Strike front widens in motion picture industry
Hollywood May 2 The strike front widened as 11 crafts unions representing about 6000 workers were ordered not to report for work tomorrow. If walkouts materialize, virtually all productions at nine studios could be seriously impaired or halted.
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Hollywood
Calif
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Federation
Screen Actors’ Guild
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Federated Crafts
Charles C. Lessing
Bert Offord
Lessing
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Dog leaps 35 feet after master’s signal on bridge
Kenneth Koehler used a horizontal arm gesture to cue his German police dog to jump. The dog vaulted the railing, fell 35 feet to railroad tracks, and was taken to a hospital where doctors said injuries were not serious.
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Boston
Kenneth Koehler
Kenneth
Doctor Who Aided Dillinger Arrested After Pen Release
Dr. Wilhelm Loeser a Chicago physician who aided John Dillinger by a face lifting operation was released from Leavenworth prison and immediately rearrested on an embezzlement charge according to a Leavenworth dispatch.
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Dillinger
Leavenworth
Kan
U.P
Wilhelm Loeser
Chicago
John Dillinger
Difficulties Over E. H. R. Green Estate Tie Sanford to Noted Rail Interests
Local readers see the Green estate case linked to Sanford in Hutchinson County where a tiny chartered railroad once served a gravel operation. The Sanford and Northern Railway, created May 16, 1931 with 100 shares at $100 each, sought to capture shipping profits previously lost to freight rates.
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E. H. R. Green
Sanford
Laura V. Hamner
Green
Hutchinson County
Hettie Green
Moore
J. L. Williams
William L. Slayden
Tom Hadenpyle
State Railroad Commission
Sanford and Northern Railway
Army Housing Bill Adds Texas Funds in General Plan
Washington May 2 R E Thomason of El Paso and Rep Maury Maverick of San Antonio said the general army housing bill under consideration includes a $22 million program for Texas. Thomason cited $2.9 million for Fort Bliss El Paso and $154,000 for Fort D A Russell Marfa.
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Washington
R. E. Thomason
Fl Paso
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Texas
Thomason
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Fort D. A. Russell
Marfa
Sheriff Ouster Proves Failure in Oklahoma County
Elza Evans refused to leave the sheriff's office as commissioners canceled the $10,000 surety bond for Rufus Lyon, Evans' successor. Lyon said no further action was planned after being appointed following a grand jury finding Evans’ appointment illegal. Evans was indicted for perjury with his trial continued.
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Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatomie County
Elza Evans
Frank Sims
Elmer Rawlings
Rufus Lyon
Evans
Lyon
Commission
John Gentry
John L. Green
Prescription Written In 1915 Is Refilled
A prescription written November 11, 1915 by the late Dr. W. M. Fulbright and filled by a drug store then owned by Mayor Will Marr was refilled by Bruce Spencer, druggist in Ralls.
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Ralls
W. M. Fulbright
Will Marr
Bruce Spencer
Wall Street's Bull Faith Persists Amid Stock Declines
New York May 2 Wall Street adherents of the bull cause cling to faith in business recovery despite a worldwide selling wave in stocks and commodities. Analysts cite low interest rates limited private credit expansion and a large pool of unfilled orders as props for continued industrial growth and farm income gains this year.
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Wall Street
Bull Cause
New York
Former Pampa Bay Crowns in Tank
Paul Wesley Mitchell an 11 year old pupil at the state orphans home in Corsicana drowned while swimming with nine companions in a pasture tank on the home property. He was the son of M C Mitchell who works on a farm north of Corsicana. He and four siblings came from Pampa four years ago and he studied in the fifth grade at the home school.
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Corsicana
Paul Wesley Mitchell
State Orphans Home
M. C. Mitchell
Pampa
Weather Outlook for West Texas New Mexico
The forecast reports generally fair weather in West Texas for Monday and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the Panhandle on Tuesday. In New Mexico, expect fair skies Monday and Tuesday with little change in temperature across the state.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Fascists Seize Last Basque Defenses Near Bilbao
From Las Arenas the insurgents under General Emilio Mola push toward Bilbao on the Nervion River route. German and Italian troops lead the attack as France and Britain arrange evacuations for foreigners. US destroyer Kane heads to the north coast as consul Chapman reports no continental Americans in Bilbao.
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Emilio Mola
Bilbao
Bay of Biscay
Las Arenas
Nervion
Ony
Mola
France
Great Britain
Castro Urdiales
Santander
U. S
Faulknor
J C C Plans Delegation Trip To Guymon Pioneer Day
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce to send over 50 members from the Herring Hotel at 8 this morning to Guymon for Pioneer Day events including a fiesta rodeo and old timers activities. The visit aims to renew ties with Guymon leaders and includes a floral presentation by Bill Beechler. Some travelers may detour via Pampa for its celebrations.
