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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1932
Page
1
Albert H. Vestal of Indiana longtime Republican whip in the House died at 57 after a period of declining health. Vestal, elected to Congress from the Eighth District, had served as whip for six years, coordinating party forces for votes on the floor.
On the eve of the election Amarillo faces a heavy poll as four trustees are chosen from nine candidates. The ticket includes Parcells Morgan Askew Van Shaw Galle Roach with candidates proposing tax cuts, layoff fears, and economy measures for the school system and Amarillo College.
Chinese reports said fighting continued near Ta tsang, 30 miles northwest of Shanghai, with increasing seriousness. Japanese accounts denied engagement with the main army but claimed clashes with a mutinous Chinese detachment. Delegates pressed for an armistice, but deadlock over withdrawal and policing the evacuated zone persisted.
Telephones at Amarillo police headquarters and the city pound rang nonstop on April 1. An officer explained the prank note requesting a call to 6211, and many callers sought owners of animals. The pound master faced repeated inquiries and blank responses.
A petroleum firm expanded a price increase across the Midcontinent region, matching a Texas and Gulf schedule that adds about one dollar per barrel, as reported in today’s notice.
The report lists crude pricing changes with multiple bids in Texas Oklahoma and nearby states. It notes 2 to 15 cent shifts with various gravity differentials and regional notations including Homa North Texas West Texas and Corsicana.
United Mine Workers reports about 75 000 miners unemployed as coal tipples close from Illinois to West Virginia after four weeks of wage talks failed. Illinois losses include 43000 to 46000 diggers. Indiana deep shaft mines add about 4000 more out of work. Conference adjourned with no resumption in sight.
Arthur Brisbane comments on southern agriculture and cotton crops as a train journey through Florida and the Carolinas reveals ground work for cotton. He notes prohibitive transport costs and distribution problems while millions in the North need fruit, urging practical crops and markets.
Washington reports detail a House vote to tax stock dividends at the normal rate, with Speaker Garner accusing Hoover and Mills of blocking cuts. He argues cabinet resistance costs could be cut by 250 million if cooperation exists, as Senate economics push further budget curbs.
The First National Bank at Dickinson was looted last night with an unestimated cash haul. President Paul Lobit said the vault usually held about $6,000.
Roger W. Babson argues that advertising will play a crucial role in restoring prosperity. He notes a rise in U S stock ownership in leading corporations and stresses public responsibility for national welfare as businesses seek to improve value and consumer perception.
At the 21st annual Texas Cotton Association convention in Houston on April 1, speakers attacked the Federal Farm Board and the Agricultural Marketing Act. They criticized the acts as wasting half a billion taxpayers’ dollars without benefiting farmers.
Three year old Gerald Collins was rescued after spending 11 hours wedged 20 feet inside a mine shaft near Picher Oklahoma. He arrived at Baptist hospital in Miami bruised pale and feverish but awake and cheerful, with doctors assessing possible pneumonia risk.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with Saturday partly cloudy skies in Amarillo and surrounding areas. West Texas sees fair weather with warming, except the Panhandle where increasing cloudiness is expected. New Mexico remains generally fair with little temperature change.
Private detectives watched a house in Philadelphia after a tip from two men who warned of a blue sedan and a man and woman. The informants urged door crashing to find the Lindbergh baby. The lead came March 18 to Morton Bernstein.
A Denver jury considers whether three men George Reed Joe Pannell and Art Taylor should be convicted or acquitted on charges of kidnapping bakery manager Benjamin P Bower for ransom. Judge Steele rejected accessory verdicts and deliberations followed an eight hour session.
The advance representative of Smiling Faces arrives in Amarillo to announce Fred Stone musical comedy with two shows on April 16. A 75 member company travels from Dallas by special train, with a large orchestra. Ticket sales are brisk with matinee and evening prices listed.
H Fowler Belote pleaded guilty before District Judge Whit Boyd to engineering the $3450 robbery of Tom Ball State Bank in Houston. He received a life imprisonment sentence.
A chaotic captioned montage features Calvin Coolidge crooning at $1 per word, Alfalfa Bill Murray pushing a peanut toward Washington, and Andrew Melton depicted amid economic hardship. German leaders von Burg and Hitler pose together as April election looms, Gandhi trains for the Olympics, and Alfred E. Smith and Herbert Hoover exchange items as a playful political satire unfolds.
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