Progress Reported in Chrysler Strike Parley at Lansing
Governor Murphy said progress was made in night session negotiations to settle the Chrysler strike which has left about 80,000 idle. He noted not a final agreement but earnest effort, with Chrysler chief Walter Chrysler and UAW leader John Lewis back in talks and federal conciliator Dewey aiding.
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Frank Murphy
Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Murphy
Lewis
New York
Lansing
James F. Dewey
Hudson
Detroit
Reo Motor Company
Federal Labor Department
State Capitol
Homer Martin
Automobile Workers
New Wage and Hour Programs Studied
Federal authorities said they are studying possible new wage and hour programs to gauge impact on inflation. They caution that any design must mesh with other economic factors to avoid harming business, while noting some program could avoid fueling the price spiral.
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Washington
Pope Absent From Services on Good Friday
Vatican plans show Pope Pius XII missing from Sistine chapel services and signaling a possible public appearance at Easter. Eugenio Pacelli led the rites with curia cardinals as faithful and tourists crowd St. Peter’s Square. The pope, following medical advice, attended Mass privately and is expected to bless from the loggia later. A papal encyclical on Mexico is due for publication Saturday.
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Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
St. Peter's Cathedral
Curia
Holy Father
Vatican
St. Peters
Loggia
Mexico
Wallace May Speak At WICC Meet In Brownwood
Secretary Wallace said he would consider an invitation to address the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Brownwood in May. The invitation came from H. G. Lucas of the Texas Agricultural Association along with Senator Tom Connally, Representative Clyde Garrett, and several Texas leaders.
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Washington
Wallace
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Brownwood
H. G. Lucas
Texas Agricultural Association
Tom Connaily
Texas
Clyde Garrett
Hastland
Fritz Lanham
Fort Worth
Charles L. South
Coleman
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Rivalry Grows as Amarillo Chamber Budget Drive Nears
Divisions of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce under Clay Thornton prepare for a Monday 7:30 breakfast at the Amarillo Hotel followed by a zero hour. Major Gilstrap seeks to rename his unit the quota busting division as plans to oversubscribe a 25180 quota unfold.
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Themarillo Chamber of Commerce Sales Army
Clay Thornton
Amarillo
Bill Gilstrap
Gilstrap
Duke Cullum
Mark Taylor
John Armstrong
Taylor
Jim Florey
Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Watkins
American City Bureau
Strike Ballot Started Among Union Rail Men Of Southern Pacific
A strike vote began today among 8,000 union railway workers of the Southern Pacific system including the former El Paso and Southwestern and Northwestern Pacific lines. Officials said the ballot was not yet communicated to the railroad, with leaders warning of a strike within 10 days if approved.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Lines
Fl Paso and Southwestern
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
C. V. McLaughlin
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
H. C. Smith
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Portland
Ore
Dawson
N. M
Northwestern Pacific
Sausalito
Calif
Fureka
McLaughlin
Smith
Tingley Names Three Water Conservation Representatives
Gov Clyde Tingley named three New Mexico members for the Panhandle water conservation program. J L Briscoe and H B Jones from Tucumcari and O S Greaser of Obar will represent New Mexico. Separately Gov James V Allred named Carl Hinton Tom Cotten and Judge Wilson Cowan of Dalhart as Texas members of the conservation commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Panhandle Area
Clyde Tingley
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Thomas Visa to Russia Granted
The Russian embassy in Washington informed Norman Thomas that his visa request is granted, allowing the Socialist leader and his wife to visit the Soviet Union during their European tour. Ambassador Troyanovsky’s notice was sent to the Thomas home in New York and forwarded to Chicago where he attends a party convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Norman Thomas
Soviet Union
Alexander A. Troyanovsky
Thomas
Chicago
Memorial Rites Sunday for Texas school disaster victims
Memorial services will honor 455 London High School students and staff killed in last Thursday's explosion. Rev R L Jackson to speak. Rev Cecil Lang and other local pastors to deliver talks. Red Cross urged a nationwide radio broadcast with President Roosevelt to open at 3 08 p m. Luther McClure and London band members participate in the observance and related concerts proceed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Texas
Cecil Lang
Kilgore
R. L. Jackson
London Methodist Church
Red Cross
Roosevelt
London
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Weather forecast notes Saturday partly cloudy and warmer in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expects mostly cloudy skies. New Mexico outlooks unsettled and cold with likely snow in northern Paria. Temperature readings show varied highs and lows from yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Paria Fotos
Wits
Ancome
Quartet of Gunmen Rob Store and Flee After Shootout
Four gunmen robbed a Houston chain grocery of 2000 dollars, fought officers in a running gun battle, and fled on foot when their car was abandoned. They shot tires on a police car and men hijacked Mrs John Scotts car as officers blocked roads. A bystander named Willie Melton was fired upon at point blank range.
