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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1937
Page
5
Six children aged from 8 months to 15 years perished when their two story frame house near Port Alleghany Pa burned. The parents Gerald and Mrs Sweezey were critically burned as they tried to rescue the youngsters from second floor bedrooms. The factory house stood near a chemical works in a cluster of similar homes.
Ed Holden, a Los Angeles truck driver, found his wife Donna and daughter Lemona shot to death in their home after returning from a route. A note from Donna Hopkins spoke of despair and taking Lemona with her, suggesting suicide. Police indicated the killings and suicide occurred early yesterday but were only discovered today.
Potter County grand jury in a 10 week term completed all business in 18 days and reduced expenses to 585 dollars while bailiffs cost 252 dollars. Foreman J B LeVert led 40 indictments and 23 no bills, with five felonies downgraded to misdemeanors, at a cost of 21 dollars per indictment.
Kansas City livestock week summary reports hogs to 10.15 with weights 140 to 300 pounds and cattle output including 12,000 cattle and 2,000 calves with yearlings above 12.00. New Orleans cotton opens with May 14.38 and July 14.31, Oct 13.79, March 13.82 as traders await new incentives.
Courthouse records list warranty deeds from Esther Mayo to Fom Gobel in 1932 and multiple 1937 transfers with prices. Also contains vehicle registrations and a batch of marriage licenses for local couples.
NYU Law Dean Frank H. Sommer denounced the Roosevelt court bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee as hostile to the Constitution. He urged constitutional amendments amid concerns over a possible Supreme Court decision on the Wagner Act and warned of threats to judicial independence. The piece notes discussion of industrial education in China.
In Chicago on April 5 cash corn hit the highest prices in 17 years. May delivery rose four cents the daily limit to a new 12 year high. Spot corn traded above 1.50 dollars per bushel, a cash-market peak since 1920. May corn climbed to about 1.385 dollars, near the 1930 high.
In Amarillo the March total of 297 new vehicle registrations topped any March since 1936, with 57 of them being commercial units. The middle-price class saw an uptick, while last March had 300 registrations.
T. F. Morrow assistant attorney general specializing in labor affairs visits Amarillo on business. Former Fort Worth attorney, he heads to Austin for his duties and conducts labor affairs during the trip.
The orchestra operates as a civic project with no remuneration for players this year. May Peterson Thompson began a chain of benefits to fund the group, making sponsors receive concert tickets proportional to their donation. Officers including Mrs Upshaw and A E Meyer led efforts to keep two remaining season concerts accessible to sponsors.
Grace E. Hamilton, studio 1609 Tyler, invites patrons to arrange tickets early for an upcoming May concert. No tickets will be sold at the door on the event night.
The court previously ruled that the federal government cannot extend bankruptcy powers to state subdivisions. It voided a Cameron County Texas Water Improvement District No. 1 reorganization decree in this decision.
In Texas the CIO drive to unionize faces no sit-down action for now as officials contest recognition. W B Arnold of the Texas Federation of Labor says the A F of L will not recognize the CIO committee’s campaign in the oil industry during a San Antonio meeting.
Arnold and Holt discuss April 15 AFL organize drive with Ross and W R Williams outlining plans. CIO campaign opens today in Atlanta, expanding across eight Southern states to organize 450000 textile workers amid high cotton prices and 24 hour mills. Governor Murphy seeks peace talks with Chrysler and Lewis to end the Chrysler strike idleing 60000 workers while White House signals sit down strikes are illegal and Byrnes withdraws a bill amendment then re proposes one declaring sit downs illegal but congressional scope limited.
Coleeral times with his friend C A Zimmerman, once the champion cyclist of the world. At one time Cole rode a mile.
The article notes a cyclist named Cole who set a world record in two minutes and eight and a half seconds, is part of the League of American Wheelmen and the AAU, and praises Texas Panhandle climate and its people during a month long swing through his territory. He says travel is easy and he visits friends as he tours.
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