Bressler Wins Texas Labor Federation Presidency
In Dallas May 17 T J Bressler head of Borger oil field workers local won the Texas Federation of Labor presidency by 18 votes over Henry Winkler of Houston The slate backed by the Oil Field Workers Union also saw Wallace C Reilly become executive secretary Amarillo named official and protests over NRA code enforcement highlighted by the gathering in its 37th annual convention in Texas Separately Houston faced an indignation meeting over a shooting at the turning basin docks with a grand jury set to probe the gun battle involving longshoremen and guards.
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Dallas
Texas
T. J. Bressler
Oil Field Workers
Borger
Texas Federation of Labor
Wallace C. Reilly
George H. Slater
New Deal
Oil Field Workers Union
Bressler
Henry Winkler
Houston
F. Hill
Port Arthur
Reilly
Slater
Amarilloan
National Labor Board
W. B. Arnold
San Antonio
Omega Williams
Denison
Alfred Bailey
Fort Worth
H. W. Acreman
el Paso
Texas Rangers
Harris County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
J. M. English
Rangers headquarter chief predicts June Robles arrest
Captain Hamer of Rangers Headquarters Company says an arrest in the June Robles kidnapping case is expected within hours after a Chicago operative arrives in Texas. Tucson officials and Carlos Robles describe June’s physical and emotional toll from 19 days in a desert hole as authorities intensify the search for her abductors.
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Austin
Dr. Hamer
Rangers Headquarters Company
Robles
Texas
Chicago
Hamer
Alan
Kelly
Holton
Tucson
Chi-Card
Ariz
Carlos Robles
Dolla
Prima County
Clarence Houston
Carlos
June
June Robles
Arizona
Little June
Fernando Robles
Parker to Give Whole Time to East Texas Oil
Railroad Commissioner E. O. Thompson announced an order dated May 15 that relieves R. D. Parker of all duty except enforcement in the East Texas field. Thompson said the move lets Parker devote full time to the East Texas oil situation and that it does not reduce Parker's salary.
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Parker
East Texas Oil
Four Die as Local Train Collision in Pforzheim
In Pforzheim Germany on May 17 a locomotive plowed into a work train at a switch causing four deaths and ten serious injuries among workers. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as wreckage blocked tracks.
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Pforzheim
Germany
Amarillo forecast warm with partial clouds Friday
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies and a slight warming tonight with Friday partly cloudy conditions. West Texas and New Mexico portions follow similar fair, warmer trends with minimal temperature changes. highs reach up to 85 and lows around 54. Oil prices listed as 20 to 25 cents per gallon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
California Mojave Day Trips Showdown With Stones
William M. Packer drives 150 miles through the Mojave Desert test driving car features. He maintains a sedate one mile per minute pace while rolling over large stones and daring rough terrain. M F E Coyle and W E Holler monitor from afar observing the stunt driven by Packer on the inland California route from Ventura to the Pacific edge.
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Los Angeles
California
Mojave Desert
Pacific
Ventura
William M. Packer
M. F E. Coyle
W. E Holler
Packer
Tariff Takes Center Stage in Congress Amid Trade Debates
Washington May 17 Congress debates tariff policy as Senate pushes a reciprocal tariff bill, House contends with District of Columbia funding, and White House weighs a bi metal monetary plan. President expected to outline recommendations on social reform and munitions while war debt and liquor tax enforcement loom.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
District of Columbia
Treasury
House Appropriations Committee
Morgenthau
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Bank deposits jump a billion in two months
Dallas May 17 A billion dollar jump in national bank assets and deposits in the first two months of 1934 was announced by J F T OConnor comptroller of the currency. Total assets rose to 22 941 173 000 from 21 747 483 000 while deposit liabilities climbed to 18 790 487 000.
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Dallas
J. F. T. O'Connor
O'Connor
Texas Bankers’ Association
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Prince Konoye sails to press for equal naval rights
Prince Fumimaro Konoye departed Yokohama aboard the Asama Maru bound for San Francisco to urge U S leaders to grant Japan equal rights in national defense at the 1935 naval conference and to abandon the ratio method of naval simulation. Ambassador Grew saw him off in Tokyo.
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Yokohama
Japan
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
United States
House of Peers
San Francisco
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Ickes Optimistic in Tulsa On Oil Production Bill
Secretary Harold Ickes visited Tulsa and spoke on the oil industry’s chaotic start a year ago. He warned that if the production control bill fails this session the situation could worsen and urged passage to grant the administration power to limit crude output to market demand.
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Tulsa
Harold Ickes
Midcontinent
Ickes
Congress
Oil Administration
Kidnap Trio Arrives at San Quentin for Life Terms
Three men linked to the Beverly Hills kidnapping of James F. Kirk Roy A. Williams and Larry Kerrigan were moved under tight guard to San Quentin to begin life sentences. Clyde Stoddard is jailed on suspicion of involvement after police tied him to a car and a La Crescenta hideout. Stoddard faces prior prohibition convictions as the quartet faces new federal charges for conspiracy to extort by mail.
