CIO Calls Off Steel Strike Negotiations Pause Labor Chaos
The CIO recalled its order for a midnight work stoppage at United States Steel Corp plants as White House talks with Philip Murray loom over contract talks and defense production. Ford and Allis-Chalmers settlements shift momentum while smaller plants face new strikes. a House committee probes stoppages and urges persuasion over force.
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Associated Press
CSO
United States Steel Corp
White House
Philip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
U. S. Steel
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Milwaukee
United Automobile Workers Local
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Labor Relations Board
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Cio-Uaw
AFL
Lukens Steel Company
Coatsville
Phelps-Dodge Copper Corporation
Elizabeth
N. J
Harris-Seybold-Potter Company
Cleveland
SWOC
National Steel Corporation
Swoc-U. S
House
Biggers
Rep. Shafer
Michigan
Grain Experts Declare Wheat View Perfect
Chicago analysts report a promising 1941 winter wheat crop with a widespread northward greening and potential harvest in two to three months. A single trouble zone covers central Nebraska to northwestern Missouri, with best moisture seen in years. Estimated yields 609 to 621 million bushels, possibly the largest since 1938, aiding a domestic need near 700 million.
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Chicago
United States
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa Andansas
Spring Medical Session Opens Panhandle District Meeting Opens at Herring Hotel
The Panhandle District Medical Society holds a two day spring session at the Herring Hotel starting at 9 30 this morning with musicians surgeons and area specialists arriving. Guest speakers come from Dallas Fort Worth Denver Oklahoma City and Galveston. Dr F A White of Childress is president. Auxiliary luncheon noon at Amarillo Country Club and a coffee at Mrs Roy Vineyard's home tomorrow morning followed by a theater party in the afternoon.
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Panhandle District Medical Society
Herring Hotel
Dallas
Fort Worth
Denver
Oklahoma City
Galveston
F. A. White of
Childress
Panhandle Society
Amarillo Country Club
Roy Vineyard
Karl G. Hamlett
T. P Churchill
F. A. White
W. R. Klingensmith
Arthur Jenkins
Lubbock
W. R. Kingensmith
Sam Arnett
Robert H. Mitchell
Plainview
Robert S. Liggett
Robert H. McCarty
Eawin G. Schwarz
Fort. Worth
Paline Miller
J. B. Nail
Wichita Falls
J. J. Jume
F. B. Malone
W. B. Stevenson
John Schwan Enlists in Uncle Sam's Navy
John Schwan son of Mrs Frances Schwan of 714 Harrison Street left Friday for San Diego to enter the naval training school. He is the second Schwan to serve in the U S Navy, his brother Joe having served six years on an aircraft carrier and now working as a machinist at Bremerton Navy Yard. The Schwans were raised in Amarillo.
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John Schwan
Frances Schwan
Harrison Street
San Diego
Cal
Naval Training School
John
Schwan
United States Navy
Joe
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Joe Schwan
Amarillo
Swedish Planes Chase, ying Russ Fliers
Three Soviet Russian planes passed north of Gotland today and were chased away by a Swedish neutrality patrol. Gotland is a Swedish island in the Baltic between Sweden and Finland about 150 miles north of the German coast.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gotland
Baltic
Finland
Peace Officers Attend Meet At 11 O'clock Today
Peace officers from West Texas eastern New Mexico and the Panhandle Oklahoma will attend a meeting addressed by A P Kitchin inspector in charge of the Dallas FBI office. About 125 officers expected FP J Blake of Dallas FBI will also attend. The meeting takes place in the 47th District Court room at 11 o'clock. A John Snicer barbecue will follow at 1 o'clock at the Tri State Fair Grounds hosted by Sheriff Bill Adams Porter County Sheriff M E Cantrell Randall County and Chief of Police W R McDowell.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Panhandle
Oklahoma
A. P. Kitchin
Dallas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FP. J. Blake
FBI
47Th District Court Room
John Snicer
John Snicer Barbecue Will Be Served At the ‘Tri- State Fair Grounds
Bill Adams
Porter County
M. E. Cantrell
Randall County
W. R. McDowell
New Orleans Mayor Faces Suit Over Canal Oil Interest
The State of Louisiana filed suit in civil district court against Mayor Robert S. Maestri and Canal Oil Company Inc. to recover 825000 alleging Maestri received income from Canal Oil while serving as conservation commissioner.
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New Orleans
State of Louisiana
Robert S. Maestri
Canal Oil Company, Inc
Maestri
Canal Oil Company
Germans Break Wave Through Thrace In Balkan Battle
German armored divisions and parachutists reportedly pierced western Thrace to split Greece from Turkey as British imperial troops move into the Struma Valley. Greek forces counterattack, and air battles rage over Yugoslavia and Hungary with multiple bombings and tank captures reported.
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Aegean
Thrace
Albania
Struma Valley
Associated Press
Aegean Sea
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Austria
Balkan
Struma River
North Africa
Struma
Bulgaria
Zagreb
Belgrade
Szeged
Nis
Salonika
Rumania
Pecs
Arad
Temesvar
Kustendil
Poland
Greeks Hold Front as Wavell Directs Near East War
British and Greek forces report stout defense in Struma Valley with Greek infantry and forts holding against German pressure. RAF and Yugoslav air units claim successes against Axis targets in Bulgaria Albania and Hungary while Wavell remains in Egypt directing Near East and Balkan operations.
