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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1934
Page
2
A longtime Amarillo columnist jokes about violence in town and venturing into weather forecasts. He riffs on public sentiment, recalls John McKnight’s weather tale, and notes local social scenes including Lawrence Hagy’s courtship with Miss Jean Gouldy. The piece blends satire with small-town life through dated humor and local figures.
The piece discusses Texas drought perceptions in the East, the need to publicize Texas conditions, and plans for a Texas Press Special. Amarillo reporters Roy Greenhill and Joe Killough join a publicity train to the East to show Texas is not desert and to gather news for daily writing on Washington.
A girl named Lee Ola Doster died after taking strychnine poison. Coroner rules the death self administered. The incident occurred near midnight Saturday as Easter services approached. Survivors include parents two brothers Van and Boyd and four sisters. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the N S Griggs & Sons Chapel.
A reader requests help finding ranch work and a job. The note asks Tack for assistance in securing employment and expresses appreciation for any guidance or opportunities. The message is brief and directed to Tack.
The jury in the Crutchfield murder trial sentenced him to life imprisonment for killing Amarillo police captain Preston Burnam. The verdict followed two weeks of testimony on sanity and the state’s pursuit of the death penalty. The defense contends he may appeal, with the term extended to April for further action.
The 74 year old Samuel Insull traveled through rain to a legal conference after a heavy breakfast and newspaper read. police accompany him as he learns his Illinois charges over utility holdings are deemed a common crime in Turkey rather than political. He awaited details tomorrow while awaiting court action in Istanbul.
Kiwanians and friends will dance tonight at the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. Peggy Manney's orchestra will play with surprise features and a two dollar entrance “money” usable at side attractions. Proceeds fund sports equipment. admission is 25 cents per person.
All’s Well radio report from Little America Antarctica says Rear Admiral Richard Byrd is settled in his one room shack 123 miles south of Little America for a seven month solo weather study. He notes winter nights bring rare tranquility and plans to maintain a continuous meteorological record and write from the snow bound hut.
Barrow and Bonnie Parker may have stopped at a Round Rock filling station as a dragnet sweeps Texas after a late night sighting. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker are blamed for patrolmen’s deaths as Luke Trammell is recaptured near Coleman after a jail break. Dillinger and Hamilton remain at large with a suspected bank robbery plan in the Northwest, while a woman companion is shot and Dillinger seen near Duluth.
Several committees work to expand adult education as business leaders express interest. The program lost state relief funds after a telegram to Amarillo arrived Saturday night, hindering contact with state director George H. Fern. About 45 teachers run afternoon and evening classes in high schools rural schools and a day nursery.
Moscow reports fear that three Russian aviators Kamanin Molo koff and Pivenstein perished during a heroic effort to rescue 89 marooned men on an ice floe off Siberia. They departed March 29 from Anaoyr toward Cape Van Karen in a snowstorm despite risky conditions. A survivor bulletin from Otto Schmidt’s Wrangel Island expedition noted fresh meat from a polar bear and the group’s good spirits.
The American composer Cadman will conduct the Amarillo Civic Chorus and the Mendelssohn Male Chorus in a program featuring his Indian legend pieces and flute numbers. Neibarger, praised for a refined tenor, will be a soloist, with sponsor Emil F. Myers backing the event at Amarillo College of Music and the High School box office.
The day featured a alleged Money plot to thwart recovery, calls to modify distilled spirits rectifying code, a Postal Telegraph proposal for control of telegraph and radio communications, and Western Union's stance on code adoption. House committees prepared hearings on 12 direct-loan banks, minor securities act amendments, and fiscal policy urging new money to fund current expenses. Senator Gwen backed the Dies silver bill amid Senate agriculture committee testimony.
Audrey and Eilene, in low and high school ranks, share smiles as a family photo is taken while Brother remains solemn. The Kiowa reservation in Oklahoma reports nearly 13 000 acres terraced under a soil conservation program for farm land managed by Indian owners.
Kansas City livestock prices show steady hogs and higher calves with strong fed steers. Cattle and sheep values cited with wide ranges for weights. New Orleans cotton opens firmer ahead of Easter. grain and bond markets mixed as New York stocks modestly rise on select shares.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration are led by Hopkins. In most states relief and civil works administrations are identical, with officials claiming the new setup will better identify who needs work for food and clothing. No definite resume date for the emergency relief program in this area is given.
State headquarters at Austin reports the relief program, led by Gaines D. Whitsitt, county relief administrator, was suspended here for the entire last week.
In Amarillo osteopathic doctors advocate artificial fever and diathermy for select infections and pelvic disease following Dr Still’s theory. Since 1920s they have used Elliott and other apparatuses, citing De Kruif's April Ladies Home Journal piece and urging cautious, non cure-all use with proven benefits in certain cases.
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