Packers Threaten Strike Over Wage Talks with Big Four
The Packing House Workers Organizing Committee backed by John L. Lewis pledges a strike against Armour Wilson Swift and Cudahy if wage contracts are not negotiated. Nearly 1,000 delegates representing 75,000 CIO affiliated workers voted to empower leaders to strike at Armour and potentially other packers. Lewis spoke at a mass meeting as CIO signals broader campaign pressure.
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Chicago
U.P
Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
John Ll. Lewis
CIO
Packing House
Congress of Industrial Organizations
PWOC
Lewis
CIA
Armour, Wilson, Swift and Cudahy
Armour
Armour and Company
TWA Reports Fourth Consecutive Gain
TWA announces continued growth in June traffic with a 10 percent rise in revenue passenger miles over May and 60 percent over June last year. Coast to coast system traffic reached 9,899,705 passenger miles, up from May and June 1938 figures, while actual passengers carried increased five percent from May and 64 percent year over year.
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TWA
Vernon Gann
Gunnbaid
Lions Name Committees For Next Year
Lions Club announces committee rosters for the coming year under President Roy Stockton. Members cover sectors including Membership, Attendance, Program, Fellowship, Health and Welfare, and many civic and educational duties with chairs named for each group.
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Lions Club
Roy Stockton
T. M. Montgomery
Wayne W. Sawyers
O. L. Campbell
Lon Edwards
H. C. Pestor
Howard Anderson
Byron F. Ellis
Ben Lane
L. R. Cloninger
W. W. Gibson
W. J. Freeman
Harry Daily
E. W. Cane
Garner Seeks Rank and File Delegates for 1940 Nomination
Washington reports campaign managers for Vice President Garner are shaping a plan to mobilize rank and file Democrats to influence national convention delegations. They argue many states may send unpledged delegates and aim to inform voters how precinct and county meetings elect delegates. The strategy seeks broad turnout at local meetings to shape the party’s presidential slate.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
Democrats to choose their man and push Hatch bill at convention
The speaker urges Democrats to uphold party traditions and elect their preferred candidate. He calls for the Hatch bill prohibiting political activity by federal officials to become law before the next Democratic convention and favors a gathering with no office holders as delegates.
Expose Threatened by Rev. Jeffers After Acquittal
Reverend Joe Jeffers and his wife Zella Joy were acquitted of morals charges. In a Kingdom Church sermon he threatened to reveal true facts about the film industry and casting victims, promising startling revelations that cannot be laughed off.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Joe Jeffers
Zella Joy
Kingdom
Jeffers
Blayney Mathews
District Attorney's Office
Ice Cream Social at West Amarillo Church Tonight
An ice cream social scheduled for 7 o'clock tonight on the West Amarillo Christian Church lawn funds the Mexican Christian Church parsonage. Sponsored by the Young People's Department with Mr and Mrs Homer Jacobs listed as sponsors. The event serves homemade cream near Tennessee Street and San Jacinto Avenue. Separately, 1938 U.S. aircraft production totals show 2698 for air raft, down from 2915 in 1937 and up from 2152 in 1936.
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West Amarillo
Courthouse Records and Property Transfers Highlight Local Deeds
Courthouse records show warranty deeds from W C Newton et al to R B Cullins for block 39 423-39 with $2281.81 and transfers from J L Bivins to C L Munday of Bivins No 2 block 51. Car registrations include 39 Ford to Carl J Wilson and several 39 vehicles to city residents and Henry Ford.
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W. C. Newton
C. C. Dist
Carl J. Wilson
W. 10Th
Dodge
Farm Loan Official Visits Amarillo to Survey Wheat Harvest
Walter H. Fembley director of the Emergency Farm Loan Administration visits Amarillo for a few days to survey the wheat harvest. He comments that the renowned local harvest drew him to see it firsthand and meets with J. Edmund Brown at 1023 Bowie Street, who oversees feed and seed loans for the district.
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Walter H. Fembley
Emergency Farm Loan Administration
Amarillo
Mr. Fembley
J. Edmund Brown
Bowie Street
Mr. Brown
Fembley
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Avery Rush
Roy Super
Joe F. Witt
Bill Honey
J. H. Dunn
C. W. Baker
G. A. McCullough
Dr. J. B. White
Newt Riggs
Joe Killough
John Barton
M. L. Fuller
A. J. Streit
Leland W. Abbott
Walter Blackburn
B. W. Blackwell
C. A. Clark
Buford Avery
Hugh Gatlin
Frank P. McGraw
Stuart Browning
C. N. Headrick
Vernon Hancock
D. G. Kay
John P. Mathis
H. H. Nye
L. C. Phillips
Vance Johnson
A. M. Jackson
H. G. Wilson
J. H. Doty
Raymond Hollingsworth
C. W. Whittington
Fancher Upshaw
R. L. Rogers
D. G. Dalby
J. B. Gibbon
W. E. Gee
R. Holse
C. E. Peake
H. A. “Whitey” Venable
R. L. Thompson
dJae B. Dooley
George Ordway
Noble Paulk
A. Petersen
Ben Smith
Walter Sikes
Hymie Clayton
Wesley Clark
Co. W. Farr
Claude Gray
J. H. Thomas
Steve Hudson
William W. Holmes
N. H. Greer
Lions Education
Porter Underwood
Ed Teal
Charles Keffer
Dick Roberts
Frank A. Robinett
B. H. Hopkins
Lloyd Griffith
C. M. Figh
W.N. Evans
Owen Smith
Carl Anderson
Charles W. Lyles
John Stalcup
C. T. Davis
Art Querry
Max Zweig
E. C. Lacy
Herb Warner
H. L. Steele
Wilbur E. Swinson
J. Frank Wright
J. S. Fishcer
Jack Edwards
T. E. Durham, Jr
E. F. Rittenberry
H. E. Smith
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J. M. Simpson
Tate Oakes
H. O. Bradford
O. V. Donnell
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