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Wavell
Egypt
Balkan
Mediterranean
RAF
Greece
Italy
Four Air Corps Units Created For Defense
The War Department disclosed creation of four new air corps interceptor commands to defend vital U S coastal cities. Brigadier Generals McDonnell Wash Frank and Harmon will lead units stationed at Mitchell Field New York Tampa Riverside Calif and Fort George Wright Wash. The commands aim to find and shoot down enemy bombers before targets are reached.
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Washington
Air Corps
United States
War Department
Atlantic Seaboard
Mitchell Field
New York
Tampa
Fla
Pacific Coast
Riverside
Cal
Fort
Amarillians
John C. McDonnell
Carlyle H. Wash
Walter H. Frank
Millard F. Harmon
Amarillo
Driver's License Action Faces New Delay
AUSTIN April 7 Floor work slowed in the Legislature as Senate committees tackled heavy calendars. Nominees Reuben Williams Fort Worth to the highway commission and B D Battle Longview to the public safety commission were recommended for confirmation. Battle would replace Tom C King Dallas after reapportionment. The Senate passed a 50 cent biennial fee for permits while a House bill set 75 cents. Aikin sought to strike the fee but failed. amendment by Martin would require jury trial before revocation. New bills from Kelley and Moore addressed census work and delinquent children in private homes.
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Associated Press
Austin
Senate
Reuben Williams
Fort Worth
B. D. Battle
Longview
Public Safety Commission
Williams
W. Lee O'Daniel
Highway Commission
Battle
Tom C. King
Dallas
Senate State Affairs Group
House
Brownwood
Camp Bowie
Sen. A. M. Aikin, Jr
Paris
Aikin
Jesse Martin
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Weaver Moore
Houston
Amarilloans to make trip aboard chartered Pullman to Carlsbad
About 30 Amarillo business and professional men depart at 12:06 Wednesday on a booster trip to Carlsbad and the Pecos Valley led by Sam Elkins. More than 20 reservations exist with invites to Carlsbad and Palo Duro Canyon Easter services and the Rogers memorial in July. Participants may tour Carlsbad Caverns again if desired.
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Santa Fe
Amarillo
Carlsbad
Pecos Valley
Sam Elkins
Mr. Elkins
Palo Duro Canyon
Rogers
Carlsbad Caverns
Yollis DeGrassi
E. Kancher
Hollis Russell
E. W. Pipkin
Norton Baker
N. F P. Nelson
Carl Hinton
Dick Seay
Sam Fikins
Ed Roberts
Guy Cariander
Meson King
H. B. Fain
B. Whittenburg
Walter Blackburn
Ilowerd Boxwell
Charles Wareill Adams
Charlie Pryor
Clay Thornton
T. W. Gilstrap
C.S. Makeig
H. O. Starks
John Cowan
Ted Taylor
Guy Victory
Hubert Cole
Alabama Senators Deny Mitch is Communist
U S senators Lister Hill and John H Bankhead of Alabama denied charges by Rep Martin Dies that William Mitch, CIO Industrial Council chairman in Alabama, was a Communist. Hill called the charges absurd and unjust, while Bankhead called them unfair and unfortunate in a April 7 Senate confrontation.
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Washington
Lister Hill
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Rep
Martin Dies
Texas
William Mitch
CIO Industrial Council
Hill
Senate
Mitch
Dies
Hil
Hinted Turks May Declare War In Istanbul April 7
British quarters hint Turkey may declare war as informed sources report a considerable quantity of British war material arriving in Istanbul. A telephone list shows Russell Stationery Company as a contact.
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Istanbul
U.P
Turkey
Greeks and Yugoslavs clash as Germans push into Balkans
Reuters reports Yugoslav and Greek troops inflicted heavy losses on German forces in the Balkans while no official word came from Yugoslavia after the dawn Nazi assault. Greek reports claim Struma River valley deaths and 500 Italians captured on the Albanian front as German pressure deepens. Western Thrace remains contested near the Turkish border with evacuations underway. A strong Greek offensive on the Albanian front is noted.
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Reuters
Athens
Breslau
Germany
Luft‘waffe
Perithor
Belles
Strymon
Peraeus
Rhodope Mountains
Chule
Rupel
Ussita
Kilkis
Struma
Vardar
Serral
Nevrokopi
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Scutari
Albania
Sarajevo
Franz Ferdinand
Ankara
Thrace
London
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Amarillo Daily News
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Parmer
Palmer County
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France
Parmer County
G. D. Anderson
Bern
DNB
Jround
Sofia
Budapest
Britain
Maribor
Jubljana
Fiume
A Zagres
Banja, Luka
Nana As
Osijek
Canube
Belgrad
Kragujevac
Koplje
Prilep
Bitolj Nand
Sofike
KKRK
Berati
Macedonia
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