Lindbergh resigns from Army Reserve in WW II era
The War Department accepted Colonel Charles A Lindbergh's resignation from the Army Air Corps Reserve. White House Secretary Stephen T Early questioned if Lindbergh would return his Order of the German Eagle decoration. Lindbergh cited President Roosevelt's criticism of his isolationist views and antiwar activities.
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Washington
War Department
Charles A. Uindbergh
Army Corps Reserve
White House
Stephen T. Early
Lindbergh
Hiter
Henry L. Stimpson
Roosevelt
Son Dead in York Auto Crash Scene
On April 29 in York Pennsylvania Frank Margret found his 18-year-old son Eugene dead after his car struck a pole while en route to work. The tragedy occurred at the scene of the wreck with Robert Margret offering aid.
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York
Frank Margret
Eugene
Rainy Spell Continues With Showers Across Plains
Mr Collman notes a lingering rainy period turning to scattered showers across the Plains. Amarillo records another 0.22 inch, total 1.30 inches, as rainfall figures list numerous towns from Clarendon to Clovis with amounts ranging from trace to 1.55 inches and a south wind keeping temperatures near 65 daytime and 50 at night.
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Mr. Collman
English Field
Plains
Amarillo
Nose Makes News After Dogbite Incident
Indianapolis brief reports Marion Woods, the dogcatcher, arrived at police headquarters with his nose bandaged after being bitten while inspecting a dog on West Fourteenth Street. He said the dog lunged up and bit him during the encounter.
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Indianapolis
Marion Woods
West Fourteenth
Love declines O'Daniel's liquor board appointment
Dallas businessman Thomas B. Love informed Governor W Lee O Daniel he could not accept a post on the Texas liquor control board. The appointment had been announced and sent to the Senate for confirmation yesterday.
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Austin
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
W. Lee O'Daniel
State Liquor Control Board
Senate
Frenchmen in France and the unoccupied zone puzzled
In Independence Missouri a history professor explains why many Frenchmen remain in France despite talk of unoccupied areas. A student voices confusion over the term unoccupied France while references to linoleum at Dwight Newby’s appear in the snippet.
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Indepence
France
J. C. Truman
Coal Strike Ends as 400,000 Miners to Return
Washington reports a 28 day soft coal mining shutdown ends. 400,000 miners will resume work tomorrow as maintenance crews ready mines in Northern and Southern Appalachian fields. Railroads rush coal cars to supply steel plants and defense industries. Southern operators accept President Roosevelt’s formula and reopen mines while negotiations continue with United Mine Workers. Steel output dips to 94.3 percent this week, with a projected loss of 88,800 net tons.
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Washington
U.P
Appalachian
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
CIO
Defense Mediation Board
Sign Doesn't Foil Cracksmen
In Richmond Indiana Herb Meier and Art Bode hung a sign reading nothing inside on their gas station safe to deter thieves. Burglars ignored the sign and forced the safe open stealing 24 cartons of cigarets and a $35 gold watch left there by error.
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Richmond
Ind
Herb Meier
Art Bode
Ross Rogers Improves but Still Hospitalized
Former mayor Ross Rogers shows improvement this afternoon at Northwest J Vns Hospital where he is treated for pneumonia. Doctors say his condition is not critical and a no visitors rule remains in effect after he was admitted Friday night.
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Ross Rogers
Northwest J Vns Hospital
Rogers
600 Texas Negroes Will Be Inducted
Austin April 29. General J Watt Page announced that 600 Negro registrants will be inducted into the armed forces on May 19 and 20. This is the army thirteenth call on Texas to supply men for military training. Inductions are in proportion to population and assign registrants to all army branches at reception centers.
