Welders Strike Threatens West Coast Plane Plants
In Los Angeles on November 5, 410 welders began a strike at Lockheed Vega and Consolidated Aircraft, risking $1.25 billion in bomber and pursuit plane output. Lockheed reports high staffing and continued operations. AFL unions dispute autonomy, while NLRB deliberates an election for independent welders’ bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
West Coast
California
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Vega Airplane Company
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Lockheed
Robert E. Gross
Lockheed-Vega
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
United Aircraft Elders Association
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Puget Sound
San Francisco Bay
AFL Metal Trades Unions
United Welders, Cutters and Helpers Union
Consolidated Steel Company
Long Beach
Consolidated
Mercolized Wax Cream Facial Regimen Promises Lighter Skin
Advertisement promotes Mercolized Wax Cream as a skin bleach that sheds dull surface skin to reveal a newer underskin and a whiter complexion. Saxolite Astringent tightens loose surface skin with witch hazel for daily use. A Tarkroot Beauty Mask offers cooling soothing relief for the face.
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Witch Hazel
Railroad workers seek pay hike amid emergency board ruling
A presidential emergency board recommended temporary wage increases for about 1.16 million railroad workers. It proposed a 7.5 percent raise for 850,000 in the five operating brotherhoods and a 9 cent an hour or 13 percent average increase for 800,000 non-operating employees in 14 other brotherhoods. The report notes the United States as the world’s largest cottonseed producer per the commerce department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crochet kitten set pattern for chair or buffet
For a Christmas gift or home decor, crochet this kitten set using fine cotton. Pattern 2999 includes charts, directions, illustrations, and stitch details with required materials, and asks readers to send ten cents to Amarillo Globe Needle craft Dept. New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
City commission rejects lease offer for golf course
The city commission decided not to lease the Ross Rogers municipal golf course at Thompson Park, turning down a $3,600 yearly proposal. The decision followed tax, permit, and budget actions, with officials planning to attend a Texas municipalities convention in Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Rogers Municipal
Austin P. Hancock
Thompson Park
Taxpayers’ League
Municipal Golf Association
Secretary of State
W. T. Brothers
M. I. Huddleston
Supreme Court
Joe Jenkins
Oscar Hargett
Temple
Texas League of Municipalities
Bob Epperson
El Mate soft drink recalled from Shamrock origin
Amarillo readers seek El Mate history from the Panhandle era. The drink produced in Shamrock faded a decade ago, with claims it used South American ingredients and a two story plant near the Rock Island depot. A Rock Island agent and local residents recall its popularity and flavor.
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Troy
Ala
Panhandle
H. C. Lyle
Mississippi Street
E. L. Woodley
Shamrock
South America
Rock Island Station
L. R. Dee
Jackson Street
Dee
Rock Island
el Mate
F. E. Stevens
Duke Nally
Wheeler
Domesticated tarantula Oscar tailors trust at Baylor exhibit
Oscar the tarantula, captured in Oklahoma, lives with Baylor University museum curator Dr. Leo Murray in Waco. Murray says the spider is friendly, never bites the hand that feeds it, and eats two crickets weekly. Murray also keeps snakes and a gila monster, while his wife and daughter Ellen assist. He debunks tarantula bite fears, noting they are not poisonous though myths persist.
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Waco
Tex
Oscar
Leo T. Murray
Baylor University Museum
Murray
Oklahoma
Ellen
Baylor
Gilly
Museum
Don Wyatt Named On National Board
Don Wyatt was named to serve on the Committee on Life Insurance Information for the United States for the coming year. John A. Witherspoon of the National Association of Life Underwriters praised Wyatt as active locally and capable, with the association headquartered in New York City. Wyatt, Amarillo manager for Franklin Life Insurance, is also president of the Amarillo Life Underwriters Association.
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Nelson Eddy
Barney Ogle
Braniff Airways
Don Wyatt
Amarillo
Committee On Life Insurance Information For
United States
John A. Witherspoon
National Association of Life Underwriters
National Association
New York City
Wyatt
Franklin Life Insurance Company
Amarillo Life Underwriters Association
What Causes Epilepsy Opinions From Famous Doctors
A free booklet presents the views of renowned doctors on epilepsy. Readers may request the pamphlet by writing to Educated Division, 535 Fifth Ave New York NY, Dept. M-931, before stock runs out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y, Dept
Double Help for Women CARDUS Ad Promises Relief
An old CARDUS advertisement urges women to use CARDUS for periodic discomfort and to boost energy via increased gestational flow. It describes two methods: start three days before menstruation for pain relief and take as a tonic to improve appetite and digestion. It highlights enthusiastic results from women who use it both ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
FDR Urges Quick Action on Neutrality Revision
President Roosevelt pressed Congress to pass the neutrality law revision without delay, preferring a focused measure that removes arms restrictions on U.S. merchant ships while resisting extraneous labor amendments. Senator Walsh warned that arming cargo vessels weakens the navy and cautioned against shifting guns from military to civilian ships.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
I T
United States
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Armistice Day Parade Planned by Amarillo Legion
Amarillo's American Legion Hanson Post outlines Armistice Day events for next Tuesday starting with an 11 oclock parade led by marshal Cliff Robinett. Sam Page promotes a dinner and dance with tickets at 1.25 for Legion members and 0.50 for the public, followed by memorial services at Central Presbyterian Church honoring World War II veterans.
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Amarillo
American Legion
Cliff Robinett
Sam Page
Legion
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NLRB
Vega
Great Britain
Beig
Boeing Company
Department of Commerce
Laura Wheeler
Needlecraft Service, Inc
FDR
Hanson Post
Tlons
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Bozeman Printing & Letter Service
Blackburn
THE
Bourbon
Bond
Kentucky
Fillmore Street
Packard
Packard-Amarillo Company
Packard Line
Clipper
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