Steel firms announce wage hikes amid widespread strikes
Seven large steel companies led by Carnegie-Illinois Corp raise wages by about ten cents an hour and adopt a 40 hour week effective March 16, aiming to ease labor tensions as 330,000 workers gain from the rise. Simultaneously auto parts makers and others strike, with 5,000 at Murray Body Corp and 2,000 at Motor Products Corp seeking union recognition.
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Associated Press
Carnegie-Ilinois Corp
Carnegie-Illinois
American Steel & Wire
Otis, Sharon
Pittsburgh
Continental
Wheeling Steel
Committee For Industrial Organization
Carnegie- Illinois
U.S. Steel
B. F. Fairless
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Murray
United Automobile Workers of American
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
Murray Body Corporation
The
Motor Products Corp
Zenith Carburetor Co
Drug Agents Trail Dope 1300 Miles
Government narcotic agents testified in Dallas about traveling 1300 miles to Salt Lake City to smash the Southwest region’s largest narcotic ring. Agent K C Rudd said he shadowed defendant Guy Payne and watched him mail a morphine package of 840 grains before following it to Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
K. C. Rudd
Guy Payne
Amarillo region brief forecast Wednesday
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with southwesterly winds moderate to strong. New Mexico expects fair conditions with little temperature change. Temperature readings from yesterday are listed but unclear.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Toms AG Caren
Sents
Connally Attacks Roosevelt Court Reform Proposal
Senator Tom Connally spoke to the Texas Legislature defending an independent Supreme Court as essential to liberties. He criticized President Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the court, arguing the court must protect trial by jury rights and freedoms of assembly press and worship.
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Austin
United States
Tom Connally
Marlin
Texas
United States Supreme Court
State Senate
House
Connally
Supreme Court
Funeral Services Held for Jurist Ryan of Texas Supreme Court
Funeral services for Joseph Ryan presiding judge of Section B of the Commission of Appeal in the Texas Supreme Court and former San Antonio city attorney were held at Porter Loring Chapel. Justice C. M. Cureton led the Supreme Court attendees, with former Gov. Dan Moody and R. L. Daniel among those from Austin and San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Joseph Ryan
Commission of Appeal
Supreme Court of Texas
Porter Loring
J. M. Todd
Supreme Court
C. M. Cureton
Austin
Dan Moody
Ryan
Supreme Court Commission
R. L. Daniel
Insurance
Banking
Hughes Receives Harmon Trophy From President Roosevelt
Howard R. Hughes, the film producer who flies for fun, is awarded the 1936 Harmon international air trophy by President Roosevelt. The prize honors the year's most notable achievements in aviation.
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Hughes
Washington
Howard R. Hughes
Roosevelt
Dust Returns to Lakin as Dust Storm Rolls In
Dust clouds, banished by snow last week, returned to Lakin Kansas on March 2 as a south wind reduced visibility to about half a mile.
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Lakin
Kansas
Kan
Vernon Chamber chief resigns for Eldorado post
L A Wilson secretary of Vernon Chamber of Commerce and president of the Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association resigns to accept the manager job at Eldorado Arkansas chamber.
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Quits
C. C Post Vernon
L. A. Wilson
Vernon Chamber of Commerce
Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Eldorado, Ark
Fat Stock Show Entries Prepare for Amarillo Opening Week
Hereford breeders from the Plains prepare cattle for the tenth Amarillo Fat Stock Show opening Monday at Tri-State Fair Park. Early arrivals expected Thursday and Friday with buyers arriving Saturday. 301 cattle planned for private treaty sales and eight bulls plus 12 females auctioned next Wednesday.
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Plains Country
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Park
J. P. Osborne
L. A. Maddox
Miami
R. T. Alexander
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Hereford Breeders
Panhandle Cattle Raisers’ Association
Vandenberg Opposes Plan to Expand Supreme Court
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan led Republican opposition tonight to the Roosevelt court reorganization proposal. He condemned the move as a device to choke free American institutions and argued it would place the court under presidential control. He dismissed executive arguments as unsound and warned against changing constitutional interpretation to suit political aims. The clash marks the first formal GOP stance against the plan in the Senate.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Logan
Kentucky
Sumners
Texas
House
Supreme Bench
GOP
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
United States
Peaches the mountain lion quits crate. city unsettled
Albuquerque residents buzzed as Peaches, a man-sized mountain lion in a crate under a house, escaped its bonds overnight. Glenn E. Valentine and wife debated what to do with the animal as authorities warned tracking it may be futile.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Peaches
Glenn E. Valentine
Valentine
Continuance of CCC Asked by Group
Members of the House steering committee asked President Roosevelt to continue the Civilian Conservation Corps in full force. The delegation urged cancellation of plans to abandon 90 camps April 1 and oppose reducing camps from 2,086 to 1,456. Rep. Jed Johnson said Congress favors keeping the camps.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Jed Johnson
Oklahoma
Congress
Film Colony Votes on 1936 Academy Awards Reaffirm Sentiment
Hollywood February 2 The movie colony votes on the 1936 Academy Awards honoring actors actresses and productions. Nominees include Gary Cooper Irene Dunne Norma Shearer Carole Lombard and Louis Rainer among actors and Gladys George Paul Muni Walter Huston William Powell Spencer Tracy in the acting and production categories. Final winners to be announced at the Academy banquet Thursday night.
