Texas Oil Proration Debate Spurs Federal Control Warning
Texas lawmakers battle over proration measures as Jerry Sadler and Olin Culberson warn Washington could seize control of oil. Sadler accuses state houses of delay, urges passage to avoid federal regulation and cites Ickes defense priorities. Fort Worth Senator Jesse Martin opposes eliminating selective purchasing.
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Austin
Texas House
Senate
Jerry Sadler
Railroad Commission
Washington
Olin Culberson
Ickes
National Defense Petroleum
Texas
Great Britain
Sadler
State Senate
House
California
Illinois
Jesse Martin
Fort Worth
Humble Oil Company
Boatmen Strike Over Federal Acquisition of Fleet
In New York on June 11, about 421 longshoremen and tugboat workers quit loading the freighter El Occidente in protest of the government seizure of Southern Pacific Steamship Line assets. The government announced the acquisition of 10 cargo ships and the line, which served New York Baltimore Galveston and Houston, and warned the oldest coastwise service could close within six weeks. The strike involved International Longshoremen's Association members and Local 333.
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New York
Southern Pacific Steamship Line
Galveston
Tex
America
Baltimore
Houston
International Longshoremen’s Association
APL
United Marine Division
Explosion at Smederevo Arsenal Kills Thousands
Reports quote survivors saying last week's explosion at the Smederevo arsenal in Jugoslavia killed about 3,000 people and wounded 3,000, with hundreds trapped on a flaming train. Jugoslav saboteurs and prior German occupation are linked, while a German board probes the cause.
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Budapest
Hungary
Smederevo
Jugoslavia
Serbia
Danube
Morava
Aircraft Workers Average 35.39 Per Week in March
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports March averages for aircraft workers at 35.39 dollars weekly based on a 45.2 hour work week and 78.3 cents hourly rate. Details on individual crafts within the industry were not provided in the latest figures.
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Washington
Abor Department
Bombers Driven From Haifa Under Air Attack
Haifa faced a fourth air raid alarm at 11 P.M. as unidentified planes overflew the port. AA guns opened fire and the lenses were driven off before bombs could be dropped.
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Haipa
Palestine
Haifa
Motorist Dragged a Cow on Highway by Chain
Mrs. Paul Perry of 741 North Wilson Street found a cow’s halter and chain tangled in her car after driving over a loose chain on North East Eighth Avenue last night. An officer noted the incident and the cow escaped before authorities arrived.
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Paul Perry
North Wilson Street
Governor Signs Bill Creating State Aid for Junior Colleges
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel signed a law providing 350000 dollars over two years for state aid to public junior colleges. The measure allocates 50 dollars per full time student to about 20 Texas institutions, including Amarillo College which would receive roughly 18500 dollars annually based on enrollment.
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
O’daniel
Amarillo College
J. F. Mead
Texas
Dr. Mead
Texas Association of Public Junior Colleges
Plains youths join Marines in local enlistment surge
Six young residents sign up for the United States Marine Corps. The Amarillo trio Frank W. Kronbeck Biff F. Horne and Arthur E. Duby lead the list followed by William B. Kenton of Pampa Richard R. Bulger of Borger and William P. Calaway of Weatherford signaling a notable local interest in naval service.
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United States Marine Corps
Frank W. Kronbeck
Biff F. Horne
Arthur E. Duby
Amarillo
William B. Kenton
Pampa
Richard R. Bulger
Borger
William P. Calaway
Weatherford
Barbara Bennett Weds Again in Ensenada
Barbara Bennett and film cowboy Addison Randall announced they were married in Ensenada last Saturday. Bennett had been divorced from singer Morton Downey last week, with Downey winning custody of their five children.
