Make-Believe Mortars and Guns Drive Labor Bill to Senate
FAUSTIN March 28 U P Makebelieve mortars and plank anti tank guns at Camp Bowie Texas helped speed a labor control bill from the House to the Senate. Gov W L O Daniel submitted the measure to imprison anyone interfering with laborers to preserve national defense. The House passed it 112 to 17 after hearings by Brig Gen P A Weatherred and First Lieut James B Taylor who urged stronger wartime labor protections. Weatherred said the army including 16 000 Texas National Guardsmen and draftees at Camp Bowie were not fully equipped and warned the nation faced near war. He noted troops used tree limbs and two by four scraps as improvised mortars and anti tank devices and that the 36th Division lacked anti tank guns. Ammunition shortages and strikes hindered powder plant turbines. Taylor, a Kerens state representative, said his artillery uses World War I French 75s and co sponsored the bill with John Lyle proposing mandatory arbitration in the first 30 days of labor disputes. Union leaders attacked the bill saying it criminalizes picketing while striking workers could be misdemeanants. Oil Workers’ Union president A Knight said Texas oil output faced no labor trouble and Fort Worth rail labor rep Joe Steadham warned the measure would not fix Camp Bowie equipment shortages.
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P. A. Weatherred
James B. Taylor
Gen. Weatherred
United States
Texas National Guardsmen
Taylor
Kerens
John Lyle
Corpus Christi
Harry Acreman
Austin
Texas Federation of Labor
Texas
Acreman
A. Knight
Fort Worth
Oil Workers’ Union
CIO
Joe Steadham
Wholesalers Get Army Supply List
Wholesalers in Amarillo receive a long list of U S army supplies from Gov W Lee O Daniel Bids on items from apple butter to razor blades and shoe polish in large quantities are to be received at 9 30 a m on April 3 by the quarter master supply officer at San Antonio general depot Fort Sam Houston
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Amarillo
Safest Child Life Stage Found Between Five and Nine
Alabama health survey reports the lowest state death rate at 5 to 9 years old with 13 per 1,000 population. Nationwide, over 1,000,000 people are exposed to silica dust inhalation.
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United States
Oklahoma Senate pass bill to criminalize defense project labor organizing
Oklahoma City March 28 The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill making it a penitentiary offense to organize defense project workers with prison terms of one to three years and fines up to $10,000 for labor representatives who seek union dues. The move drew protests from labor leaders as lawmakers said it aimed to prevent East coast style labor unrest at airfields and army projects. A separate note from Hartford reports a joke on legislators over a birth announcement misrepresented as twins.
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U.P
Oklahoma Senate
Oklahoma
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Homer Paul
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