Senate Approves Bill Extending Oil Control Powers
The Senate Mining Committee backs the Thomas-Disney measure to expand Ickes oil control, banning excess production from commerce and fixing state and unit quotas. Roosevelt urges action to prevent industry collapse as the bill aims for permanent authority. Secretary Dern urges larger Army manpower and questions current force sufficiency amid national defense needs. President plans a Washington trip and rapid adjournment push, with war debts messaging anticipated Friday. NRA shifts spark resignation speculation around Hugh S Johnson and possible successors.
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Senate Mining Committee
Ickes
Logan
Kentucky
Senate
Thomas
Disney
Roosevelt
Congress
Dern
House Military Committee
Thompson
Texas
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn
White House
New York Harbor
New England
Hyde Park
N. Y
Gettysburg
United Press
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
Rioting threats trigger guards to three auto parts plants
Nationwide labor unrest escalates as the United Textile Workers threaten a 300 000 worker general strike over recognition and NRA production cuts. In Toledo sixty eight of 103 unions vote for a general strike amid automotive talks deadlock and deadly violence along waterfronts in multiple cities.
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Toledo
U.P
Associated Press
Textile
Cleveland
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
NRA
Wagner
National Labor Board
Mike F. Tighe
Steel Workers’ Union
Washington
Tighe
San Francisco
San Diego
World News: Alliance of Russia and France
Arthur Brisbane discusses a looming alliance between Soviet Russia and capitalist France as a major world event. The piece notes fears of Germany and hints at shifts in European power, with implications for peace and accountability in global politics.
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Russia
France
Germany
Hitler
Panama Canal Guard Doubled Amid War-Time Precautions
The Panama Canal locks guard was doubled as a precaution during a fleet passage and naval maneuvers. A high army officer and the War Department said the step was preventive with no unduly significant reason given.
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Washington
W.P
Panama Canal Locks
United States
Canal
War Department
New Air Fleet Proposed for France in Draft Report
Paris May 29 report proposes replacing the 290 planes of the French Naval air fleet with a new force of 360 aircraft. The recommendation comes from a draft of a Chamber of Deputies finance committee report.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo and West Texas expect fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico also sees generally fair weather with little temperature change. Temperature extremes today rise toward 1 o'clock.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Presbyterians Debate Merger with United Church
The 146th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A debated merging with the United Presbyterian Church May in Cleveland and faced expected opposition from fundamentalists led by Rev H McAllister Griffiths and Rev J Gresham Machen of Philadelphia. The assembly also reaffirmed aloofness from the Federal Council of Churches voting down reentry 170 to 79 while creating a social and moral welfare committee.
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Cleveland
146Th General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
H. McAllister Griffiths
J. Gresham Machen
Philadelphia
Assembly
Westminister Seminary
Montreat
N. C
Federal Council of Churches of Christian American
General Assembly
The
United States
French fliers Rossi and Codos urged to press to California
Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos, fresh in New York after a nonstop Paris to New York flight, were ordered by Air Minister Renai to continue to California to pursue their distance record. They reported propeller damage from striking a tree at Le Bourget and feared wing vibrations during the Atlantic crossing.
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Paris
U.P
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
New York
Air Ministry
California
Victor Renaii
le Bourget
Rossi
Denain
Andre de Laboulaye
Washington
Map
World’s Richest Indian Dies in Los Angeles Mansion
Jackson Barnett, a 92 year old Oklahoma Indian famed as the world’s richest Indian, died in a Los Angeles mansion. He had battled federal courts over marriages and gifts totaling about half a million dollars, with long-running actions to invalidate unions and settlements.
