Lewis To Resign Amid Cheers At CIO Assembly
John L. Lewis told CIO delegates in Atlantic City he will resign as CIO president within days after a ceremonial reception. The scene included ovations and a flowered sign reading Lewis and CIO, signaling a rousing sendoff as labor leaders awaited Roosevelt administration unity appeals.
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Lewis
Atlantic City
N. J
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Lewis and Cio
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Textile Workers Union of America
AFL
End of Strike Sought by Army at Vultee Plant
War Department sent Major Sidney Simpson to Downey California to mediate a strike at Vultee Aircraft Factory where 3000 CIO UAW members walked out over a 25 cent hourly wage demand. Simpson and federal aides aim to convene talks. officials warn delays hurt war supply but deny plans to revise contracts for higher pay.
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Downey
Calif
U.P
War Department
Vultee Aircraft Factory
Sidney Simpson
Washington
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Vultee
United States
Great Britain
Simpson
Arnold Tolles
National Defense Commission
Lyman Sisley
E. H. Fitzgerald
Union
Army
Queen Mary Keeps Poise Amid War Raids, Christmas Shopping
London dispatch reports Queen Mary, age 73, defies air raids while completing Christmas shopping. She visits army hospitals and air raid centers, maintains a small rural court in western England, and remains Britain's healthiest septuagenarian evacuee despite wartime chaos.
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United Press
London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Britain
England
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Changes in 1941 AAA range program outlined
Fred Rennels details major 1941 adjustments before 150 county agents and committee members in District One. Payments boost for sagebrush eradication and reservoir construction. smaller payments for artificial reseeding and reduced material moved costs. The meeting proceeds with state officials outlining handbooks and program status.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Fred Rennels
AAA
Parker D. Hanna
Lester Young
E. N. Holmgreen
P. T. Price
P. C. Colgin
Mr. Price
George Slaughter
B. E. Nowotny
Doris Liggitt
Hanna
Herring Hotel
Charlie L. Thomas
Pampa
Unsettled Weather Forecast By Mr Collman
Mr Collman predicts unsettled conditions may develop by tomorrow night after a day of high clouds. He notes slow weather movement and a possible delay to the unsettled spell with chilly conditions today and tonight. High near 55 today, lows around 40 at the airport and 45 in town.
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity persists
Partly cloudy with high clouds tonight and Tuesday and little temperature change. West Texas mainly cloudy with some rain near the south portion. New Mexico mostly cloudy to rainy in the west tonight and west and south Tuesday. Temperature extremes 24 hours to 6:30 A.M. max 73 min 41. Noon reading 65.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Draftees Will Be Sent To Lubbock Wednesday
Potter County will dispatch 13 men from two boards to Lubbock for induction. Board No 2 sends seven including Balbino Chavez and Earl Gardner. Board No 1 sends six including Robert Trasher and John Broadhurst. Some named individuals are identified as Negroes.
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Lubbock
Potter County
Selective Service Army
Selective Service
Old County Library
Board No. 2
Balbino H. Chavez
East Sixth Avenue
Earl Marvin Gardner
North West First
James Alexander Robinson
Clyde Welton Werner
Cleveland
Roy Isaac Hunter
North Grant
Earle Neal Boone
North Kentucky
Frank Stimaker, Jr
North Johnson
Board No. 1
Robert Lee Trasher
Johnson Street
John Richards Broadhurst
Polk Street
Lewis Dale McManus
Lincoln Street
DeWitt Talmage White
Wall Heater Sparks Blaze at Jack Wheatley Home
A wall heater caused a fire at 1600 Lipscomb Street early today. Firemen answered at 2:26 AM and worked about an hour as flames breached the roof of the Jack Wheatley residence.
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Jack Wheatley
Lipscomb Street
Conditions in Orient Are Becoming Worse
Honolulu reports former Japan Advertiser editor Wilfred Fleisher says conditions in the Orient are bad and worsening. He notes talks with Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka yielded little hope for resolving American-Japanese issues as he sails to the United States aboard the President Coolidge.
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Honolulu
U.P
Orient
Wilfred Fleisher
The
Japan Advertiser
Fleisher
United States
President Coolidge
Yosuke Matsuoka
Tokyo
Matsuoka
China
Train Wreck No Serious Injuries In Amarillo Collision
A truck and a Switch engine collided at Taylor Street crossing in Amarillo. Driver Sam Huguley WPA worker and Salvation Army soldier escaped with minor damage and injuries. A neighbor boy riding to Sunday School suffered minor injuries. truck pushed eight to ten feet, running board damaged. occupants continued to Sunday School after first aid.
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Amarillo
Taylor Street
Sam Huguley
WPA
Salvation Army
Borgan Held In Slaying
Earl Odom faces murder with malice aforethought charges in the pistol death of Mrs. Mac Lee in Borger. He is held for grand jury without bond after officers recovered the weapon used in the bedroom shooting as Mrs. Lee’s three children witnessed the incident. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 PM from Holt Community School House northeast of Stinnett.
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Willa Dean
Christean
Loverd
Holt
Stinnett
U S Must Do Fighting Outside Says Legion Leader
Milo J. Warner national commander of the American Legion told an Indianapolis luncheon that the United States must be prepared to do its fighting outside the country. He urged practicable aid to Britain and its allies but said this does not mean sending troops to Europe.
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Indianapolis
Milo J. Warner
American Legion
United States
America
Legion Department
Great Britain
Europe
California Leads War Material Spending in July to November
The war department reports that since July 1 the army spent more on war materials in California than in any other state, totaling 51,829,677 dollars largely for aircraft. New York is second with 462,275,275 dollars, while Oklahoma and Texas show 382,811 and 8,613,901 dollars respectively. Russell Stationery Company advertises guaranteed rebuilt typewriters.
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Washington
Navy
War Department
Army
California
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Mussolini vows to break Greece's back in new war pledge
In a bitter speech from Rome Mussolini declares Italy will crush Greece even if it lasts a year. He denounces Britain as Carthage and accuses Greece of complicity in a British plot against Italy while boasting mass production and Axis unity with Germany. He disputes British reports on Italian naval losses and claims four times more airplanes soon.
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RAF
United Press
Greece
Germany
China
Koritza
Albania
Norway
France
Hamburg
Cap Gris Nez
Southampton
England
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Britain
Mussolini
Ramon Serrano Suner
Adolf Hitler
Spain
Gibraltar
Far East
Tokyo
Japan
Chungking
Shanghai
United States
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Il Duce
Carthage
Mediterranean
Palazzo Venezia
London
Duce
Tl Duce
Epirus
Murder charge filed after man killed over debt and pro German views
Temple, Nov. 18. Murder charges were filed today against Newell Greenhow, 47, who told police he shot Wilhelm Warnick because he owed him $45 and was pro German. The case centers on a dispute over money and political sentiment.
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Temple
U.R
Newell Greenhow
Wilhelm Warnick
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GIO Council
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New Orleans
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International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
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Yugoslavia
Reuters
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Phlorina
Salonika
Pindus
Konitza
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Adriatic
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KGNC
Dallas
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George VI
St. Michael’s Cathedral
Coventry
Associated Press
AAA Meeting
Mr. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
iCall Newby’s
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Borgan
U. S
Russell Stationery Company
Hitler
I Duce
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