Ickes Willkie Clash Threatens TVA Peace Talks
Washington dispatch reports a fresh quarrel between Interior Secretary Ickes and private power leader Willkie as TVA and private power negotiate. Ickes accuses Willkie of trying to block municipal power grants. Willkie calls the claim silly. President Roosevelt plans a TVA meeting with Morgan Lilienthal Morgan to press reconciliation while Senate probes are paused.
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Washington
Ickes
Wendell Willkie
TVA
Tennessee
Willkie
Public Works Administration
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Arthur Morgan
David Lilienthal
Harcourt Morgan
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Ickes’ Fre
Lilienthal
Chattanooga
PVA
Public Works
Wilkie
Commonwealth
Tennessee Valley
United States
Supreme Court
PWA
Breeders Expect Good Results In Bull Sales
Buyers from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Mississippi paid 13650 for 64 head of pure bred Herefords at the Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association auction. It ranked as the fifth highest sale in 15 years with 56 bulls averaging 211.62 and eight females 223.13. The top 30 bulls averaged 292.83, and buyers forecast favorable post show results.
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Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mississippi
Pride in Automobile Is Encouraged
National Used Car Exchange Week highlights better late model used cars and flexible financing. Dealers note improved recent models, down payments often covered by the trade in, and many junker trade ins retired for safety. Russell's offers engraved calling cards at a low price.
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United States
National Used Car Exchange Week
Whitney Indicted For Grand Larceny In New York
Richard Whitney former NYSE president was indicted for grand larceny in the first degree for misappropriating between 105000 and 110000 from a trust estate. He surrendered at Deweys office and was booked with bail set at 10000 as prosecutors pursue the case. In Washington, small business leaders accuse the Roosevelt administration of trying to silence their voices and block meetings with the Commerce Department.
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New York
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Thomas E. Dewey
John J. Bennett, Jr
Dewey
Whitney
Bethlehem Steel Co
Dewey, Tuttle
Grand Jury
General Sessions
William Allen
Elizabeth Street
Lower East Side
Tuttle
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Neweal
Leslie EB
Sanders
Orlando
Fra
Fred G. Roth
Cleveland
Ernest G. Draper
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Luise Rainer and Tracy Win Movie Awards
Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy won Academy Awards for best motion picture performances of 1937. Rainer earned for The Good Earth and Tracy for Captains Courageous, with Hollywood workers naming The Life of Emile Zola as last year’s top picture at a banquet of 1300 industry members.
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Hollywood
Calif
Luise Rainer
Spencer Tracy
Miss Rainer
Tracy
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Emile Zola
Nazi Terrorism Casts Shadow
Nazis threaten Austrian plebiscite amid clashes in Graz and Vienna with over 40 injured. Berlin protests Schuschnigg move to vote on independence, claiming breach of Berchtesgaden agreement. Reports say Hitler plans to keep Austrian questions near him as tensions rise.
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Graz
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berchtesgaden
Berlin
Schuschnigg
Essener National Zeitung
Joseph Leopold
Hitler
Wilhelm Miklas
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Wilhelm Keppler
Seysz-Inquart
Airplane Safe After Fight With Elements
An American Airlines Transcontinental plane landed safely on an emergency field near Richlands North Carolina after an overnight struggle with wind rain and fog. Seven passengers and three crew escaped injury though one wing and the propeller were damaged. The compass failed earlier and the crew planned to entrain for Washington after reaching Charleston.
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Richlands
N. C
American Airlines
Here
B. A. Carpenter
Washington
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Carpenter
Charleston
D. C
North Carolina
Irrigation Benefits and Sources Are Outlined
Plains Irrigation Congress closes after two days with 253 attendees. Reports from Carlsbad project show cotton averaging $63.50 per acre over 25 years, alfalfa $41.30, with water use of 2.2 acre feet per acre and costs around $1.70 per acre. Officials note cemented ditches reduce waste while artesian wells expand pumping in Roswell and Portales regions.
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Plainview
Plains
Plains Irrigation Congress
Frank Phillips
West Texas State College
Joel Jennings
Hale County
Carlsbad
L. E B. Foster
Foster
H. M. Bainer
Banta Fe Railroad
Alamogordo
Roswell
Bainer
Portales
Ranner
Artesia
Winfield Holbrook
Texas Land Development Company
Iowa Park
Texas Experiment Station
L. E. Brooks
Brooks
L. J. Halbert
Milo
Kaffir
Hegari
Cattlemen Elect Amarillo Leaders At San Antonio Meet
J T Sneed of Amarillo was elected president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association at the convention closing in San Antonio. New officers include Richard King of Corpus Christi as first vice president Jay Taylor of Amarillo as second vice president John N Sparks of Fort Worth as treasurer and Henry Bell of Fort Worth as secretary. Houston awarded next meeting.
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San Antonio
Southwestern
Dwight P. Reardan
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Houston
Reardan
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
J. T. Sneed
Amarillo
Richard King
Corpus Christi
Jay Taylor
John N. Sparks
Fort Worth
Henry Bell
Farley Declares Democratic Party Debt Free After Election
Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic National Committee announced that for the first time in a generation the party organization is out of debt the year after a national election. He noted this as a historic financial turning point for the party.
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Washington
U.P
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee Today
American Colonizers Take Over Two South Seas Isles
Eleven Hawaiian youths form the first American colonists on Canton and Enderbury Islands. They distribute $3 a day plus expenses, while Britain and the United States negotiate ownership. The plan aims to avoid hardship and pursue a joint settlement approach with New Hebrides as a possible model.
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Isles
South Seas
Washington
mid-Pacific
Canton
Enderbury
America
Hawaii
Great Britain
United States
Canton Island
Interior Department
Honolulu
Richard B. Black
New Zealand
National Geographic Society
London
New Hebrides Islands
New Hebrides
Fiji Islands
Pacific Islands
Enderbury Island
Amarillo Fat Stock Show Calf Sale Opens With Strong Bids
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show enters its second big day with nearly 300 club calves to be sold at 10 am. A charity auction of a Ben Carlton Mead painting opens the sale, proceeds to the show. Strong demand persists as 82 head sold in 1937 for $14,354 and top bulls reach $625 with buyers from Oklahoma and Texas.
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Amarillo
Ben Carlton Mead
L. M. Fischer
Beau Prince Domino
Jr. Prince Domino
J. P. Osborne
Miami
Fischer
H. H. Little
Oklahoma City
Glance Blanchard
Pronger Bros
Wheat Growers Score Government Policies
A wheat growers spokesman blamed federal economic policies for agricultural collapse and drought. W. W. Thatcher, chairman of the wheat conservation conference, told the Senate committee that high tariff policies worsened an economic imbalance threatening wheat and cotton producers.
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Washington
Drowth
W. W. Thatcher
Wheat Conservation Conference
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
M. L. Wilson
Weather Forecast For Amarilla And Surrounding Areas
Weather forecast notes Friday fair conditions for Amarilla and vicinity and west Texas west of the 100th meridian with slight changes. New Mexico expected partly cloudy with little temperature change. Recent hourly readings for Amarilla show temperatures around 38 at noon and 43 later in the day with values in the 60s and 70s elsewhere.
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Amarilla
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Tos Mt
Ciswanes
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