Diary of Shirer on Hitler Rise to Power 1934 Entry
The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent records James Finn Shirer in Paris and Berlin from June 1934 to Sept 1934. He notes Hitler purges early Nazi leadership, the Reichstag spectacle, and massive Nazi rally fervor in Nuremberg. The diary captures his wary observations and mood as war looms.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Shirer
Hitler
Paris Herald
Paris
Berlin
Goering
the & A
Boehm
Munich
Gregor Strasser
von Schleicher
von Kahr
Schuschuigg
Hindenburg
Universal Service
Third Reich
Friendrichstrasse Bahnhof
Secret Police
Herr So-and-So
Herr So
Herr Shirer
Republic
S. S
Nuremberg
Oman
Mussolini
Louisiana
Wet Panhandle faces renewed floods and road washouts
Heavy rains return soaking the Panhandle with flood warnings. Rita Blanca Lake spillway risk persists near Dalhart as highways from Amarillo to Canyon and into Pampa see water on sections. Hereford, Woodward, and surrounding areas report rising rivers, closed fields, and flooded basements. Debris-laden, water-covered roads threaten mobility and heating gas service has been interrupted. Local homes and farms brace for more inundation as the North Canadian River nears flood stage and plans to move stock are activated.
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Panhandle
Rita Blanca Lake
Dalhart
Amarillo
Canyon
Pampa
No. 66
Hereford
Woodward
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Hillside Service Station
Canyon Highway
Western Avenue
Hillside Station
Bill Frost
Barrow Pit
En H
Garner Place
B. I. Barfield
Mr. Garner
C. S. Watkins
Watkins
Rock Island Tracks
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Cloudy with rain tonight and Friday, colder tonight. Amarillo area highs around 66 with lows near 54. West Texas mainly cloudy with possible heavy rain north, central portions Friday, colder north. New Mexico shows rain tonight and Friday, snow at higher elevations, colder east of Rio Grande Valley. 24 hour extremes 55 to 67. Noon 62. Precipitation 1.67. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo
Jemez Mountains
Rio Grande Valley
Range Riders Banquet Tonight At Amarillo Hotel
The Will Rogers Range Riders hold their first annual banquet this evening in the Gold Room of the Amarillo Hotel honoring wives sweethearts and guests. Bob Dow heads the mounted group which claims a membership over 80 and had mistakenly been announced for tomorrow night.
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Will Rogers Range
The
Mounted Organization
Bob Dow
Amarillo
City Lake Reaches Highest Level in Years
City Lake located 20 miles southwest rose above five feet from the spillway this morning and surpassed 26 percent of full capacity. The lake, fed by a flood creek, has been rising steadily after fears of fish die offs earlier this spring. In 1936 the water neared the dam top, prompting night work with sandbags. since then the dam has been raised two feet and the spillway lowered two feet. City hall officials explained that at a 32 foot level the lake would spill over.
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City Lake
Fine Looking Boys Take Examinations at Hospital
Nearly twenty youths reported this morning at the Veterans' Hospital for rigid physical exams before the Army Aviation Cadet Examining Board. Sergeant R D Short described them as a fine looking bunch. Those who qualify will enter a refresher course at Amarillo College starting early next month. examinees came from across the Panhandle.
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R. D. Short
Veterans' Hospital
Short
Army Aviation Cadet Examining Board
Air Corps
Amarillo College
Panhandle
Powell escapes grenade attack in Shanghai
John B. Powell editor and publisher of the China Weekly Review from Marion County Missouri escaped injury when a terrorist threw a hand grenade at him in Shanghai. The device failed to explode, saving Powell from harm.
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Shanghai
John B. Powell
Marion County
China Weekly Review
Powell
Smash Hitler Now Demanded in UK War Debate
In Parliament a fierce war debate calls for quick armed aid to Russia to defeat Hitler, with Eden revealing Britain’s unpreparedness last summer. Bevan and Wedgwood pressed for tougher action while Beaverbrook urged all workers to prepare for defense. Eden defended government aid to Russia and warned against peace offers to Hitler. The exchange touched on British losses in France and naval actions in the north against German supply lines.
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Sidney J. Wil
IAMS
London
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Noel-Baker
Middle East
Red Army
Ukraine
Caucasus
Aneurin Bevan
Laborite
Lord Halifax
United States
Europe
William Gallacher
Winston Churchill
Joseph Wedgwood
Beaverbrook
Britain
Moscow
Eden
Middle Eastern
Stalin
France
Commons
Murmansk
Royal Navy
Reds Struck Moscow Front As German Drive Surges
Reports describe the Red army line near Maloyaroslavets facing serious pressure as German forces push toward Moscow from the west and southwest. Reinforcements flood in on both sides, with Kazan and Kalinin fronts holding, while Zhu kov is now in supreme command on the western front. British air raids target Mannheim Le Havre Brest and parts of north Wales as losses mount.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Maloyaroslavets
Moscow
Mozhaisk
Kalinin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Semeon Timoshenko
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Manneheim
le Havre
Brest
Air Ministry
Hillman accused of steering unions in defense work
Washington October 23 UPI A. D. Lewis chairman of the CIO Construction Workers Organizing Committee charges that OPM Chief Sidney Hillman acted as a recruiting agent for AFL construction unions and granted the AFL a monopoly in national defense construction.
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Washington
U.pi
A. D. Lewis
Construction Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
OPM
Sidney Hillman
AFL
Armistice Day Parade Lines Up for Unity Defense Theme
Reporter Cliff Robinett notes the Armistice Day parade should present a strong military display with unity for defense. Parade marshal expects a marching order for 11th hour on 11th day of 11th month to be issued Saturday. Texas Defense Guard units from out of town invited to join the Amarillo unit led by Captain A Petersen.
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Cliff Robinett
Texas Defense Guard
Amarillo
A. Petersen
Some Acts of Reds Favored By Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury in the House of Lords supported aid for Russia and said some features of Communism are compatible with Christianity while Naziism cannot be. He praised the Soviet people as comrades in the fight against Germany, noting past opposition to oppressive tyranny but acknowledging changes in the Soviet regime.
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London
Canterbury
Russia
Britain
House of Lords
Germany
Oil Shortage Risk Dismissed by Ickes Amid War News
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said a severe East oil shortage forecast over ten weeks is virtually erased. Berlin reports U-boats sunk four merchant ships totaling 32,000 tons including troop transport Aurania, with Aurania listed as Cunard-White Star liner, port Liverpool.
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Washington
Ickes
East
Berlin
High Command
Aurania
Lloyds Register of Shipping
Cunard-White Star Line
Liverpool
Aerial Combat Units To Be Hiked to 84
The War Department announced expansion of the army air forces from 54 to 84 combat groups to meet defense needs in the western hemisphere. Most new groups will join the air force combat command, with some assigned overseas. The plan increases non commissioned strength to over 400,000 flying cadets and enlisted by June 30, 1942, with possible rise to 500,000.
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Washington
Way Department
Army Air Forces
Department
United States
Air Force Combat Command
Stimson
Air Forces
Iceland Premier Resigns Over Cost of Living Dispute
In Reykjavik on October 23, Premier Hermann Jonasson resigned after seven years amid protests over preventing further rises in living costs and salaries tied to American and British occupation. The regent would decide on acceptance. In Mount Carroll Illinois, Civil War veteran Capt William H Wildey died at 102, regarded as the oldest Mason in the United States.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
U.P
Hermann Jonasson
MT. Carroll, II
O.R
William H. Wildey
Masonic Order
United States
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Josef V. Stalin
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Merseyside
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