Door Opened To Liberals By La Follette
Washington May 9 The new National Progressive party is described as a personal invitation to liberal voters who feel out of place with Democrats or Republicans. Young Bob La Follette outlines a fresh broad platform, with details to come from supporters, and signals a long term, non-specific approach to building a third party. The piece traces progressive momentum from 1910 through 1938, noting past leaders and the potential 1940 presidential angle.
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Washington
Bob la Follette
Phil
United States
Bob
Young Bob
Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol Hill
Democratic Party
New
Progressive Party
Bob LaFollette
George Norris
William E. Borah
Hiram Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
New Freedom
Taft
American Labor Party
New York State
Globe News Want Ads for Results for Bargains
The ad section promises bargains and highlights want ads for results. It contrasts common pairings with a slogan emphasizing G N Want Ads and Results as a gateway to lower prices.
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Damon and Pythias
Globe News
Earle Appeals To Court in Fight To Hush-Up Probe
In a Philadelphia case Governor Earle seeks to block a grand jury probe into coercion and bribery tied to his administration. Attorney General Bard and former AG Margiotti figure in the dispute as the court weighs stay and authority questions before the May 16 hearing.
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Earle
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
George H. Farle
Dauphin County
William A. Schnader
Guy K. Bard
Harrisburg
Earle Administration
Democratic Organization
Charles J. Margiotti
Bard
Margiotti
Ford Worker Dies in Blast at River Rouge Plant
A explosion in the Ford Motor Company River Rouge glass making division killed Edward Sielewski, 54, of Detroit, and left 16 workers with severe burns as two acid tanks detonated during the day.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Edward Sielewiski
Unsettled Weather Ahead for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecasts show unsettled conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with likely light showers Tuesday. West Texas remains cloudy with showers possible in the northern areas, while New Mexico observes unsettled conditions and local showers with little temperature change. Hourly readings for Amarillo indicate mixed daytime values with highs around the mid sixties.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Xico
Amarillo Repceneas
Fate of Ethiopia Remains Secret With League
In Geneva a three hour League of Nations council session sealed Ethiopia’s fate. Britain and France moved to lift the ban on recognizing Italy’s conquest despite Soviet dissent. Litvinoff branded the move a failure of League obligations while China and Japan’s actions expanded the Asia conflict as Spain and Italy prompts remain unresolved.
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Geneva
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Great Britain
France
Russia
New Zealand
China
Bolivia
Maxim Litvinoff
League
Italy
Litvinoff
Haile Selassie
London
Britain
Council
Spain
Germany
Japan
Lung-Hai
Hankow
Suchow
Eye operation saves babe life in desperate Chicago case
Five week old Helaine Colan underwent removal of the left eye to halt glioma threatening brain involvement. The procedure was followed by plans for possible X ray treatment of the right eye. A panel of ten experts, two rabbis, and relatives approved the decision to proceed.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Helaine
Robert H. Good
E. P. Garraghan
Herman Colan
Estelle
Morris Hershman
Maurice Wohl
Cleveland
Hopper Crop Threatens Panhandle Crops Invasion Said To Reach May
Hopper numbers explode across the Panhandle driven by recent rains. Supervisor Arthur A. Miller says hoppers are hatching by the millions and opening soil as they emerge, threatening crops from Conroe to West Texas. Poisoning plants are being prepared in Minneapolis and Texas sites with sawdust or cottonseed hulls as bases. a thin coating is advised to protect birds and livestock.
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Lewis Nordyke
Panhandle
Arthur A. Miller
Mr. Miller
Central
South
Texas
Conroe
Houston
Minneapolis
Miller
Extension Service
Childress
Wheeler
Clarendon
Memphis
Wellington
Four Kidnapping Suspects Held In Amarillo R T Emmett Rites
Funeral arrangements for R T Emmett prominent Amarillo oil operator who died yesterday at 12 50 pm remain incomplete as relatives are expected. Emmett who began in Hamilton Texas later moved to Amarillo and led the Dempster Mill and Manufacturing Company growth and civic work. He founded the Blackboard Oil Exchange and helped organize the Western Packing Co and Tri State Fair leadership. He is survived by his wife five brothers and four sisters.
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R. T
Bob” Emmett
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw
R. T. Emmett
Hamilton
Texas
Fort Worth
Dempster Mill and Manufacturing Company
Tri-State
Emmett
Panhandle Oi
Batchler and
Douglas
Western Packing Co
Blackboard Oil Exchange
Jobbers and Manufacturers Association
Denver
Calo
D. O. Tyler
Waco
Pettigrew
Glendening
Castro
Wyo
Breckenridge Hosts Rotarians Convention Growth in Texas
Nearly 500 Rotarians registered for the 127th district convention in Breckenridge. Ernesto Aguilar of Mexico City reported Texas club growth of 14 percent in the past year and new clubs formed in 1938 at Sudan Odessa Seagraves Shamrock and Wellington.
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Breckenridge
Texas
Sudan
Odessa
Seagraves
Shamrock
Wellington
Ernesto Aguilar
Mexico City
Rotary
World church structure aims for global religious cooperation
A diverse group of church leaders from many countries meets to form a world church structure to promote cooperation and influence across faiths. The piece hints at ongoing coverage in other pages and notes related editorials and political context.
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Jim Farley
Whirligig
Ted Alexander Named New Oldham County Agricultural Agent
Ted Alexander will replace Ernest R. Duke as Oldham County agricultural agent with W. B. Bennett succeeding Alexander in Oldham County. Duke becomes Texas state supervisor for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation directing the new federal wheat insurance program in the state. Transfers hinge on Duke taking up his new duties. Alexander, son of R. T. Alexander, has served since 1936 and is a Texas A&M graduate. Bennett, son of W. E. Bennett, is a West Texas State College graduate and former assistant county agent in Gray County.
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Ted Alexander
Oldham County
Ernest R. Duke
Potter County
Parker D. Hanna
Texas Extension Service
Duke
Texas
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
W. 8. Bennett
Memphis
Alexander
Hanna
R. T. Alexander
Hemphill County
Oldham
Knox County
Texas A. & M. College
Willie” Bennett
W. E. Bennett
Randall County
West Texas State College
Gray County
Hall County
Senate Approves Agriculture Spending Bill For Next Year
The Senate cleared a broad agriculture bill authorizing more than 1.1 billion dollars for next year. It funds farm benefits under crop controls, soil conservation, and tenancy programs, with added provisions for road construction and naval expansion limits. The House must concur on the revised totals.
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Senate
House
Vandenberg
Michigan
Hull
Nye
Spain
Rayburn
Agriculture Department
Peg-legged Suspect Escapes from Childress Jail
In Childress on May 9 a peg legged transient named James Van Horn picked the jail door lock and escaped through a back door left open briefly. He was serving a fine of 100 dollars.
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Childress
James van Horn
Shock Troops of Crime War Crippled by Budget Cuts
Washington May 9 The national force of G men the FBI has been cut in half for two months and may be crippled for the next fiscal year as a penny wise policy by an appropriations subcommittee Hoover and Attorney General Homer S Cummings warn the cut will hinder the war on crime The budget squeeze forced mandatory leaves for half the FBI staff and closures of offices while per diem and travel savings are sought Agent Ramsey’s death is linked to staffing gaps in New York Harlem attack details show the cost of reduced manpower
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Appropriations
House of Representatives
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Homer S. Cummings
Cummings
Budget Bureau
Daniel W. Bell
FBI
Honolulu
Juneau
Alaska
Phoenix
Ariz
Hartford
Conn
Congress
Wiliam Ramsey
New York
Harlem
Levine
Pred L. Craneford
Michigan
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