Sit Down Strikers Evicted At Douglas Aircraft Plant
Sit down strikers at the Douglas Aircraft Plant in Santa Monica were evicted with police using machine guns tear gas bombs and pistols and 341 strikers were jailed on charges of illegal seizure. The action involved 5 600 employees and included 75 more at Northrop Douglas subsidiary and 40 at Rocky Mountain Steel in sympathy. Governors Cross and Hoffman warn against such tactics as nationwide strike activity continues.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft
Northrop Corporation
NORT
Chicago
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Minneapolis
Northern States Power Co
Detroit
General Motors
United Automobile
Elgin
Ill
Illinois Watch Case Co
Hartford
Conn
Wilbur Cross
Connecticut
Northrop Corp
Douglas
Rocky Mountain Steel Products
H. Daroff & Sons
Philadelphia
Harold Hoffman
New Jersey
Sugar Theft Blocked: Man Arrested in Amarillo
Police recovered 250 bags of 100 pound sugar from a truck stolen during a $1,500 theft at Pay Cash Grocery in Amarillo. One suspect, Alex Phillips, was arrested after a pursuit. another suspect fled, possibly wounded, with shots fired by Officer John Odom. The truck cargo was stopped, and the sugar seized.
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Amarillo
Bob Johnson
Henry Haggard
Pay Cash
West
Sixth Avenue
Maggard
Johnson
Bob
Alex Phillips
Phillips
Odom
Charlie Priolo
Panhandle oil output boosted by 4000 barrels daily
Texas oil fields receive a 4000 barrel per day production increase effective next Monday, lifting Panhandle output to 16500 barrels daily over the last 60 days. The Texas Railroad Commission approved the move amid a price hike, with officials predicting further drilling momentum and a strong year ahead.
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Panhandle
Railroad Commission
Col
Ernest C. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Pampa
Austin
U.P
Texas
East Texas
North Texas
Talco Field
West Texas
North Cowden
Foster
Means
Estes
South Ward
Yoakum
Henderson
Yates
Gulf Coast
Thompson
High Island
Hastings
Anahuac
Commission
W. Terrell
Hartley County aims to solve three month old Stoner death
Hartley County officers say progress in the case of Buddy Stoner 20 a cowboy found dead in a burned cow camp November 20. Leonard Flack 18 of New Mexico is jailed and to be moved to Channing for a preliminary murder hearing. Autopsy found the heart punctured but no gunshot or stab wounds. Stoner’s camp mate Ed McMahon and others were away with cattle at the time. Stoner the son of Roy and Mrs. Stoner of Narva Visa New Mexico had no known enemies and kept a good reputation.
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Hartley
Buddy Stoner
Leonard Flack
New Mexico
Stoner
Ralph Queen
Flack
Channing
R. A. DeFee
Queen
Bill Adams
Amarillo
Coon and Culbertson
Ed McMahon
McMahon
Sheriffs Queen
Foust
Roy Stoner
Nara Visa
N. M
Lord Brownlow Visits Former King Edward VIII
Vienna February 26 report that Lord Brownlow former gentleman in waiting to Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson arrived to see the ex king. The visit is said to relate to completing Edward's marriage plans with Mrs Simpson.
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Lord Brownlow
Edward
Vienna
Wallis Simpson
Cannes
France
Edward VIII
England
Governor proclaims National Business Women's Week in Texas
Governor Allred designated March 14 to 20 as National Business Women's Week and urged civic support for the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in promoting better government.
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Austin
Allred
Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Soviet Revised Orders Urge Attacking Enemy On His Land
Moscow reports revised general orders directing the Soviet army to meet invaders on their own territory. The 1.3 million strong Red Army is told to fight immediately and decisively without waiting for orders, transferring operations into enemy territory. Premier officials emphasize defense but warn foes that the USSR will attack where the foe lands.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Great
Red Army
K. E. Voroshiloff
Natives of La Carlota Fear End of World Hailstorm
Natives of La Carlota on Negro Island panicked as hailstones fell for the first time in history. Cattle stampeded, chickens cried, and dogs fled under houses while residents flooded the streets seeking safety. Boxwell Bros. ad notes Beauty without virtue is like a flower without perfume.
