Storm Brews Over Leo's Labor Appointment
Nervous traders flood the stock exchange as leaders drop. The 1939 record shows a sharp market decline with the Associated Press average down to 48.80 amid reports from Berlin Barcelona London and other capitals. Causes cited include Schacht's Reichsbank dismissal and looming European tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
Stock Exchange
New York
Wall Street
Berlin
Barcelona
London
Reichschancellor Hitler
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Associated Press
Schacht
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Europe
Netherlands
Belgium
UAW Row Deepens as Board Suspends Martin Faction
Detroit January 23. The United Auto Workers executive board suspended last week’s supporters of Homer Martin and named R J Thomas acting president. Four Martin allies were suspended, while an anti Martin eight member committee prepared to confer with CIO officials in Washington. An injunction sought to bar Martin from union funds was denied pending further hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Homer Martin
Martin
anti-Martin
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Cleveland
Irvan Cary
California
Frank Tucci
New York
Loren Houser
Lester Washburn
Lansing
Mich
Thomas
Washington
John L. Lewis
Circuit Court
Ford Motor Co
Arthur Webster
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
The forecast calls for fair and slightly colder conditions in Amarillo and vicinity on Tuesday. West Texas and New Mexico show generally fair weather with cooler conditions in the west and north and warmth in the southeast. Temperature readings from Amarillo High yesterday show highs of 57 and 65 with lows 24 and 36, and 0.11 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours ending at 4 PM yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Great Plains Authority Urged By Water Conservation Group
Great Plains authority for dam construction and water conservation is urged by Panhandle Water Conservation Authority leaders. A four hour meeting adopted resolutions pressing Rep. Marvin Jones and five state representatives to back the plan and to amend the Bankhead Jones act for land purchases for recreation. Directors criticized delays on the McClellan Creek project and asked Washington to expedite work. Carl Hinton reported from Washington on program status and future actions were authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
Marvin Jones
Southwestern
Great Plains Authority
High Plains Dust Bowl
Congressman Jones
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Six Lakes
Panhandle
WPA
C. H. Walker
Gray County
McClellan Creek
Washington
Hinton
Carl Hinton
Great Plains
Association
Livestock dealer pleads not guilty in constable’s death
Homer Sellers, a livestock dealer from Clovis, pleads not guilty to murder in the death of precinct constable J. B. Munroe. A $10,000 bond is set for a January 31 preliminary hearing after Sellers was arraigned before Judge W. E. McConnell. Munroe died after being struck, fracturing his skull in two places on the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
Homer Sellers
J. B. Munroe
Sellers
C. M. Compton
Otto Smith
W. E. McConnell
Munroe
Molly O Daniel Elected Sweetheart of Texas House
Pretty Molly O Daniel, governor's daughter, elected sweetheart of the Texas House of Representatives in Austin. The ceremony and nomination drew attention as a lighthearted political tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly O'Daniel
Austin
U.P
House of Representatives
Legionnaires Gather for Inter-Post American Legion Meeting
Two hundred to three hundred Legionnaires from across the Panhandle will converge in Amarillo for an inter-post American Legion meeting tonight. District Commander Charles Maisel of Pampa will preside. A banquet at 7 in the Legion parlors at Municipal Auditorium will cap the evening as Bruce Autry of Hanson Post notes plans. Youth training camps and a proposed Americanism meeting next March will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
Inter-Post
American Legion
Charles Maisel
Pampa
Legion
Municipal Auditorium
Bruce Autry
Hanson Post
FDR's Relief Funds Face Senate Fight Over WPA Outlay
Senate moves to approve Roosevelt request of 875 million dollars for WPA relief through June 30 while House committee backs 725 million. Debate begins with a proviso banning discharge of more than 5 percent of the 3 million workers before April 1. Officials cite public works and arms program as reasons to expect a voluntary relief decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
No Diagnostic Center Planned for Dallas Veterans Hospital
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines told Senator Tom Connally that the Veterans Administration sees no need to establish a diagnostic center at the new Dallas veterans' hospital. The statement was delivered in Washington on January 23.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Tom Connally
Texas
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Hospital
Dallas
Electric Dealers Hold Preview in Amarillo
A large group of electrical appliances dealers gathered at the Herring Hotel in Amarillo to preview General Electric and Hot Point appliances. The event, directed by O. W. Wright, concluded yesterday afternoon.
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Amarillo
Herring Hotel
General Electric
Hot Point
O. W. Wright
O'Daniel Calls for Budget Director and Auditor Control
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel in his first week in office urged rapid passage of legislation to place the state auditor under legislative appointment and to create a state budget director named by the governor. He proposed eliminating many useless special funds and consolidating others as part of government efficiency. The response was milder than last week's tax proposal, as Texas lawmakers opened with 233 bills and 13 constitutional amendments, amid procedural reading limits.
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Board of Control
O’daniel
Senate
House
James V. Allred
Texas
Texas House grills education waste and new tax plans
A Texas House committee accuses the Department of Education of waste and extravagance while fiscal debates touch on salary limits and a proposed state auditor. Governor O Danial avoids commitment on a horse race bill and fights a public partnership stance, as lawmakers prepare hearings on emergency appropriations and tax proposals.
