Britain weighs Hitler peace offer as cabinet acts
In Paris and London reports say Britain will reply to Hitler while Berlin signals a possible compromise. France demands absolute parity and calls up three military groups as Parliament prepares for action. The emergency cabinet in Britain drafts a response amid hopes for a negotiated settlement to the German Polish crisis.
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Hitler
Berlin
Poland
Fuehrer
France II Stern
Paris
France
Germany
Foreign Ministry
Robert Coulondre
Dala
London
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Associated Press
Adolph Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Nevile
Lord Halifax
Compromise Reported in German Polish Crisis
An informant claims a compromise is under way in the German Polish crisis and that a world war danger has been averted. He cites Germany halting private aviation bans and train cancellations, the Danzig boat service stoppage, and Upper Silesia as a military operations area, with earlier orders now taking effect. He notes a turning point at 2 am with orders rescinded at 4:30 am and resumed communications with foreign nations after a seven hour break.
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Berlin
Germany
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Adolph Hitler
Moscicki
Roosevelt
Sir Nevile Henderson
London
Paris
Rome
Hitler
Address at Dedication of Pecos River Bridge
Claude Simpson, secretary of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the dedication ceremony for the Pecos river bridge and related highway project. He credited the Roswell Daily Record and Hobbs News-Sun, praised local officials, and noted the highway’s significance for Lea county and New Mexico, with a belief that the final link to Lamy soon may be finished.
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Claude Simpson
Roswell
Encino- Lamy
Lea County
Here
Tatum
Lea Rowland
Clyde Tingley
Highway Commission
John E. Miles
Charles L. Allison
Allison
James M. Murray
Hobbs
C. E. Lawrence
J. Roy Storms
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce
Miles
Burton Dwyre
Dennis Chavez
J. J. Dempsey
Carl A. Hatch
Albuquerque
Tingley
U. S. 380
Clyde Oden
State Highway Commission
Edward Larsent
Oden
Rowland
Sargent
Grover Conroy
Conroy
Pete Vidal
Gallup
Ivan Hilton
Las Vegas
Jose Ortiz Y Pino
Galisteo
Thygesen Construction Company
H. M. Dow
James Murray
Weather Forecast for Four States Unsettled Weekend Conditions
New Mexico faces unsettled weather tonight and Sunday with occasional showers and thunderstorms mainly in the north. Colorado also expects unsettled conditions with local thundershowers in the mountains and warmer southwest areas tonight. Arizona shows partly cloudy skies with probable showers and storms in the north central and northeast, little temperature change. West Texas remains partly cloudy tonight and Sunday.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West
Texas
Angy Crowd Breaks Up Texas Communist Meet
In San Antonio a large crowd attacked a communist rally, clashing with about 200 police and firefighters. The melee injured around 20 people, and authorities reported 5,000 spectators, with Mayor Maury Maverick calling out police and firemen to protect the meeting. The protest aimed at recall of Maverick, a liberal New Deal ally who defends free speech.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
Maverick
Texas
Congress
Municipal Auditorium
Emma Tenayuca Brooks
New Deal
Two Navajo Prisoners Captured Near Albuquerque
Two Navajo Indians Tom Lee and Roy Hill were arrested at a service station 23 miles west of Albuquerque and were to be returned to the state penitentiary. They escaped from a prison clay pit gang on Tuesday, traveled by night in prison garb, and sought Gallup near their Navajo homeland. Hill faced one to two years for a liquor charge and Lee three to four years.
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N. M
Here
State Penitentiary
Tom Lee
Roy Hill
Hill
Lee
Gallup
Navajoland
Record Thanks Participants In Bridge And Highway Dedication
The Record acknowledges the many persons who cooperated with the bridge and highway dedication and celebration. It credits their help as essential to hosting the event and promises personal thanks where possible.
Miles Dedicates Pecos River Bridge East of Roswell
Governor Miles dedicates the longest bridge in New Mexico as a monument to eastern boosters. The Pecos River bridge on U S Highway 380 links Roswell with eastern New Mexico, promising new commerce and growth, while Percy Haralson, 44, dies from gasoline explosion injuries in Roswell. Haralson, a former Texas minister and Roswell Auto salesman, leaves a wife, five stepchildren, and four sons serving in the Marines. Funerals will be in Wellington, Texas.
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New Mex
Percy Haralson
Whitcamp
Bland
Atkinson
Haralson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mr. Haralson
Texas
Roswell
Wellington
Roswell Auto Company
Presbyterian Church
LaVerne Davis
Long Beach
California
Browning and
Hodges
Percy Jr
Rudolph
U. S. Marines
Wade Travis
Billy Merle
Ophelia
Betty Jane
Zella Faye Montgomery
E. B. Haralson
Pecos River
Here
New Mexico
Pecos
U. S. Highway 380
Lea County
West Texas
Chaves
National League Scores and Bridge Dedication
National League action erupted with the Cardinals beating the Phillies 5 to 0, Reds topping the Dodgers 5 to 2 on two hits for Walters, Cubs defeating the Bees 8 to 1, and the Giants besting the Pirates 6 to 2 with Mel Ott delivering two homers. Meanwhile a Roswell Lea County crowd gathered to dedicate the Pecos River bridge in a governor led ceremony marking the final link in the paved Roswell Lea county highway.
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Giants
Pirates
New York
Mel Ott
Pittsburgh Pirates
No Reply to Roosevelt From Hitler
Washington August 26. President Roosevelt, awaiting a Berlin reply to his peace appeal, focuses on emergency war measures. He plans a morning of conferences and an afternoon in private study. Hull reports no tangible word on Hitler’s settlement proposal. Roosevelt had urged Poland and Germany to talk before war, outlining direct negotiation arbitration or conciliation as ways to avert conflict.
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Roosevelit
Berlin
United States
Hull
Adolph Hitler
Poland
State Department
Roosevelt
Moscicki
Poland Had Accepted A Proposal Advanced By Mr. Roosevelt
Hitler
Mocicki
Mr. Roosevelt
Germany
Mescicki
Salvation Army Relief Work Report Summary
The Salvation Army reports three months relief totals: Family relief groceries 1281 lbs garments 494 shoes 87. Transient relief meals 1814 beds 310. total relief recipients 948. The rest of the text covers a Roswell dedication celebration for a bridge highway project, with Governor Miles in attendance and multiple officials listed.
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Salvation Army
KGFL Radio to Broadcast Dedication Program
KGFL has arranged a dedication program broadcast at the kBridge to be relayed by short wave to KGFL Roswell station via remote control.
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KGFL
kBridge
Roswell
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