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San Quentin
Calif
William F. Gettle
San Quentin Prison
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
James F. Kirk
Roy A. Williams
Larry Kerrigan
Clyde Stoddard
William Bright
Sheriff's Homicide Squad
Stoddard
la Crescenta
Gettle
George Slater
Bright
Kerrigan
Harvard Street
Dee
Kirk
Williams
Federal aid pledge cheered Midwest farmers amid drought
Farmers in the Central West welcomed a Washington promise of aid as nine House members from wetter districts backed plans to ease corn hog and wheat controls. Weather worsened crop fears with high heat and scant rain while local showers were forecast in the Great Lakes region. In Oklahoma City a bid to involve Mrs Roosevelt in stopping the state sterilization program failed as the matter was deemed not federal.
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Chicago
Central West
Washington
Great Lakes
Oklahoma City
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
W. H. Murray
Panama Taken? Is Theory
The Panama Canal battle fleet maneuvers end with lessons on canal capture risks and Japanese American naval warfare feasibility. The exercise showed the battleship as a steadfast but vulnerable asset and described staged landings from Quantico to Culebra Island, signaling strategic implications for U.S. defense.
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United Press
Guantanamo
Cuba
U.S
Panama Canal
Canal
Nation-Wide Poll Favors New Deal by Two to One
The Literary Digest’s nation-wide poll shows roughly two to one in favor of the Roosevelt administration’s policies. NBC broadcast from New York cites eight eastern cities and reach to Omaha and Kansas City as Graham McNamee announced results from about 15 million voters.
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New York
Literary Digest
Graham McNamee
Omaha
Kansas City
Arthur
Draper
Roosevelt
McNamee
Fatherly Love Leads 10 Jail
Percy Lamar Armstrong Sr. and Robert McPhail were arrested in Denver on a fugitive warrant from Tennessee for taking their son, 10, from Clarksville. The trio rented a Denver apartment yesterday as a Justice Department probe traced their movements since May 11 across several states.
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Denver
Percy Lamar Armstrong, Sr
Robert McPhail
Tennessee
Lamar Armstrong Jr
Department of Justice
Clarksville
Tenn
Armstrong
McPhail
Lone Star Gas Case Postponed by Court
In Travis County district court Judge Charles A. Wheeler postponed the Lone Star Gas Company case until Wednesday. A separate item reports John Collins, 37, Negro, arrested in Lake Charles for allegedly attempting to extort $100,000 from C. H. Austin, president of the Stevedores' Association.
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Lone Star Gas
Austin
Lone Star Gas Company
Travis County
Charles A. Wheeler
Lake Charles
John Collins
C. H. Austin
Stevedores’ Association
Macon Dirigible Flies West Over Texas Mountains
The Navy airship Macon passed over Lordsburg New Mexico and Sierra Blanca Texas en route from Miami to Sunnyvale California. Clear weather aided her third mountain crossing this week as she tracked near Houston and followed the Texas and Pacific railroad toward the rugged West.
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Bierra Blanca
Tex
Macon
Texas
Fl Paso
Sunnyvale
Calif
Caribbean
Sierra Blanca
Miami
Fila
Houston
Texas and Pacific
Florida
Extra Clyde And Bonnie Sighted Again
Houston police chased reports of Clyde McClyde Karrow and Bonnie Parker seen in a bullet-marked car parked downtown. Aerial and ground units searched the area after residents reported the sighting, but no trace of the fugitives was found.
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Houston
McClyde Karrow
Southwest
Bonnie Parker
Desperado
Berlin Safe Baptists Told by London Secretary
In Fort Worth on May 17 J H Rushbrook General Secretary of the World Alliance told the Southern Baptist Convention Berlin hosts would not interfere with sessions. He said it is ludicrous to think it unsafe to go to Germany and no basis for denying freedom of speech at the congress.
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R. W. Barry
Fort Worth
Southern Baptist Convention
J. H. Rushbrook
London
World Alliance
Berlin
Ruashbrook
Germany
Rushbrook
Con
Bonus Marchers Convene at Fort Hunt VA in May
A 14 percent rank and file bonus marcher convention opens at Fort Hunt an abandoned army post. About 854 marchers camp, far fewer than during 1932 when 20 000 gathered. Leaders express mixed resolve as they plan speeches and a congressional resolution for their delayed benefits.
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Fort Hunt
United Press
Fliers Promise Safe Atlantic Return From Ireland
Capt George Pond and Lieut Cesare Babelli left Portmarnock near Dublin by automobile for a visit to Dublin en route to a return flight to New York. They expressed confidence that the same power that aided their onward journey will help them back across the Atlantic, planning a quick stop for plane overhauls before resuming the trip.
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Dublin
Shakespearan Ad Offered To Print In Globe News
Printer offers to run a 13 001 word Want Ad in The Globe News within 24 hours at standard rates. Most ads fit in four lines and promise prompt publication. At 110 A Fast 21st the attractive four room duplex for rent is listed with contact 2 2816.
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Globe News
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Culebra Island
Virginis Group
Lordsburg
N. M
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Bonnie
Safe Baptists
Baptists
Frederick C.othman
W.P
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