Water Witching Converts Skeptic Cash Ramey Near Melrose
Cash Ramey, a Clovis livestock dealer, shifted from skepticism to belief in water witching after O M Reese aided his search for groundwater on land nine miles northeast of Melrose. Ramey and partner Joe Wilkinson faced drilling challenges south of a fault line, where others doubted water.
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Cash Ramey
Clovis
Cash
Back Woods
O. M
Chicken) Reese
Clovis Insurance
Ramey
Joe Wilkinson
Melrose
Gurley Land
Doctors Poison Trial Opens In Tucumcari
Dr J H Sanford of Santa Rosa goes to trial in district court on the death of his wife. The case moved from San Miguel County after venue. Jury selected from 24 of 50 empaneled. Sanford, former Santa Rosa mayor, pleaded innocent. The death was initially natural but re-examined. lethal poison found in organs.
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Tucumcari
N.M
J. H. Sanford
Santa Rosa
Harry L. Patton
Clovis
J. C. Compton
Portales
Sanford
San Miguel County
Tucumcari General Hospital
N. M
M. E. Noble
Dozen ships limp to port after 5.0.5 signal distress
Winds, cold and snow across the Atlantic prompted SOS calls from a dozen ships while heavy seas and 90 mile per hour gales wounded crews and passengers. Fatalities mounted from New England to the English coast as rescue efforts continued and ships battled towering waves.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
New England
Cape Hatteras
Maine
Midwest
England
New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Esso Baytown
Daleby
mid-Atlantic
Aconcagua
Medea
Ireland
Brambhill
Miss Perkins Put on Spot Over Bridges Deportation
Rep Thomas of New Jersey said he will introduce a resolution to impeach Secretary Perkins. He spoke after Chairman Norton read a letter from Miss Perkins explaining the Labor Department’s decision to suspend deportation proceedings against Harry Bridges.
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Washington
Thomas
New Jersey
Perkins
Norton
House
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
CLO
West Coast
Dies Committee On un-American Activities
Bridges
Dies To Oppose Allred as Judge
Washington January 23 A Senate judiciary subcommittee set Friday hearings on the nomination of former Texas Governor James V Allred for a federal district judgeship in southern Texas Representative Dies of Texas said he would oppose confirmation arguing Allred is not a resident of the southern district Houston negro citizens committee also asked to be heard alleging bias against Negroes in his Texas attorney general tenure The subcommittee members include Senators King O Mahoney and Norris and the House amendment requiring a district resident was dropped by the Senate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sena
James V. Allred
Texas
Dies
Allred
Houston
Senate
King
Utah
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Norris
Nebraska
House
Railroad Lawmaking Near Wheeler Says
Chairman Wheeler of Montana told reporters after a White House conference that Congress is very apt to pass railroad legislation this session. He plans to introduce a bill to reorganize the Interstate Commerce Commission and favors federal regulation for bridge lines like railroads, while opposing repeal of the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
White House
Congress
Montanan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Slap at Labor Made in Naming Telephone Man
A storm rose after Gov. O Daniel named Joe Kunschik of Southwestern Bell to head Texas labor department and Carr Collins of Dallas to chair the highway commission. Labor groups and trades councils voiced opposition to Kunschik amid claims of a company union. Collins faced separate questions over residence, but was praised by the governor for potential efficiency gains. Collins will take the post Feb 15 for a six year term at 4000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunschik
H. W. Acreman
Texas State Federation of Labor
Railroad Brotherhoods
Leroy Williams
Houston Labor and Trades Council
Senate
O'Daniel
Collins
Dallas
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls
Highway Department
Elliott
Texas
Fort Worth
Need of Balance Is DC Topic
Clarendon Texas January meeting features NEWS STAFF WRITER Clare ndon presenting The Future of the Farm on the Small Agricultural Town. Wells outlines three-point plan for year-round employment harmony and removing discrimination. Mayor Connally greets guests as 125 civic leaders attend chamber banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Jan
Deskins Wells
Wellington Leader
Texas Press Association
Chamber of Commerce
Wells
Panhandle
Tom Connally
Fancher Upshaw, Sr
Amarillo
George T. Palmer
Frank White, Jr
J. R. Gillham
Clarendon Junior College
Jane Williams
Jo Wells
Jo Ward
Marie Morris
Raymond Woods
Robert Wilson
O. C. Watson
First Christian Church
Memphis
Wellington
Groom
Pame Pe
Claude
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Great Plains Authority For Water Conservation
W. Lee
Department of Education
Joe Kunschik
Carr Collins
House Appropriation Committee
E. H. Thornton
Galveston
House Committee
Senate Finance Group
Thornton
Kathryn Bomar
Creel
News-Journal Engraving
Reese
Imperial Airways
Cavalier
Esso
Neil Richardson
Chapman
Edna Watson
Montreal
Bermuda
Donald W. Miller
Lincoln, Neb
J. Gordon Noakes
Robert Spence
Mrs. Watson
M. R. Alderson
Alderson
New York City
Upstate
Adirondack Mountain
Mountain View
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Clinton
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Land's End
Ushant
Azores
Deerpool
St. Ives
Cornwall
Devonport
Buenos Aires
South America
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