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la Carlota
Manila
P. I
Negro Island
Boxwell Bros
Nail Taken From Lung of Stinnett Man
J A Dietz a 68 year old Stinnett resident recovering after surgery in El Paso to remove a horseshoe nail segment over an inch long from his left lung. He had coughed 35 years and believed he had tuberculosis. The operation was deemed a 1 to 900 chance of survival. He is returning home feeling the best in years. A son Richard Dietz works in an oil field and a daughter is a nurse in El Paso.
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J. A. Dietz
Stinnett
el Paso
Mr. Dietz
Richard Dietz
Fight at Dumas Fatal in Zinc Plant Clash
Henry Martin, 32, died from a skull fracture after a debt dispute sparked a brawl at the Illinois Zinc Company's plant near Dumas. Four smelter workers, Ira Russell, D. R. Smith and E. E. Smith, plus Martin, fought with heavy tools. Martin died after being brought to Northwest Texas Hospital. The three brothers are held for questioning. no charges yet. District Attorney Witherspoon plans to return to Dumas.
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Henry Martin
Dumas
Fuqua Younger
Ira Russell
D. R. Smith
Martin
Illinois Zinc Company
Smiths
Sheriff Younger
Russell
Northwest Texas Hospital
Younger
Amarillo
James Witherspoon
Hereford
Witherspoon
Roosevelt to deliver fireside radio talk March 9
President Roosevelt announced a nationwide fireside radio talk for March 9 from the White House. He may touch on government problems and the judiciary plan amid Senate hearings on retirement at 70 for Supreme Court justices. Observers expect possible broader discussion of his New Deal aims, though the president urged no guessing on topics.
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Joe Alex Morris
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Senate
Judiciary Committee
White House
House
Supreme Court
Post Office Clerks Ordered to Smile at Patrons
Washington dispatch reports First Assistant Postmaster General Howes instructs about 100,000 clerks to stop scowling at customers and to offer courteous service. He cites a need to illuminate post offices with kindness and to treat patrons like paying customers, even when criticism or delays occur.
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Washington
Post Office Department
W. W. Howes
Postal High Command
America
Howes
Parley
James A
Atlanta, Ga
Farley
Atlanta
Bill To Put Teeth in Driver's License Voted
The Texas House approved a drivers license bill on a test basis with a 106 to 12 final vote and authorized a highway patrolman in each county or licensing by the tax assessor collector. The measure requires eyesight, reading, and sign comprehension tests, plus vehicle control. The House also backed a 376000 dollar Livestock Sanitary Commission appropriation for tick eradiation amid Coke Stevenson's defense of the program as prudent state spending to safeguard a seven million dollar livestock industry.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Senate
House
Public Safety Department
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Coke Stevenson
Junction
New Deal Aims for Low-Cost Housing and Coal Regulation
President Roosevelt outlined two new aims for Congress this session: to pass measures for low cost housing to aid low income families and to regulate the soft coal industry. He noted housing experts are being consulted on a $1 billion bill by Senator Wagner to finance slum clearance and low rent housing while confirming a broader intent to act on coal regulation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Sen
Robert
F. Wagner
New York
Six Die as Bus Plunges Into Ravine in Mexico
From Guadalajara dispatches it was reported that a motor bus skidded off a highway curve near a deep ravine, killing six people and injuring twenty five others.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Five Years in Penalty for Ten Cents Theft
QUITMAN Feb 26 A district court jury sentenced L B Powell to five years in prison for robbing Milton Russell of Edgewood of 25 cents. Powell defended himself and examined all witnesses including his wife who testified for him.
