Parade and Union Meeting Mobilize Laundry Craft Support
A parade is followed by a meeting of union workers with laundry workers assured of cooperation by other crafts. The event highlights cross craft solidarity and organized labor activity.
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09 May 1920
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Amarillo Daily News in Amarillo, Texas
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1920
Page
1
Hope for Settlement in Amarillo Laundry Walkout Talks
A four block labor parade in Amarillo marched from city hall to the W. O. W. hall to show support for laundry workers in their dispute with owners. A mass meeting reviewed the walkout and committee plans to appraise the Panhandle laundry for possible sale to workers. Donations to widows rose to 387. Pat Neff was praised as a gubernatorial candidate who would veto unfriendly labor legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
City Hall
Polk Street
Polk
Tenth
Taylor
W. O. W. Hall
Libor
W. O. W Hall
J. W. Cummings
Ames
S. H. Coleman
Panhandle
Coleman
Neff
Pat Neff
Union Workers
Less Whitaker
Kiev Surrounded as Polish Forces Reach City Limits
Polish troops occupied hills north and south of Kiev while artillery lined the approaches. Reinforcements joined the advancing Polish force which aimed to defend Kiev against Bolshevik counterattacks across the Dneiper river. The city has changed hands repeatedly in five years of fighting, with works by Russians and others in surrounding entrenchments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Warsaw
Kiev
Dneiper River
Genaval Denekine
Mass Search in Oklahoma Hills for Alleged Slayer
Special to The News reports 30 posses totaling about 600 men combing Metin titan and Mgisk counties seeking Lester Clark, the alleged killer who fled after shooting a jailer in Mafina Oklahoma. Sheriff says the pistol used was likely smuggled into the jailer's cell in food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Mountains
Musrogel
Metin Titan
Mgisk
Tonchi
Lester Clark
Wien Ist
Jaeve Fluater
Mafina Oklahoma
New Vere
Tosis
Clark
McIntosh
Special session called by Hobby to meet May 21
Governor issues proclamation ordering lawmakers to convene on Saturday for a special session called by Hobby. The session aims to address urgent legislative matters and may influence upcoming policy actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobby
Texas Governor calls special session to May 21
Governor W P Hobby issues a proclamation calling a special session of the thirty sixth legislature for May 21 at 10 am. Three main subjects are proposed: establish zones banning cotton growing to avoid federal quarantine, fund public schools for the next term, and provide appropriations to cover state government deficits. The governor may add subjects later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
W. P. Hobby
Texas
Annual Hardware Dealers Convention Opens in Amarillo
The Panhandle Hardware Dealers Association begins its annual convention Monday in the WO. W. hall with J. J. Mable of Roswell, NM, arriving today as president. A banquet at the Amarillo Hotel Monday night caps the events, with members, wives and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Hardware Dalers Association
Lo Ofeloes
WO. W. Hall
J. J. Mable
Roswell
N. M
Amarillo
J. IL. Mabie
Song—America
EC. Seaman
Lon Pd, Marrs
Daily News Amarillo Panhandle AP Briefs
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Weather outlook for West Texas Sunday and Monday
West Texas forecast calls for fair weather Sunday and Monday. Amarillo temperatures show daytime highs near the mid sixties to low seventies with morning lows around the upper forties to mid fifties. Humidity remains moderate with a dry air trend expected through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Amarillo
Illa
Épom
Wheat Estimate Lightly Higher On May 1 Forecast
The USDA projected winter wheat production at 484 647 000 bushels based on conditions May 1, up 1 03 million from a month earlier and down 33 8 from last year. Acreage to be harvested this year stands at 34 165 million, with labor shortages and a late spring delaying farm work. Plowing 60.1 percent complete vs 71.4 ten year average. spring planting 50.2 percent complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Alcoholic wards in New York fall despite pro laws
New York May reports show alcoholic wards filling despite prohibition. City charity commissioner B S Coler said inspectors will be sent within a month to uncover facts and aid in stricter enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Presa
B.S. Coler
One Killed Eight Hurt in Wreck
Houston May 9 F Nich elon was killed and eight Galina Oil and Refining Company employees were seriously injured when a company truck bound for home collided with a street car in the business district shortly after midnight. Rain made streets slippery and the truck is believed to have skidded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
