House Rebels Rebuff Roosevelt Relief Request
Washington May 13 Administration forces blocked a House revolt against President Roosevelt s 1 5 billion relief request and then faced a Senate vote trimming 60 million from the soil conservation fund. The House appropriations committee backed the relief plan 23 to 14 despite a subcommittee call for a 1 billion cap.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Charles West
Wallace
Racketeering charge echoes in New Deal soil plan debate
Senator Arthur Vandenberg charged an element of racketeering in New Deal soil conservation payments to farmers amid talks to lift appropriations from 1.5 billion toward 2.5 to 3 billion dollars. The U S conference of mayors rejected any relief cut as cities and states paid about 1.245 million last year. Hopkins warned WPA would shed 525 thousand jobs and private industry must fill the gap. House began debate on a 115.9 million interior supply bill after committee approval of relief limits.
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Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Appropriations Committee
United States Conference of Mayors
House
Harry J. Hopkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Interior Department
WPA
Strikes Spread in Steel Industry Across Pennsylvania
The CIO led walkouts hit Jones and Laughlin plants in Pittsburgh and Aliquippa with 27 000 workers striking for a SWOC backed contract. About 6 000 at Pittsburgh Steel Co in Monessen and Allenport also went on strike. Police used tear gas at Aliquippa as union and independents clash amid mediation efforts.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Monessen
Allenport
Jones & Laughlin
SWOC
Lewis
CIO
Three El Pasoans Killed As Auto Overturns
An inquest into the deaths of Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Weeks and Mrs. Esther Kienle, killed in an automobile accident eight miles west of Van Horn, will be held Friday at 10 A.M. in Justice of the Peace C. M. Wilchar's court.
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EL Paso
W. R. Weeks
Esther Kienle
van Horn
Justice of the Peace
C. M. Wilchar
Midwest Desperado Nabbed After High Speed Stop
Lester Brockelhurst 23, an Illinois ex convict wanted for killings in Rockford Fort Worth and Little Rock was arrested in Brewster New York after fleeing a traffic stop. He admitted three murders and was held with a woman identified as Beatrice Felton of Rockford. Police planned to transfer him to Poughkeepsie after fingerprinting and further inquiries with Dallas Rockford and Little Rock authorities. Merle Vandenbush had been captured nearby in February following a Katonah bank robbery.
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Brewster
N. Y
U.P
Lester Brockelhurst
Mlinois
Rockford
Fort Worth
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Brockelhurst
Beatrice Felton
Hawthorne Barracks
Dallas
Midwest
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Brockelhurst Suspected in Tourist Case Fort Worth
Police in Brewster New York arrested Lester William Brockelhurst in connection with a tourist case. The story notes the suspect was taken into custody today and mentions continuation on page 23 column 6.
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Brockelhurst
Fort Worth
Lester William Brockelhurst
Brewster
N. Y
Complaint Filed By Film Strikers
Hollywood letters report leaders of striking film craft unions filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. They allege unfair tactics by producers and collusion with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees to end the strike.
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Hollywood
National Labor Relations Board
Charles FE. Lessing
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Lessing
Beaumont Students Protest Dismissal
Beaumont students held a mass meeting to protest the dismissal of Bert Shepherd the French teacher. About 365 students stayed away from classes as a strike began yesterday with petitions planned to pressure the school board which hires teachers.
Merrill Lambie Speed Toward United States
Merrill and Lambie sped from Southport toward the United States in a twin engined monoplane, hoping for a transatlantic round trip to New York in about 21 hours. A crowd of 10 000 watched as the plane lifted at 9 13 P M and vanished over the Irish Sea.
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Southport
Eng
Henry T
Dick” Merrill
John
Jack” Lambie
United States
New York
Southport Sands
Irish Sea
FE. ST
Ballinasloe
Ireland
Merrill
Lambie
England
Amarilloan Named President-Elect of Texas Medical Association
Dr KE W Bertner of Houston was chosen president-elect at the Texas Medical Association closing session. Galveston will host the 1938 convention. Dr Hannah of Dallas becomes 1937 president. Dr Dudgeon of Waco retires. Three vice presidents were elected Fort Worth Lytle and Brownwood with Dr Parran urging doctors to join in the nationwide syphilis fight. Councilor chosen Dr G T Vineyard Amarillo.
