24 Mar 1933
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1933
Page
1
Berlin March 23 Germany became a dictatorship as the Reichstag voted 441 to 94 to empower Hitler to govern by decree for four years. Socialists protested while Nazis cheered as Hitler announced a program including restoration of the monarchy and opposition to communism.
Wiley Post, who circled the globe with Harold Gatty in 1931, landed at the civil airport from Tampico this afternoon aboard the Winnie Mae carrying five passengers. He will stay about a week testing a robot gyro scope for potential use in another world flight this summer.
March 23. Representative Fuller of Arkansas proposed abolishing the Federal Farm Board in the U S House today. He cited inefficiency and suggested replacing it with direct credit and loan support for farmers. The bill aims to curtail federal farming interventions and streamline agricultural policy.
Partly cloudy and warmer Friday with showers likely in the eastern portions. Northwest New Mexico unsettled with showers in the north and east, warmer far southeast, colder northwest and north central areas. Temperatures at Amarillo include highs near 56 and lows around 44 to 56 with variable readings yesterday and today.
President Roosevelt pressed rapid preparation of a large scale farm mortgage refinancing program to supplement the relief bill passed by the House. The plan seeks up to two billion dollars in new government bonds to refinance existing debts and would centralize credit to reach up to three billion in short-term indebtedness. Senate opposition signals a prolonged fight, with hearings unlikely and more than 100 amendments anticipated.
A report for the Oklahoma Senate committee recommends immediate removal of Col Cicero S. Murray as head of the military detachment enforcing oil proration in Oklahoma City. The panel faults Murray and the militia use, cites alleged racketeering in hot oil, and notes failure to answer subpoenas. The Senate Oil and Gas Committee also favors a bill to remove gubernatorial appointment power over proration officials and militia use, with action set for tomorrow.
J P White owner of the Yellowhouse Ranch southwest of here purchased 5000 additional acres adjoining the 14000 acre old headquarters. The ranch is being fenced and cattle shipped to the site. He plans building at headquarters but will not rebuild the old ranch house now. White and his uncle Maj George W Littlefield bought the ranch from XIT over 30 years ago, making it one of West Texas’ historic outfits.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson signed a bill in Austin requiring labeling of inferior gasoline. The measure aims to curb gasoline tax evasion and was introduced by Representative W. M Harman of Waco.
The Rev H J McKinnell urged justice tempered with mercy as the final witness for his daughter Winnie Ruth Judd before the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles She faces execution for the murder of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson with a death date set for April 14 The elder Judd questioned the board on premeditation and appropriate punishment while defending Ruth Judd and condemning unrelated evidence as cruel and wrong
AP reports multiple states advancing beer legalization as prohibition repeal looms. Attorney General Cummings sets 3.2 per cent beer sale to begin 12:01 A M April 7 local time and allows ads if no law violation intent. House okays DC sales with underage bans. Maine Senate backs amendment to legalize. Massachusetts Governor Ely signs manufacturing and bottling bill. Iowa Senate advances a state constitutional measure.
Austin reports Texas beer bill to legalize beverages with up to 3.2 percent alcohol is being rewritten. Sponsors John M. Ma this of Houston and J. L. Ander son of San Antonio say the measure will conform to federal law and be ready for committee action next Monday. Until state prohibition laws are amended it remains unlawful to sell 3.2 percent beer.
The House passed a bill by 180 to 53 to permit sale of beer and other fermented drinks with 3.2 per cent alcohol, amid a debate on drunkenness on the floor. Speaker Rainey indicated no reason to ban its sale in the House restaurant, calling the 3.2 percent beer non intoxicating. The measure, described as a model for state legislatures, includes a provision restricting sales to certain persons. Continued on Page 6 Col. 5.
Ten thousand Jews marched to City Hall Park in New York to protest German persecutions and urge a boycott of German goods. Mayor O'Brien met the delegation and urged united action while planning a Madison Square Garden protest with speakers including Alfred E. Smith and Bishop Manning. The scene echoed Berlin's government warning that a boycott would hurt the United States and tied to international church leaders urging action against anti semitism.
Dan McGrath of Amarillo was appointed Special assistant U S attorney general by President Franklin D Roosevelt. The move, the first of its kind in the Justice Department, follows his long party service and work at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last June. McGrath, Georgetown Law School 1925 graduate, has been with the Amarillo firm Shannon Ochsner and Pheiffer and previously served as assistant district attorney and county attorney of Potter County. He will assume duties immediately.
The Texas legislature approved a 31 percent cut in judiciary expenses for the next biennium, setting salaries and totals. The appropriation totals 3,912,675 for the next two years, with district judges at 4,000 annually and high court judges at 6,000, as part of broader state budget reductions.
Port Arthur former mayor J. P. Logan, now living in Dallas, was named in two indictments returned in Beaumont charging theft of two checks totaling 159 dollars issued to fire department employees while he served as mayor in 1931. This raises his total pay check charge count to 38 and follows prior acquittals in similar cases.
John Furlong an 82 year old Cave of the Winds guide leaped from Goat Island Bridge and was carried over Niagara Falls today. He spent his life near the cataract explaining its wonders to visitors.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Fort Worth and Denver railroad bridge seven miles north of Shamrock Tuesday afternoon. The loss was estimated at $2,000 by T. H. Sonnenburg, Denver passenger agent.
A resolution to designate The Stars and Stripes Forever as the national march was introduced in Washington on March 23 by Representative Shallenberger of Nebraska to honor its composer John Philip Sousa.
Anti prohibitionists urged a state election on ratification of the eighteenth amendment before a Senate state affairs committee. The House had passed a delay on selecting convention delegates until the 1934 general election. Houston figures Kirby and Mrs. W P Hobby opposed the date, while Hobby urged a November vote and fair vote counting with wet and dry observers.
Senator Long of Louisiana said in the District of Columbia Supreme Court he would invoke congressional immunity as a defense in the $500000 slander suit filed by Samuel T. Ansell, former judge advocate general of the army.
The Singer’s Midgets opened last night at Municipal Auditorium for a series of local appearances. Carl Florian led the orchestra, singing, comedy and routine. Charles Becker trained elephants and provided comic presence. Stella Royal danced in You're Blase with Florian. Isnt It Romantic and Moonlight and Roses followed.
Ten percent of all proceeds from the Friday and Saturday performances at Municipal Auditorium go to the Thrift Room, with remaining profits supporting Community Kitchens. Shows are 8:30 p.m. night and 3 p.m. matinees, adults 40 cents nights and 30 cents matinees, children 25 and 15 cents. Tickets available at City Drug Store on Polk Street or at the box office.
Federal Judge Randolph Bryant issued a citation ordering members of the Texas Railroad Commission to appear in Sherman on April 8 to show cause why they should not be held in contempt. The action follows East Texas oil operators claiming the commission is enforcing oil proration orders already voided by a federal court. The operators filed to compel the commission to justify enforcement of the void orders.
Federal courts and the Texas Railroad Commission move toward further action in the East Texas oil field dispute. A Sherman hearing is ordered for April 8 to probe why officials should not be punished for defying court orders. The Railroad Commission orders an indefinite shutdown of about 10,000 wells starting Monday at 9 AM with a two hour test period from 7 to 9 AM.
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