Roosevelt Urges Peace Talks With Germany and Poland
President Roosevelt issues a series of peace appeals to Adolf Hitler and President Moscicki of Poland. He outlines three methods to avert war: direct negotiation, arbitration of disputes, and conciliation with a conciliator. He warns against a Munich repetition and calls for a truce while urging respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Prsident Roosevelt
Adolf High
Moscicki
Poland
Roosevelt
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Munich
Hoosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
United States
Mrs Claude Jones Dies in Missouri
Mrs Claude Jones of Hallsville Missouri sister of Ben R Tate of San Antonio and formerly of Del Rio died Thursday morning. The Tates had lived in Del Rio before moving to San Antonio recently. The notice confirms the death and family details.
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Claude Jones
Missouri
Hallsville
Ben R. Tate
San Antonio
del Rio
Delmo
Hopes to Smoke The Rabies Away In Tobacco Pipe
64 year old Nestor Sildanen of Vancouver Washington, a farmer, refuses Pasteur treatment after a mad dog bite. Health authorities give him only a 60 to 50 chance to beat rabies and have quarantined him.
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Nestor Sildanen
Vancouver
Sildanen
Pasteur
Japanese Landing Seen For Shanghai International Settlement Action
Reports indicate six thousand Japanese soldiers were landed near Shanghai to seize the International Settlement home to American British French and Italian troops. If rice riots worsen Tokyo planned to march in arguing police could not restore order and settlement authorities must solve the crisis.
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Shanghai
China
International
Japan
Mount Olive Baptista To Stage Comic Show
A comic show will be staged at Mount Olive Baptista Church in Chihuahua at 4 15 PM. Deacon Leighton Buddy Williams invites all to attend for an enjoyable evening.
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Mount Olive Baptista
Chihuahua
Leighton
Buddy) Williams
Boundaries Altered for Precincts One Ten and Fifteen
The Commissioners Court carves a new fifteenth precinct in the county and redraws Precincts One Ten and Eleven. Precinct One begins at South Main and Losolla, travels to San Felipe Creek. Precinct Ten extends from the San Felipe Creek bridge to the Rio Grande and Calaveras Creek, up to Highway 85 and Sycamore Creek. Precinct Eleven starts at South Main and Losolla, follows Losolla to the San Felipe Creek bridge and to the G. H. & S. A. Railroad. Precinct Fifteen begins at the San Felipe Creek bridge, goes along Taini Avenue to Calaveras Creek and upstream to the railroad and San Felipe Creek.
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South Main and
Losolla Streets
South Main Street
Rivers Street
San Felipe Creek
Said Creek
Losolla Street
San Pelipe Creek
Johnson Street
Taini Avenue
G. H
S. A
Johnson B Street
Calaveras Creek
Sycamore Creek
Allies Break Negotiations With Russia in Moscow
British and French missions decide to leave Moscow, cancelling a three power mutual assistance pact with Soviet Russia. Von Ribbentrop arrives, reports on non aggression pact, swastika banners fly as he departs. passports issued to missions for travel to Paris and London.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Russia
Paris
London
Finland
von Ribbentron
Fugitive Lepke Surrenders to FBI Director Hoover
Louis Lepke Buchalter, industrial racketeer, surrendered to FBI Director J Edgar Hoover in New York. Hoover said Lepke never left Manhattan and offered no immunity or money. Buchalter had been a fugitive for two years after skipping a $10 000 bail.
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Lepke
FBI
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Manhattan
Man Charged With Selling Indecent Literature Held
Raymond Barnell indicted by the Val Verde County grand jury in July for selling indecent literature was arrested in San Antonio Wednesday night. He was brought to Del Rio and jailed in the Val Verde County jail to await trial in the Sixty-Third District Court.
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Raymond Barnell
Val Verde County
San Antonio
A. E. Steinmetz
del Rio
Sixty- Third District
Trade pact provisions announced by Washington officials
Washington officials announced a proposed reciprocal trade treaty with Argentina would largely spare Western cattlemen and wool growers. The list of concessions includes beef and veal, canned and preserved, with duties of 6 cents a pound or 20 percent of value, and other items such as dressed turkeys, corn, and coarse wools. Western congressmen warned Argentine canned corned beef could be included, while imports of similar beef categories were minimal in 1937.
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Washington
Argentina
Roosevelt
Del Rioans Talk War Danzig Clash and US Involvement
Del Rio residents debate the Danzig crisis and potential war with varied views. Veterans discuss duty and fear, while locals joke about caves near Devil’s River and dodging conscription. Some favor aiding Allies, others oppose fighting or fear drafts.
Nazi Leader Sums Envoy In Wake of PolishTensions
Aug 25. Reich leader Hitler summoned British Ambassador Nevile Henderson amid talk of Germany postponing war for a day. Officials forecast Germany would not declare war but plan a punitive expedition to "establish law and order" as Poland faces pressure from Berlin and Moscow efforts.
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Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
London
Fuehrer
Britain
France
Germany
Poland
Danzig
Free State
Jozef Beck
Reich
Japan Shifts Toward Isolation in Foreign Policy
Tokyo reports indicate Japan may adopt a policy of independence and reduced reliance on other powers following the German-Russian non aggression pact. Foreign Minister Arita and navy officials stress autonomous military policy while cooperating with friends where possible as global tensions rise.
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Navy
Army
United States
Tientsin
Arita
Kensuke Hormouch
Washington
Amercan
China
Japan
Britain
France
Anita
Del Rioans Tour Wichita Mountains Parks
Del Rio residents led by Mrs. Alvaretta Keyes of Wichita Falls visited Medicine and Craterville Parks in the Wichita Mountains Oklahoma for ten days. Attending were Mrs. Tagliabue and children Charles Jr Dorothy Nell and Mrs. J W Grimes of Del Rio with companions Jo Morgan Pat Fletcher Mrs Cora Leggett Mrs Susie Burnett Miss Ruby Burnet and Mrs Patie Reynolds of Wichita Falls.
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Alvaretta Keyes
Wichita Falls
Charles Tagliabue
del Rio
Jo Morgan
Pat Fletcher
Cora Leggett
Susie Burnett
Ruby Burnet
Patie Reynolds
Tagliabue
Grimes
Susie Burett
Ruby Burnett
Keyes
Weather Outlook for Del Rio and Vicinity
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday. Yesterday’s high reached 94 degrees with a low of 77. This morning’s minimum temperature was 78 degrees.
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D. R
Welington
Grover C. Poole
Val Verde
Pat
Mike O'Daniel
National Guard
Camp Hulen
Palacios
Associated Press
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Del
Ima JO Fleetwood
Mussolini
England
Europe
Big Bend
Devil’s River
John W. Carruthers Jr
Ray Ross
Germay
Ray
Jack Fokes
D'Hanis
Nueces
Detroit
Mrs
Janet McDonald
Mich
Mam
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Tive Nazis
F. D. Roosevelt
Henderson
Warsaw
Tokyo
Gression
Hachiro Arita
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