Six Children Die in Pa Fire Near Factory House
Six children of Mr and Mrs Gerald Sweezey perished as a two story frame house burned near Port Alleghany Pennsylvania. The parents were severely burned during rescue attempts. Ages ranged from months to 15 years. Firefighters reported the children may have been trapped in second floor bedrooms. The house stood near a chemical works in a cluster of similar homes.
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Port Alleghany
Gerald Sweezey
Sweezey
Truck Driver Returns To Find Wife and Girl Shot to Death
Ed Holden, a Los Angeles truck driver, discovered his wife Donna 28 and daughter Lemona 8 shot to death at home. A suicide note from Donna explained despair and not wanting her daughter to grow up without her. Police say the killings and Donna's death by gunfire occurred early yesterday and were found upon Holden's return from a routine run.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Ed Holden
Donna
Lemona
Holden
Potter County Grand Jury Sets Speed Record in Court
The Potter County grand jury completed a 10 week term in 18 days with 40 indictments and 23 no bills. Foreman J B LeVert led a frugal operation costing $585 in pay and $252 in bailiffs expenses, far cheaper than the prior eight week term.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
J. B. LeVert
E. C. Nelson, Jr
Mr. LeVert
Markets Kansas City Livestock and New Orleans Cotton Summary
Kansas City markets show hogs at top 10.15 with various weight bands. cattle and calves strong with yearlings above 12.00 and stockers around 6.25 to 8.75. sheep steady with early sales and lambs near 12.00. New Orleans cotton opens with little change. May 14.38, July 14.31, Oct 13.79 and March 13.82, traders drift waiting for new incentives.
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D. A
Arizona
New Orleans
BE. A. Pierce & Co Amarillo
New York
Pierce & Co
Amarillo
Amer Specee
Amer Smelt & Ref O
Amer Big Mills Peede
Amer Tel & Tel
Armour & Co
Anaconda Copper
American
Atchison
Baltimore Ohio
Barnsdall
Baldwin Loco
Bendix Aviation
Tee
Curtiss Wright
Curtiss Wright A
Motors Douglass Aircraft
Ao" Deere & Co
Klee
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gen Pub Service
Gillette Razor
Goodrich Ve
Giddy
Goodyear
Houston
Houdaile Hershey ‘ Po
Hudson Motors Ny
Taternal Marventer
Johns Mongilleino
Kennecott Copper
Lorillard
Warner Bros
Western Union Woolworth
EA Pierce & Co
Arkansas
Cas
Eledty
Gulf of Sou Me
Humble
Sunray Mlas
United Gas Corp
Hecla
Courthouse Records Trace Property Transfers and Registrations
A long list from court records shows multiple 1930s property transfers with names such as Esther Mayo and E G Mills, along with charts of blocks, lots, and values. Also noted are vehicle registrations and several marriage licenses including Robert H Brown with Frances Adaline Smith and J Clay Harbert with Mary Leigh Hardaway.
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Esther Mayo
Fom Gobel
Glen
E. G. Mills
Jack Jermen
P. Val
L. B. Cox
Guy Barnes
Holland
S. J. Iverson
Bethenia
Hughes
A. C. Nicholson
R. G. Windsor
Bivins
Lara Correll
C. L. Spangler
Tarter, Co
M. Woodruff
H. F Eldridge
Eakle
Bounds
Catherine Thedens
F. P. Fleming
Plemons
B. Kelly
Sallie Kelly
Madden
L. Tfr
Star. Co
Atlantic Realty Co
Int
Hary Co
Int. Hary, Co
Dodge
Armstrong Tfr
Stg
Chey
J. FE
Stidham
C. H. Collier
Ford Fordor
Edward J. Dee
Cal Robbins
B. E. Ferguson
L. R. Hollingsh
Law Dean Denounces FDR Court Plans
Frank H. Sommer dean NYU Law School denounced the Roosevelt court bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee as hostile to constitutional spirit. He proposed constitutional amendments as a stand. He warned the administration's path could threaten judicial independence amid Wagner Act expectations. The piece also notes China universities adding textile departments.
