Hitler Calls Hitler the Mad Man of Germany on Capitol Hill
Rep. Samuel Dickstein declares Adolf Hitler the Mad Man of Germany and urges adding safeguards for U S citizens in a proposed reciprocal trade pact with the Reich. Senator William H King plans a resolution to probe severing diplomatic ties with Germany while Rep. Tom Blanton warns against foreign interference.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Samuel Dickstein
New York
United States
Reich
Dickstein
Hitler
William H., King
Utah
Tom Blanton
Texas
Blanton
Birthday party for polo pony Bill on Governors Island
Whimsical note from New York reports a birthday party at Governors Island for Bill the Army polo pony aged 23. The event honors the long service of the horse while Lt. Harry Cullins recalls Bill's training in San Antonio and later assignment to Governors Island. In a separate item from Fairmont West Virginia a licensing official questions an applicant about naturalization, sparking a retort about American identity.
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New York
Governors Island
Bill
Harry Cullins
San Antonio
Tex
Cullins
Britain Acts in Dispute Arms Exports Halted
In Parliament Sir Samuel Hoare announced that Britain will not issue licenses for exporting arms to Italy or Ethiopia for now. He said transit of arms through British territory to Ethiopia is allowed under the 1930 treaty, with France reportedly sharing the obligation.
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London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Sir Samuel
George Lansbury
Democrats reach tentative tax bill agreement in Washington
House Ways and Means Democrats unveil a tentative tax plan aimed at raising about 200 million dollars annually. It excludes the intercorporation dividend tax and shifts rates on individual incomes, inheritances, and corporate profits, signaling a partial victory for President Roosevelt.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Democrats
Doughton
North Carolina
Further Rain Predicted Across Panhandle and Oklahoma Border
Weather forecast calls for continued showers with little temperature change. Rain totals varied: Hereford, Fargo, Follett about one eighth inch. Umbarger, Haney, Ings Mill near an inch. Boovina around a quarter inch. Skellytown and Booker recorded showers. panhandle towns near Panhandle added a quarter inch. widespread rains over the Oklahoma line ranged from half to one and a half inches.
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Eather
Whdely
Panhandle
Hereford
Fargo
Follett
Umbarger, Haney
Ings Mill
Bo[vina
Skellytown
Booker
Oklahoma Line
Four Concerns Seek Help in Rail Increase
Four western Pennsylvania industrial concerns filed for federal injunctions to stop the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing and the Pennsylvania Railroad from complying with an ICC order to raise rail revenues.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Western Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Martial Law Tightens as Terre Haute Urges Restraint
Martial law is enforced in Terre Haute as National Guardsmen quell renewed labor unrest at the Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company mill. A tense scene surrounds the plant amid ongoing strike activity and security measures.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a cloudy period and possible showers in the southeast tonight and Friday. Temperature range 66 to 83 at 1 o clock today. Last 24 hours rainfall measured 0.1 inch.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Roosevelt lobbies cited in utilities bill probe
Witnesses describe a massive use of lobby funds to push the New Deal utilities bill. Hugh S Magill accuses the administration of pressuring congressmen with a multibillion dollar fund and a “death sentence” for holding companies.
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Washington
Congressional
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Magill
Church and Educational Societies
American Federation of Utility Investors
House Lobby Inquiry Committee
Executive
Legislative Branch
New Deal
Senate Lobby Committee
Tom Blanton
Texas
Blanton
Robert W. Haney
West Texas Utilities Company
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power
House
Carpenter
Nat Patton
Democrat
Fine Music and Stunts at Ligon Smith Dance Event
The Nat hosts Ligon Smith and his popular southern orchestra for an evening of dance music and novelty numbers. Brought by Tri-State Fair Association and MCA, tickets are $1.65 per couple, $1.25 for a stag, and night club seats 35 cents. Reservations via The Nat management.
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Ligon Smith
Nat
Smith
South
Tri-State Fair Association
Music Corporation of America
Alabama Power challenges PWA loans for four cities
Alabama Power Company asked a District Supreme Court in Washington to stop Public Works Administrator Ickes from lending PWA funds to Decatur Florence Sheffield and Tuscombia for municipal electric plants. A restraining order set August 1 for a hearing, claiming the $150 million Alabama investment would be harmed by government competition. The company serves 65 of 67 communities and says it has adequate equipment for future demand.
