Refugees Arrive as War Still Keeps Atlantic Quiet
New York report notes 945 jubilant Americans aboard the Swedish liner Scungsholm arriving from Europe amid wartime secrecy. Total aboard 1262 including five congressmen and one senator. British warnings of U boat activity slow schedules of several lines and reporters barred except on arrival. Other ships due include American Trader Noordam Arandora Star and Vandyck with hundreds aboard.
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New York
Scungsholm
Europe
Sbmarine
North Atlantic
United States
Atlantic Coast
London
Noordam
Arandora Star
Vandyck
Rex
Washington
Seattle
Scanroail
Panama Pacific
City of Baltimore
California
Officials' Trips Approved After City Return
City commissioners approved travel for tax commissioner C Ray Davis and fire and police commissioner Louis Lipscomb. They studied tax conditions and department operations in Galveston Houston Fort Worth and Dallas.
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C. Ray Davis
Louis Lipscomb
Mornday
Davis
Lipscomo
Galveston
Houston
Fort Worth
Dallas
Noseprinting plan aims to id dogs nationwide
Albany New Mexico reports that CPI A plans a nationwide noseprinting system to curb dog thefts for reward or sale. Richard Meaney, New York City delegate, will present the proposal at the American Humane Association's sixty third annual meeting opening today with aid from the FBI.
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Albany
CPI
American Humane Associaion
Richard Meaney
New York City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Electric thieves raid Houston street electrical store
Burglars broke into Westing House Electric Company at 1211 East Houston Street and stole an electric drone, several electric clocks and radios after breaking a side door glass. They also snatched a briefcase and suitcase from a car, as W. W. Starnes of 1023 Rally Avenue reported to police.
City Officials Fund Scout Cars and Office Equipment
City commissioners in council on Monday approved a 6555 appropriation to Jordan-ivers for 10 echo cars and 12 radios from Taylor Distributing for the same cars. Additional funds include 15 reconditioned typewriters at 485 each from Central Type and 312 postal care machines for City Hall offices at 490 each.
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Jordan-ivers Company
Eptie
Taylor Distributing Company
Central
Germany presses Poland push and western skirmishes
The communique reports bombardment of an abandoned Saarbrucken airfield and heavy fighting as Polish forces in the west resist. German forces push east with claims of swift victories, while Baltic operations target Gdynia. Skirmishes occur along Maginot and Siegfried lines as Franco British support murky and Soviet mobilization and railway plans gain attention. Germany seeks Russian raw materials to sustain the war.
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Saarbruecken
Vistula
Baltic Sea
Gdynia
Poland
Baltic
Fomorze
Germany
France
Warsaw
Western Front
Britain
High Command
Maginot
Siegfried Lines
Russia
Brita
Tass
Russa
England
Soviet Union
Council to Talk Traffic in Brackenridge Park
Brackenridge park traffic plans will be discussed at a city council session at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, with Mayor Maury Maverick presiding. Mayor Maverick invited Mrs. J. W. Dranell, chairman of parks and planning. John Cape, traffic and safety. and George Friedrich, of the board, to attend. A driveway map by Stewart King will guide the discussion. The stadium construction near the park requires driveway changes.
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Brackenridge Park
City Council
Maury Maverick
Maverick
J. W. Dranell
Parks and Plamming Board
John Cape
Traffic and Safety Committee
George Priedrich
Zop Board
Stewart King
Mayrrick
Valuable Gun Recovered After Long Stolen Return
Harlingen report details a gun stolen during the Great Western Hanateass for Denver in 1926. It was found in a Denver store after a long delay, pledged as security in Wyoming in 1927, and delivered to a grateful owner, Lt. Weller Martin of Port Jeane. In other lines the Treasury reports receipts and expenditures for the period, with balances and taxes. Funeral services were planned today in Marfa for J. M. Rosson, longtime business figure.
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Harlingen
Weller Martin
Port Jeahe
Denver
Martin
Wyoming
Soviet Predicts Polish Collapse as War Deepens
Moscow declares Poland unlikely to resist Germany, blaming lack of aid from Britain and France. Tass reports troop movements and front fortifications while Pr avda cites Poland's weakened economy and forested frontier gaps as factors.
German Vets in U S Declare Neutrality
Ridgefield Park New Jersey German World War veterans group Post 6 canceled all social activities and would not discuss the European conflict to avoid misinterpretation. Leader Frank Samuels of Jersey City said members consider themselves American and will uphold neutrality law while remaining supportive of Germany.
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Ridgefield Park
N. J
Seph
Frank Samuels
Jersey City
Post 6
Ber
Sauuels
Huge Funds Of Allies Revealed In Separate Banks
The Wal Street Journal reports Britain and France hold about 7 billion dollars in assets that could be converted to dollars for US purchases. It cites 4.5 billion in gold holdings combined and over 2 billion in American securities and bank balances, with about 50 million unaccounted.
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New York
Wal Stroh Journal
Great Britain
France
Bank Balanices
Department of Commerce
Two More German Ships Wait Chanc
Montevideo reports two more German merchantmen, the Monte Pascoal and Kersten Miles, joining Germanys food fleet anchored in the outer harbor awaiting a chance to slip past British warships. Both had been at Buenos Aires, part of a group that includes the Gonzenheim Patagonia and Anatolia.
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Montevideo
Monte Pascoal
Germany
Buenos Aires
Gonzenheim
Patagonia
Anatolia
Skunk Trouble Hits Boys Ranch at Old Tascosa
At the Boys Ranch in old Tascosa the skunk threat under the county courthouse building complicates inspections. Insurers flagged a foundation vent as a danger and the skunk has been under the house for over a month while the boys seek a plan to remove it.
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Skunk
OLD Tascosa
Boys Ranch
NTSTC Expands Chemurgy Course at Denton
President W. J. McConnell of North Texas State Teachers College plans to expand the chemurgy program. Gilbert C. Wilson will remain as chemurgic instructor and join the chemistry faculty for the upcoming long session. He taught the summer course, the first college instruction in chemurgy in the country, at White Oak High School.
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NTSTC
Denton
W. J. McConnell
North Texas State Teachers* College
Chemurgy
Gilbert. C. Wilson
Wilson
White Oak
Lin Chemurgy
Burro Pack Trains Carry Ore From Mine
At the Big Four mine six miles west of Sierra Blanca in the Quitman mountains, owners use burro pack trains to haul ore from 1700 feet above to a lower level for truck loadings to the smelter. The ore has high silver and lead content.
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Sierra Blanca
Big Four
Here
Quitman Mountains
Light Want Ads Drive Home Essentials and Independence
A varied listing of furniture and appliances for home and office appears under Classifications 105 16 116 Light Want Ads. Encourages readers to pursue personal independence by purchasing a business of their own and to consider offers in Classification 42 Light Want Ads.
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Arnite Inn
Carter
Stan Starzynski
Radio Sunday
Rai
Morris Plan
Morris Plan Menk
Gity
Treasury
Deerrane
Rosson
Moscow
Terestin
Pravda
Communist Party
I Pravda
Terard
U.S
Wolff & Marx
Gary Cooper
Paramount
Chesterfield
I, Stelle Md
Chesterfiel
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