F. Nichelon
Galina Oi and Refining Company
Galina Company
Assistant Secretary Denies Sympathy With Radicals
The article reports the assistant secretary of labor denying any sympathy with radical groups amid discussions of post actions in alien gases. It outlines official stance and context within government positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LABOR
Poet Defends Deportation Policy Before Rules Committee
Assistant Secretary of Labor Poet told the House Rules Committee he acted strictly on evidence in deportation cases and denied sympathy with radical elements. He said thirty years of fighting physical force and philosophical anarchists guides his approach, and he protected defendants with counsel and hearings despite concerns about delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irese
Washington
Department of Tactics
Poet
House Rules Committee
Campbell
Post
Mr. Post
Representative Post
Democrat
North Carolina
Luxuries Consume Over 100 Million Monthly in Manhattan
Special report cites William Th. Award, collector of internal revenue, stating Manhattan residents spend more than 100 million dollars monthly on luxuries. He notes heavy outlays for candy and luxury items despite broader economic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Williamn TH. Faward
Hulxary
Explosion kills seven in gelatine mix house
Seven men were instantly killed when an explosion tore through the gelatin mix house of the Aetna Explosives Company in Emporium Pennsylvania at 3 PM. Six bodies were blown to pieces and only Patrick Burke could be identified from the car he was driving containing supplies. All victims were Americans and six were Emporium residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asociated
Eemporium
Penn
Aetna Explosives Company
Patrick Burke
Emporium
Polk man sentenced for wife's January murder at Camp Mustis
Wilson HH. Hroweawa convicted in federal court of murdering his wife last January at Camp Mustis Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 years in the Atlanta penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nowpolk
Wilson HH. Hroweawa
Camp Mustis
Virginia
Athinta Penitentiary
Capital of Nation Falls as Rebel Leader Emerges
Associated Press reports Carranza fled Mexico City ahead of Obregon’s army and is a fugitive in Tlaxcala seeking Veracruz. Obregon and Gonzales entered Mexico City as rival presidential candidates. insurgents claim key border towns and rail lines are back under rebel control. Eight thousand regulars and nine thousand home guards support the revolutionary forces in Chihuahua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Mexico City
Juarez
Obregon
Pablo Gonzales
Mexico
Gonzales Descobar
EL Paso
Alvaro Obregon
Benjamin Hill
Durango
Cesncro Castor
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Texas
Chihuahua City
Adolfo de la Huerta
Defensas Sociales
Marines Ordered to Move to Key West on Henderson
Washington May 8 secretary Daniels announced that 1,200 marines were ordered from League Island to Key West aboard the transport Henderson. Continued on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
League Island
Key West
Henderson
Daniels
Butler Platform Endorses Light Wine and Beer Policy
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, seeking the Republican nomination, issues a 17 point platform before the June convention. He supports light wine and beer and Kansas court of Industrial Relations principles, calls for executive budget, stronger anti monopoly measures, and opposition to Volstead enforcement with allowances for moderate alcohol in the diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Huth
Jonn Th Davies
Butler
Court of Industrial Relations of
Kansas
Socialists Launch Debs 1920 Campaign at New York Convention
Eugene V Debs, imprisoned in Atlanta for espionage law violations, is set to be formally launched for the 1920 presidential nomination at a New York City convention. Morris Hillquit and other leaders promise a strong platform on amnesty, free speech, labor issues, and self determination for nationalities. The Square Garden meeting is billed as the party’s most important gathering yet as Hillquit criticizes the Wilson administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Eugene Vi Debs
Atlanta
Societgetic
Socialist Party
Square Garden
Socialist Party of America
Morris Hillquit
Seymour Stedman
Chicago
Victor Berger
United States
Milwaukee
Oscar Ameringer
Oklahoma City
Sic
Alroer
League of Nations
Ireland
Labor Strikes Spread Across Paris Sparks Nationwide Tense
Paris faced a worsening labor crisis as the General Federation of Labor announced a subway and tram strike starting Monday. It then ordered metal and building trades workers and transport personnel to join the action while urging prudent workers to maintain essential services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
France
Federaton
Fedation
Stoke Standay
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