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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1935
Page
2
New York April 4 Friends of Edward J. Reilly question whether he will accept dismissal as chief counsel for Bruno Hauptmann. Mrs Hauptmann sent discharge notice after he billed $25 000, which she called exorbitant and premature.
A mixed column notes light clouds and a slight chance of rain over the weekend while sharing letters and quips about Amarillo gossip, local bars, a Santa Fe petition, a missing guitar case, and humorous anecdotes from radio fans and police jokes. It also mentions health notes on mottled teeth in cows from fluoride in Panhandle water and a banker’s odd burial request.
Federal agents scoured Waynesboro Tennessee on April 4 chasing rumors that Raymond Hamilton hid in the area. Deputy Leroy Sawner observed Hamilton among three men in a small coupe who helped fix a tire. Local barbers recalled three well dressed men hurried to Houston, Texas, after being shaved.
Letter from Ty Tack asks for a middle aged woman to keep house and look after a baby. The appeal notes not much work involved and requests readers to see Tack letters on page 16.
Carlton Walker 46 nephew of Breck Walker founder of Breckenridge was killed in a collision en route to a west Breckenridge ranch covering 35 000 acres Frank Disello driver of the other car was injured and hospitalized Walker formerly vice president of First National Bank and manager of the Walker estate Mrs Breck Walker of Fort Worth was en route and funeral plans awaited her arrival
Houston April 4 Lee Simmons Texas prison chief advocates more axes for convicts who cut themselves to escape work after reports from Retrieve Prison Farm Angleton of self harm and alleged guard brutality. Prison board member Dolly Boyett and Gov Allred ordered investigations as Capt McDaniel looks into charges.
Frak Hageart, a Santa Fe engineer, accompanied by Carl G. Cuttr, county superintendent, will visit Highland Park, Masterson and Allison schools today to speak on safety. Hageart, famed for such talks, will headline after the chapel at River Road School. Governor Janie proclaims April 7 13 as the animal kindness week across Texas.
A long feature blends Civil War reminiscence with local Amarillo notes. It recalls the General and the Texas train raid, then shifts to modern labor talks led by A J Woodward and various local figures, including appointments and social notices at the Sacred Heart and Shrink and Face stores.
An Ethiopian force about 100000 strong concentrates near the Eritrean and Italian Somaliland frontiers. The government calls the deployment precautionary while modern rifles replace spears, with Ethiopian chiefs in command and European officers advising in aviation and other branches.
In Chicago a federal jury awarded Mrs Helen Bedford-Jones, ex-wife of author Henry Bedford-Jones, $100000 in her alienation of affections suit against his present wife Mrs Mary Bernardin Bedford-Jones. The first wife sought $200000. deliberations lasted under three hours.
Weatherman H. T. Collman cites a disturbance over Denver that sparked a major duster across Amarillo and much of the Middlewest. The storm began in Denver and spread west and north with expectations to fade by sundown.
President Roosevelt fished off Conception Island in the British Bahamas after shifting base from Long Island. The dispatch notes a broader, ongoing war era base movement and references rail wage talks and freight issues affecting the workforce and transport.
Four men entered El Banco Commercial in Monterrey with drawn guns and killed bank president Ramon Elizondo 55 after noon yesterday. One bandit leader, Chavarria, remained at large as three accomplices were arrested by officers exiting the bank. a wide search continued. Elizondo was a prominent businessman and capitalist with interests across Mexico.
In Cherokee Oklahoma on April 4, 13 year old Bobby McBeth was jailed in Alfalfa County for the alleged slaying of his 15 year old brother Billy during a quarrel at the Western Oklahoma Home in Helena. Their mother is Mrs Georgia McBeth of Pauls Valley.
Kansas City hogs open steady to strong with top per cwt around 7.05. cattle and calves show firm to higher prices led by good fed steers near 12.65 and cows and heifers steady to higher. New Orleans cotton opens firm then slips with May around 10.94, July 10.99 fading to 10.78. December 10.53 as offers increase. New York stocks mixed with early gains and list incomplete in print.
In Cork Irish Free State Medical Officer Dr J C Saunders surveyed 64 shops and warned butchers to prevent flies on meat and stop street dust blowing over meats. He indicated punishment could follow for violations. In Hoquiam Washington a rural mail carrier skipped a box, finding weeds and an occupied mailbox on the return trip.
In what may be the longest two way radio link, a Radiomarine operator at Chathamport Mass conversed for ten minutes with a British plane near the Persian Gulf about 200 miles distant.
Fragmentary OCR lists many company names including Union Carbide Union Oil United Aircraft United Corp Westinghouse Gulf Oil and others with stray percentages and notes, lacking coherent context or event. The readable items are corporate listings and vague percentages without a narrative or date.
An old advertising note touts Feen a mint laxative as a non habit forming chewable that gently stimulates intestines. It claims saliva and digestion prepare the system and urges timely use at 15c or 25c without increasing dosage.
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