Murphy Named Attorney General
Nineteen Grimy, Choking Coal Miners Rescued with one death reported at Crown Hill Mine No. 6. Rescue crews freed 19 miners after 14 hours underground amid after damp and fire, while Jesse Hayes, 35, died. Local crowds watched as workers carried the survivors to Vermillion County Hospital. the fire continued to burn.
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Conservatives In For Wooing Fight Over Crop Control Law
Washington officials say the administration will seek conservative House and Senate support to block proposals replacing the crop control program with price fixing and export dumping. They warn these measures would end production limits, force government regulation, and flood foreign markets with surpluses.
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Murphy to be sworn in as attorney general
Former Michigan governor Frank Murphy, a New Deal ally, will be sworn in noon tomorrow as attorney general to replace the retiring Homer Cummings. The nomination faces Senate questions over his handling of 1937 sit down strikes and related actions, with a probable confirmation amid partisan debate.
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Jones Mentioned For Court Post Jones Mentioned For Court Post
Washington rumors place Rep. Marvin Jones of Amarillo as a potential appointee to the DC circuit court of appeals. The Washington Herald names Jones alongside Rep. Allan Goldsborough and Jerome Frank as Roosevelt’s top picks for the vacancy. West Texans also eyed for major House committee posts including Mahon on Appropriations, South on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and West on Ways and Means.
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Warm Weather to Continue Into New Year
Local observers say the warm, balmy conditions will persist with clear skies. Yesterday's temperatures ranged from a chilly 21 degrees to a high near 61, and today is expected to stay clear and possibly warmer.
Dalhart Protests SCS Land Buying Violence Takes Lives of 8 Texans
Dalhart reports a wave of New Year violence across Texas with eight deaths and dozens injured, plus a probe into a large land purchase program by the Soil Conservation Service. A. M. James accuses the SCS of destroying land values in Dallam County while Kerrick area stockmen protest proposed acquisitions.
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Allred names three to state board of education
Governor James V. Allred announced three new appointees to the Texas State Board of Education before his January 17 departure. Ben G. O Neal of Wichita Falls Homer C. De Wolfe of Austin and Max T. Junker of Dallas will replace R S Bowers Ghent Sanderford and Tom Garrard.
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Perkins Predicts Good Business in 1939 Outlook
Secretary of Labor Perkins said US industry is on track for higher activity as 1939 begins. She noted factory and mine output 30 per cent above a year ago, payroll gains, and housing as the brightest spot with over 350,000 dwellings erected in 1938 and an expected 400,000 in 1939. Employment gains and supply jobs would reach hundreds of thousands.
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Range Life Painter Johnson Dies at 64 in Los Angeles
Prank Tenney Johnson, a renowned painter of western range life, died at 64 in Los Angeles after meningitis was followed by a cerebral embolism. Survived by his widow Vinnie, his death closes a famed career once celebrated for frontier scenes.
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Five Insane Inmates Escape Lima State Hospital
Five criminally insane inmates armed with razors hatchet and iron clubs escaped from Lima state hospital after overpowering four attendants. They hijacked an automobile heading toward Chicago as Ohio and neighboring states launched a manhunt. One conspirator who disagreed with the plan fled to raise the alarm.
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Four Roanoke High Students Die In Bus Automobile Collision
Four Roanoke high school youths were burned to death when their school bus collided with a car last night. Millard Benefield 18 Junior Swann 16 James Caldwell 16 Britt Caldwell 14 perished after the bus caught fire. occupants of the car survived with minor injuries.
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James Caldwell
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Samaritan Disguised Sends Girl Home to Mother
A Tucumcari waitress fathered by poverty weeps in a cafe as her ill East Texas mother is distant. A minister and two pipeline workers pool funds to cover half her fare, the other half provided by the pastor, sending the young woman home for the holidays.
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New Mexicans Hail Inaugural Miles Set To Take Office
Thousands gather in Santa Fe for the inaugural events of Democratic Governor Elect John E. Miles. He plans to reappoint War Den John McManus and Tourist Bureau Director Joseph Bursey while promising a broad state personnel shakeup.
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New Year Baby Arrives in Amarillo
Amarillo welcomed its first citizen of the year six hours and 10 minutes after 1939. The newborn girl, weighing seven pounds one and a half ounces, was born at St. Anthony's Hospital yesterday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Rayle Funk of 1024 West Twelfth Avenue. Father Ray Funk is an architect with Townes and Funk.
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Tone and Tactics Preview Roosevelt Address to Congress
Washington observers analyze how President Roosevelt will frame his speech to a new, divided Congress. The piece notes a likely temperate tone aiming for bipartisan cooperation while signaling emphasis on foreign affairs and defense policy amid shifts in New Deal support and WPA leadership.
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Fossils Presented to West Texas Museum in Lubbock
F L Pederson of Amarillo donated a fossil display to the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. The collection features a lower jaw fragment from an ice age horse and a camel leg bone from a creature native to the region in the Cenozoic era.
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Outstanding Offers In Globe-News Want Ads For Used Cars
In today’s Globe-News Want Ads there are exceptional offers from Amarillo dealers including several 1937 and 1938 cars. Highlights show a 1937 Chrysler Royal Coupe and multiple 1938 models such as Chevrolet DeLuxe Town Sedan Willys Sedan Plymouth Coupe and Ford DeLuxe Tudor with varying prices.
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