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Houston
U.P
George Owen
John Scott
Scott
Galveston
Willie Melton
Connally Proposes Nine Justice Court with Age Rules
Senator Connally introduces a constitutional amendment to fix the Supreme Court at nine justices with voluntary retirement at seventy and compulsory at seventy five. Immediate removal of five justices upon ratification would occur. He favors submitting the change to the people and notes Easter recess for Senate hearings. Burke and O Mahoney float alternatives as the Judiciary Committee weighs the Roosevelt plan.
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Connally
Texas
Supreme Court
Congress
White House
Burke
Nebraska
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Steiner
Oregon
Seon Burke
Robert Lee Williams
Roosevelt
Oklahoma District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Williams
Cummings
Helen Wills Love Placed on Diet
Helen Wills Love, awaiting sanity hearing for the slaying of her husband Harry A. Love, has been placed on a hospital diet after emerging from a seven day coma. Jail physician Dr. Benjamin Blank said she has ravenously eaten and then failed to retain food, with the stomach overtaxed but the diet expected to help. Sanity hearing scheduled for April 2.
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Los Angeles
Helen Wills Love
County
Benjamin Blank
Mrs. Love
Harry A. Love
Seven Injured in Longview Crash Near Here
Longview reports a morning collision injuring Lloyd Taylor 28 of Vivian Louisiana and Mrs S P Logan of Vivian and their children Ida and George. Mrs C W Phillips Geraldine and Everett Sutton of Longview also hurt with Geraldine suffering a fractured leg. The group was en route to San Antonio.
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Longview
Lloyd Taylor
Vivian
Here
S. P. Logan
Ida
George
San Antonio
C. W. Phillips
Geraldine
Everett Sutton
Easter Bunny Dummy in Zoo Sparks Expert Debate
In Seattle on March 26 a zoo superintendent and a university psychologist debated the Easter bunny myth. Dr. Gus Knudson said no rabbits lay eggs and mocked the Easter bunny as a dummy. Dr. Stevenson Smith argued animals cannot count or multiply due to lacking counting tools.
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Seattle
Gus Knudson
Zoological Gardens
Stevenson Smith
University of Washington
Knudson
Peter
Dr. Smith
Crash Cause Laid To Ice Formation
Investigations attribute the Transcontinental and Western Airlines crash that killed 13 to ice forming on control equipment. Officials cite ice on the ailerons and wings as causing loss of control during a landing attempt at Allegheny County airport. Federal inspectors completed scene work as plane fuselage burned.
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Pittsburgh
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
TWA
John J. McLean
Allegheny County
L. C. Fritz
W. A. Hamilton
Main
Funeral services for Perryton pioneer Mrs Brillhart
Funeral services for 81 year old Ochiltree County pioneer Mrs Brillhart will be held at 2 30 Saturday at the First Baptist Church. She has lived in Perryton for 51 years and is survived by four sons Ulther Grover Saint and Herbert and four daughters Mrs Dana Price Mrs Ethel Cutter Miss Adlai Brillhart of Perryton and Mrs Blanche Spence of Oakland California.
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Perryton
8. C. Brillhart
Ochiltree County
First Baptist Church
Brillhart
Uuther
Grover
Saint
Herbert
Dana Price
Ethel Cutter
Adlai Brillhart
Blanche Spence
Oakland
Calif
Insanity Blamed in Boston Mass Slaying
Police blamed a recurring fit of insanity for the Boston shootings that left Jeremiah Mackey 35 a former special police officer dead along with Dr. Charles E. Mackey 43 a Boston school committee member and Alice Costa 19, Costa's sister, before Mackey killed himself.
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Boston
Jeremiah Mackey
Charles E. Mackey
Boston School Committee
Paul Costa
Costa
Alice
Mackey
Forced Passage May Be Sought By Advocates
Governor Allred vetoed a bill creating a new pardon and parole board with broad powers after the House blocked Rep. Fred B. Knetsch’s recall attempt. Advocates consider passing it over the veto. The Legislature debated tax changes and approved funds for state colleges and court salaries as session nears end.
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Bling
Allred
House
Fred BF. Knetsch
Seguin
Knetsch
Gordon Burns
Huntaville
Senate
Supreme
Appellate Court
Supreme Court
Court of Crim
Wright's Petition Is Being Checked For Ballot
The Wright Printing Company candidate J. F. Wright at 1809 Harrison Street has a petition under verification to confirm all signers are bona fide voters. City manager H. R. Smith notes 116 of 121 signers are Potter County residents and verification will continue in Canyon for south of Twenty-ninth Avenue voters.
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J. F. Wright
Harrison Street
Wright Printing Company
City Commission
Wright
H. R. Smith
Spanish Government Claims Second Major Victory in Week
The Madrid defense junta said Italian reinforced insurgents were driven back five miles from the garrison near Pozo Blanco, 150 miles southwest of Madrid. Some 10 000 Italian soldiers were among those routed as government forces attacked with planes and artillery to recapture Alcaracejos and pressure Morril. The insurgents reported heavy losses on their side.
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Madrid
Pozoblanco
Guadalajara
Alcaracejos
Mediterranean
Morril
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