Body of Accused in Tarrant Slayings Found
A man charged with murder in connection with Tarrant County slayings is under investigation as his cousin Cecil Odneal is found dead from six bullet wounds on a highway north of Fort Worth. Details describe Odneal's disappearance, witness statements, and the sequence of events leading to the homicide.
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John Peter Morrison, Jr
Cecil Odneal
Tarrant County
Here
Wichita Falls
Morrison
Decatur
Pat Allen
Wichita County
Friend
Odneal
John Schwartz
Saginaw
J. P. Baker
Dallas
Odneals
Baker
Juanita Barnwell
Labor Secretary orders parley in GM dispute
Secretary Perkins invoked a statute to urge General Motors officials strike leaders and CIO head John L. Lewis to a conference in her office next Wednesday. The goal is to find plans and methods to resume negotiations after talks broke down last week following multiple conferences.
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Washington
Perkins
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Works
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Woman Secretary of State Dies in Des Moines
Mrs. Alex Miller, 57, Iowa secretary of state and architect of the state highway patrol system, died in a Des Moines hospital from influenza and pneumonia amid a blizzard day.
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Des Moines
Alex Miller
Iowa
Weather Outlook for West Texas and New Mexico
The forecast reports partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures in eastern and northern areas of West Texas with the Panhandle turning much colder. Monday through Tuesday bring partly cloudy to colder conditions in the southeast and unsettled north portions of New Mexico with fair conditions in the south and east portions and warmer readings in the east.
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Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Federal Court Jurist John C Pollock Dies at 79
Judge John C Pollock of the Federal District Court of Kansas City Kansas died at 79 after a long illness from diabetes and pneumonia. He had served on the bench since 1903 and died at his suburban home after wintering at a Port Isabel Texas ranch with his wife Beulah and survivors including daughter Lucille Jennings and sister Mrs John Caldwell.
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Kansas City
Kas
John C. Pollock
Federal District Court of Kansas
Pollock
Federal Court
Texas
Beulah Pollock
Lucille Jennings
John Caldwell
New Athens
Ohio
Port Isabel
Tex
Brownsville
George T. McDermott
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Winfield, Kas
Federal District
Film Star Leads Way in Falling While Skiing
Madeleine Carroll visits Sun Valley Lodge in Idaho and jokes she may not know how to ski but can fall with flair. She claims to hold an Idaho record for spills on a single hill during a weeklong Sawtooth Mountain stay.
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Ketchum
Idaho
Madeleine Carroll
Sawtooth Mountains
Sun Valley Lodge
Simone Simon Plans Return to France After SeventH Heaven
Hollywood star Simone Simon, in Hollywood California, says she will return to France soon after finishing Seventh Heaven. She plans to rent a beach house in Santa Monica upon her return in the spring and then buy property of her own.
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Hollywood
Calif
Simone Simon
France
Seventh Heaven
Santa Monica
Hollywood Studio Fire Destroys Film Sets at Fox Studio
A blaze at 20th Century Fox Studio in Hollywood destroyed about 200000 worth of scenery and equipment along with unreleased films. Firefighters battled acrid fumes and heat for over an hour to save the rest of the 10000000 plant. Two studio executives were burned and a West Los Angeles firefighter was hurt.
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Hollywood
Calif
20Th Century- Fox Film Studios
Los Angeles
Robert Fairbanks
Army General to Head New Jap Cabinet
Tokyo January crisis deepens as Emperor Hirohito names Kazu Shige Ugaki, ex governor of Korea, to form a government after Premier Hirota’s resignation. Parliament accuses militarists of pushing a fascist regime while the army blocks a new cabinet without a war minister. Observers see Ugaki as best bet to bridge factions.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Kazushige Ugaki
Korea
Japan
Koki Hirota
Hirota
Saionji
Ugaki
Five Die in Vernon Fire Murder Suicide Tragedy
In Vernon, Tom Duke, 60, killed his wife and three children by setting their clothing ablaze after dousing them with gasoline. An inquest ruled suicide and murder. Glenn 11 Mozelle 13 Tommie June 8 died later, with Glenn and Mozelle escaping briefly. Funeral services were held. Duke had recent mental health treatment and a sanity hearing was scheduled.