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Hollywood
Barbara Bennett
Addison
Jack) Randall
Ensenada
Lower California
Miss Bennett
Morton Downey
Downey
Six Die in Brazilian Seaplane Crash
Six persons are dead after a Brazilian seaplane plunged into the Guarua River near Belem air base. The craft sank with all aboard, according to authorities.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Guarua River
Belem Air Base
Armored Home Arranged for Six Sparrows
Amarillo family discovers six baby sparrows nested between the engine block and frame of their car. William F. Shepherd plans to keep the birds in the automobile home while they grow or until the mother birds move them.
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Amarillo
William F. Shepherd
North
Billings Street
Mr. Shepherd
Blinderman Sentencing Set By Judge Wilson Today
Judge James C. Wilson will sentence Jacob Blinderman in federal court for concealment of assets in bankruptcy after a guilty plea. Blinderman once headed bankrupt stores in Amarillo and Pampa and filed voluntary bankruptcy on November 7, 1939. His son Meyer received probation and no further sentence. a third defendant’s indictment was dismissed.
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James C. Wilson
Federal District Court
Jacob Blinderman
Wilson
Amarillo
Pampa
Meyer Blinderman
Blinderman
Palais Royal
Mayfair
Hearing Set on Senate Bill for New State Aeronautics School
Austin June 11 The House appropriation committee announced a public hearing Friday at 8 05 PM on a Senate approved bill to allot 500 000 for a Texas State school of aeronautics and engineering to be built within 10 miles of Sherman if substantial federal grants are secured for administration and maintenance.
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Austin
House Appropriation Committee
Texas State School of Aeronautics and Engineering
Sherman
Norwegian freighter Teneriffa sunk in North Atlantic
The 6655 ton Norwegian motorship Teneriffa, under British control, was sunk in the North Atlantic. All crew members were saved.
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New York
Teneriffa
England
North Atlantic
Airlines Bring Back Regular Amarillo Flights
Sunny weather allowed Braniff and Transcontinental and Western Air to resume normal service at Amarillo English Field with arrivals from Oklahoma City and Dallas. Officials monitor a federal contract for two paved runways after bids opened. lowest bid around 234000 dollars, with 200000 funded by the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
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English Field
Amarillo
Braniff
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Transcontinental
Western Air
TWA
War Department
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Victim of Wreck in Serious Condition
W. R. Holcomb of Edes Colorado remained in serious condition at the United States Veterans Hospital after a head-on crash Sunday that killed his mother and two men. Holcomb was transported to Amarillo from Dumas yesterday.
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W. R. Holcomb
Edes
Colo
United States Veterans Hospital
Holcomb
Amarillo Hospital
Dumas
Quintuplets Try Uniform Outing at Corbeil
In Corbeil Ontario the Dionne quintuplets escape the play pen area to explore the fenced porch while amused spectators watch behind screens. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe notes the seven year old girls sense something warlike and unusual going on as soldier visitors stop by.
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Corbeil
Ont
Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Two Hurt In Road Crash Near Amarillo
A 1941 Pontiac coach overturned several times on Highway 66 about 48 miles west of Amarillo injuring two people. Mrs. Ellen M. Goldbeck of Albuquerque 49 suffered severe bruises and shock while Doyle Curtis Bryant 23 of Sentinel Oklahoma had a shattered left thigh. Both were hospitalized and the vehicle described as badly damaged. Mrs. Goldbeck said slick roads from recent rains contributed to the wreck and that a oncoming car fled the scene as she helped the injured hitchhiker bound for California to volunteer for the army.
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Highway 66
Amarillo
Ellen M. Goldbeck
Albuquerque
N. M
Doyle Curtis Bryant
Sentinel
Okla
Northwest Texas
Sam Tressler
Ft. Smith
Ark
Roy Thompson
van Buren
Plans for Mann visit by Amarillo rally announced
Potter County Mann-For Senator Club met at the courthouse to map plans for Atty. Gen. Gerald C. Mann's Amarillo visit next Wednesday night for an ad address at the city auditorium. Mann's Panhandle tour runs Tuesday through Thursday with stops in Memphis, Childress, Paducah, Crowell, Quanah, Wellington, Shamrock, McLean, Pampa, Borger, Panhandle, Claude, Clarendon, Amarillo, Can yon, Tulsa and westward toward Plainview and Lubbock. Mann urged veterans policy changes in Brownwood, proposing a $40 monthly base pay plus a savings fund for discharge.
