Return of U Citizens Urged in New Crisis
Washington reports renewed talks on American neutrality as preparations rise to evacuate thousands of U S citizens from war zones in Europe. Merchant ships, aided by a naval escort if needed, would transport refugees while officials weigh revisions to the neutrality law and a possible special session of Congress.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Gamuer
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
Russia
Mexican Heat Powder Offers Medicated Comfort for Irritated Skin
An advertisement urges mothers to use Mexican Heat Powder after bath and diaper changes to soothe sensitive skin. It claims plain talcum cannot match the product’s medicated relief and promotes availability at dealers, noting the low cost.
Three Injured in South Flores Purniss Street Crash
Three people were injured in a two vehicle accident at South Flores Street and Purniss Avenue on Wednesday. Jose Mantez, 39, of 1305 Ripford Street, the driver of one car, sustained cuts and bruises to the body, along with his daughters Cata Fiima, 15, and Beatrice, 13. Police listed B Martinez, 32, of 2912 South Fisres Street, as the driver of the other vehicle.
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South Flores Street
Purniss Avenue
Jose Mantez
Ripford Tstreet
surtetea j@ Teg
Cata~ Fiima
Beatrice
B. Martinez
South Fisres Street
Japs See No Harm In New Pact
PORTO Aug 23 A government official said Japan sees no harm in the anti Comintern alliance with Germany despite Germany’s move toward a non aggression pact. The foreign office noted prior information and believes Germany has safeguarded the anti Comintern accord. Japanese newspapers criticized the government as responsible in part for the development.
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Porto
Japan
Tevsons
Germany
Foreign Office
Italy
Hungary
Man
Five Planes Take Off for Panama Zone Test
Five army airplanes departed Duncan Field at 10 a m Wednesday heading to Brownsville en route to the Canal Zone station. Lieut. Col. F M Brady commanded the flight which included four OA nine observation amphibians and a B 18 bomber. The Panama trip will pass Tampico Vera Cruz Guatemala City Managua and San Jose and will last four days. Pilots flew four B 10 bombers from the Canal Zone to Duncan Field in exchange for the new aircraft.
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Brownsville
F. M. Brady
Panama
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Guatemala City
Managua
Sanidose
Canal Zone
Dinesa Fields
Total Abstention Brings Ruination in Grenoble
In Grenoble France on August 23 temperance-minded ruse led to the downfall of a 31-year-old Giuseppe Alata who robbed a villa near Saysi net. Authorities found nearly all goods stolen except fine wines. Neighbors who abstained from drink were checked and Alata confessed.
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France
Giuseppe’ Alata
Saysinet
Grenobie
Alala
Foreigners Flee Europe as Berlin Runs Loud
In Berlin on August 22 fear drives mass departures of French British and other foreigners while local officials urge evacuation. Americans seek guidance from consular officers who have little concrete advice. In Cannes American coast tourists on the Riviera are told to consider leaving the area but not ordered to do so. Newsmen depart with few exceptions and Windsor sources say the duke and duchess will stay at Cap d Antibes.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Cannes
Nice
French Riviera
Nico
Monte Carlo
Mi Tone
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Cap D'Antibes
Halifax to broadcast important statement from Downing Street
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax will address the British nation in a major statement to be broadcast tomorrow. The speech, from 4 Downing Street, is to be carried by CBS and NBC in the United States and Europe, with a 6:30 p.m. London time transmission.
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London
Lord Halifax
United States
Europe
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Downing Street
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Columbia Broadcasting Item
National Broadcasting Company
Boy 13 Studies College Course During Summer
Randolph Wilhoit of 123 Kennedy Avenue Alamo Heights aged 13 in the eighth grade attends Alamo Heights Junior School while taking second year college coursework at the University of San Antonio. He studies chemistry and biology and has earned good grades. His interest has grown through the summer under his father M H Wilhoit a law book salesman.
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Withou
Kennedy Avenue
Alamo Heights
University of San Antonio
M. H. Wilhoit
Britain creates major munitions base in Canada
Washington reports Britain has set up a major munitions supply base in Canada to secure arms and ammunition. The War Office contracted Marine Industries Ltd. at Sorel Quebec for unspecified quantities, reflecting fear of bombing and a shift away from relying on U.S. arms due to neutrality act limitations.
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Washington
Great Britain
Canada
Commerce Department
British War Office
Marine Industries, Ltd
Sorel
Quebec
Ottawa
England
War Office
United States
Ultimatum on Poland loci likely in German drive
Paris reports German envoy delivered a demand at end of week for Danzig Polish corridor Thorn Posen Kalovice and Lemberg. A Paris Soir article by Herrand de Jouvenel says von Ribbentrop seeks a nonaggression pact with secret clauses. The deal would pull the Soviet Union into a German led bloc, use Russia as a supply base, and may revive old Russian claims on parts of Poland without creating a shared Russo German coalition.
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Germany
Poland
Danzig
Thorn
Posen
Kalovice
Lemberg
Patig Soir
Herrand de Jouvenel
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Koenissberg
Russia
von Ribbentrop
Moscouw
Soviet Union
de Jouvenel
Burial services for ex newspaper man Fred Chase
Aug 23 funeral services will be held in Quanah for Fred Chase 86 longtime resident and former newspaper man. He died last night aged 86 and had been a partner of Harry Koch publisher in Quanah later moving to Galveston as business manager of a tripune. He published a pager in San Antonio and retired here in 1909 to publish the Quanah Observer until 1915.
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Quanah
Fred Chase
Crisis Brings King to London for Emergency Parliament Session
King George VI will leave Scotland for London by train tonight to attend tomorrow's emergency session of Parliament amid heightened international tension. Queen Elizabeth and the children remain at Balmoral Castle. A telephone link kept the king in close touch with news from London.
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George VI
Scotland
Hand
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Balemori Castle
George
J. PL Morgan
Gannochy Indge
Edzell
Beotland
Uelephone
France warns of imminent showdown over German Polish dispute
Paris reports France has issued strong instructions to its ambassadore Europe as thousands of reservists occupy frost posts and estimates of armed French reach near one million. Government fears crisis rivals last year with Sudetenland. Cabinet and war council to meet with Gen Gamellin on combined French and British land forces.
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Paris
France
Europe
Moscow
Paul Emile Nageglar
Boviet
Germany
Albert Lebrun
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Slmost
Maurice Gustave Gamelln
Poles Open Fire On German Transport Plane Over Fallsh Corridor
Danish aviation authorities reported Polish anti aircraft guns fired on a German transport plane over the Fallsh corridor this afternoon. The aircraft en route from Templehai Airport in Berlin to Danzig and Koenigsberg was not struck.
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Danzig
Fallsh
Templehai
Berlin
Danvig
Koenigsberg
Troops wreck bridges as Hong Kong fears war continues
Aug 25 Hongkong reports British forces demolished bridges linking Hongkong to China amid Japanese incursions. Outlying residents urged to withdraw into the city and authorities called for registrations of women and children for possible evacuation if the situation worsens. Leopold of Belgium urged peace and independence at a Belgian hosted Oslo group meeting.
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Viyel
Rolong
China
Shussels
Ang
Leopold
Belgium
He Royal Palace
Oslo
Frst
Stallion Rescued From Heat Wave Swim
In Baltimore on August 23 Jim a stallion owned by Henry Baker sought relief from the heat by swimming in Herring Run. A dozen policemen and Humane Society officers finally managed to pull him out.
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Baltimore
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