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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1939
Page
8
A large Central Labor Union parade in Amarillo features float displays by Bricklayers Hod Carriers and other unions. Judges praised the event as the biggest and most colorful yet with labor dignitaries walking in uniform and carrying placards.
Omaha market reports hog prices rising 25 to 75 cents to a top of 7.00 per hundred weight, the high since July 5. Receipts were light with only 1,300 hogs on sale while cattle also firmed 25 to 50 cents with beef sales from 10.00 to 10.25 per hundred weight.
The Associated Press reports during the long weekend at least 201 people have died in the United States. Traffic crashes account for 130 deaths while 36 occurred by drowning and 35 by shooting or related causes. Illinois leads with 23 fatalities.
London Sept 4 The whereabouts of Germanys 22 000 600 passenger liner the Bremen remained a mystery today after the British admiralty announced the ship had been captured by a British vessel The Bremen sailed from New York last Wednesday bound for Bremerhaven but has not been heard from since and some sources think she may be headed to a neutral port
Four people clung to an overturned boat at City Lake, about 20 miles southwest of here, while Lee Osborn and a friend fished nearby. They flagged another boat, which rescued all four from the water after the incident involving a motor boat with three adults and a child.
Scattered clashes in Shanghai and Nanjing mark early European war impact in China. British defense forces reportedly deported after storming a German tennis club in the international settlement. A German citizen was arrested in Tianjin for firing on a British patrol.
Cairo reports the Egyptian government will cut diplomatic relations with Germany and orders the Egyptian minister in Berlin to request his passport. Other dispatches note air raid alarms in Warsaw, German offensives across Poland, and various war developments worldwide.
New York dispatch details how European nations hunt vast ships amid World War I, led by the 25 million dollar Queen Mary en route to New York with 2,385 aboard including J P Morgan. Notes Bremen rumors and French Normandie stays in harbor while Vaterland's fate shadows market fears.
Moscow reports unofficially that negotiations have begun to settle the undeclared war between Soviet Russia and Japan on the outer Mongolia Manchoukuo frontier. The Japanese ambassador's meeting with Foreign Commissar Molotov is seen as a fresh approach. Russia aims to stay neutral and may provide economic aid to both sides, avoiding direct military engagement with Germany.
Senator Connally of Texas, on September 4, told Midland at the frontier celebration that the United States must not enter the European conflict of dictators. He said war crazed rulers pursue imperial aims, while the US has no stake in foreign boundary disputes and will not surrender American soil. He reviewed defense measures to show readiness to defend national integrity.
J. W. Mitchell aged 60, brother of Sam Mitchell of Amarillo, died at his home after a long illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday with burial in Childress Cemetery. Survived by wife, one son, two sisters, and three other brothers. date and location noted in regional obituary notice.
Hollywood Sept. 4 The Apache Indians hindered director C B Jamison by refusing a group of 100 Apaches to strip unless a contract requires shelters from the Arizona sun a physician for sunstroke treatment sunscreen and milk for Apache extras and bareback horses be fed.
The Tre De France departed Havre for New York with mainly American passengers as Britain Poland and Germany faced peril. The Cunarder Carinthia left New York with 600-foot gray hull and 73 life belted passengers. Captain W C Battle warned against open portholes and deck smoking while a small press crowd watched. Sailors on nearby ships cheered as the Carinthia vanished down the Hudson bound for an uncertain fate.
Edward W. Morrison reports a radical shift in 1940 headlamps as patent licensed bulbs integrate reflector and lens, potentially removing external shells. The change could reduce glare once beam control is developed, though bulb replacement costs may rise. damaged units could be cheaper to repair. The A A A probes financing abuses, naming a committee led by Judge Newcomb to curb gyp fringe and ruinous practices in auto lending. Chrysler executives note improving international demand with expansion in Australia and new plants in Mexico amid broad optimism if tensions ease.
Frank Gillmore announced a peace pact ending the threat of a national actors strike. The Associated Actors and Artists of America union group said the conflict that could halt theater and film work was resolved on the deadline set by negotiators.
The Maysville Independent says its faithful press balked at printing more war stories. Equipment breakdown forced a four column four page brochure form with no room for ads. The paper recalls past crises and notes hail rods once aimed to draw electricity from clouds in France.
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