Fremming charged by Ickes over oil labor remarks
Fremming of the OM Workers Union told President Roosevelt that Ickes accused him of deliberately distorting labor conditions in the oil industry. Ickes rejected Fremming’s assertions and said no labor leaders sit on key committees while noting a new oil bill to close code loopholes will reach Congress soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harvey
Fremming
OM Workers Union
Ickes
Planning and Coordination Prmmittee Industry Code Authority
Petroleum Administrative Board
Roosevelt
Congress
Bandit raids hit Kansas and neighboring states
Bank raiders struck on three fronts in the Middle West, escaping with more than $32,000. The Pana National Bank in Illinois yielded about $27,629 to John Dillinger and three accomplices. Edwardsville State Bank in Kansas netted $1,497 after robbers waited in a frame building. Bethany Farmers State Bank in Oklahoma was emptied of $968. Police pursued the suspects and linked some to famed outlaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Middle West
Edwardsville
Kansas
RAME
Edwardsville State Bank
Kay E. Beach
Beach
Arthur Knight
Monticello
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Henry Methvin
Texas
Pana
John Dillinger
Pana National Bank
Outlaws
Bethany
Okla
Farmers State Bank of
Yukon
Texas Publishers Visit New York on Centennial Tour
Texas publishers and business leaders toured major East Coast cities, ending in New York where Mayor La Guardia welcomed 84 reporters. Lowry Martin led the delegation including Malcolm Crim Walter Cline Joseph Leonard and Gene Howe. The trip aims to boost Texas New York trade and sales of state products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas Publishers
Merchants’ Association of New York
la Guardia
Lowry Martin
The
Corsicana Sun
Texas
Merchants Association of New York
Corsicana County
Joseph Leonard
Gainesville
Beginning of New Era Heralded by Banquet Of Amarillo Boosters
Four people die in a wind storm that swept across South Louisiana on April 19. The fast-moving, intense weather damaged homes farms and crops in a wide area injuring many rural residents. The dead include Ophe Melancon 65 of Carencro and Mrs Clemine Taylor 52 of Arnaudville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Lafayette. la
Louisiana
Ophe Melancon
Carencro
Lafayette Parish
Clemine Taylor
Arnaudville
St. Landry Parish
A. C. Si
Two More Victims Die From Blasting Steam Table
In Sedalia Missouri two more victims of the steam table explosion dated April 11 died today raising total deaths to nine. Mrs Bessie Greer aged 50 died early while Miss Lillian Brandt aged 47 passed away in the afternoon. Sixteen others injured remain in hospitals with one in critical condition.
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Sedalia
Bessie Greer
Lillian Brandt
Arkansas Prisoners Work in Traces at Tucker Farm
The Arkansas penal board chairmen viewed convicts at Tucker Farm No. 2 marching in rows to pull cotton planters. Eight teams of six, driven by a seventh man, used rope hitches to push the planters along the rows. Chairman Helms found the task not too hard and supported continuing the method due to mule shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Stedman
Tucker Farm No. 2
Stedman
Helms
300 Amarillo Citizens Back Chamber of Commerce Program
About 300 Amarillo residents packed the Crystal Ball room at the Herring Hotel to endorse a new civic and business development program announced by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. The atmosphere was upbeat as leaders previewed community improvement and economic growth plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce opens membership drive
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce membership drive begins this morning with George G. Ordway as committee chairman. Many firms have subscribed with fees set at $5 for individuals and $10 for firms as the temporary chamber nears its final activity after operating since February 1. Roger Miller of Dallas and Southwestern manager of the U S Chamber of Commerce spoke at the first Amarillo booster banquet in years, with H W Galbraith presiding as toastmaster. Representatives from Tucumcari Canadian Hereford Dalhart Pampa and Dumas praised Amarillo’s return to chamber status, highlighting its leadership for the Plains trade area despite a year without a chamber. The piece notes the Southwest is leading the nation out of a low mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
George G. Ordway
Roger Miller
Amarillo
Dallas
United States Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Galbraith
Chamber
Plains
Chamber of Commerce
Tucumcari
Hereford
Dalhart
Pampa
Dumas
Southwest
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Friday partly cloudy. West Texas area west of 160th Meridian expects Friday fair conditions. New Mexico notes fair skies Friday with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
160Th Meridian
New Mexico
Dollfuss Faces Showdown Over Austrian Dictatorship Rift
Vienna reports indicate Chancellor Dollfuss plans a decisive move to absorb the fascist Heimwehr into the fatherland front and assert authority. With Prince von Starhemberg and Emil Fey as key figures, tensions rise as factions clash over portfolios and loyalty.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Dollfuss
Austria
Heimwehr
Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Emil Fey
Fatherland Front
Fey
Defense
Voice
Home Guard
von Starhemberg
Helmwehr
Ohio Governor Threatened Over Dillinger Case
A death threat tied to the Dillinger gang was received by Governor George White on April 10 and traced by postal authorities. The letter demanded pardons for Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley, condemned to die July 13, or the governor would not live out his term. Two guards stood watch at the mansion as White handed the note to postal inspectors.