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Potter County
Gerald C. Mann
Amarillo
Mann
City Auditorium
H. A. Noble
Mann Organization
Panhandle
Memphis
Old Settlers
Childress
Paducah
Crowell
Quanah
Wellington
Shamrock
McLean
Pampa
Borger
Claude
Clarendon
Canyon
Tulsa
Plainview
Brownfield
Tahoka
Lamesa
Lubbock
West
Texas
Pope Pius XII to Address Eucharistic Congress on CBS
CBS announced Pope Pius XII will speak to the ninth national Eucharistic Congress in St. Paul and Minneapolis. The broadcast is set for June 26 on the Columbia Broadcasting System network.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System Network
St. Paul
Minneapolis
CBS
Danish Dowry Now Is Job in Peat Fields
In Denmark men seeking well paying peat-field jobs must prove they have wives. With peat replacing coal during the war era, marriage is becoming a stepping stone to steady employment as communities rely on family unions to secure labor.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Motor rail cars carry 90 passengers in Chile operation
Motor rail cars and trailers just placed in operation in Chile carry 90 passengers each. The new service expands urban transport with compact rolling stock featuring improved efficiency and capacity.
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Chile
Survivors of Robin Moor Reach Brazil and Meet U S Consul
The Ozorio with 11 Robin Moor survivors docked at Recife Brazil where the U S consul interviewed them to verify a German submarine torpedoing the 5,000 ton ship May 21 about 700 miles south of Cape Verde. Ten crewmen and one passenger aboard the Robin Moor remain missing while 46 people originated from New York May 6 for Cape Town.
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Recife
Brazil
U. S
Robin Moor
Waldemar Lucio Periera
Ozorio
Associated Press
Cape Verde Islands
South Atlantic
Roosevelt
Washington
New York
Capetown
South Africa
More Men Joining Defense Guards In Texas Drill
The Texas Defense Guard unit increased its enlistment by 10 at last night's drill per Capt. A. Petersen. The unit is nearly full and will accept new members to form a second company and eventually a battalion. Uniforms should be ready via the WPA sewing project by next Wednesday and tried on at the next drill. The company will be fully outfitted within a week.
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Texas Defense Guard
A. Petersen
Petersen
WPA
Texas approves 250000 for cotton research lab project
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel signed a bill to create a Texas cotton research laboratory with 250000 in state funds. Sen. George Moffett led decades long effort to expand cotton markets. The program directs UT, A M College, and Texas Tech presidents and allocates 150000 for year one and 100000 for year two.
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Austin
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Moffett
University of Texas
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Technological College
WPA Officials Fete Thomasson at Panhandle dinner
Gus W. Thomasson of Dallas, district manager, was honored by WPA supervisors and directors at a dinner dance in the Herring Hotel. He praised local projects as among the country’s best and planned morning and afternoon inspections with A. A. Meredith, Floyd Studer, and Mr. Thomasson. He would tour Canyon museum and local archaeology efforts, with possible Amarillo Canyon field work.
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Work Projects Administration
Panhandle
Gus W. Thomasson
Dallas
Herring Hotel
Thomasson
Canyon
Floyd Studer
Meredith
Amarillo Canyon
Borger
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ARMY
246Th Coast Artillery
Fort Story
NEA
Piensa
Marines
Brownwood
Pope Pius
Jefferson Caffery
Phillip Williams
Rec
Fete Thomasson
Boston
U.P
John Boyle O'Reilly
McCarthy
Andrew Jackson Houston
Sam Houston
Morris Sheppard
Mary Zerbel
U.S
Roy Martin
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Beatrice Walch
New Yorker
Gloria Myers
Rita Crews
Philadelphia
Edward Smithwick
Detroit
Blu Johnnie Potter
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