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Washington
Frank H. Sommer
New York University Law School
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Corn prices surge to multi decade highs in Chicago
Chicago reports cash corn at its highest level in 17 years with May delivery up four cents to a 12 year peak. Spot corn crosses $1.50 per bushel, a high not seen since 1920, while May futures rise to $1.383 1/8, among the strongest levels since 1930.
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Chicago
March vehicle registrations set record since 1936
Registrations of new cars and trucks in March reached the highest for any month since March 1936, with 297 total licenses issued. Fifty seven were commercial vehicles, and there was an uptick in middle-price class cars. In March of the previous year 300 licenses were issued.
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Washington
Treasury
Labor official T. F. Morrow visits Amarillo on business
The assistant attorney general specializing in labor affairs, T. F. Morrow, makes a working stop in Amarillo during a business trip. A former Fort Worth attorney, he now heads his operations from Austin.
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T. F. Morrow
Amarillo
Mr. Morrow
Fort Worth
Austin
Orchestra sponsors chain boosts local concert series
Civic project promotes good music with unpaid orchestra members. May Peterson Thompson started a chain benefit, sponsors receive five tickets for each $1.90 contributed. Executive board including Mrs Upshaw and ABE Meyer push efforts to fund two remaining concerts this season.
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Peterson Thompson
Upshaw
Fancher Upshaw
Orchestral Association
A. BE. Meyer
J. Fremont Mead
Maude McClung
Grace BE. Hamilton
Wes Inzard
John McCarty
R. W. Adams
George M. Wadehill
Irvin Peffkey
Concert in May Promotes Advance Ticket Sales
Grace E. Hamilton, secretary, invites inquiries or ticket requests for an early May concert. Studio 1609 Tyler. No tickets available at the door. urged to secure tickets in advance.
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Ing
Grace E. Hamilton
Studio
Tyler
Federal power over state subunits in bankruptcy case
The court reaffirmed that the federal government cannot extend bankruptcy powers to state political subdivisions. It voided a Cameron County Texas Water Improvement District No 1 reorganization decree, ruling the federal reach does not apply to such districts.
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Cameron County
Tex
CIO drives Texas oil union drive faces sit down refrain
Striking was postponed as CIO supporters promise peaceful negotiations. A F L rejects recognition of the Committee for Industrial Organization effort to organize the Texas oil industry. W B Arnold, president of the Texas Federation of Labor, comments in San Antonio on the stance.
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CIO
Texas
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organization
W. B. Arnold
Texas Federation of Labor
San Antonio
San An
Atlanta
American Federation of Labor
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Florida
Louisiana
Carolinas
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Labor and union drives across the South and Midwest
Arnold and Holt Ross discussed April 15 A F L membership drive plans with 250 attendees. the C I O push opened today in eight Southern states targeting textile workers. Automaker talks, sit down strike legality, and White House views frame a tense labor scene with key figures including Byrnes and Chrysler cited.
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Tonio Arnold
Holt Ross
W. R. Williams
Texas
A. F. of L
Arnold
Walter P. Chrysler
John L. Lewis
Chrysler
White House
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Guffey
Senate
Coleeral Recalled With World Champion Cyclist C A Zimmerman
A fragment notes Coleeral times with C A Zimmerman once the world champion cyclist. It mentions Cole riding a mile and sharing training memory with the famed rider.
Endurance cyclist reflects on Texas visit and records
The article notes a cyclist who surpassed a world record by two minutes and ten seconds, cites his League of American Wheelmen and AAU memberships, and quotes him praising Texas Panhandle climate and its people. He plans a monthlong swing through his territory visiting friends.
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League of American Wheelmen
AAU
Mr. Cole
Cole
Texas
Panhandle
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