Homer Rice
Ellwood Park
Mr. Rice
United States
Ray Pinkney
A New Declaration of Independence Proclamation by Amarillo Mayor
A proclamation by Amarillo Mayor Ross D. Rogers urges a New Declaration of Independence from death and disaster. It condemns July 1937 holiday violence and calls citizens to caution on streets and waterways and to avoid dangerous fireworks. It appeals to churches, schools, and civic groups to join in a safer celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteen
United States
Amarillo
Panhandle
Ross D. Rogers
City of
Grave-digging Foretold After July Fourth Violence
The piece recalls 371 graves around the Glorious Fourth site in 1937 with hundreds injured and 223 graves from traffic, 80 from cooling waters, and 68 from gunfire or violence. It notes a 1931 high of 486 deaths and predicts as many as 21 Texas fatalities the next day, with multiple traffic-related and drowning deaths, and highway patrol expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Nordyke
Panhandle
Tex
Texas Highway Patrol
Love on the Range Chapter One
A bronzed rider named Abraham Lincoln Ankrom known as Blur sits on a buckskin mare on a desolate frontier. He watches the backtrail for signs while hiding a wary, violent past as men seek to claim the notoriety of downing him. The scene hints at looming confrontations on the southwestern border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln Ankrom
Ankrom
Biur Ankrom
Biggest Plane Program Goes Ahead in U S
The War Department announced contracts totaling 14 433 196 88 for 98 fighting planes the largest air program in peacetime. Boeing Douglas Vultee and motor makers secured multi million dollar orders pushing Army Air Corps totals toward 700 planes on order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
War Department
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
America
Louis Johnson
Army Air Corps
Ares
Scream Drives Burglar Off Back Porch
Mrs Leo Sheridan investigated noises on her back porch and found a burglar fleeing. A piercing scream alerted a neighbor who saw the thief escape with milk bottles. An oil cloth container lay on the Sheridan lawn. police had no report on the burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Sheridan
Sheridan
Fair Weather Forecast for Fourth of July
Mr. Collman predicts fair weather tonight tomorrow and for the July 4 holiday. Amarillo area saw June showers but moisture fell 35 percent short of normal at 2.49 inches. Yearly moisture reached 11.88 inches and June averaged 2.10 degrees cooler than normal. June 6 recorded a high of 96 and a low of 55. The heaviest rain, 1.14 inches, fell on June 24 and 25.
Sparrows Used to Clean Car Radiators in St Joseph
Filling station operators in St Joseph Missouri devised a method to remove radiator bugs by trapping sparrows and releasing them after the insects were consumed. The process involved inserting birds through the crank slot in the grill and letting them feed on the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Cranium Crackers and Missing Word Gaps Challenge
A fragmented prompt poses five missing word questions on Freud Delaware Butler Cohan and coal with partial clues. The piece notes answers lie on the Editorial Page, referencing Royal, Underwood, Remington and Corona Portabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Vienna
Dr. Freud
Texas
Delaware
Samuel Butler
George M. Cohan
Royal, Underwood, Remington and
Corona Portabies
Russell's
Anniversary Edition Orders Flooding In
The News-Globe announces a special anniversary edition to be issued August 14 with extensive history of the Panhandle and current affairs of Amarillo. Carrier boys are collecting orders, with a July 28 deadline for the bulk edition as presses will begin rolling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe
China
Naples
Italy
the Panhandle
Panhandle
Amarillo
News-Globe Carrier
Lagging Bulls Jump Into Room On Stock Market
New York reports lagging bulls push back into the market as electric power shares rise to about 2 a share and rails gain. Traders use the bulges to take profits from the record June rise, keeping deals large despite midyear slowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Wheat Receipts Here Show Steady Rise
Wheat receipts today in Marinlo show a big rise as harvest moves through the Panhandle. The Amarillo Grain Exchange confirmed 119 carloads of new wheat with one carload of milo maize and two of kafir. July 1, 1997 receipts totaled 214 carloads, reflecting a harvest later than average across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinlo
Panhandle
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Milo
Fuqua To Work For Thompson In Panhandle Campaign
W H Fuqua veteran banker and cattleman of the Panhandle accepts cochairmanship of the Thompson for Governor Club in Potter County. He will spend much time at the club headquarters in Amarillo Building 307 Polk Street and invites friends to visit and send letters from the Panhandle. Rex E Gallup named club chairman for the 21 Club operating in Amarillo and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Fuqua
Panhandle
Potter County
Amarillo Building
Polk Street
Ernest Thompson
Fuqua
Amarillo
Thompson 21
Rex E. Gallup
Thompson Organization
Amarillo Building Permits Hit Eleven Year High in June
June permits for residences in Amarillo totaled 136,459 dollars, the largest June total since 1927. Overall building permits reached 155,416 dollars with three new mercantile structures and repairs on 21 homes driving activity. Six month totals show March and April inflated by Post Office Building and White and Kirk projects, including a Post Office permit exceeding 369,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
White and Kirk’s
Dallas motorist fights charge over no law existence
In Dallas a motorist challenged a corpus court arrest for driving through station driveways and faced fines up to 50 dollars. Prosecutor James O'Brien searched law books for 30 minutes before admitting there was no such law on the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
James O'Brien
Thompson Leads City Straw Poll in Amarillo
A city straw poll in Amarillo shows Ernest O Thompson with 71 percent of 452 votes. Thompson picked up 322 votes while W Lee O Daniel received 86 votes and Bill McCraw 28, with Tom Hunter 9 and Karl Crowley 7.
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Amar
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
W. Lee O'Daniel
Bill McCraw
Tom Hunter
Karl Crowley
Amarillo
Lee Breaks Union Lines at Gettysburg July 1 1863 Dispatch
A dramatic Civil War dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia repelling Union forces near Gettysburg as of July 1 1863. The daily installment portrays the battle as if it began that day with Lee gaining a significant tactical advantage. The correspondent notes timing around 11 PM and emphasizes a decisive Confederate success in the early engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Douglas S. Freeman Haars
Army of
Northern Virginia
Cashtown
Gettysburg Battle Report From July 1 1863 Dispatch
Bulletin from Taneytown Maryland dated July 1 1863 reports Union forces at Cemetery Ridge near Gettysburg repulsed by Confederate strength with Meade deciding to fight it out Hancock warns protection until nightfall Reynolds mortally wounded and Lee’s army pressing toward Gettysburg as Hill Heth and Pender engage in Cast Town Willoughby Run action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of
Haford
Meade
Lee
Gettysburg
Willoughby Run
A. P. Hill
Heth
Archer
Davis
Hill
Pender
Longstreet
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Dale Carnegie
Pegpaig
H. Taylor
H. “Houston” Taylor
Taylor Street
J. W. Oakley
H. H. Hall
Gertrude Heard
Boxwell
Hall
J. H. Bishop
Taylor
Justice of the Peace
T. W. Duke
Lee Taylor
Houston Taylor
Nelson C. Nye
U. S
Wall Street
Amarillo Shade & Equip. Co
John Maynard Lbr Co
W. Sth
Bulletin
Gen
Winfield & Hancock
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