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Austin
U.P
J. Watt Page
Selective Service
Army
Texas
Page
Jesse Jones Sees Debt Doubling With No Sacrifices
Washington April 29 Jesse Jones foresees the national debt rising to at least 90 billion dollars and warns sacrifices lie ahead while urging swift payback after the emergency ends. He predicts defense costs will rise and tax strategy favors emergency fiscal policy with higher taxes and bond sales to the public.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Let's Fight With Terror in Fortune Magazine
Edmon Taylor, former head of the Chicago Tribune Paris bureau, analyzes Axis political warfare techniques in the May Fortune issue. The article contrasts wartime tactics with domestic use and warns of scandal mongering and bribery as a totalitarian strategy. A condensed version titled Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow appears on the editorial page.
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Edmon Taylor
Chicago Tribune
Paris
Fortune Magazine
Europe
Mr. Taylor
News Tip Prize Is Won By Austin Price Story
Austin Price of the Edgefield Service Station on 36th Avenue and Taylor Street won the week’s first prize of 35 for his tip about a crash in which an 18 year old Oklahoma woman died and several others were seriously hurt. Second prize goes to Mrs. M O Grant of Congress Hotel for a tip about a Bushland underpass accident where a California woman was fatally injured. Third prize to Mrs J M Deadwiley of 711 North Tyler Street for tipping about finding her watch lost 13 years ago at her present address.
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Edgefield
36Th Avenue
Taylor Street
Oklahoma
M. O. Grant
Congress Hotel
Bushland
California
J. M. Deadwiley
North
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Convoy Debate and Ship Seizure Moves in Congress
In Washington on April 29 Senator Tobey pressed for immediate Senate debate on anti convoy resolutions while the House rules committee cleared a three hour general debate for President Roosevelt’s ship seizure bill. The Senate commerce committee delayed action on similar resolutions as talks continued.
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Washington
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate
House Rules Committee
House
Roosevelt
Senate Commerce Committee
Walter F. George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Resolution Drawn Up for Federation Library Training School
The Seventh District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs in a morning session at First Christian Church voted to urge the general convention to approve legislation establishing a graduate level library science training school at the University of Texas. The convention opens with 225 registered, including 11 state officers and 53 delegates, with attendance rising as more arrive despite rain.
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J. W. Walker
Plainview
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Walker
Joseph M. Perkins
Eastland
General Federation
First Christian Church
Perkins
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
General Convention
University of Texas
H. F. Godeke
Lubbock
J. M. Crain
W. D. Westbay
Invasion Plans Fade as Crete Spurs Greek-Beatings
The DNB reported British speedboats damaged in the clash while Germany eyes Crete as a possible invasion rehearsal. Churchill rejects a streamlined war cabinet and seeks a confidence vote as Greece and Middle East operations are urged with vigor.
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Hitler
British Isles
London
RAF
Balkans
Crete
England
Churchill
Balkan
Greece
Middle East
German Guns Bombard Dover Coast as Air Battle Rages
Across the Dover area from about 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. German long range guns fired on Britain while more than 100 Messerschmitt fighters clashed with Royal Air Force over the English Channel. Fire and smoke rose along the French coast as coastal batteries answered, with two ships and oil tanks hit. despite heavy shelling, motor traffic including buses kept moving. The Nazi spring offensive was reported advancing, threatening U.S. naval protection and convoys.
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U.P
French
Britain
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Luftwaffe
Calais
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Germany
United States
Want Price Fixing Law With Teeth in It
Washington April 29 The administration weighs legislation to grant price fixing power as House members reveal a conference between President Roosevelt and Leon Henderson on the topic. Stephen Early said Henderson the price stabilization official was urging Roosevelt to review the issue.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Stephen Early
Henderson
Defense
William Richardson White to be inaugurated at Hardin-Simmons
In Abilene on April 29 Dr. William Richardson White will be inaugurated as the seventh president of Hardin-Simmons University, the climactic event of the university's golden jubilee year.
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Abilene
William Richardson White
Hardin-Simmons University
Amarillo Area Weather Look Ahead
Partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures show little change. West Texas in particular sees diminishing showers and thunderstorms while New Mexico forecasts partly cloudy skies with light showers and storms. Extremes 49 to 63 with 0.27 inch observed in the past 24 hours. Build Now John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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