AFL to formally trial rebels over Lewis union expulsion
The AFL executive council plans a formal trial of 12 insurgent unions led by John L. Lewis after a week of debate. Some push for immediate expulsion, others fear a historic labor split. A sidestep approach targets citations to appear before the council in two to three weeks.
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American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
United States
A. F. of
Council
Lewis
Senator Sheppard to Speak at Municipal Auditorium Tonight
Senator Morris Sheppard veteran lawmaker and author of key national measures speaks at the Municipal Auditorium at 8 15 p m while campaigning for reelection He backs Roosevelt New Deal social security and recovery programs and notes his long service in Congress.
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Morris Sheppard
Municipal Auditorium
United States Senate
James C. Wilson
United States
Senator Sheppard
Panhandle
Pampa
Plainview
Lubbock
Congress
Senate
Sheppard
Roosevelt
Texas
Federal Board of Foreign Trade
Polly Moran Husband Seized After Gun Threat in Beverly Hills
Polly Moran reported her husband Martin Malone pointed a pistol at her and fired as deputies arrived. A jammed cartridge prevented harm while Malone resisted being restrained. Moran planned to file charges at the Beverly Hills Justice office.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Polly Moran
Comedienne
Martin Malone
Walter Schottmiller
Robert Jorgeson
Malone
Miss Moran
Schottmiller
Court Upholds Railroad Commission Power Over Trucks
The Supreme Court backed the railroad commission to regulate truck operations on public highways. It ruled Houston based New Way Lumber Company need not have a warrant for stops to check violations. Separately in Washington officials edge toward wide spy roundup after John S Farnsworth arrest on purveying data to a Japanese agent.
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Supreme Court
Railroad Commission
New Way Lumber Company of
Houston
Washington
John S. Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Imperial Japanese Navy
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
NO DROUTH LESS WATER SAY RECORDS
Amarillo water consumption runs about 00,000 gallons a day less this summer than last, per City Water Department. Workers credit occasional rains for the drop as drouthy conditions last year pushed up use. City consumers averaged 6,154,000 gallons daily in the first half of this month versus 6,745,000 in the first half of July 1935.
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Amarillo
City Water Department
Water Department
Amarillo Sees 99 Degree High After Warm Spell
The weather forecast says Amarillo will reach about 99 degrees today after two weeks of milder weather. This morning's low was 73 degrees, the warmest start since June 19, with partly cloudy skies and a forecast of fair conditions for Thursday.
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Amarillo
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with generally fair conditions across West Texas. New Mexico sees little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Am arillo highs 95 and lows 73 today with temperature extremes tracked to one o'clock. FHA LOANS. Long Bell Sr. Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Millions for Soil Erosion Urged by Government Agencies
Three government agencies urged $20 million annually to halt soil erosion and its $400 million annual toll on farmland. The study covering nearly two billion acres notes 50 million acres destroyed and 125 million more losing topsoil, with funds proposed to control floods and dust storms.
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Washington
Fort Worth Man Accused of Meanest Man Act
A Fort Worth report describes a new candidate for the Meanest Man title who befriended George Adams an invalid in a wheelchair and rode him to a bus station. The man woke Adams to catch the bus, then stole the bus and Adams’s last two dollars. Police boycotted a collection to buy Adams a ticket home.
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Fort Worth
U.P
George Adams
Adams
Denton
Great Britain Aims to Save 40000 Tons of Aged Destroyers
London reports Great Britain formally invokes the escalator clause of the 1930 naval treaty to save 40000 tons of overage destroyers. Sir Robert Craigie delivered the note to the Japanese Embassy and shortly after to the U S ambassador.
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London
Great Britain
Robert Craigie
Foreign Office
United States
Robert W. Bingham
American Held in Jailing Over Insult to Streicher
Berlin reports Ludwig Hoffman of Chicago is jailed in Nurnberg on charges of insulting Julius Streicher, a leading figure in the anti Jewish movement in Germany, according to an official source.
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Berlin
United States
Julius Streicher
Germany
Ludwig Hoffman
Chicago
Nurnberg
Five Children Die In World War Grenade Explosion
Five children were killed in Kiksic Yugoslavia when they handled a World War era grenade that exploded. Local officials said the incident occurred while children were playing with the grenade.
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Kiksic
Yugoslavia
Toll of Death Tops 1100 in Midwest Heat Wave
Chicago report notes a 12 day heat crisis across 28 states with about 2750 deaths. Cool northern air and Pacific Northwest moisture bring relief as Michigan records 70 degrees and rains spread, while Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Ohio Indiana Kentucky endure the heat. Government forecaster J R Lloyd warns of possible thundershowers.
