Crowds Fill Amarillo for 59th Grand Chapter of Texas
The 59th session of the Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star draws a much larger crowd than expected at the Municipal Auditorium. About 1,500 delegates registered by 11 am as hundreds gather to sign in and await the official opening at 7:36 pm.
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Evelyn Boyd
Grand Chapter of Texas
Order of the Eastern Star
Amarillo Hotel
Charlie Pryor
Grand Chapter
Silver Grill
Robbie Dyer
A. E. Shirley
Port Arthur
Herring Hotel
Bonita
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Riva C. Burnett
Miami
Floyd Easterling
del Rio
Blackburn Shaw
Maynard Drake
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
John Josey
Coal Miners Idle As UMW Claims Unity Behind Strike
United Mine Workers say virtually all 53,000 captive miners are idle despite Roosevelt’s appeal to stay at work. JT Lewis plans reply to Roosevelt while 5,000 workers at Jones and Laughlin and Alleghany Ludlum stay on strike for a union shop.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
K. G. Adams
UMW
Lewis
Adams
Bie Usmyy
Steel
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin and
Alleghany Ludlum
Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lynch
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
Alabama
Taylor
Defense Mediation Board
Taylor Wold
Kentucky
Badin
N. C
Navy Day Observance Calls for Total Defense
President Roosevelt opens Navy Day with a call for total defense and sacrifice to defeat forces of evil. He urges extending Navy Day to Navy and Total Defense Day and plans a nationwide radio broadcast at 10 P. M. EST. The address precedes a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel with Marshall and Land to present defense unity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
Total Defense
Theodora Roosevelt
Mays Flower Hotel
George C. Marshall
Army
Emory
Detroit
Chicago
Harold St. Stark
Naval Operations
San Francisco
Gene Tunney
Atlanta
A. G. Talbot
Mlustrious
Norfolk
New Orleans
Ernest Lee Jahncke
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Amarillo and Vicinity sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with continued cold due to slowly rising temperatures. High around 65 and low near 38. West Texas turns cool tonight and Tuesday with increasing cloud cover and rising temps. New Mexico shows variable clouds and scattered mountain showers with gradual warming eastward. Temperature extremes 24 hours to 6:30 A.M. range 41 to 71. Noon reading today 51. Build Now, John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Build
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Italians Halt Red Attack in Donets
German high command cites bad weather but says offensive advances. Italian troops repulse Russian counterattacks in the Donets basin with heavy losses and hundreds of prisoners. Moscow prepares house to house defense while German gains push west of the Donets.
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Donets
Moscow
High Command
Kremlin
Josef Stalin
Hitler seen as very sick man in interview
Former ambassador John Cudahy said Adolf Hitler appeared to suffer from a malignant disease when he interviewed him earlier this year in Washington. The remark reflects concern over Hitler’s health as World War II raged.
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Washington
U.P
John Cudahy
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Cudahy
Fall Weather Forecast With Frost Possibility
Fall weather is forecast for today and tonight with a cold start and a slight rise tomorrow. Frost potential is noted, though the air remains extremely dry and winds move around 18 to 20 mph. Temperatures dip to about 38 tonight after a 65 degree high, with a 42 degree low this morning and a 71 degree high yesterday.
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Jack Frost
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Panhandle
Highway Department
Borger
Prelude to Munich in Berlin Diary 1938
William L Shirer chronicles escalating pressure before the Munich crisis. Entries from Vienna Prague and beyond describe German expansionism, Czech mobilization, Runciman’s mission, Chamberlain’s hopes, and Hitler’s Nuremberg speech as war looms and martial law is declared in Sudeten regions.
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Vienna
Czecho- Slovakia
Germany
Baba
Toor Prague
Czech
Prague
Runciman
Sudeten Party
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Hitler
Beth Prague
Berlin
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Sudeter
Ventoin
Nuremberg
Amarillo Drives Aid For Camp Bowie Day Room
Amarillo's Company H 142nd Infantry seeks recreational equipment for Camp Bowie's Day Room. Donations of easy chairs couches tables lamps desks and games are urged with a special need for a Ping Pong table and billiard table to boost morale. Contact Sgt. Watkins at 506 West Tenth Avenue.
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Amarillo
Camp Bowie
Boat Sinks in Colorado River Trip After Punctured Hull
In Montrose on October 27 Francis Edstrom and Kenneth Bulick hunted mallards from a canvas boat using oiled guns. A riveted iron rod on the riverbed tore the hull, dumping them into frigid water. The boat and firearms sank while ducks continued to honk overhead.
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Montrose
Colo
Francis Edstrom
Kenneth Bulick
Firemen Herd Cow, Battle Smoke In Philadelphia Storehouse
In eastern Pennsylvania a fire brigade spent 16 hours battling flames in a state hospital storehouse while farmers helped by luring an angry cow into a pasture. The lengthy effort followed farm chores that became part of the firefighting workload as crews tackled smoldering hay and a stubborn blaze.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Hospital
Parrot Causes Pause Amid Street Scene in Charlotte
In Charlotte on October 27 a man driving his car halted as a parrot called for help from the curb. The bird known as Built Up Rooting, associated with Dwight Newbys on desks and chairs, strutted across the street while passersby paused to view the scene near Russell Stationery Company.
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Charlotte
N. C
Madeline Crow
Russian Dispatch Reports Japanese Frontier Raid
A Soviet news agency dispatch said over 20 Japanese troops crossed the Siberian frontier last Saturday and attacked a Russian patrol with no casualties reported. The piece notes growing Japanese naval activity and speculation about attempts on Saghalien Island, Burma Road access, and Haiphong deployments, citing expert opinions on possible scales and risks.
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Russia
Saghalien Island
Siberian
China
Burma
Radio Experiment Becomes Farmyard Farce at Fort Scott
In Fort Scott Kansas on October 27 John Hall installed a barn radio and the cows linger for music. Hall admits the aim was to spur his wife and daughter to help with milking, but the plan backfired.
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Fort Scott
Kan
John Hall
Hall
Rock Springs Halloweening Plan Aims to Curb Vandalism
Rock Springs officers announce a pledge program to curb Halloween vandalism. Youngsters who sign a pledge to refrain from damaging or removing property will gain admission to a special show and treat party at a local treater.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Lopes Buys City Dump as Investment in Santa Fe
Eddie Lopes purchased the city dump as an investment. He felt discouraged as he went to inspect the property. His reaction followed the purchase in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Santa FE
N. M
Eddie Lopes
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Joe A. Jenkins
Mary F Heisey
Charlies H. Townsend
Casper Wyo
General Grand Chapter
Texas Grand Chapter
Woodward
Woodward, Oklo
Myron ©. Taylor
U. S. Steel Corporation
Navy Day
Atlantic
Service
Donets Valley
Klementi Voroshilev
Semyon Budenny
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bille
U. S
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Senate
William L. Shirer
Munich
Journal
Wbok
Alfred A. Knopf
London
Downing Street
Paris
Daladter
Gamelin
Sudetens
Bowie
Dwight Newby
S. On
Russell Stationery ‘Company
Foochow
Haiphong
Indo-China
Hainan Island
Japan
Saghalien
Burma Road
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