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Washington
The
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham
Ala
District Supreme Court
Public Works
Harold L. Ickes
PWA
Alabama
Oscar Luhring
Ickes
Decatur
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Treasury
Thomas W. Martin
Three Are Killed In Auto Accident Near Houston
A car carrying Lloyd Smith, 20, of Liberty and two unidentified men collided with a truck ten miles northeast of Houston. An unidentified woman was critically injured and hospitalized. J D Arnold of Liberty is treated for a broken shoulder.
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Houston
Lloyd Smith
Liberty
Here
J. D. Arnold
Printz dies after standoff with posse near Greeley
Jack Printz, a Colorado convict paroled five weeks earlier, shot and killed a Greeley police officer before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot as posse members closed in at a sand pit five miles west of Greeley. He had been arrested in railroad yards and held at the city jail before the confrontation. A note addressed to his mother referenced an attempt to seize his gun.
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Saunders C. W. Saunders
GC. W. Saunders
Shreveport
Greeley, Cole
Jack Printz
Greeley
Here
Greeley Hospital
Printz
Colorado
State Penitentiary
A. Wickstrom
Lee Whitman
Wickstrom
Whit
Whitman
Rose Horner
Hastings
Neb
Fate of Thompson May Be Known Soon
In Angleton Texas July 25 1939 the fate of Clyde Thompson 23 retriever prison farm convict likely will be decided by a jury today over whether he murdered Everett Melvin another prisoner on May 29 Testimony closed yesterday and arguments began this morning expected to last most of the day
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Angleton
Tex
Clyde Thompson
Everett Melvin
500 Bandits Raid And Kill in Japan
Hsin king correspondent reports 500 alleged bandits killed five Japanese and kidnapped several others in the Tokyo area. Japanese and Manchoukuan troops and planes pursue the attackers.
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Japan
Tokyo
Hsinking
Rengo
Newspaper Page Notes and Reports
Brief index of items including WPA speed updates, Frazier Hunt survey, German trouble, Confederate coverage, Huey turning, and Boxwell Brothers new ambulance equipment. Indicates multiple stories across pages with limited readable details and archival context.
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Frazier Hunt
Huey
Mexican peasants back off Matamoros shakeup threat
In Tamaulipas agrarians with machine gun support from federal troops backed off their bid to oust Matamoros officials. Governor Rafael Villarreal remained besieged in Ciudad Victoria while unrest spread to 31 municipalities led by Tampico. Two border city governments were reported in Nuevo Laredo as tension eased.
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Thomas Garrido Canabal
Nazi
Red Shirts
Tabasco
Rafael Villarreal
Tamaulipas
Ciudad Victoria
Texas
Matamoros
Brownsville
Tex
Tampico
Villarreal
Mexico
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
East West Highway Planned by Hines
Harry Hines, chairman of the Texas Highway Commission, announced at a conference in Mineola that Highway 15 would run from the Louisiana line to near the Carlsbad Caverns across the Texas New Mexico line. The road would connect Marshall to Longview to Dallas, Fort Worth, and Mineral Wells.
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Mineola
Tex
Harry Hines
Texas Highway Commission
Louisiana Line
Carlsbad Caverns
Only Six Days Left To Order Tulip Bulbs
The Amarillo Garden Club offers bulbs from Holland at 50 cents per dozen to promote Amarillo as a Tulip Town. Orders close July 30 with direct shipping from Holland to Amarillo. Distribution and payment occur on pickup. reservations to three club members.
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Amarillo
John Rowland
Davis Tudor
Belgium to Permit Arms Shipments Statement
Prime Minister Van Zeeland told the foreign affairs committee in Brussels that Belgium will permit arms shipments. The July 25 report outlines government stance during ongoing parliamentary discussions.
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Belgium
Brussels
van Zeeland
Foreign Affairs Committee
Amarillo Paint Factory to Open in August
Amarillo welcomes a new paint factory at 1701 West Seventh Avenue. Arch Hunsley, president and GM, announced operations to begin around August 5. Four experts have moved here. seven or eight will be employed initially. The locally owned plant is separate from the retail and wholesale paint business run by Hunsley. The facility features large modern equipment and a railroad siding for materials, plus a fully equipped chemical laboratory.
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Amarillo
Arch Hunsley
West Seventh Avenue
Hunsley
LaGuardia Defies Nazi Germany Over Masseur License
New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia refused a German citizen’s masseur license sparking a diplomatic tiff with Germany. Germany said it would take prompt measures through its New York consul general Gustav A. Mueller. Eight hundred German Americans meeting endorsed the protest amid boos.
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New York
Fiorello H. laGuardia
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Nazi Germany
Gustav A. Mueller
Germany
Mueller
Friends of
New Germany
LaGuardia
Bne
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