Germany tightens grip as Poland corridor tensions rise
Dispatches from Katowice report Polish arrests of German minority leaders and mass detentions, while Germany readies bloodless options for a Danzig Pomorze settlement. Western fortifications are declared impregnable as troops move near the border and crews string communications lines along the Pomorze frontier.
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Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Germany
DNB
Katowice
Kurt Wiesner
France
Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Gleiwitz
Wide scale oil well shutdowns hit six states
The emergency order in New Mexico suspends crude output for 15 days from August 17 1939 with exemptions for wells critical to gas supply or irreplaceable water protection. About 70 percent of Netciss crude production in Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas Texas Louisiana and New Mexico were shut down. Fewer than 10 percent of the 200000 workers face temporary layoff with others on vacation half pay or repairs.
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el Paso
New Mexico
Carl Livingston
Glenn Staley
Hobbs
The
Conservation Commission
Livingston
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Connally
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
P. J. Hoffmaster
Oil Advisory Board
Hoffmaster
Oil Shutdown Spreads as States Cut Crude Output
Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas move to halt production as governors push shutdowns. Refineries report tight gasoline supplies with 10 to 12 days on hand in Oklahoma and less than 10 in Kansas and north Texas. Governors weigh broader coordinated action to impact prices amid looming refinery price shifts.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kansas
North
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Earl K. Long
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Leon C. Phillips
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Jerry Sadler
Texas Railroad Commission
Continental
Sinclair
Nels H. Smith
Wyoming
Local Talent On The Pecos Stage
The Pecos Theatre begins another Friday amateur contest series offering experience to many locals. Winners last Friday were Leeketa Wilson with her sister, Walter Clayburn in second, and Jerry Sigola in third. Other entrants included Richard Earl McKinney and Gale Haley. An audience judged event and an old time watermelon eating contest awarded $1.00 to the top watermelon eater. A fiddling contest call invites all ages, with separate groups for young and old competitors.
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Pecos
Leeketa Wilson
Walter Clayburn
Jerry Sigola
Richard Earl McKinney
Gale Haley
Hobbs Oil Derrick Tragedy Claims Local Worker
In Hobbs New Mexico two workers were hurt when a derrick was pulled in at the edge of the city as they prepared to pull tubing on the Grimes No 4 well. Tom Pierce 26 died instantly. C A White was injured. three others escaped unharmed. Coroner's jury ruled death accidental. Pierce had lived in Hobbs about two and a half years.
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Hobbs
N. M
General Hospital
Tom Pierce
C. A. White
East Grimes No. 4
Pierce
Chillicothe
Texas
Arizona
Dept of Justice Bus Stops in Roswell
A U.S. Department of Justice bus used to transport federal prisoners halted at Fourth and Main in Roswell this afternoon around three. Captain W. P. Walsh declined to discuss trips. One prisoner aboard, a colored man, with three other DOJ officers and the captain. Bus headed north.
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United States Department of Justice
Roswell
W. P. Walsh
Department of Justice
State game meeting set for Carlsbad dates
Deming New Mexico August 17 Fred Sherman president of the New Mexico Game Protective Association announced the annual convention will be in Carlsbad September 3 4 with national Texas and Arizona game officials expected to attend An election of officers and a National Wildlife Federation representative will take place The program includes a trip through Carlsbad Caverns Attending will be William J Tucker Carl D Shoemaker William H Sawtelle and R K Wickstrom as noted officials from Texas Arizona and New Mexico
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Carl D. Shoemaker
National Wildlife Federation
William H. Sawtelle
Arizona
Western Game Commissioners’ Association
Phoenix, Ariz
R. K. Wickstrom
Phoenix
Arizona Game Protective Association
Sherman
New Mexico
Danzig Crisis Seen As Part Of Wider European Tangle
New York August 17 The Danzig issue is viewed as a single spark in a broader European crisis. Angl o French leaders fear Hitler will use Danzig to push for dominance over Europe while Poland faces possible subjugation. The stakes are a looming clash between Berlin Rome axis and the Anglo French bloc, with war party members ready for confrontation. Officials named include R T Brightman Clovis vice president Raymond B Stamm Albuquerque M F Smith Raton W A Losey Hagerman Stanley Mollands Taos B E Smith Belén and W H Blaine Raton.
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New York
Danzig
Poland
Free City
Reich
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Berlin-Rome
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Memel
Fuehrer
England
France
R. T. Brightman
Clovis
Raymond B. Stamm
Albuquerque
M. F. Smith
Raton
W. A. Losey
Hagerman
Stanley Mollands
Taos
B. E. Smith
Belen
W. H. Blaine
National Federation
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Sess
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Cincinnati
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Dept. of Justice
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Las Cruces
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Tatum
Lovington
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Pecos Valley
Pecos Valley Packing CO
Cp Wash
California
Nice
Borge
Great West
Hills Bros
Campbells
HEINZ
10Th. & North Main Sts
Merritt’s Shoe Dept
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