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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
4
Berlin reported outward calm on September 1 as belief spread that Poles could not resist German forces. German tourists toured the capital while cafe patrons drank coffee and radios blared martial music. A nationwide blackout was planned with blue lenses on flashlights and blue headlights to limit illumination.
New York officials of the Actors and Artists of America moved to set up soup kitchens and lodging houses on Broadway for about 2000 people involved in a strike. Hollywood relief plans covered an even larger number of low paid film players as talks with stagehands stalled.
The Potter County grand jury returned ten indictments and one no bill this morning and recessed until next Thursday. Indicted include William Thompson for three counts of forgery and Henry Jefferson was no billed on a charge of failure to stop and render aid after a traffic mishap. Some defendants were at liberty under bond or not yet arrested. no drunken driving cases were in the batch.
Townsend Club members in the sth District will hold a noon Sunday Jubilee meeting in Townsend hall at the Municipal Auditorium commemorating the founding of the first Townsend Club in America five years ago. The first club was founded September 3, 1934 in Englewood California. Members and friends are urged to attend and bring lunch. The program includes speeches and musical selections. Ice cold punch will be served. Mrs. Guy Howard and Mrs. Ada Looper are in charge of arrangements.
Japanese air units claimed to have shot down 23 of about 80 Soviet and Outer Mongolian planes in raids over the Khala River area. Dispatches said Japanese aviation covered ground forces that attacked mechanized units on the Bulshagal and Noro heights.
No change in the normal rate of United States Army enlistments was reported at the Amarillo Recruiting Station as Europe’s hostilities begin. Recruiters say several local men still apply at Fort Bliss in El Paso, with no rush or war scare impact. Eligible youths may contact Sgt. R. A. Jackson for regular army enlistment details.
West Coast aviatrix Miss Inez Gibson refueled her custom-built Waco biplane at Municipal Field in Amarillo en route to the National Air Races in Cleveland. Bendix Air Race pilots did not stop here, with few planning to refuel on the transcontinental leg between Los Angeles and Bendix New Jersey.
Governor O'Daniel reappoints James Daughtery of Beeville and Miller Ainsworth of Luling to six year terms on Texas A&I Kingsville board of regents. R H Kern Jr of Mercedes to replace J D Reichman of Karnes City. B B Brown of Dallas named to six year term on state board of pharmacy.
Russell “Rusty” Gifford resigns as night desk sergeant to become a preacher. He leaves after a department roll call where fellow officers present an expensive Bible gift via Rev. J. C. Sisemore. Mutt Cutler promoted to replace him as night patrolman and scout car officer.
Three German freighters carrying oil cargoes arrived at Tam pico Mexico as Rhein Idarwald and Emmy Friedrich docked. Emmy Friedrich had sailed from Port Arthur Texas August 27 bound for Hamburg.
The city grants Santa Fe a permit for an unloading crane at 723 Grant Street. Estimated cost is 2200 dollars, raising Amarillo’s year to date building total to 1 945 648 85 dollars.
August posted a mean of 77.7 degrees, cooler than the 50 year average by two degrees. The city saw a 99 degree high on consecutive days, tying the prior record. Rain totaled 3.28 inches citywide versus 2.39 at the airport, with temperatures differ between downtown and airport stations.
Multiple cities report moves toward neutrality and wartime measures as Poland proclaims a state of war and German air strikes prompt anti-aircraft action. Dispatches note Danzig and Belgrade neutrality developments, and Britain France civilians refrain from bombing.
In a radio address from Salt Lake City Senator Key Pittman chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee says Hitler has sealed his own fate by actions against Poland. He argues Hitler will destroy Poland but will not win and that dictatorship proves unstable.
Lt. Col. E. A. Simpson told the American Business Club at the Capitol Hotel luncheon that America must back Britain and France in face of a looming European War. He warned of a coming global conflict within 12 months, urged decisive action now, and argued Hitler’s rise was rapid and dangerous.
Herbert M. Timmons of the Plemons-Shelby Camp announces monuments will mark unmarked Confederate Veteran graves in the Panhandle. Marble markers from the war department will bear the veteran name and regiment numbers. the group asks for tips on unmarked graves.
President Roosevelt got only two or three hours of sleep last night as calls about the European crisis interrupted his rest. Admiral Ross T. McIntire, the president’s physician, said Roosevelt’s health was excellent.
The DNB says five or six shots from 77 MM guns detonated near a railway station with no damage. It also reports a Polish aircraft dropping six bombs on a workers settlement in Hohenlinder Strasse Beuthen suburb Preiskretscham, causing slight property damage and no casualties.
Eight Japanese goodwill fliers landed in Seattle for the first U.S. stop amid a picket line by the American League for Peace and Freedom and others. About 100 protesters carried anti Japanese goods and fascist murder slogans as police directed them away. The fliers planned to depart for California the next day.
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi left Amarillo for Rockdale Texas to take part in the dedication of the town new post office building. Mrs. DeGrassi accompanied him and after the ceremony they will spend several days vacationing in Temple and Taylor and other South Texas cities.
Swarthmore Pennsylvania September 1 UPI President Frank Aydelotte said Rhodes scholars elect may not sail to England and those at Oxford may be asked to return to the United States amid decisions by Rhodes scholarship trustees while he serves as American secretary.
Cecil Nathan Green and Pearl Pyles. Almeta Burchfield and John W. Burchfield. Glennie Hill and E. K. Hill. Viola Price Vogel and H. W. Vogel. Narnie C. Pitts and H. O. Pitts. Also note the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice founded in 1873 by Anthony Comstock. Grain quotations and Kansas City livestock market reports follow.
Paris reports the French government will hand Germany an ultimatum to stop aggression and withdraw troops from Poland. Polish radio says Poland shot down 16 German planes and repelled two attacks on Westerplatte in Gdansk Harbor. Civilians were killed or injured. two Polish planes were lost. heavy fighting continues in Silesia.
A Warsaw report via Havas and Reuters says seven German planes were shot down and a German armored train was captured by Polish forces. The dispatch passed through British censorship.
The Hague September 1 U P Holland's troops fully mobilized crowded highways en route to the frontier. Queen Wilhelmina Princess Juliana Prince Bernhard and the young princesses received a large loyalty demonstration from tens of thousands of Hollanders at the royal palace on arrival from Soestdijk.
Police were asked by the mother to aid in the search for Billy Jean Beck who left 511 Van Buren Street last Tuesday.
At Country Club the qualifying round for the City Golf Tournament closed with over 100 players in contention for 16 championship spots. By 1 pm only a few scores had been posted and none secured a spot. Windy conditions produced high early scores as match play begins tomorrow and the Calcutta Pool is set for tonight.
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