Chambers urge Amarillo Atlanta airline as defense link
Memphis Tennessee and Muskogee Oklahoma chamber officials urged a new airline between Amarillo Texas and Atlanta Georgia as a defense measure and to boost South American trade. They said the direct route would aid military plans and speed up access to Atlanta the trade gateway, while easing emergency access to the helium source near Amarillo.
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Washington
Amarillo
Tex
Atlanta
Langley Field
Maren Field
Calif
M. W. Krieger
Muskogee
Chevrolet Dealers of Plains Meet Educational 1940 Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company dealers from the Panhandle gather at the Herring Hotel for an educational meeting about the new 1940 Chevrolet to be introduced October 14. Ly man F. Stangel, Chevrolet representative, leads the session with about 20 dealers in attendance.
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Chevrolet Motor Company
Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Chevrolet
Lyman F. Stangel
Army Enlistments Rapid at Amarillo Recruiting Station
The Amarillo recruiting station reports rapid enlistments from the Panhandle and eastern New Mexico in the army expansion program. Air corps leads with nine enlistments for March Field, California, plus several others for coast artillery, foreign service, and Letterman Hospital in San Francisco. Sergeant R A Jackson urged eligible youths earning under $25 weekly to consider joining, noting vacancies remain in many desirable Army assignments.
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Army
Amarillo
Panhandle
Air Corps
New Mexico
March Field
Cal
Coast Artillery
Fort MacArthur
Letterman General Hospital
San Franccisco
Horace G. Cotton
Wilton R. East
Borger
Lloyd W. Hutchison
Guymon
Okio
Paul D. Stein
Field Artillery
Hawaii
Raymond O. Hardeman
Elk City
San Francisco
William Edward Ball
Tu Cumcari
N. M
William T. Hollabaugh
Adrian
Rorex N. Lacewell
Belmview
Obart R. Skidmore
Dalhart
Boyd L. Robbins
Tucumcari
Everett W. Snyder
United States Army
R A. Jackson
Jackson
Colorado Senator Asks FDR To Seek Europe Armistice
Sen Edward Johnson of Colorado introduced a resolution urging President Roosevelt to join neutrals in promoting an immediate armistice in Europe. The measure was read in the Senate during the neutrality debate and referred to the foreign relations committee for consideration. It argued the United States should lead in pushing for cessation of hostilities. A second note recalls Savannah Georgia town court’s 1773 first session solely chaired by laymen due to lawyers being forbidden to reside in the colony.
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Washington
Edward Johnson
Colorado
Roosevelt
Europe
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Savannah, Ga
Mexican Mob Storms Jail in Matamoros
Five thousand Mexicans stormed Matamoros jail seeking two suspects after a robbery slaying of two elderly sisters. Bodies were found with rice sugar and beans. 1000 pesos stolen. Troops fired warning shots. officials feared for prisoners’ safety with no charges filed.
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Matamoros
Mex
Manuela Casas Garza
Juanita Perez Garza
Leopoldo Dorantes Casquez
Dorantes
Jose Maria Chavez
Francisco Zerate
Chamberlain Willi Invites Dominions to Imperial War Cabinet
London reports say Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain will propose in the Commons the creation of an imperial war cabinet with delegates from the dominions to coordinate defense with the nine man British war cabinet. The plan, welcomed by distant dominions, follows Britain’s entry into a state of war with Germany as volunteers and dominion fliers bolster the defense effort.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Dominions
Supreme War Council
Chamberlain
Europe
Germany
World
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Empire
Royal Air Force
Santa Fe Carloadings Shift in Week Totals 1939
The Santa Fe System reports week ending Sept 30 1939 carloadings at 23 434 up from 21 409 the prior year. Connections deliveries reached 6 569 vs 6 131 in 1938. Total cars moved stood at 30 003 vs 27 540. prior week traffic totaled 29 992 cars.
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Santa FE
Hankison Named Telegraph Manager for Santa Fe Western Lines
W C Hankison is appointed telegraph manager of the Santa Fe System Western Lines with Amarillo headquarters, effective immediately. He will remain manager of telegraph for the Panhandle Santa Fe Railway and supervise a territory that includes Wellington Kansas Albuquerque New Mexico El Paso Texas Denver Colorado and Newton Kansas. He resides at 1529 Lipscomb Street Amarillo.
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W. C. Hankison
Santa Fe
Western Lines
Amarillo
T. P. Brewster
J. A. Gillies
The
West
Ern Lines
W. S. Fowler
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hankison
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Company
Railway Telegraph Department
Los Angeles
Panhandle & Santa Fe
Wellington
Kan
Albuquerque
N. M
el Paso
Texas
Denver, Cole
Newton, Kans
Panhandle & Santa Fe Territory
Lipscomb Street
All-Vegetable Laxative Promises Gentle Relief
A vintage ad touts BLACK-DRAUGHT as an all-vegetable laxative for constipation. It claims nighttime use gives thorough morning evacuation and relief from headaches biliousness and low energy, stating its intestinal tonic-laxative action tones muscles. The ad targets long-term users and notes 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
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Chevrolet Dealers of Plains
Weather Data
Abilene
Austin
Boise Idaho
Brownsville
Chicago Pi
Sei
Cincinnati
Donie
Clayton
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Ba del Rio
Denver
Cola
Des Moines
Dodge City
Salt Lake City
Santa Fe, N
Sheridan
Wyoo
Shreveport la
Washington, D. C
Wichita, Ka
Williston
N. D
Wilmington
N. C
Winnemucca
Nev
Amarillo Paint & Wallpaper Co
Polk
H. V. Robertson & CO
James W. Gustin
Sam K. Broyles
Robert Stranahan
Toledo
New York
FDR
Texas State Fair
VIA
Santa Fe Ticket
Elmer B. Johnson
Chamberlain Willi
America
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Norman Thomas
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
New Santa Fe
Gordon
Gordon's
Ordon’s
Somerset Importers, Ltd
Gordon's Dry Gin Co., Ltd
Linden, New Jersey
Gordon’s Gin
Meyer & Meyer
Louis Meyer
Polk Street
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