Kansas City Blackout Paralyzes City as Strike Hits Power
A sudden strike by 350 IBEW workers shut Kansas City's power plant, plunging the city into darkness for hours. Police and state guards restored service as hospitals, airports, and transit faced outages and nurses improvised with candlelight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cronkit
Kansas City
Kansas City Light and Power Co
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Forrest C. Donnell
Missouri Home Guard
John Gage
Albert F. Wright
APL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Wright
Bell Memorial Hospital
Frank Houser
Sheffield Steel
Fairfax
Lake City
Home Guard
Clifford Gaylord
St. Louis
Gaylord
Jefferson City
Donnell
Frank Kell Dies Pioneer Capitalist of Wichita Falls
Frank Kell 81, Texas capitalist and pioneer, dies after a brief illness in a Wichita Falls hospital. Kell helped found Wichita Falls, built rail lines, led multiple mills and oil ventures, and influenced regional grain tariffs. He sold milling interests to General Mills in 1929 and controlled the Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad until his death. Kell was born in Clifton and moved to Wichita Falls in 1897 to start a milling business with J. A. Kemp.
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Wichita Falls
Frank Kell
West Texas
Southwest
Middle West
General Mills, Inc
Waco
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Perry
Okla
Galveston
Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railroad
Missouri-Kansas
As Railroad
Missouri-Arkansas Railroad
Plants Flour Mill
St. Louis
Texas-New Mexico Cattle Company
Wichita Falls Cotton Oil Company
Olney Oil and Refining Company
Kemp Hotel Corporation
Wichita Falls Warehouse and Building Company
Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Wichita Falls Window Glass Company
Clifton
Tex
J. A. Kemp
Kell
Power outages silence alarms and radio stations
Line supply disruptions halt electrically driven pumps and trigger hundreds of burglar alarms when current is interrupted. Radio stations go silent as the disturbance spreads, affecting communications and security systems.
Serious Talk Is Due From O'Daniel
Senator O'Daniel promised a serious presentation of government problems. He chaired the first power company, directed the Eleventh Federal Reserve Bank District 1915–1928, and owned ranches in Texas, New Mexico, and Old Mexico. He is survived by his widow and six daughters. He spoke at Fair Park and planned to visit Camp Wolters, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee O'Daniel
Fair Park
O’daniel
Camp Wolters
Pat
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Texas U Band Faces Growth to Surpass Longhorn Band
In Austin on September 17, Southwest Conference bands including the University of Texas at Austin face expanding rosters to outpace the Longhorn Band. Director George F. Hurt aims to build a larger music unit with 225 members and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas Longhorn Band
March of Orange and White on Texas Fields
An assemblage of 225 Orange and White-clad men will march onto football fields this year to perform the Eyes of Texas and other numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Conoco Nth motor oil synthetic tests claim long life
The report claims Conoco Nth synthetic oil outlasts five other brands in a test, delivering 13,398 miles per 5-quart fill. It asserts Conocorth surpassed leading brands by thousands of miles and links performance to two synthetic agents in Conocorté motor oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
John Langsdale
Anderson
Ralph C. Page
Tom Davis
Jess Smith
Fred Sebolt
Henry D. Smith
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Leo Turner
U.P
Herbie
Tex” Schneider, Jr
University of Kansas Bell Memorial Hospital
W. G. Hermann
University Hospital
Catherine Leach
Ixstory Hospital
Russell Lewis
IBEW
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Circuit Court of Appeals
Labor Board
AFL
Fred Titus
Roy Anderson
Missouri River
A. E. Bettis
Berlin
High Command
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
Romum
FOX Drug Stores
Lewis Hunter
Kentucky
Willamijamesom & Co., Inc
New York, NY
O'Daniel
Dallas
Dallas - Fort Worth
Texas Panhandle
Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines
Texas U. Band
George FE. Hurt An
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance CO
Priz
Breer
Gulf Brewing Co
Death Valley
Conoco
Chang
Conoco Nta
Cial
U.S
Thialkene
Inhibitor
Conoco N
Conocorth
Merchant
Continental Oil Company
America
Conocorté Motor Oil
Purdue University
MotorRoil
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