Austria Falls Quietly as Nazi Rule Seizes Vienna
An American reporter recalls the rapid Nazi takeover of Austria. He describes Gestapo intimidation, mass manipulation, and public quiet as Schuschnigg resigns, Vienna falls under control, and persecution of Jews intensifies, with warnings and arrests marking the regime’s grip.
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Austria
Schuschnigg
Fuehrer
Baron von Berger-Wanldenegg
Rome
Legation
Lord Perth
Mussolini
Alps
Gestapo
Berlin
Vienna
Federal
Hitler
Europe
Seyss-Inquart
New York
Viename
Roosevelt
A F L President Warns on Spending and Jobs in Cincinnati
William Green of the American Federation of Labor told the first annual Trade and Union Label Exposition in Cincinnati that government spending cannot continue to solve unemployment. He urged higher wages shorter hours and better conditions as the natural path to prosperity and said the federation will enter the merchandising business to connect union workers with American employers.
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Cincinnati
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
A. F. of
L’s
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Saturday's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions with a chance of afternoon showers in Amarillo and surrounding areas. West Texas expects similar conditions with showers in the Panhandle and cooler temperatures in the north Saturday afternoon. New Mexico should see generally fair weather with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Powers Display Might as Peace Parley Bogged
London May 20 European powers shuttled war ships and troops in large numbers amid the Spanish war flap. France and Italy, split on a friendship pact, moved to maneuvers in Tunisia and Libya while Britain seeks a Thursday subcommittee meeting to ease the crisis.
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London
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Spain
Tunisia
Libya
Great Britain
Victor Emanuele
Sicily
French
Bizerta
Admiral Scheer
Sitis
Wolf
Tiger
Gibraltar
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Foreign Office
Neville
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Lord Plymouth
Britain
Pyrenees
Soviet
Russia
Ford Workers Return After Non existent Walkout
Striking Ford Motor Company workers at the Mexico City assembly plant returned to work after the federal labor board ruled the walkout was non existent. The May 9 quitting followed the plant's rejection of a collective contract including union recognition and wage provisions.
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Mexico City
Ford Motor Company
Federal Labor Board
Labor Policy Emerges as 1940 Primary Issue
Washington dispatch notes that 1938 primaries foreshadow labor policy debates for the 1940 race. In Oregon and Pennsylvania labor standards and the Wagner Act trigger shifts among lawmakers, with wage hour legislation looming in Congress as voters reassess New Deal policy amid party faction tensions.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Oregon
Congress
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Alabama
Florida
South Dakota
Indiana
White House
House
CIO
A. F. of L
Hundred Dollar Bill Found On Polk Street After Wind
City officer S D Moore found 130 dollars in the gutter on Polk Street in front of the Santa Fe building. The owner, Jimmy Schooler of Childress, claimed the money after a search as he tried to recover it from under cars and the curb. Schooler said the cash was given by his father to tide him over until a check arrived.
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Polk Street
S. D. Moore
Santa Fe
Jimmy Schooler
Childress
Officer Moore
Schooler
The
Grasshopper Plague Alarm in Panhandle Texas Counties
Ranchers report a severe grasshopper outbreak across four Panhandle counties and neighboring New Mexico. A mass meeting is set for Dalhart to coordinate state and federal control efforts with local cooperation urged to halt the verge of crop destruction. Governor Clyde Tingley mobilized National Guard resources last year in adjacent New Mexico areas.
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Panhandle
Texas
Dallam
Hartley
Ted Houghton
Houghton
New Mexico
Clyde Smith
Great West Mill
Sherman
Moore
Dalhart
Clyde Tingley
National Guard
KGNC To Broadcast National Press Club Barbecue
KGNC will air the National Press Club Barbecue from 1 30 to 2 this afternoon. John Snider, who drove from Amarillo to Washington with his crew, will serve the barbecue at Old Fort Hunt Virginia as part of the broadcast.
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National Press Club
John Snider
Old Fort Hunt
Virginia
KGNC
Snider
Amarillo
Washington, D. C
Labor drive shapes Pennsylvania primary
The CIO says the Pennsylvania primary shows labor's rise as an independent political force and vows a broader effort to unite labor, farmers and progressives. John L. Lewis met with President Roosevelt at the White House on the eve of CIO News publication.
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Washington
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pennsylvania
CIO
John L. Lewis
White House
Roosevelt
House approves transfer of unused cotton allotments
The House voted to approve transferring unused portions of cotton growers acreage allotments to other growers. The bill has passed the Senate but must return there for action on House amendments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tornado kills three in Richmond County path
A tornado swept a five mile path in lower Richmond County this afternoon killing three Black residents. Local authorities confirmed the fatalities and began search and relief efforts in Warsaw Virginia.
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Warsaw
Richmond County
England Betters Herself With Mightiest Liner of Them All
London May 20 The Queen Elizabeth the largest ocean liner will be 1031 feet long surpassing the Queen Mary by nearly a dozen feet The liner features a complete air conditioning system and a cleaner profile with two funnels Built at 25 million dollars the ship will carry 2000 passengers and 1250 crew in 1940 with a champagne christening planned next September
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London
England
Great Britain
Czech Soldiers Attack Reported by Sudeten Germans Ire
Berlin dispatch notes a Komotau report that about 100 Sudeten Germans were injured in attacks by Czech soldiers. The German press says Prague circles planned the incidents and calls for action. The Komotau gendarmerie denies the claims and cites no injuries.
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Berlin
Deutsches Nachrichtenbuere
Komotau
Czechoslovakia
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
National Zeitung
Essen
Praha
Foreign Office
Britain
Germany
Goering
Seed Loan Rules Are Liberalized in Dust Bowl Area
The Farm Credit Administration will liberalize seed loan security for dust bowl farmers. Grain sorghum will be classified as a cash crop when grown to sell, allowing more farmers to obtain loans before planting season's end. The change follows a conference led by Rep. Phil Ferguson and chaired by Marvin Jones of the House agricultural committee.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Dust Bowl
Phil Ferguson
Oklahoma
FCA
Ferguson
Marvin Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Kentucky Feud Renewed in Banks Breeding Clash
Jenkins Kentucky May 20 The Banks Breeding feud flared again as Anderson Breeding 55 and John Banks 60 met near Grand Forks and reached for their guns in a long standing family dispute.
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Jenkins
U.P
Banks
Kentucky Hills
Anderson Breeding
John Banks
Grand Forks
Cedillo Moves as Mexican Rebel Tides Rise
Gen Saturnino Cedillo, longtime rightist leader from San Luis Potosi, appears to be in the field as government forces rush to key positions. Reports of small rebel actions near San Luis and Valles surface while Cedillo’s estate and radio station are reportedly abandoned. Officials say Cedillo and Cardenas have exchanged words as authorities bolster defenses and a flying squadron is dispatched toward Rio Verde.
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Mexico City
Saturnino Cedillo
San Luis Potosi
Lazaro Cardenas
Cedillo
Panda
Cardenas
United States
Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Los Palomas
San Lula Potosi
Ban Lias
Cedillio
Cedillo Wullt
Ee Luis
Pedro Iza~quirre
San Luis
Valles
Rio Verde
Sonora
Roman Yocupiclo
Grafico
National Railways Office
Railways
Defense Ministry
Las Palomas
Laredo
Tex
Times
Cal
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Ford Workers
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Ore
Henry Hess
Charles H. Martin
Multnomah County
Charles Sprague
Charles Paine
Sam Brown
Almagordo
Fort Sumner
Carlsbad
Alamagordo Dam
Pecos
Drouth
Kentucky
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