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KE. W. Bertner
Houston
State Medical Association of Texas
Galveston
Bertner
Cavin R. Hannah
Dallas
H. R. Dudgeon
Waco
Craig Munter
Fort Worth
R. B. Touchstone
Truck Driver Killed South of Portales
Albert Wallace 21 died when his heavily loaded truck overturned on Highway 18 south of Portales while veering to avoid hitting a rear car with two women. A passing motorist moved the body to Portales. Wallace was a road contractor's new employee starting at noon. the crash occurred at 2:30 PM.
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Portales
N. M
Albert
Wallace
Highway 18
Young Wallace
Neil Wallace
Ickes Wavers On Helium for Foreign Dirigibles
Secretary Harold L. Ickes said he saw no objection to supplying helium from the Ama rilo Texas Bureau of Mines plant for use in foreign dirigibles if assurances were given that the gas would not be used for war purposes. The Texas plant is operated by the interior department.
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Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Bureau of Mines
Amarilo
Tex
Texas
Interior Department
Edward and Government Clash Over Duchess Recognition
London May 13 The Duke of Windsor presses for recognition of his bride Mrs Wallis Warfield as Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Windsor while British ministers debate the status and title amid government constraints on royal involvement. Restrictions on residence and wedding arrangements follow moves to limit public funds and royal attendance.
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Edward
Wally
Duchess of Windsor
London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Mrs. Warfield
Stanley Baldwin
Windsor
King George
George VI
George V
Britain
U.P
Austria
Europe
France
Floydada Judge Appointed to Fill Walker Hall Vacancy
Governor Allred named Floydada District Judge A J Folley to the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals, filling the vacancy caused by Chief Justice R Walker Hall's death. Judge M J R Jackson became chief justice, with W N Stokes and Alton B Chapman also appointed to new posts.
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Floydada
Walker Hall
A. J. Folley
James V. Allred
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
R. Walker Hall
M. J. R. Jackson
Hall
W. N. Stokes
Vernon
A. B. Martin
Texas Supreme Court Commission
Allred
Alton B. Chapman
Spur
Judge Folley
Folley
Mart
Texas
Fredrick
Oklahoma
Law School
Baylor University
Panhandle
L. G Mathews
Dan Moody
Jackson
Neff
Boyce
Landing Accident Blamed in Hindenburg Crash Hearing
In Lakehurst a Commerce Department board member called the Hindenburg crash an undoubted landing maneuver accident after three days of testimony. Major R W Schroeder noted no evidence of planes crossing above the airship but said investigators continue probing all angles. Survivors including a mess boy and seven crew members described flames and desperate leaps as the dirigible fell.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Commerce Department Board of Inquiry
R. W. Schroeder
Federal Bureau of Air Commerce
Zeppelin
Schroeder
Hindenburg
Childress Barber Killed in City Car Collision
In Childress, R. L. Abernathy a 55 year old barber was killed when a car driven by R A Bain struck him after the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle. Jess East suffered critical injuries and was hospitalized with leg and arm injuries. East and Abernathy were seated against a building nearby. Abernathy is survived by his wife and son Arty.
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Childress
R. L. Abernathy
R. A. Bain
Bain
Abernathy
Jess East
East
Arty
Hilda Wynn Wins Divorce From Noted Radio Star
Mrs. Hilda Keenan Wynn secured a final divorce decree from Ed Wynn in Reno district court. She also received $300 weekly for future support. Wynn was a renowned radio, stage and screen comedian.