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William F. McIlrath
Chicago
MidDlewest
Hudson Bay
Canada
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi
Ohio River
Great Plains
Michigan
United States
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
J. R. Lloyd
Dakotas
Weather Bureau
North Central States
Mexico oil workers strike as power employees join walkout
A 24hour strike by 20,000 oil workers began in Mexico City. A noon Thursday walkout by employees of the Mexican Light and Power Company threatened the Federal District and parts of five states. Oil workers supported 850 Ebano and Cerro Azul field employees of Huasteca Petroleum, a Standard Oil subsidiary, demanding 25 percent higher wages and benefits.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Mexican Light and Power Company
Federal District
Ebano
Cerro Azul
Huasteca Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Name Woman in Hollywood Case
LOS ANGELES July 15 The inquest into the death of Gabe Meyer 59 after being struck by an auto driven by Howard Hughes may witness the disclosure of the identity of a woman companion. Investigators identified the mystery girl as Nancy Bell Bayly 21 a Santa Barbara debutante who will testify that Hughes struck Meyer while trying to avoid another car.
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Howard Hughes
Gabe 5
Meyer
Hughes
Ralph Davis
Clifford Gillan
Nancy Bell Bayly
Santa Barbara
Harold Judson
Miss Bayly
Hughes Ruck Meyer
Second Child Born to Roosevelt in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth a baby boy weighing six pounds 12 ounces was born to Elliott Roosevelt and his wife. The infant, the president’s seventh grandchild, was born late last night and pronounced perfect by physicians. Elliott and wife Ruth Googins’s first child is Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, two years old last May. Other grandchildren include Anna Eleanor, Curtis Dall, Sissie and Buzzie, Sarah Delano, Kate, William Bonner Roosevelt, and William Donner who will be four in November.
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Fort Worth
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt
Ruth Googins
Anna Eleanor
Curtis Dall
Sissie and
Buzzie
John Boettiger
Sarah Delano
Kate
James Roosevelt
William Bonner Roosevelt
William Donner
Mussolini praised as Ethiopia war ends and flags raised
In Rome on July 15 the Fascist directorate hailed Mussolini after sanctions ended. A Geneva driven blockade removal followed, as party leaders sent a congratulatory message lauding his victory and urging continued mass support. In St Paul the same day Edmund C Bartholmey pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Hamm kidnapping case.
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Ethiopia
Il Duce
League of Nations
Italy
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League Assembly
Geneva
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Edmund C. Bartholmey
Bensenville, Til
William Hamm
St. Paul Brewer
Alvin Karpis
Public Enemy No. 1
Joan
Jack) Peifer
St. Paul
Hamm
Bartholmey
Karpis
Supreme Court Rules No Liability for Salt Water Escape
July 15 The Supreme Court held that escape of salt water from oil wells and pollution of streams did not place producing companies liable for damages if there was no negligence.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Second Mother To Die on Gallows This Year in England
Exeter July 15 Mrs Charlotte Bryant 33 mother of five was hanged for the December poisoning murder of her husband Frederick John Bryant 39 The execution marks the second time this year a mother was hanged in England Dorothea Waddingham who killed two women patients in a nursing home and also had five children was executed April 16 in the same year Seattle July 15 Deputy Imperial Potentate Hugh M Caldwell of Seattle resigned at the Imperial Council session and Clyde I Webster of Detroit became Imperial Chief Rabban.
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Exeter
England
Charlotte Bryant
Dorothea Waddingham
Seattle
Hugh M. Caldwell
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Imperial Council
Imperial
Rabban Clyde I. Webster
Detroit
Reserve Bank Action Brakes Credit Spree
The Federal Reserve Board announced a 50 percent hike in reserve requirements for member banks starting August 15 to curb excess reserves. Central cities Chicago and New York see demand deposit reserves rise from 13 to 19.4 percent, others from 7 to 10.4 percent. time deposits up from 3 to 4.5 percent. The action targets about 3 billion dollars in excess reserves to restrain credit expansion.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Federal Reserve
Central Reserve
Chicago
New York
Amarillo
Marriner
Eccles
Bids Extended for New Post Office Site
Twenty eight Amarilicans seek sites for the new post office as bids near closing with 24 hours left. Ten bid pads issued yesterday and bids open at 9 am in the postmaster’s office. Fort Worth official D C Jernigan to visit Monday for bidders. In Madrid five killed in street clashes as authorities act after large arms seizure. 155 arrests made.
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W. D. DeGrassi
D. C. Jernigan
Fort Worth
Europeans to Try Again for Inner Peace
France and Belgium agreed to a Locarno signatories conference in Brussels on July 22. Italy refused to participate without Germany, and Britain hesitated. Belgium notified Britain of the plan, and Charles Corbin, the French ambassador to Great Britain, conveyed the desire.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Brussels
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Europe
Charles Corbin
Rain Cancels Campaign Dry Spell In Missouri Speech
Democratic candidate Major Lloyd Stark spoke on the courthouse lawn in Houston Missouri about the rain coming during his 15 minute talk. He noted the prior rainfall occurred during a speech by Republican candidate Jesse W. Barrett.
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Houston
Lloyd Stark
Jesse W. Barrett
Negro Held From Mob After Birmingham Attack Claim
Roosevelt Collins a 32 year old Black man, hid in Kilby State Prison to escape a lynch mob after an alleged assault on Lula Mae Hill in Birmingham. Police kept him under guard amid a 1500 strong mob and a 500 man search across 50 square miles, as National Guard units patrolled.
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Ala
Roosevelt
Collins
Kilby
Lula Mae Hill
Hill
Birmingham
Anniston
Josephine Hill
Norman Summers
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