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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1939
Page
12
Washington July 31 reports say Fi Vice President Garner plans a front porch campaign for the Democratic nomination in 1940. Associates say he will not speak publicly before the national convention and will stay at his Texas home after Congress adjourns.
The piece weighs Dewey as a fitful mix of ability energy and political appeal against ambition and egotism described as ruthless. It cites Simpson as an example of tossing obligations aside while later repairing ties and notes the question whether such traits overwhelm his good qualities.
In New York the observer notes the energetic Thomas E. Dewey as a serious Republican contender for president. He is described as precise, executive, and unpretentious, attracting admiration from some colleagues while facing strong opposition from business figures and many politicians.
In Tokyo on July 31 extra police guarded the U S Embassy as anti American posters appeared on streets saying Britain America and Russia are our common enemy. Police feared a demonstration before the embassy while 50 000 Japanese marched past the British Embassy amid an anti British rally organized by a citizens committee. Eighty percent of the world s petroleum reserves remain untapped in oil shale awaiting development if current pools exhaust.
George F. Pittman manager of the used car division was found shot to death in El Paso. A pistol lay beside him and he had died of a heart wound after being missing for hours. Pittman, who moved to El Paso in 1925 from Gainesville, Texas, had worked in the used car trade.
Tom W. Wilson 28 of Comanche a mechanic was jailed in Brown County for alleged extortion against his former employer J M Siddons of Stephenville. A $2500 extortion claim cited threats to destroy property and life. Wilson was trapped on a highway approach, where a dummy package was left for Siddons to retrieve, leading to his capture.
London July 31 Prime Minister Chamberlain said French British and Soviet military missions will depart for Moscow this week. They will discuss military naval and air cooperation if a defensive alliance is reached and war becomes necessary. Discussions aim at a political agreement in Moscow.
Rome July 31 Sixteen hundred young Fascists aged eighteen to twenty who had not begun military training conducted practical maneuvers with full war equipment in the Dolomite Alps near the Austrian frontier Saturday night. It marked the first such exercise and drew attention from political quarters.
Plans in September honor Clinton M. Hester administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Authority with a noon banquet and a rodeo performance at the Tri-State Fair. Paul Edquist leads Chamber of Commerce arrangements, Carl Hinton chairs publicity for Air Progress Week in Washington. National Air Progress Committee reports nationwide city planning.
New York July 31 AP Robert Elliott the 65 year old executioner of Hauptmann Snyder Gray and many others is seriously ill doctors say he is exhausted from overwork Mrs Elliott denies a nervous breakdown or mental illness stating he is recovering after long service and a recent lethal switch February 23 was his last execution after more than two decades on the job earning 150 dollars per execution
Cincinnati report details a burglary in an insurance office. Inspector Herman Harrison found $15 cash and a $50 watch taken, plus five rings valued at $1,275, though the burglars left the rings stacked on top of the safe.
An almost full favorable response to participation is noted with states and cities supporting the observance. Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil is the first to proclaim the Air Progress period, with other governors signaling they will follow.
In Corydon Old Ref the dog returns from the woods with a hungry baby skunk, offering a glimpse of friendship to a wary master Freddie Bickel. Crowds now gather at the Bickel home to recall Old Ref and his famous 1937 origins as a quarantine refugee.
Dr M L Fuller named chairman of the American Legion health committee in Amarillo by Clay Thornton commander elect of Hanson Post. He will direct sanitation and health efforts and oversee rewriting blood donor lists among Legionnaires for emergencies. Five or six more chairmen to be appointed before officers are installed.
Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife of the former attorney general, is seriously ill at her Washington home. Her physician Dr. Paul F. Dickens described her condition as precarious, noting she has been confined for four months after returning from a Florida vacation.
Residents of six North Texas towns will have to get local news by word of mouth the next two weeks. Russell and Donald Bryant suspended publications of their weekly newspapers at Howe Tom Bean Anna Princeton Allen and Albn while they go vacationing.
Alvis Murray, upset by a $9 theft, took his remaining $10 to a hospital after a street fight and swallowed the bill he claimed none would take. Police transported him to care as he declared the $10 was safe with him. Allentown, Pa. July 31. Tad
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