Strikes Tie Up Defense Plants Across Nation
A truck strike in Pittsburgh halted 2200 drivers for 179 firms crippling defense material shipments and threatening eastern states. Labor and management clash over pay and hours while lumber and auto strikes surge, with mediation efforts ongoing under Roosevelt era emergency powers.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
AFL
Teamsters’ Union
Motor Truck Association
Defense Mediation Board
Puget Sound
International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Ralph T. Seward
Mediation Board
Roosevelt
C. A. Dykstra
Philip Murray
Washington
Inglewood, Cal
North American Aviation Corporation
CIO United Automobile Workers Union
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Defense Funds Increase Urged For World War II Production
Stacy May of the Office of Production Management urged boosting defense spending to 40 billion dollars annually to defeat the Axis. He argued current mobilization lags behind Allied efforts and that 1941 42 expenditures would exceed 17 and 23 billion respectively. May spoke on a Northwestern University program via Mutual.
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Washington
Stacy May
Office of Production Management
United States
Canada
England
Germany
May
OPM
Bureau of Research and Statistics
Mutual Broadcasting System
Northwestern University
Dublin Bombing Sparks Irish Protests Against Germany
Dublin reports 30 dead with 31 missing after four bombs struck the capital. Ireland declares German origin and seeks reparations from Berlin as officials estimate final death toll around 61 and about 80 injured. The government protests violation of Irish territory through its Berlin mission.
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Dublin
Eire
Berlin
Government Bureau of Information
Kaiser Reported Better
Berlin report says former Kaiser Wilhelm, ill at Doorn Netherlands, continued to improve today according to a Hohenzollern administration representative.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Doorn
Netherlands
Hohenzollern
Wheat Quotas Approved by Farmers in National Vote
The agriculture department gains authority to enforce production quotas and penalties. Farmers voting nationwide favored marketing controls over 60 percent with 397,299 for and 96,114 against, enabling a crop loan of about 97 cents a bushel at 85 percent parity.
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Agriculture Department
FDR Hailed as Liberator by Polish Premier
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier of the Polish government in exile, told Polish peasants in a broadcast that a new world order is being born from the freedom expressed by President Roosevelt amid global sadness and suffering.
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London
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Roosevelt
Richard W. Sturch Rites Are Today
Funeral services for Richard W. Sturch 47 a Amarillo resident will be held at 4 pm in Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev J B Horton officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by Leone Sturch widow four daughters a son his mother and stepfather three brothers seven sisters.
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Puneral
Richard W. Sturch
Amarillo
Boxwell
J. B. Horton
Pierce Street Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Sturch
Carpenter
Pallbearers
Floyd D. Weatherman
Tommie Anderson
el Lec Bryant
C. R. Dale
Lee Shoinate
Arlie Maxwell
Leone Sturch
Boy Suffering Head Cuts After Car Accident
George K. Weaver Jr. son of Mr and Mrs George Weaver of 312 West Tenth Avenue received emergency treatment for severe head cuts after flying glass struck his car late last night at St Anthony's Hospital. He required several stitches and was released after treatment.
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George K. Weaver, Jr
George Weaver
West Tenth Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
Dallas Girl Burned to Death in Rooming House Fire
Florence Jones 16 perished in a Dallas rooming house blaze that also seriously injured her mother Mrs. Nannie Jones. The fire occurred today amid reports of experimental blackouts being staged by cities in India.
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Dallas
Plorence Jones
Nannie Jones
India
Five Escape as Car Hits Train
About 9:30 last night a 1934 Chevrolet carrying five passengers crashed into the side of a freight car pushed by a Santa Fe switch engine near the First and Second avenues underpass. All escaped injury. a woman suffered a bloody nose and a one year old was unharmed.
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First
Second Avenues
Buchanan Street
Santa Fe
Nazis Resume British Raids on Northwest Town
Luftwaffe bombs hit four shelters in a working class district causing casualties and fires. Incendiaries and high explosives rained on the area while an intense anti aircraft barrage lasted two hours. A fireman and a warden died. hospitals and surrounding property suffered heavy damage. London reported a quiet air raid earlier.
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London
New Cabinet Formed in Iraq Ends Fighting War
Cairo reports that hostilities in Iraq between British and Rashid Ali loyalists ceased at 8 A M under a ceasefire reached yesterday. Regent Emir Abdul Ilah returned to Baghdad, King Feisal II is safe, Mosul oil fields remain intact, and a new pro British government is expected to permit transit of British troops through Iraq.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Emir Abdul Ilah
Rashid Ali
Baghdad
Feisal II
Rashid
Iran
Mosul
Middle East
Dies Scores Laws That Favor Reds
Dallas June 1 Cong Martin Dies told friends that communists may appear on ballots in some states and that laws are needed now to address this. He warned that vacancies on his committee could hinder ongoing investigations and said there is no rift with the FBI or the President.
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Dallas
Martin Dies
U. S. Senate
Dies
London Raid Signals First Alert in Weeks
London report notes an air raid alarm sounded early today marking the first since May 11 as residents resume precautions amid ongoing tensions.
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London
Secret German air mastery drives Crete retreat
Cairo dispatch reports that after 18 days of intensive air attacks, British Australian and New Zealand forces and Greek allies evacuated Crete to Egypt. German air superiority forced withdrawal with about 30,000 men evacuated, while parachutists faced heavy resistance and claims of Austrian identity surfaced among captured troops. RAF acknowledged German supremacy but predicted no repeat of such blitz elsewhere.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Egypt
Crete
1U Vau
Africa
Hitler
Candia
Canea
Suda Bay
RAF
Kamrad
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Plains Fine Horses Parade At Jacksons Show
About 2,000 spectators filled Plainsview for the fourth annual horse show at Jacksons stables. West Texas entries across sixteen classes included juvenile division and notable Amarillo horses like Evening Time and Red Chieftan.