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Hilda Wynn
Reno
Hilda Keenan Wynn
Ed Wynn
Quiet as Church Town Ouster Suit Planned in Borger
Borger faces election tension as Citizens' Party plans ouster action against indicted city officials. Ranger Bill Lay reports Borger quiet, while Hutchinson County Sheriff Dan Hardee says no trouble is anticipated amid the April 6 city election indictments. Ranger Capt. J W McCormick to investigate as Maj. E A Simpson seeks stability before possible proceedings.
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Church Town
Ranger
Borger
Citizens’ Party
Austin
Bill Lay
Sheriff's Department
Lay
Dan Hardee
Hutchinson County
Simpson
J. W. McCormick
Carson County
H. H. Carmichael
Department of Public Safety
McCormick
Wichita Falls
Carmichael
Maj
E. A. Simpson
Amarillo
Citizens Party
Bill Collins
Hutchinson County Grand Jury
John Farmer
Claude Alexander
Congress Delays Old Age Funds
The Social Security Board said no federal funds for the Texas Old Age Assistance Commission will be available until Congress approves the money. The 1938 independent offices appropriation bill, covering federal participation in state pension programs after March 31, has passed both Houses but awaits conference. Representative Johnson noted differences over Senate confirmation of high paid security board employees and a civil service provision.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Texas Old Age Assistance Commission
Congress
Independent Offices
Johnson
D. W. Va
Senate
Security Board
Texas Senate OKs tougher drivers license law
The Texas Senate passed a stricter drivers license bill 25 to 3 after House changes. It eliminates a 50 cent exam fee, requires testing for nonlicense holders, and allows state safety department suspension or revocation with court appeal. Seven grounds for action include fatality causing crashes and habitual violations.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Texas Senate
House
Fred Harris
Dallas
Senate
State Safety Department
Hunter Destroyer Victim of Mine or Torpedo Off Almeria
Nine crewmen were killed and more than twenty injured when the British destroyer Hunter reportedly struck a mine or was torpedoed four miles off Almezia. The vessel took on water and was towed ashore. rescue craft and other ships responded as authorities investigated whether a Spanish insurgent plane attack was involved. The Hunter, 1 400-ton class, was on European non-intervention patrol.
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Valencia
Spain
Hunter
Almezia
Mediterranean
Jaime J
Hyperion
Almeria
Arethusa
Barcelona
European Non-Intervention Committee
Reuters
Ctbraltar
Hardy
Gibraltar
Admiralty
London
Jaime I
Laeyaga
Anson Woman Sentenced to Life for Poison Death
Mrs Wy Dansby was found guilty and sentenced to life by the 104th District Court jury in Anson Texas for murder in the poison death of her 81 year old landlady Mrs J Ty King. King died April 2 from poison in lemonade after Dansby had borrowed money and forged signatures on a beds blank.
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Anson
Wy Dansby
J. Ty King
Bank President Elected Denver Railway Director
John N. Sparks, president of the First National Bank of Fort Worth, was elected a director of the Joe Worth and Denver city railway at the annual meeting. All other directors and officials were re-elected. Sparks succeeds the late T. B. Yarbrough.
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Fort Worth
John N. Sparks
First National Bank of Fort Worth
Joe Worth and
Denver City Railway
Sparks
T. B. Yarbrough
Roosevelt Finds Texas Inspiration to Push Administration Goals
President Roosevelt, aboard the Roosevelt special, credits Texas Arkansas and Mississippi with renewed support for his administration’s objectives. He notes cattlemen from Oklahoma Texas Kansas Nebraska New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Montana Tennessee and Louisiana attended a Fort Worth meeting. The president urges reading his Madison Square Garden speech to refresh memory of the campaign goals.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tilliois
Madison Square Garden
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Tennessee
Louisiana
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J. P. Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan
Wall Street
Committee For Industrial Organization
Monongahela Valley
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Film Strikers
Beaumont
Merrill, Lambie
Amarilloan
The
Associated Press
George
Elizabeth
Childress Barber
Hope Hampton
Miss Hampton
Riviera
Universal Studios
Chicago Opera Company
B. C. Scurfield
Bank
Denver Railway
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