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Vernon
Tom Duke
Justice of the Peace
F. M. Taylor
Duke
Mozelle
Glenn
Tommie June
Curtis Renfro
Fort Worth
Driver Charged in Amarillo Taxi Accident
W. A. Bledsoe was charged with driving while intoxicated after a collision at Pierce Street and Sixth Avenue in Amarillo. Ermangene Preston, a taxi passenger, was injured and treated at St. Anthony's Hospital. The truck hit the taxi, tossing it 50 feet into a vacant lot. both drivers were unhurt.
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W. A. Bledsoe
Pierce Street
Sixth Avenue
Ermangene Preston
Bledsoe
Harry Glenn
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Wool Growers Conventon Opens To Discuss Market Expansion
Albuquerque New Mexico January 24 The National Wool Growers Association begins a three day convention with discussions on expanding markets for mutton and wool Prominent executives from woolen textiles and meat packing industries are set to speak Early arrivals expect endorsement of the American National Livestock Association against ratification of the Argentine sanitary convention
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Albuquerque
N. M
National Wool Growers’ Association
American National Livestock Association
Economists Urge Johnson Act Change and Debt Settlement
Thirty four eminent economists, serving as an expert committee for a national peace conference, call for modifying the Johnson Act barring loans to defaulting nations and for an immediate compromise on war debts. Their plan also supports broader international trade, reciprocal trade agreements, and open international consultations on inventions and tariff changes, plus genuine arbitration of trade and debt disputes.
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New York
Noted Australian aviatrix killed in crash
Sydney observer reports May Bradford a leading Australian aviatrix died with two female passengers when their plane struck a stationary aircraft during takeoff, rose briefly, then crashed and burned.
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Sydney
Australia
Bradford
Aviatrix
Ohio River Flood Crisis in 1937 Widespread Disaster
A vast flood sweeps across the central United States with the Ohio River at record highs. Cincinnati and Louisville face crisis as fires break out from oil spills amid guarded public health fears. National Guardsmen patrol streets while martial law and federal aid efforts expand across West Virginia to Louisiana. About 50 dead with higher numbers feared as communications fail.
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Associated Press
America
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Arkansas
trans-Mississippi
National Red Cross
Fire Prevention Bureau
South
Indiana
Kentucky
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Ohio
Tennessee
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
Cairo
Memphis
Mississippi River
Federal Adminis
Cincinnati Fire Flood Acts In One Week Of Crisis
Floods in the Ohio River Valley push flood heights near 75 feet with oil fires burning across eight stories in Cincinnati. Fire chief says 32 buildings ablaze, 15 firefighters injured, thousands homeless as National Guardsmen mobilize and a state of emergency is declared.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Pire
Ohio River Valley
Barney Houston
Cincinnati Fire Prevention Bureau
Mill Creek
Houston
W. C. Devereaux
Devereaux
National
C. Dykstra
Crosley Radio Corp
William B. Griese
Crosley
WLW
Flaming Gasoline Fatal To Two In Flood Rescue
In Huntington West Virginia a motorboat rescue of a family from a flooded home ended in tragedy when flaming gasoline ignited on the water. Grandmother Ida Osborne and five year old Donna Shyrene Spurlock died. Three others were injured and four rescued after a fiery explosion trapped victims in a charred boat.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ida Osborne
Donna Shyrene Spurlock
O. J. Spurlock
K. C. Howell
Robert Carson
Walter Riggell
West End
Andrew Morgan
Morgan
Carson
Riggell
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Cumberland River
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Tenn
U.S
Blaze Sweeps
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