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Jacksons
Plainview
West Texas
Panhandle
O. B. Jackson
Mrs. Jackson
Jackson
Amarillo
Nell Gunn
Belle Harrison
Peggy Manning
Red Cloud
Betty Jones
Sir Echo
C. R. Austin
Red Chieftan
Wolflin Stables
German Raiders Hit Again at England
German raiders attacked a northwest town causing casualties and heavy damage to homes and business. Several residents were believed buried in debris as the raid prompted a lengthy air alert over London with sporadic gunfire and no bombs dropped.
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London
Tiger Woman Placed in Prison
Odessa reports Sheriff Bill Marrs moved Isabelle Messmer from Ector County jail to a state prison. Convicted of murder for the March 31 1939 slaying of Buford Armstrong, she twice escaped custody. Messmer, a former Elwood Indiana resident, also faces a New Jersey term for assault on an officer and was a fugitive from a reform school at the time of the Armstrong shooting.
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New Jersey
Armstrong
Lake Openings Draw Thousands Across Panhandle
Thousands gathered yesterday for lake openings across the Panhandle. Tule Lake near Tulia drew about 4 000 for the official christening and motor boat races despite a public address fail. Buffalo Lake hosted tens of thousands for sailboat races and lake inspections amid last week’s heavy rains. The Tule Lake opening was delayed by water shortages and heavy rains. Lake Fryer kicked off the 1941 season with motor and sail races and a dance as part of the program.
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Panhandle
Tule Lake
Tulia
Tule
Buffalo Lake
Lake Fryer
Clean-Up Week Winners to Be Announced in Amarillo
Amarillo ends Clean-Up and Paint-Up Week as officials judge entries for cash prizes of 50, 20 and 10 dollars for organizations and 10 dollars for individuals. Report cards are due at city hall, with a matinee at Paramount Theater for participating children. Sponsors aim to crown Amarillo “Cleanest City in Texas.”
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Amarillo
Hugh A. Sticksel
Globe News
Paramount Theater
Texas
Cai
Mascot Pekingese Pup Hunted By Amarillo Cadets
The Pekingese mascot of the United States air corps detachment at English Field disappeared last Sunday. Seventeen cadets spent after hours searching and recovered the six month old pup, who had been shaved and turning red. Cadets fear the mascot was stolen due to many visitors at English Field.
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Hip
United States Air Corps
English Field
Air Corps
Radio Programs Schedule for Amarillo Area
A detailed Monday through evening radio lineup lists station KGONC 5 000 watts day 1 000 watts night with NBC connections and a wide roster of programs. The schedule includes The Sky Pilot Farm News Morning Melodies and many NBC dramas and musical acts across time blocks from 6:00 AM to sign off at midnight.
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KGONC
the Sky Pilot
the Trading Post
Breakfast Club of the Air
NBC
Clark Dennis
Wilson Ames
James L. Gordon
Amarillo
Pepper Young
David Harum
Sam
National Farm and Home Hour
H*l Sanders
Winstop Duzzit
W. Lee O'Daniel
Ma Perkins
V. and Sade
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Portia
Life
the Twig
Army Camp News, LLC
Paul Douglas
Town Crier
Amarillo Safety Council
Joe Green
The
Texas Rangers
Telephone Hour
Voice of Firestone
Howard and Shelton
West Texas College Forum
Spirit of the Air Corps
Olmsted
Frankie Masters
National Radio Forum
Fred Waring
Pleasuretime
Harry James
Alr
Neil Bondshu
Little Jack Little
Uuer Nowe
John Agnew
Muhlenberg College
Club of the Air
TSN
Gal
Edith Adam
MBS
Helen Holden
Art Mooney
Shafter Parker
Harold Turner
Lowry Kohler
Dixie Revelers
Fulton Lewis
Morgan
Lone Ranger
Lang Thompson
the Tapestry
Raymond Gram
Jack Armstrong
Nbc-Red-East
Nbc-Blue-East
W. van Dyne
Nbc-Blue-West
Scattergood Baines
Cbs
Cbs-Basic
Novelet Ensemble
Nbc-Red
Ireene Wicker
Edwin C. Hill
Cbs-Basic Chicago
Cbs-West
Chs-East
Nbce-Red
Hedda Hopper
Chicago
chs-Dixie
Paul Sullivan
Cbs-East
Chicagoans & Music
Lowell Thomas
Nbc-Blue-Bas
War
World News of Today
Mbs-Midwest
F. Waring
Herber Foote
Nbc-Red-West
Nbc-Blue
Amos and Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Europe
Lanny Ross
Texas
That
America
Dagwood
Those We Love
Wallenstein
Abe-Red
Dr. Hagen
Dancing Music Orchestra
Boake Carter
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Elmer Davis
Cba
Basin St
Cecil B. DeMille Radio Theater
Gabriel Heatter
Ted Steele
Nbc-Hblue
Harry Kogen
Guy Lombardo
Orch
Raymon Gram Swing
Mary Small
Midwest
Juan Arvizu
Blondie Dagwood
Henry Weber
Voice of Hawaii
Edwin
Hill
Amos & Andy
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John C. Golden
J. G. Adams
Ft. Meade, Md
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29Th Division
G. C. Rush
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W. M. Rice
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Amarillo Army Air Cadets
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