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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1933
Page
11
Austin June 1 Four elections set for Aug 26 including constitutional amendments and delegate election on ratifying repeal of the 18th Amendment. Voters will decide on 3.2 beer, home rule powers, a $20,000,000 public works bond, and a coastal homestead tax exemption and city charter provisions.
New York reports 1,493,923,000 kilowatt hours produced for the week ending May 27, up 4.8 percent from the prior year. Fall River textiles announce 12.4 percent wage increases affecting 13,000 workers from nine mills. Silk shipments rise with April yardage up 16.4 percent from March and 21.3 percent from April 1932. Chicago May sales show household washers and ironers at a 12 month high per Voss Brothers.
Governor Alf Landon posted rewards totaling 2750 for the capture of 11 escaped Kansas state prison inmates. Lacey Simpson, new warden, added 1100. landon’s rewards were 250 per convict and Simpson paid 100 per convict.
Amarillo Rotary Club members heard Chansler Weymouth outline a program to assist 147 high school graduates and 27 college graduates from Amarillo in 1933. Rotarians will mentor each youth, conduct conferences, and gather background via questionnaires to guide post schooling plans and immediate adjustment to the world.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized loans to 16 Texas banks and trust companies in April. No loan exceeded 25 000 dollars with the First National Bank of Hondo receiving 25 000. Dallas Building and Loan Association obtained 88 000 and Mortgage Investment Company of El Paso 25 000. Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation at Fort Worth totaled nearly 1 000 000.
District Judge Henry S. Bishop ordered the return of 10 cases or 240 bottles of Coors beer seized at the Canadian River bridge from R A Cody of Amarillo after his attorney 8 F Rose argued the sheriff lacked a valid warrant. Cody claimed the beer was for medicinal use per a doctor’s statement. Cody had been arrested en route from Colorado to Amarillo but released on bond and not indicted. Three more home brew arrests followed against R T Pitman Bill Estes with $750 bonds. W S Shirley jailed. Gathright case set for June 19 as Amarillo’s first public sale brewery beer trial.
Governor William Langer meets contractors to iron out a settlement with striking common laborers after May 16 walkout. About 150 workers resume picketing as last week’s truce ends amid reported disorder.
The grand duchy of Luxemburg imported 340 American made automobiles in 1932 while European models totaled 217, highlighting a strong preference for U S vehicles amid the era.
Dr. Bradford Knapp spoke to 81 West Texas State Teachers College graduates in Canyon urging a focus on conscience and justice over wealth. The ceremony commemorated the largest Panhandle state school class with seven masters and the rest bachelors.
Eldridge N. Anderson a 46 year old federal Internal Revenue agent was shot and killed by his daughter Elsie 17 at the family home in Jackson Mississippi The deputy sheriff quoted the girl saying she killed her father after he attacked her and her mother The incident occurred June 1 according to local authorities
A crowd estimated at 40,000 visited the National Flower and Garden Show in St Louis on opening day. The report notes various incidents and policy updates including a claim of a daughter killing her father after a dispute and Denmark restricting grain and seed imports to those with official import permits.
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