AFL Urges Government Takeover of Western Union
The American Federation of Labor filed with the FCC calling for government seizure or transfer of Western Union Telegraph Co to AT&T as mediation pursues a 12 day nationwide telephone strike. AFL threatened a later strike if no bargaining gains occur and urged public action to secure telegraph service.
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Western Union
Washington
American Federation of Labor Today
Western Union Telegraph Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
National Federation of Telephone Workers
NFTW
FCC
Western Re Telegraph Co
Bloom
Commission
AFL
Labor Department
United States
New York
Ronald Haughton
Congress
Post Office
Aftermath of Texas City Blast Lingers in Warlike Quiet
Texas City residents face fatigue and fear as crews clear debris and search for the dead after days of explosions and fires at the Humble tank farm and Monsanto plant. Officials say most fires are under control though fatalities rise toward 271 with many still missing.
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Monsanto Chemical Company
House— Ton Chronicle
Chronicle
H. N. Sandell
Texas City
Palestine
Jacksonville
Sid Richardson
Houston-Galveston
Humble Company
Monsanto
Humble
Republic Company
J. C. Tranhan
Army Chemical Engineers
United States Public Health Service
Paul H. Harris
Houston
Tranhan
Robert Vance
Red Cross
Salvation Army
John J. Hill
Austin
Storm Aid and Total Reach $125000
The Globe News Tornado Fund reached 125000 with more donations from local and distant areas. Edgar Witt sent 50 as a former Texas official and Indian Claims Commission member, while Tulia residents contributed 1319.09 to a collecting point. A Higgins resident sought copies of the paper to view tornado pictures after surviving the storm.
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Globe News
Edgar Witt
Texas
Witt
Indian Claims Commission
Washington
Tulia
First Presbyterian Church
Birmingham, Mich
Harris
Churchill voices against Wallace crypto Communist label
London April 18 Winston Churchill denounced Henry Wallace as "crypto Communist" and implied he sought to split Britain from the United States and align with Moscow. Speaking at the Primrose Society he warned against any force driving a wedge between Britain and the United States while urging friendship with Russia from strength.
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London
Winston Churchill
Henry Wallace
Britain
United States
Russia
Churchill
Wallace
Moscow
Albert Hall
Long Line Cable Cut With Axe
A long telephone cable between Mere and Kansas City was cut with an axe in a Street at Blue Springs manhole. The 300 circuit line was not fully severed and about half the circuits remained operational. Restoration work finished by 9 a.m. today as traffic stayed light. Union counsel says the strike is unlikely related and cooperation with authorities is planned.
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ST. Louis
Mere
Kansas City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Blue Springs
Points West
Regal Co Insurance and Lumber Ad Skates Friday Night
Regal Co advertises asphalt shingles lumber and insurance real estate services. John Maynard Lumber Co located at 800 West 5th referenced. Everyone at AHS skates Friday night at Roller Palace Sixth and Jefferson.
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A. Regal Co
John Maynard
AHS
Roller Palace
Sixth
Jefferson
Helgoland Blown Off Map by British Navy
British forces detonated 6,700 tons of explosives to demolish Helgoland, the German fortress off the Elbe, destroying submarine pens, antiaircraft guns, radar, and other installations. Clouds rose 8,000 feet as debris littered the sea, with witnesses likening the blast to a mushroom cloud over the New York skyline.
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Helgoland
North Sea
Germany
Red Rock Island
Elbe
BBC
New York
Bikini
Gibraltar
Pulchritude Benefit Shows for Tornado Victims
A benefit event titled Easy Come Easy Go will start Monday at 11 30 pm at the Paramount Theater to aid tornado victims. Tickets are one dollar or more by donation, on sale Sunday at the theater, with all proceeds going to The Globe News Tornado Fund. Contest entrants for Miss Amarillo have until 5 pm tomorrow to report at KGNC Radio. Miss Joan Hiatt 3004 Harrison backs Panhandle Concert Bureau, a Barbizon School graduate.
