Governor May Call Another Special Term
Governor may convene another special term to address urgent budget or legislative needs. Officials weigh implications for state programs, deadlines, and political dynamics as the session potentiall y expands.
27 Sep 1934
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1934
Page
1
Governor may convene another special term to address urgent budget or legislative needs. Officials weigh implications for state programs, deadlines, and political dynamics as the session potentiall y expands.
Gov Miriam Ferguson signed a bill authorizing six million dollars in state bonds to aid relief for needy citizens. The Board of Control began immediate conferences to implement the program and requested a two million dollar federal advance for October relief needs. The Texas Bond Commission planned sale of the first one million dollar block and lawmakers eyed a possible special session to handle remaining relief and policy shifts.
Friday will feature an Amarillo Day at the Panhandle South Plains Fair in Lubbock. A delegation from Amarillo will travel, led by Bill Beechier of the Tri-State Fair reception committee. The American Legion Auxiliary Drum Corps will be the official musical unit for the Amarillo group.
Panhandle ranchers gather at 10 in the Amarillo hotel to protest the termination of emergency cattle buying. Jay Taylor of the Panhandle Livestock Association says 6,000,000 cattle have been purchased under AAA with many missed opportunities for beef producers.
President Roosevelt directs NRA toward a management by boards model and signals an evolutionary path. He meets Donald Richberg and plans to address the nation from the White House next Sunday night. He urges industry leadership while avoiding specifics on budget balance NRA or 1934 plans.
O Blackshare, 43, amnesia victim from Pysione Texas, missing since July 3, located in Phoenix after two weeks of searches by detectives. He planned to visit his wife at Casa Grande with the Morgans, friends of the family, and showed improvement. He had written to a Longview hospital about his four year old son burned in a gasoline explosion, leading to the clue.
Federal Judge T M Kennerly fined Sam Latresti 200 dollars and sentenced him to four months in the New Orleans jail after Latresti acknowledged he provided 14 gallons of liquor to win votes and political goodwill. The judge dismissed the idea of trading liquor for votes as unacceptable.
Ruby Britain, 29, widowed, says she killed Seymour businessman Horace Nichols after suspecting danger during a date, claiming Nichols had other women and threatened her. She recounts a confrontation near Vernon with Nichols and Miss Couch, drove away, later crashed, and was arrested. Letters labeled affectionate were offered in evidence.
Final judging in Panhandle South Plains fair wraps with results due Thursday while attendance hits a record for the period. H B Hales and Son win Holstein honors as Texas Tech tops Guernsey division and Shorthorn victors go to Duallyn Farms and King and Son.
Canadian Texas starts extension work on the waterworks system becoming the first Texas Panhandle PWA project. Mayor Edward C. Fisher reports crews will grow as materials arrive with two shifts until completion. J H Gehbauer consulting engineer oversees the project for Vadder Construction Company of Childress.
Ralls reports the newly paved Highway 24 will open at 2:30 PM Thursday with many spectators from cities along the route. The road now runs paved from Lubbock to Dickens, leaving only a few miles between Lubbock and the Fort Worth Dallas area still unpaved, as Fort Worth delegates attend the ceremony.
Forecast calls for Thursday in Amarillo and vicinity partly cloudy and warmer. West Texas west of the 100th meridian also partly cloudy and warmer in the north portion. New Mexico generally fair Thursday. Yesterday temperatures in Amarillo ranged from the mid 40s to upper 80s with a high near 88 and a low around 60.
Reports from the Board of Pardons and Paroles on Ed Perchmouth Stanton’s clemency plea reached the governor but were not studied before she left Austin. If not stayed, Stanton faces execution early Friday for the Swisher County sheriff slaying. The case drew protests from Mrs Moseley and local prosecutors.
Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for extorting fifty thousand dollars from Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh after the flier testified before the Bronx County grand jury. The era marked by suspense as a related ex convict tied to the abduction and the child’s death surfaced with new ransom bills and a small caliber revolver found in Hauptmann’s garage.
Amarillo scales back to the High School auditorium for a mass meeting to launch the National Better Housing program city wide. The event runs from 8 to 10 PM with Walter D. Cline as principal speaker and participation from unions churches the American Legion and local civic groups.
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