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Columbus
John Dillinger
George White
Harry
Charley
Harry Pierpont
Charles Makley
Jess L. Larber
Allen County
Pierpont
Makley
Ohio Penitentiary
Dillinger
Arizona
Lima
Larber
Pierpont, Makley
Russell Clark
Nate McCoy
National
Leon Trotsky seeks return to Turkey after exile
Paris April 19 Reuters says Leon Trotsky the exiled Russian leader has asked permission to return to Turkey and is awaiting a visa to honor France’s expulsion order. His entourage said he is ready to depart as soon as a visa is granted.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
Turkey
Trotzy
Seek Freedom for Hamilton's Folks
Applications for a writ of habeas corpus were filed for Floyd Hamilton and Steve Davis, brother of Raymond Hamilton and Hamilton's stepfather, to be produced before District Judge J. D. Moore. The men were arrested in Dallas on April 5 by Texas Rangers and have been in custody since without a filed complaint.
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Austin
Floyd Hamilton
Raymond Hamilton
Southwest Desperado
Steve Davis
Hamilton
Henry H. Hutchings
Davis
J. D. Moore
Alice Davis
Mildred Hamilton
Dallas
Texas Rangers
Betty Boop creator testifies in damage suit over character
Max Fleischer testified that his imagination created Betty Boop and he was aided by studio staff. Helen Kane seeks 250000 alleging her hoop boop style influenced the character and singing. The case, before Supreme Court Justice Edward J. Mel Goldrick, centers on likeness of Kane and Boop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Kane
Betty Boop
Max Fleischer
Miss Kane
Fleischer
Fleischer Studios
Paramount Publix Corporation
Wells
Weltz
Bishop Cannon details 1928 anti Smith campaign setup
Washington April 1944 Bishop James Cannon Jr testified that separate state committees were created to run the Alfred E. Smith campaign in 1928 but that only one letterhead was used to save costs. He denied conspiring to hide campaign expenditures with Ada L Burroughs. A conference of Smith opponents in Asheville NC had placed the campaign duties on him.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Alfred FE. Smith
Ada L. Burroughs
Smith
Ashville
N. C
Lone Officer Fights Bandits In Mass Car Shootout
Weston Massachusetts April 19 a gun battle with a lone officer left three bandits wounded and a captive man bound in a car. Officer Albert Raynor halted the speeding car and a volley of bullets followed as the gunmen fled leaving blood and shells in their wake. The pursuit continued across state lines with Illinois and New York plates noted on the vehicle.
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Weston
Mass
Massachusetts
Albert Raynor
Raynor
Illinois
New York
Post Office bid bids open for 21 air routes tomorrow
Officials said most of 12 cancelled mail contract firms have reorganized and may bid again. Private lines may receive temporary contracts as W. W. Howes testified private contractors carried mail better than the Army and that current air mail runs were slower. Bids cover a three month period on 21 routes with possible extension.
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Washington
Post Office Department
W. W. Howes
Senate
Army
Austin
Republican
Vermont
Special Air Mail Committee
Alr
Brown
Senators chosen to conduct probe into arms manufacture
Vice President Garner named seven senators led by Senator ope to probe arms and munitions production and trade in the United States and with foreign nations. The special committee under the New York-Vandenberg resolution includes Sheppard of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ope
Idaho
Garner
United States
Sheppard
Texas
Commissions Slashed as Federal Court Blocks Order
Three federal judges en banc issued a temporary injunction stopping Secretary Wallace from enforcing a 30 percent rate cut on commissions charged by Chicago union stock yard commission houses. Firms must deposit the difference with the court while the case proceeds. Government attorneys say the cut would be about $800,000 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Chicago Union
Wallace
American National Livestock Association
Commission
Samuel Alsehuler
James H. Wilkerson
John P. Barnes
Aimee Not Wanted as Evangelist by Mexican Officials
Mexico City authorities refuse Aimee Semple McPherson’s entry as an evangelist while allowing tourism. Interior Secretary Gilberto Vasconcelos stated religious workers are barred by law though she may visit as a tourist.
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Aimee
Mexico City
W.P. Aimee Semple McPherson
Mexico
Gilberto Vasconcelos
McPherson
Vasconcelos
California
Angelus Mission
Laredo
Harris sisters jailed for refusing grand jury testimony
Miss Ruth Harris and Miss Berna Harris, both 18 and 20, were jailed in Houston for refusing to testify before the county grand jury. They had been riding with C H Orr, driver charged with drunken driving after an automobile collision that left Mrs BEA Lets critically injured.
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Houston
Ruth Harris
Berna Harris
BE. A. Lets
C. H. Orr
Liege
Harris
Orr
Nutty Problem For a Car Owner
Ben Dick son of Lake Mills Iowa faced a costly overhaul after squirrels nested in the exhaust and stored nuts inside the engine. The Globe-News advertises a Ford coupe priced at 23998 from Pickle Garage 408 Auatin.
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Ben Dickson
Lake Mills
Iowa
Globe-News
Pickle
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma Bank
Arkansas
Traces
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Prince von Starhemberg
Mussolini
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