AFL to Consider Charter for Actors Union in Amusement Industry
An AFL executive council committee urged approving an international charter for the American Federation of Actors dominating all variety artists. The move risks a split with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, which backs stagehands. The AAAA accuses IATSE of poaching actors while AAAA ousted the AFA over officer conduct, threatening a national artistic upheaval if rejected.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
American Federation of Actors
AFL Executive Council
Matthew Woll
Thomas A. Rickert
John Coesiel
Hollywood
Associated Actors and Artists of America
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
AAAA
IATSF
IATSE
AFA
FDR Signs Social Security Bill in Federal Reform
President Roosevelt signed the social security revision act freezing payroll taxes at one percent for three years. The measure extends coverage to over a million additional workers and advances start of old age and survivors insurance to next January, while opposing the Connally amendment toward full federalization.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Farm Payments Must Continue for 1940 and Beyond
Government payments to farmers will be necessary in 1940 and for several years to come. I W Duggan of the AAA urged county agents that parity income must be maintained to support farmers and business. He warned world wheat prices are low, with only 12 percent of wheat sold abroad, and compared wheat to cotton parity issues. R M Evans of Washington, chief of the AAA, was the principal speaker at a noon luncheon with several hundred attendees.
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I. W. Duggan
AAA
Duggan
Mr. Duggan
Hill
R. M. Evans
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Evans
Amarillo
Charles Thomas
Pampa
Jess Watson
Newcastle
State Association
Fred R. Merrifield
Leroy K. Smith
Crop Insurance Corporation
E. N. Holgreen
M. P. Leaming
FE. R. Duke
College Station
P. C. Coggin
EB. E. Jacobs
Southern Division
Herring Hotel
Jay Taylor
The
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association
R. I. Duggan
Chansler Weymouth
Panhandle
Grover Hill
Washington
DD. C
Murals for Amarillo Post Office to Reflect Local Heritage
Amarillo plans 567 square feet of murals in the new post office lobby. Contest invites residents to specify local history events, industries, landscapes, and postal service development to shape the art. Six murals will be funded at 6500 dollars plus installation with anonymous entries and a local jury oversight.
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Amarillo
Section of Fine Arts
Treasury Department
Post Office
Globe News
Earl Fuqua
Paul Horgan
Roswell
Guy Carlander
Amavillo
KE. l L. Roberts
O. T. Maxwell
Fine Arts Procurement Division
Washington, D. C
Fuqua
Southwest
Washington
Two New York Aviators Head for Ireland
Two New York aviators Alex Loeb and Dick Decker announced Ireland as their destination and took off from Point Michaud Beach near St. Peter's Nova Scotia in a Ryan monoplane.
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ST. Peter’s
Nova Scotia
New York
Alex Loeb
Dick Decker
Ireland
Point Michaud Beach
Cape Breton Island
Barkley Attacks Republicans at Young Democrats Convention
Senator Barkley of Kentucky assailed GOP tactics at the Young Democrats National Convention in Pittsburgh. He accused Republicans of darkness and seeking an issue, blamed Hoover for rising debt, and praised New Deal foundations while stressing honest relief spending under Roosevelt.
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Pittsburgh
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Aubrey Williams
Zere
Barkley
Democratic Party
Hoover
Hyde Park
Palo Alto
Roosevelt
Williams
Nimble Fingers Earn Texas Gold Star for Eunice Bell
Eunice Bell a 17 year old Potter County girl is among 100 4 H Club Gold Star winners in Texas. She built a storage space and redesigned a rural home costing little while sewing and wardrobe work earned her the gold star and a trip to College Station and Galveston. She plans college in home economics and designs her own clothing, funded by modest earnings.
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Lewis Nordyke
Eunice Bell
Potter County
Eunice
Texas
Spitz
College Station
Galveston
Pauline Lakey
Bell
Amarillo
Donnie
Wolflin Road
Lass
Oma Mae Jameson
Annenberg Indicted in Massive Tax Evasion Case
A federal grand jury indicted M. L. Annenberg and associates for evading more than 5.5 million dollars in income taxes and penalties from 1932 to 1936. The case cites 3.26 million dollars in taxes due and 2.29 million in penalties and interest, with 624 thousand paid in those years. Walter Annenberg and others are named as aiding and abetting.