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Hollywood
Calif
Movie Colony
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Gladys George
Carrie
Irene Dunne
Gary Cooper
Mr. Deeds
Paul Muni
Louis Pasteur
Walter Huston
Dodsworth
William Powell
Spencer Tracy
San Francisco
Anthony Adverse
Ziegfeld
Santa Fe Orders 52 Lightweight Passenger Cars
The Santa Fe Railway ordered 52 streamlined stainless steel passenger cars from Budd Manufacturing, including 30 deluxe coaches 10 diners six club lounge cars and six baggage cars. The cars are built at Budd's Philadelphia plant along with a new 9 car Super Chief set for service between Chicago and Los Angeles this spring.
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Santa Fe Railway
Budd Manufacturing Company
Samuel T. Bledsoe
The
Santa Fe
Budd Company
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
Budd
Mussolini Orders Lifetime War Preparedness for Italians
Italian leaders push a five point plan to militarize the state and mobilize men aged 18 to 55 and reserve classes including sailors and aviators. The move follows Britain’s 7.5 billion dollar rearmament push, with Mussolini signaling summons to service as part of an integrally militarized Italy.
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Rome
Mussolini
Great Britain
Italy
Grand Council
Britain
Texas House moves to ban dog racing and bookmaking
The Texas House approved bills to prohibit dog racing and all bookie gambling. Measures impose penalties for book making and handling bets, with five years in prison for bookmaking and up to 100 dollar fines for placing bets. Dog racing penalties include 50 dollar fines and two to four years for operating tracks. The action follows Governor Allred's push to outlaw bookmaking and repeal pari mutuel wagering.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Texas
State Affairs Committee
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Ross Hardin
Prairie Hill
Attorney General's Department
Reps
F. Harrell
Paris
Alf Roark
Saratoga
Fred Harris
Dallas
Senate
House
Harris
Harrell
Allred
Venuti's Drive On Whistling Nears Court
Joe Venuti, famed swing band leader, faces aggravated assault charges after a nightclub incident in Dallas. Two women, Elsie Morris and Pauline Newman, accuse Venuti of attacking them when he and his wife left a hotel. Bond set at 250 dollars for Venuti. women bond 200 dollars each.
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Dallas
U.P
Joe Venuti
Elsie Morris
Pauline Newman
Venuti
Roosevelt May Fish Off Texas Coast
President Roosevelt said he hoped to fish off the Texas coast in late April. He mentioned tarpon charts and planned to use the Presidential yacht Potomac if he travels, boarding at New Orleans after a train trip. He will depart March 10 for Warm Springs, Georgia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
New Orleans
Warm Springs
Tucson Gas Explosion Claims Second Fatality
Miss Leta Hinds died today after a gas explosion at her Tucson home on Tuesday night, becoming the second fatality in the incident that also claimed Miss Mildred Lee Crouch last Friday.
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Tucson
Ariz
Leta Hinds
Mildred Lee Crouch
Martin Named to Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court named Associate Justice A B Martin of Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals as successor to the late Judge Joseph Ryan on the Supreme Court Commission. He will assume duties around April 1 with family delaying move until term end.
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A. B. Martin
Texas Supreme Court Commission
Austin
Amarillo
Texas
Martin
Panhandle
Supreme Court Commission
Texas Supreme Court
Coleman
Make
New Sugar Measure Reaches Congress
A bill aligning with President Roosevelt's plan to regulate the domestic sugar industry and imports reaches Congress. Sen Joseph O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Sen Alva B. Adams of Colorado introduced it in the Senate, with Rep Marvin Jones of Texas preparing to bring it to the House. The measure aims to replace the 1934 Jones Costigan act after the Supreme Court decision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Joseph ©. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
President Urges Congress to Enact New Wage and Hour Statute
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass a new wage and hour statute at the current session. The White House said he does not demand immediate action but hopes it may be enacted before adjournment. A presidential committee report on the NRA urged flexible, simpler regulation and criticized impractical provisions. The committee credited NRA with lifting wages and employing over 2,000,000, while noting uncertain policies and unenforceable codes. General Hugh S. Johnson condemned the report as biased against NRA.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
National Recovery Administration
NRA Aid
Hugh 8. Johnson
Supreme Court
Insurgents Surrounded on Jarama Front Near Madrid
Government troops report 700 insurgents surrounded on the Jarama front southeast of Madrid amid artillery exchange. The insurgents are cut off from supplies and in imminent danger of capture. exact isolation point not disclosed.
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Madrid
Jarama
Vidal Leaves for Coast Vacation
Eugene Vidal resigns as director of the Air Commerce Bureau and departs for California for a brief vacation. Pred D. Fagg has succeeded him as director, with Vidal serving in an advisory role. He will visit Los Angeles and discuss Amelia Earhart’s forthcoming round the world flight plans.
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Washington
Eugene Vidal
Air Commerce Bureau
California
Vidal
Pred D. Fagg
Bureau
Los Angeles
Amelia Earhart
Japs Turn to Chemicals And Planes for Defense Against United States
Japan shifts focus to chemical warfare research and a strengthened air program as Pacific defenses are bolstered. Diet reports disclose gas weapons emphasis, while Navy Minister Yonai says U S air power grows may not threaten Japan for three years. Admiral Yonas hints at arms talks only if they aim at real reductions.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Gen Sugiyama
Navy
Mitsumasa Yonai
Naval Air
Yonas
Soviet Russia
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