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Amarillo
Guymon
Bill Beechler
Pampa
March Employment Tops 1929 Record
A National Industrial Conference Board survey reports March employment across manufacturing agriculture services and trade distribution and finance rose to a new peak exceeding 1929 records in New York.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board Today
Texan Robert Young Gains Control Of Massive Rail Road Empire
The purchase of Midamerica Corporation properties for 8 million dollars by Robert R. Young and Frank F. Kolbe places Young at the head of the largest single group of railroad properties in America under one management. His Texas Panhandle roots and diverse career, from cattle country lineage to Culver Academy and Virginia Law, mark a remarkable rise alongside Kolbe and Allan P. Kirby. The deal includes Chesapeake & Ohio Erie Nickel Plate Pere Marquette and Missouri Pacific lines, with Russian government rail holdings noted as larger.
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Midamerica Corporation
Robert R. Young
Frank F. Kolbe
the News
Young
Kolbe
News
New Yorker
New York Evening Journal
Robert Ralph Young
Panhandle
Leslie Gould
The
Journal
Texas
D. J Young
Robert Moody
Robert Young
K. M. Young
First National Bank
Old Canadian Academy
Los Angeles
Culver Military Academy
Law School
University of Virginia
Virginia
duPont Corporation
New Jersey
van Sweringen
Texan
America
Michigan
Allan P. Kirby
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Missouri Pacific
Court Fight Looms Over Burlesque License Ban
New York May 2 Broadway theaters shut burlesque after License Commissioner Moss refused to renew expiring licenses. About 700 workers faced unemployment as two houses briefly reopened then were shut again by court action. Managers planned hearings with lawyers to challenge the ruling and jurisdiction.
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New York
Broadway
Paul Moss
Paul Windels
Moss
President Roosevelt Enjoys Quiet Sabbath at Sea
President Roosevelt, aboard the Potomac off Port Aransas, Texas, spent a calm Sabbath sunning on deck and reading. He had fished yesterday from a 40 foot motor boat, with no tarpon yet attempted, as two navy seaplanes arrived from Pensacola to replace two damaged craft. Gov. Allred visited the Potomac during the day.
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Galveston
Roosevelt
Potomac
Aransas
Moffett
New Orleans
Tarpon
Pensacola
Fla
James V. Allred
Texas
Light Showers Dot Panhandle Plains Area
Light showers fell over most of the Panhandle Plains yesterday and last night with precipitation too light to measure. The forecast calls for possible additional showers today.
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Panhandle Plains
House Aides Mull 500 Million Cut in Works Relief Funds
Washington May 2 An influential House appropriations member said Congress may trim the President's $1.5 billion works relief plan by $500 million. Rep Woodrum of Virginia, acting sub committee chair, announced hearings begin tomorrow to discuss continuing the Works Progress Administration and possible economy measures across agencies. The push for cuts follows prior trimming of over $100 million in executive proposals.
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House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Representative Woodrum
Demoscrat
Virginia
Roosevelt
Woodrum
Works Progress Administration
Senate
House
Public Works Administration
Appropriations Committee
Virginian
Fed
Mussolini Paper Uses Three Line Teaser System
Milan May 2 Benito Mussolini's Popolo D Italia runs a three line notice declaring an important article on a subject. The rule forces other papers to withhold the piece until the next day then reproduce it with Popolo D Italia credited.
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Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Popolo D'Italia
Il Duce
Popolo O'Italia
Truck Driver Held In Fatal Mishap Near Palestine
Harris County driver Burt Howell, 30, of Houston is jailed on homicide charges after a truck struck and killed Jacqueline Murdock, 13, an Elkhart student, in a pair of accidents near Palestine. A Percilla farmer died in the other crash, with two others injured, one seriously.
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Palestine
al M
Burt) Howell
Houston
Anderson Coun
Aca
Jacqueline Murdock
Elkhart
Insurgents Deny Sinking of Battleship Espana
Insurgents claim the 16 140 ton battleship Espana survived an attack and deny it was sunk by the enemy. They say the vessel hit one of its own mines while pursuing a British blockade runner off Santander and that the crew reached safety aboard the destroyer Velasco. The navy says Espana’s crew of 854 deserted in lifeboats.
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Espana
Hendaye
France
Sander
Salamanca
Ins
Velasco
Bilbao
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