Stevenson Oil Proposal Faces Compact Session In New Orleans
Dallas April 1 The Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association backed Governor Stevenson's plan to return oil regulation to state authorities aligning with 13 producing states and urging the Petroleum Administration for War to limit federal directives. Copies were sent to Harold Ickes and state officials as the Interstate Oil Compact meets in New Orleans.
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Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Qeuek
New Orleans
Monay
Stevenson
Petroleum Administration
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Association
Petroleum Administrator
PAW
Teacher Trainers To Study Health Survey
Health officials say Texas four year health and developmental survey of school children will be reviewed by Texas teacher training institutions in Austin next week. Dr D B Harmon notes the conference will become a workshop to align survey findings with teacher education needs. Readings come from Austin Lindale and Stanton. Dr Carl F Moore Jr, Dr George W Cox lead the discussions. The study was under the state health department through the interprofessional commission on child development. Washington report: The National War Labor Board permits Jesse Jones to adjust certain non civil service salaries in the Commerce Department without prior WLB approval if wage rules are followed.
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Texas
State Department of Health
Texas In
D. B. Harmon
Division of Educational Services
Carl F. Moore, Jr
Maternal and Child Health
State Health Department
Lindale
Stanton
Smith County
George W. Cox
Educational ST Vices
Washington
National War Labor Board
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Commerce Department
WLB
Senator Appointed To Circuit Court Bench
The Senate approved President Roosevelt's nomination of Homer T. Bone to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Bone will succeed the late Bert F. Haney while receiving swift confirmation after unanimous consent. He previously faced reelection considerations in a party-shifted Washington scene.
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Senate
Bone
The
Beech Aircraft Corp Lands $50 Million Credit That Affects Nine States
At noon today the Fourth National Bank of Wichita and 35 other banks loaned Beech Aircraft Corp 50 million dollars in a 30 month revolving credit guaranteed by the government for 90 percent. The loan funds will back aircraft production for the government and related assemblies. Banks from Texas to Kansas participated in the largest Middle West private banking deal to date.
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Kans
Middle West
Fourth National Bank of
Beech Aircraft Corp
Téxas—Republic National Bank and Trust Company
Mérchantile
Acute Labor Shortage Areas Decline In March
The War Manpower Commission reports March's acute labor shortage areas fell from 72 to 67. Galveston Texas Pine Bluff Arkansas and Wichita Kansas moved from group 1 to group 2 with anticipated shortages within six months. The piece also references historic refrigeration theory from the 18th century and lists several Texas and Houston banks including Dallas National Bank Fort Worth banks and Amarillo First National Bank.
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Washington
U.P
War Manpower Commission
Galveston
Tex
Pine Bluff
Ark
Wichita
Kans
Solons Weigh Summer Recess Amid War Year
Congress may spend a third wartime summer at home if leaders can push major legislation by a June or July recess. Majority Leader Barkley says a recess could occur after Easter while campaigns run for reelection. Senate faces anti-poll tax bill and stalled appropriations before June 30.
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Congress
Barkley Ky
Barkley
House
Senate
Chicago
Two Shot Wounding in Haifa Breaks British Immigration Calm
A British police inspector and a Jewish police sergeant were shot and wounded in Haifa this morning. The attack occurred as Britain nears the expiration of a limit allowing Jewish immigration to 75,000. The incident unsettles security during the tense immigration period.
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Haifa Jerusalem
Haifa
Shock Absorber Plan Urges Labor Management Grievance
WOLB chairman Floyd McGown announced a new division to aid employers and unions in incorporating grievance procedures into collective bargaining agreements. The plan aims to act as a shock absorber for post war problems and will be explained at three one day meetings in Austin April 21 Baton Rouge April 28 and Tulsa May with 50 panel members expected.
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Dallas
Eighth Regional War Labor Board
WOLB
Floyd McGown
McGown
Austin
Tex
Baton Rouge
Tulsa
Okla
Peruvian envoy dies in Washington
Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Peruvian ambassador to the United States and dean of the Washington diplomatic corps, died today in Washington.
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Washington
Manuel de Freyre Y Santander
United States
Caliper Compass Invention Attributed To 1540
A historical note credits the caliper compass with invention in 1540, marking an early milestone in precision measuring instruments. The claim ties to early European technic and craft traditions.
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