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Jackson Barnett
United States
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
Santa Monica Bay
Anna Laura Lowe
Coffeyville
Kansas
Neosho
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Capone Loses Freedom Plea In U S Court
New Orleans May 29 Capone former Chicago gang chief and Prohibition era foe lost his appeal for release from Atlanta federal prison The U S Circuit Court of Appeals denied his writ of habeas corpus seeking release from a 10 year sentence for tax evasion arguing his offenses were not barred by the three year statute of limitations
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New Orleans
al Capone
Public Enemy
Prohibition Times
Atlanta
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Parents invited to Cub Scout meeting in Amarillo
Parents of Amarillo boys aged 9 to 11 are invited to a Cub Scout meeting to consider joining. Educational director H. G. Wilson of Central Presbyterian Church called the gathering to be held in Endeavor hall at Froecgres Church starting at 7 p.m.
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Amarillo
H. G. Wilson
Central Presbyterian Church
Endeavor
Froecgres Church
El Paso Postmaster Milton Burleson Confirmed
The Senate confirmed Milton L. Burleson of El Paso Texas as postmaster, completing the nomination process.
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EL Paso
Washington
Senate
Milton L. Burlesop
Texas
Mayor Speaks To 940 Amarillo Seniors At Banquet
Mayor Ross Rogers addresses 940 Amarillo Senior High graduates at tonight’s 7:30 banquet in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. At 8 pm Price Memorial College commencement in the college auditorium.
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Ross Rogers
Amarillo Senior High School
Herring Hotel
Price Memorial College
Judge Morgan
Amarillo College
A. Lh Morgan
Roy Green
William Arnold
Irene Franklin
Green
Ralph Neely
Elizabeth Crawford
University of Chicago
W. E. Trice
Mary Horne
Raymond Wilson
Malcolm Wyatt
Verna Jester
Mary Exum
Francis McKenzie
Robert Lucey
St. Mary's Academy
McKinley School
Shield of Faith
Parent-Teacher Association
Gordon Fuqua
Mothers Club
Earle A. Shields
Amarillo High School
Weat
Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
W. B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Current Proration Of Oil To Remain In Texas
Texas Railroad Commission will keep oil proration schedules unchanged for some time. Daily production is about 1,039,000 barrels as of May 27. Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson said statewide hearing information is under review but no revision is needed at this time.
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Northwest Texas
Street
Boyd Coy
Howard
Howard Coy
Boyd
Coy
S J. Anthony's Hospital
Texas
N. 8
Griggs and Bons
Anthony
Pania
Street Howard Coy
Houston Street
A. L. Coy
Boyd R. Coy
South Arthur Street
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Power Outage Grips Amarillo For Seventeen Minutes
A sudden power loss halted most of Amarillo for seventeen minutes, cutting lights, machines, pumps, and communications. Only the southern district briefly retained service, while a single death occurred during the outage as power briefly returned.
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Amarillo
Western Union
Tenth Street
Trio Jailed After High Speed Kidnaping and Auto Theft
Five young men sped across Oklahoma stealing three cars and kidnapping six people. Three of them were fugitives from Sherman jail after slugging a guard. George B. Droddy Adrien Petty and Roy Batts were captured near Petty Oklahoma with two pistols after a brief statewide terror spree.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Oklahoma
Sherman, Tex
George B. Droddy
Pineville
Adrien Petty
Kilgore
Tex
Roy Batts
Sherman
Phillip Aigner
Petty
Oklo
Layton Mitchell
O. W. Hanson
Lester McCartney
William Nash
Aged Texan Hiram Moss Rushing Dies at 93
Archer City's longtime resident Hiram Moss Rushing, age 93, died at his home after living 86 years in Texas and 46 years in Archer County. He was the county’s oldest citizen. Sources note his era in oil history and a note about gas prices.
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Archer City
Texas
Hiram Moss Rushing
Archer County
United States and Soviet Propose Path to Armament Reduction
At Geneva May 29 the United States urged world aid in reducing armaments, presented by Norman H. Davis. Maxim Litvinoff of the Soviet Union pressed for complete abolition and a permanent disarmament conference backed by regional pacts. Davis offered a substantial, proportionate naval tonnage reduction and global cooperation.
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Geneva
United States
Norman H. Davis
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Union
Litvinoff
Davis
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