They Are Strong Men and Hard Men But They Weep
The New London disaster leaves East Texas oil town Overton mourning its children. Workers, wives, and families gather at telegraph counters to send quick telegrams showing grief while hope and hard luck mingle in the aftermath of the blast.
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New London
Walter Cronkite
United Press
Overton
U.R
East Texas
London
Venezuela
Bob
Vera
Hero Writes Of Explosion
Seventeen year old John Nelson survivor of the London consolidated school disaster recounts the blast in the basement manual arts shop, describes saving his sister and friend Jack Stripling, the deaths of five classmates and Mr Butler, and his family losses including his mother and one sister.
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John Nelson
London Consolidated School
Associated Press
New London
L. Butler
4& Window Park
Jack Stripling
Jack
Mr Hutler
Evelyn
Thomas
Don
Amelia Plans To Hop Today For Howland Island Flight
Amelia Earhart plans to begin the second leg of her world flight from Honolulu toward Howland Island. The 1 542 mile Pacific crossing faces a sand bar target two miles long, with navigation aided by stars as Capt. Harry Manning and FP 3 Noonan guide the voyage.
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Honolulu
UPA
Pacific
Amelia Rarbart
Aviatrix
Oakland
Calif
Abe
Howland Island
Harry Manning
Noonan
Three Boys Play Truant From Death at New London School
Three boys Elmer Lee Maraden Gather McClure and Truman Honeycutt avoided classes to attend a stock show yesterday while the New London School ceiling collapsed on their empty desks. The incident occurred near Overton drawing no injuries and investigators sought the cause of the structural failure.
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Overton
New London
Elmer Lee Maraden
Gather McClure
Truman Honeycutt
Mw Tnt
Way Cleared for Divorce Decree in Simpson Hearing
A brief divorce court hearing in London cleared the way for a final decree for Mrs Waite Warfield Simpson and her marriage to the Duke of Windsor. Sir Donald Somervell said Stephensons objections were investigated and withdrawn, and the protest was struck from the record.
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Henry Tostl Russell
United Preas
London
Waite Warfield Simpson
Duke of Windsor
Donald Somervell
Stephenann
Tin
Stephenson
Norman Birkett
Mra. Simpson
Boyd Merriman
Mra Simpson
No Immediate Action In Chrysler Sit-Down Case
Detroit March 19 Circuit Judge Allan Campbell ordered writs of attachment for arrest of 6,900 sit down strikers occupying eight Chrysler plants for twelve days. The United Auto Workers were named as respondents alongside the strikers in the injunction issued last Monday. Sheriff Wilcox said ejecting the strikers would wait for more deputies or National Guard assistance due to manpower concerns.
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Detroit
Allan Campbell
Chrysler Corporation
Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Campbell
Thomas C. Wilcox
National Guard
Thirteen Amarillo prisoners to Huntsville
Thirteen Amarillo prisoners including Louis J. Kirk, known as a wife-slayer, were transported to Huntsville for state penitentiary sentences. Kirk faces 15 years after his 1936 murder conviction. others received varying terms for burglary forgery intoxication and parole violations.
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Amarillo
Louis J. Kirk
Huntsville
Bud" Russell
Kirk
47Th District Court
Florence
Clyde Knox
Laticia Davis
Ernest Williams
Williams
G. W. Smallwood
J. W. Johnson
Robert Hopkins
Clarence Akins
Willie Jenkins
Robert Stubbs
Roland Baker
W. G. Goodloe
Ross Lancaster
Canyon
What They 7 Write Tack Dear Track
A collage style notice seeks part time help at a tourist camp with free rent in exchange. Lewis Merritt and others post brief ads offering or requesting work, lodging and modest pay as they seek room mates or helpers.
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Tam
Lewis Merritt
Mast Tenth Street
FHA Official Says Funds Ready for Responsible Borrowers
R E B Sikes of the Federal Housing Administration told Amarillo chamber officials that ample funds and no red tape exist for insured loans. He said the district will see more building this season and cited a plan for at least 30 new dwellings, with strict but normal credit requirements and home standards.
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FHA
R. EB. Sikes
Chamber of Commerce
Sikes
Fort Worth
Amarillo
School Chief Identifies Body Of His Son After Explosion
New London—William C. Shaw, superintendent of the New London school, identified the body of his 17 year old son Clifton Sambo Shaw among 425 recovered from yesterday’s blast in a morgue early today.