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Paramount Theater
Globe News
KGNC
Eighth
Harrison
Santa Rosa
Vernon
Will Rogers
W. J. Hiatt
The
Barbizon School of Photographic
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity show scattered high thin clouds and warmer conditions this afternoon with little change for Friday and Saturday. West Texas will be fair and warmer with a partly cloudy sky tonight and Saturday. New Mexico expects partly cloudy skies with some light showers in the northern mountains tonight. Highs around 69 and 70, lows near 42.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
American Soldier Sentenced to Death for Tokyo Slayings
An Army court martial in Tokyo sentenced one American soldier to death by hanging and four others to life imprisonment after convicting all five of the murder of five Japanese on the roads west of Tokyo on January 31. Defense argued intoxication.
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Tokyo
Carl Havalda
Owosso Mich
British Transports Disembark 953 Jewish Refugees
In Nicosia Cyprus on April 18, three British transports disembark 953 Jewish refugees who were deported from Palestine for attempting to enter Cyprus without proper certification.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Palestine
GM Wage Offer Is Refused by UMW President
Pittsburgh April 18 United Automobile Workers President Walter P. Reuther rejected as unsatisfactory General Motors Corp offer to raise wages for 220000 CIO employees by 15 cents an hour. GM announced the 15 cent increase, a 5 cent rise from the prior proposal, matching the settlement accepted last weekend by CIO United Electrical Workers negotiators for 30000 workers.
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Pittsburgh
United Automobile Workers
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Corp
General Motors
CIO
United Electrical
Sunshine and Wind Day Weather Forecast
Sunshine and Wind Day forecasts dry Panhandle conditions with strong south westerly winds. Weatherman H C Winburn says afternoon highs near 79 degrees and peak winds around 30 mph. He expects cooler weather late Saturday and Sunday with northwest winds and no moisture.
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Panhandle
H. C. Winburn
Winburn
King Christian X Critically Ill, Official Bulletin Says
Copenhagen April 18 official bulletin notes the king’s condition remains critical with considerable languor after a severe heart attack on Easter Sunday. The report confirms the ongoing danger and fragile state of the monarch.
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Christian Copenhagen
Christian X
Henie Says French Customs Forced Her to Disrobe in Paris
Skater Sonja Henie recounts being forced to remove clothing at Le Bourget Airport by female customs officers. She says two hundred dollars was confiscated from her handbag though she did not declare it, and notes the encounter was not troublesome beyond the indignity. She was touring Europe for a show after visits to London Prague and Brussels.
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Sonja Henie
Paris
Stoc
Brussels
Miss Henie
London
Prague
le Bourget
Henie
Europe
Blind Woman Foils Theft of Seeing-Eye Dog Tex
A Amarillo woman credited her seeing-eye dog Tex with protecting her after a would-be thief loosened the dog’s chain and attempted to grab him. The dog, trained to guide blind veterans, alerted by barking and movement, escaped the theft as Mrs. Meacham and her husband chased the prowler. Tex had been with Mrs. Meacham six months, giving her independence since she was turned down by the Seeing Eye Institute previously.
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Amarillo
Joe Meacham
Lincoln
Tex
Meacham
Mrs. Meacham
Mr. Meacham
Two Hereford Men Die In High Line Accident
Hereford April 18 Special two men O B Payne and Vernon Johnson were killed when the frame of a truck they were using touched a high voltage line while work on the George Byrd Farm five miles north of Hereford. Johnson was killed instantly and Payne died a few minutes later.
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Hereford
O. B. Payne
Vernon Johnson
Johnson Pump Company
George Byrd
Johnson
Payne
Earthquake Echoes As San Francisco Remembers 41 Years
San Francisco recalls the 42 year old disaster as Texans cope with a Texas City catastrophe. Forty one years ago this morning a major quake toppled buildings ruptured water mains and sparked fires. San Francisco recorded 452 deaths and 350 million in losses before rebuilding anew.
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San Francisco
Texas City
Texas
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