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Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
U. S
William J. Campbell
Annenberg
Walter
Arnold W. Kruse
Joseph E. Hafner
The
Cecilia Co
Internal Revenue
Philadelphia Inquirer
Campbell
Heavy Rains Hit Panhandle Area With Damaging Lightning
The Panhandle and South Plains saw heavy rainfall with Amarillo at the center of moisture. Downtown recorded 1.69 inches and the airport 1.39 inches as an electrical storm struck causing damage to the Joe F. Parr home at 829 Mississippi Street.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Lubbock
Dalhart
Texline
New Mexico
Sparrows Counted Dead After Heavy Rain
Tommy Rowan reports 128 dead sparrows in the yard of N. 8. Griggs at 1501 Taylor Street after last night's downpour. He says the birds were drowned.
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Tommy Rowan
Taylor Street
Griggs
Tommy
Rainfall Ends Drought Sweep Across Panhandle Area
Weather reports from Adrian to Hale County show from inch to 3 inches of rain ending a severe crop drought. Cotton Center in Hale County logged 3 inches with other totals including Plainview 1.35 and Shallowater 1 inch. Highs reached 91 degrees yesterday with 89 forecast and a low around 60 last night.
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Panhandle
Hereford
Weather Bureau
Adrian
Claude
Clarendon
Childress
Crosbyton
Dalhart
Dimmitt
Dumas
Follett
Memphis
Miami
Muleshoe
Pampa
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Des Moines
Texico
Coronado Commission Seeks Armor for 400th Celebration
The Coronado Commission in Albuquerque asks for old suits of armor for New Mexico 400th anniversary events in 1940 and contemplates manufacturing armor if none are available.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Coronado Commission
New Mexico
Weather Outlook Amarillo and West Texas Tonight
The forecast indicates scattered thundershowers tonight in Amarillo and nearby areas with a transition to partly cloudy skies by Saturday afternoon. New Mexico regions should see mainly cloudy conditions with scattered showers in the north and west tonight. West Texas stays partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer readings in the northeast and extreme north-central zones. The 24 hour low is 60 and high 91 with today at noon 79. Rainfall totals show 138 inches.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
West Texas
Florida Attacker Revealed as Man With Bad Record
Thomas Cochran, 34, alleged to have lured two Miami girls for movie work, assaulted and murdered one, and to have preyed on women nationwide for 13 years. Police link him to rape cases, possible murder, swindles, impersonations. He deserted the army, abandoned a wife and two children, and posed as a federal officer and talent scout. He was hidden in a jail outside West Palm Beach to avert mob violence.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Thomas Cochran
Miami
San Francisco
Boy Hangs On Rafter, Stops Heart in Elevator Shaft
In Greenville Ohio a 10 year old boy Ernest Hall fell into an empty building elevator shaft and hung by his elbows on a beam fifteen feet from the bottom. Doctors say his grip pressed a rib against his heart causing it to stop briefly before recovery.
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Greenville
Ernest Hall
KGNC Tower Model Displayed At Blackburn Brothers
A 370 foot KGNC tower model is on display in Blackburn Bros window on Polk Street. The miniature, painted and lit with wires, mirrors the planned tower as engineers work on the original.
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KGNC
Blackburn Brothers
Blackburn Bros
Polk Street
Humble Lowers Texas Oil Prices Across Regions
Humble Oil and Refining Co cuts Texas crude payments by up to 32 cents a barrel, effective 7 A M. The rate reductions cover Panhandle West Texas Gulf Coast Anahuac Dickinson Refugio Miranda East Texas West Central Texas East Central Texas Van Salt Flat Pecos Talco Flour Bluff and Conroe. Amarillo oil men expect further price cuts from other buyers following Sinclair Prairie’s 20 cent drop.
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Houston
Aug
U.P
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Texas
Humble
Sinclair Prairie Marketing Company
Hum
Panhandle
West Texas
Texas Gulf Coast
Anahuac-Dickinson
Refugio-Miranda
East Texas
Amarillo
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FDR
Amarillo Postoffice
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Gop
Neely Greenhill Agey
Florida
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