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Quitman
L. B. Powell
Milton Russell
Edgewood
Powell
Winter Weather Grips Panhandle Plains In Last Stand
Frigid conditions and a freezing mist lingered across the Panhandle Plains with snow flurries in towns from Amarillo to Canyon and Dalhart. Temperatures fell to 15 degrees in Amarillo as moisture iced sidewalks and a light snow cover formed north to Canadian. Forecast calls for cloudy skies with freezing rain in the north and possible rain southeast, while warmer air moves in tomorrow afternoon.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
West Texas
Collman
Canyon
Panhandle
Canadian
Dalhart
Texline
Darhart
Quanah
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
John Farnsworth Sentenced for Spy Conspiracy
Washington February 26 former U S naval officer John H Farnsworth was sentenced by Justice James M Proctor to not less than four and not more than 12 years for conspiracy to communicate American naval information to Japan He sought to change his plea from nolo contendere but the motion was overruled and he was warned the plea carried guilty meaning. Farnsworth faced the court quiet and held his stance as the sentence was announced in a case described as a deterrent to others.
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Washington
U.R
John 8
Farnsworth
U. S
James M. Proctor
Japan
Navy
Richard Tedrow
Justice Proctor
Woman Dead Two Years Expected to Return to Life
Monticello Utah February 26 Edith Peshak died two years ago at the Home of Truth. Marie Ogden leader of a small religious colony predicted Peshak would be restored to life. The body vanished after weeks of mystic rites and sealed rumors.
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Monticello
Utah
Edith Peshak
Marie M. Ogden
Peshak
Ogden
Newark
N. J
Amarillo bids for API meet in Tulsa session
Delegates to the Midcontinent section American Petroleum Institute convention in Tulsa on February 26 and 27 hear papers on industry issues. About 400 are registered, with 75 from the Panhandle led by C. A. Daniels and others. The Panhandle delegation aims to land Amarillo as the 1938 convention site and votes on officers Friday morning.
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Tulsa
Midcontinent Section
American Petroleum Institute
Seasion
Panhandle
C. A. Daniels
Eddie Dunigan
Dan Gribbon
Max Mahaffey
Ed Bissett
Amarillo Weather Tonight Through Saturday Forecast
Amarillo and vicinity expect freezing mist tonight and Saturday morning with a low around 20 degrees. Winds shift to southeasterly, moderate to strong, while cloud cover brings likely rain in the southeast and freezing rain elsewhere. Snow flurries are possible tonight and Saturday, with little temperature change and unsettled conditions in the Panhandle and parts of New Mexico. Temperature extremes recorded in Amarillo were 15 and 23 degrees. FHA Repair Loans not available after March 31. See John Maynard Lumber Co. ad.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Ady
Desperado Held By Quick-acting Country Cops
Merle Vandenbush, a 20-year-old bank robber from Green Bay Wisconsin, nicknamed public rat No 1 by the G men, was captured by county officers in North Castle New York after a bank robbery that netted 117600. He faces rapid indictment and potential life imprisonment. His accomplices Joseph Stuzza and George Rera, both in their late twenties, were detained after the getaway car they used was traced.
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White Plains
Merle Vandenbush
Green Bay
Wis
North Castle
N. Y
Joseph Stuzza
George Rera
Pierre Etienne Attacks Blum In Parliament Speech
Pierre Etienne Flandin charged in the Chamber of Deputies that Premier Leon Blum and his Socialist government are leading France to catastrophe. He said events will force Blum to crush the capitalistic system as the Popular Front exhausts its legislative program and seeks a pause to adjust social reforms.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Pierre Etienne Flancdin
Chamber of Deputies
Flandin
Blum
Popular Front
Lindbergh Lands at Calcutta Airport
Lindbergh and Sir Francis Younghusband, the British India expert, landed at Dumdum airdrome near Calcutta at dawn today. The arrival follows their flight to India, marking a notable moment in the visit.
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Lindbergh
Calcutta
Cal
Charles A. Lindberg
Sir Francis Younghusband
India
Dumdum Airdrome
Here
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Frederick C. Othman
Winter
John Farnsworth
Proctor
John
Avila
Spain
Madrid
Segoia
Manzanares
FA Loans
Long-Bell Lor. Co
API
Globe News
Pierre Etienne
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