Tugwell's 108 appears safe after voting
The Senate agriculture committee approved Rexford Tugwell as undersecretary of Agriculture by 16 to 2 with one Democrat abstaining. Democratic leaders expect confirmation with debate, while some foes remain unconvinced by his anti Communist and pro American stance.
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South Carolina
Hatfield
West Va
Thomas
Oklahoma
McNary
Oregon
Bailey
North Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Gas and Oil Echo Through Mechanized Cavalry Camp
Kansas City dispatch reports Fort Knox First Cavalry’s night encampment en route from Fort Riley. A 200-piece mechanized unit replaces hooves with tractors and cars as Col. A. R. Chaffee jokes the call may be boos and saddles. The convoy heads to Jefferson City in five days.
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Boonville
Lexington
Platte City
Leavenworth
Swope Park
A. R. Chaffee
Jefferson City
Alanreed Merchant Hike in Retail Trade
Special to The News from Alanreed dated June 12 reports a roughly 20 percent gain in local retail business over the past year. Merchants credit federal aid and overall national improvement, note reduced credit losses and lower credit sales value, and say tighter credit lines plus weather helped. Overstock and old pre low mood stock largely cleared.
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Secretary of Agriculture Lacks Sufficient Dirt Farmer Experience
The phrase notes that the secretary of agriculture has not accumulated adequate experience as a dirt farmer, implying concerns about practical farming background for the role.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Lions Luncheon Features Joe Mickle Speaker
Joe Mickle professor at Kobe Japanese University told Lions Club members about social and political life in Japan and other oriental countries after arriving from a long journey via China Egypt and Europe. He noted a 13 year stay in Japan. Entertainment included Junior Lowenstern and Bill Mac West.
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China
Egypt
Europe
Lions Club
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Kobe
P. P. Works
Amarillo
Junior Lowenstern
Bill Mac West
Small gaining support in Longview area for governor race
Special to The News reports Senator Clint C. Small gaining popularity in the Longview area as voters rally behind the West Texan in the governor race. J. P. Watson of Memphis says Small likely leads other candidates there.
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Ku Klux Issue Comes Up in Alabama Runoff Election
In Birmingham Alabama the Ku Klux Klan issue was raised as voters prepared for the gubernatorial run off. The article notes the renewed attention to the topic during the election cycle.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Father Weeps In Sons Cell In Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on June 12 1939 a 65 year old father bade farewell to his son W D May about to die in the electric chair for a July slaying. They shared a tearful meeting in Genoa Ark prison where May said he would not talk. He told of a Christian baptism in the jail bath two weeks earlier as postal inspectors and a U S marshal watched.
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Ark
W. D. May
Jake” May
U. S. Marshall
Klan revival rumor heats Alabama governor race
The dormant Klan issue was injected into the campaign by Maj. Frank M Dixon of Birmingham who opposed incumbent Bibb Graves for governor. Dixon, a Birmingham attorney new to state politics, claimed the organization was revived to aid Graves. Graves and the Klan denied this.
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Frank M Dixon
Birmingham
Bibb Graves
Dixon
Ald Graves
Klan
Graves
Canadian Friends Form Small Club
June 12 reports a Small for Governor Club organized in Canadian by supporters of the Panhandle candidate. W. J. Todd elected chairman and S. E. Allison named secretary as a large local gathering attended the meeting.
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W. J. Todd
S. E. Allison
Congress May End Saturday
Washington June 12 Senator Robinson Democratic leader said a possible adjournment of Congress on Saturday remained only a possibility after a White House conference focused on labor legislation amid a threatened steel strike. The labor bill issue still complicates the situation as the gathering included Secretary Perkins and Chairman Walsh among others.
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Congress
Robinson
Arkansas
White House
Executive
Perkins
Labor Bill
Walsh
Senate Labor Committee Hearing On Labor Legislation
Senate labor committee and NRA counsel Donald Richberg along with Rep Byrnes discussed labor bill topics. A final decision was deferred pending more information with a possible tomorrow announcement. The Wagner bill was trimmed to grant government power to avert a steel strike without delaying Senate debate. Democratic leaders aimed to pass the housing bill rail pension curtail permanent appropriations drouth relief and Indian grazing bills and confirm Rex Tugwell as undersecretary of agriculture.
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Donald Richberg
NRA
Representative Byrnes
House
Robinson
Senate
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Amarillo Grocers Displace Relief Commissary
Amarillo grocers who are NRA members will supply relief groceries instead of a government commissary. On Monday night they voted to accept the plan to handle relief supplies at a markup not exceeding 12 percent over wholesale cost.
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Amarillo
NRA
Amarillo Grocers
Shipment of Florida green pens largest on record
The shipment of Florida green pens set a record, totaling 744 carloads this season, marking a peak in supply.
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Florida Green Pens
Thomason bill to fund quarters for border agencies at El Paso
The House passed the Thomason bill providing suitable quarters for the customs bureau public health and plant quarantine staff on the American side of the international bridge at El Paso Texas.
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Senate
Thomason
Customs Bureau, Public Health
International Bridge
Ef] Paso
Texas
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