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New London
William C. Shaw
Clifton Sambo" Shaw
Fourteen Teachers Die in New London High Explosion
In New London Texas on March 19 a blast at the main building of New London High School killed fourteen of the 32 faculty members and many students. Principal T R Duran tallies the dead from the 1936 year book as he notes possibly one or two more missing teachers.
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New London
New London High School
T. R. Duran
L. R. Butler
Louis Waller
Lena Hunt
John Gore
Mabel Hanna
Nellie Barnes
Laura Bell
Kittie Mae Watson
Ethel Neal
J. B. Nelson
J. H. Propes
Lizzie Ella Thompson
Marie Patterson
Louise Arnold
Duran
Country High School
Hazel Shaw
William C. Shaw
Texas
America
Ashcroft to lead meeting on crippled children care
Charles E. Ashcroft president of the State Crippled Children's Society called a directors meeting today at noon in Tyler to plan care for children crippled in the London school disaster.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Charles E. Ashcroft
State Crippled Children’s Society
Tyler
London
Amarillo to Honor visiting Legislators With Banquet
Citizens invited to a 7 p.m. Saturday banquet at Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel in Amarillo for visiting legislators. Tickets cost 1.25 and can be reserved at Chamber of Commerce. Delegation travels from Amarillo to Perryton and oil fields before returning for the banquet.
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Amarillo
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Settle
Max Boyer
Perryton
Hull warns U S will not go into storm cellar
Secretary Hull told a House Appropriations Subcommittee that the United States would not enter a passive neutrality shelter in war. He urged a broad view, maintaining neutrality where practical but not assuming it guarantees staying out of conflict. The remarks accompanied next year’s State Department budget recommendation.
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Washington
Hull
America
House
State Department
50 Mile Wind Blows Through Amarillo Damaging Property
A 50 mile per hour west wind damaged several structures in Amarillo. F C Afterburn reported his garage moved from 109 Western Street, with no car damage. Plate glass windows were shattered, including at L W Patton and Son at 110 West Seventh Avenue who put the loss at 100 dollars. Another large display window broke at Southwestern Public Service Company at Sixth Avenue and Taylor Street.
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Amarillo
F. C. Afterburn
Western Street
L. W. Patton and Son
West Seventh Avenue
Patton
Helen Wills Love Returns to Reality After Trance
Helen Wills Love, 31, says she wants to return to unconscious peace after a psychiatrist coaxed her from a 158 hour trance in Los Angeles. She spoke of escaping stares and accusations in a troubled world, seeking rest from public scrutiny. The article notes the Handel and Haydn Society as the first U S oratorio society, founded in Boston in 1815.
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Helen
Los Angeles
Calif
Handel and Haydn Society
United States
Boston
Race Hearing Set for Thursday on Texas Wagering Repeal
Texas lawmakers push for a Senate hearing on a wagering repeal next Thursday night. The House has endorsed repeal. the Senate narrowly opposed two weeks earlier but sent the measure back to committee after pleas from track owners and stock breeders. A separate soil conservation and watershed district bill cleared a House agriculture committee without opposition.
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Austin
Texas
Senate Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
House Committee On Agriculture
Frank Reports Welfare Work To Be Made Public In Amarillo
The Community Chest publicity committee and agency directors plan regular welfare work reports for Amarillo residents. Updates will appear in newspapers and on radio. Attending were Bishop Lucey, George Shannon, Fred DeCoster, Mrs Ray, Supt Rogers, Major Lambrecht, Miss Koehler, Rosa Fortunty, and Beulah Robinson.
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Chest
Amarillo
Community Chest
R. F. Lucey
George Shannon
Fred DeCoster
Co. H. Ray
C. M. Rogers
Gus Lambrecht
Alice Koehler
Salvation Army
Rosa Fortunty
Catholic Bureau
Beulah Robinson
Social Welfare Association
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Piet Dewey Beewart
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Lamon
Pigot
Howton
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Watris
Howinn
O C Peimer
Wow Young
Mra
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J. H. Strwaland
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Orie
William James
Kitere
Survivor
Tyley
Mother Frances Hospital
Albert Derice
Dallas
Mary Joe Webb
Helen Cole
Heepila
H.V. Robertson & Co
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Tax Counselors
U. S
Polk
John Furbach
Biltmore
Spencer-Hall
Packard
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