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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1933
Page
3
Attorneys for Ira Kelly filed a motion for a new trial in district court after a jury sentenced him to death for attacking a 12 year old girl. The conviction came yesterday following his guilty plea for the April 22 attack.
President Roosevelt returns to Little Harbor New Hampshire aboard the Amberjack after a sail from Gloucester. He meets with budget director Lewis Douglas and Col. Edward M. House to discuss veterans' economy while enjoying a rare sea outing before heading to Portland, Maine. Roosevelt plans a rest in Rye Beach with granddaughter Sarah Delano Roosevelt nearby. He remains aboard since Saturday night, noting he is just enjoying life.
War department officials said millions would be spent on Fort Bliss construction for the First Cavalry Division but the exact scope and amount remained uncertain. About 13 million was slated for 1934 but plans were cancelled and turned to the public works division under the National Recovery Act with a decision awaited from Colonel Donald Sawyer.
The first wheat of the season arrived in Panhandle on June 21 and sold for 61 cents a bushel, testing 59. A 50 acre field four miles southeast produced the sample brought by O. R. Meaker. The grain, bought by the W. B. Johnston Grain Company for a premium, had good color and no per acre yield was reported since the full field was not harvested.
Austin June issue lists charters granted to Miller Paint Company Inc of San Angelo with $9,000 capital stock and incorporators Vaughan Miller Zoula Miller and E E Murphy along with Superior Material Company of Longview with $5,000 capital stock and incorporators J W Wilson J W Willis and T S Pittman.
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports 89 stores show a smaller year to date decline in department and clothing sales. Cumulative sales are down 12.6 percent versus last year, improved from 16 percent through April. Abilene Port Arthur and San Angelo posted May gains of 24.2 25.5 and 24.7 percent while Houston Dallas and Fort Worth showed modest increases.
The Ford Motor Company unveils a display at the Congress Hotel on Michigan Boulevard, running through the Century of Progress Exposition. Visitors may tour the Chicago assembly plant at 12600 Torrence Avenue, with free transportation via company buses and cars.
Belle Bonfils widow of F G Bonfils Denver publisher filed in county court to take one half of her husband's estate in lieu of a 50 000 life annuity. The estate was valued at over 8 million dollars at probate filing.
Washington June 21 The Arkansas Natural Gas Corporation formed by a 1928 merger was described to the Federal Trade Commission by Roger E B Barnes accountant. He said the deal yielded Cities Service Company 4 666 109 more in stock value than its investment and a net write up of 5 669 000 in holding company assets with an equal write up in liabilities.
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