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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1935
Page
2
A reader seeks sewing income through home wet sewing or daily work. Offers dressmaking coat refinishing alterations for men and women including shirts for men and boys, requesting column help to find work.
In Oklahoma City on April 11 a white haired father, W. E. Siefer of Temple Texas, surrendered his son Fred R. Beifer 49 and two companions to state investigators. Beifer and William T. Neal are charged with fatally stabbing Arthur A. Morris 43 a Cleveland Ohio transient in Love County near Lake Murray last November 27. Davis R. Province 49 formerly of Guthrie is also jailed awaiting transfer for trial. Bureau chief Dave McConnell reported the elder Seifer accompanied his son to custody and voiced belief in his innocence.
Chicago April 11 A relentless search continued for four year old Richard Perrot missing for a week. His father Max Perrot a tool plant foreman said ransom had been demanded for his son's release and expected him back before Sunday. The child mute since birth due to an injury and believed abducted by a moron.
Tokyo reports that Japan told the United States it cannot gain from Manchukuo seeking full diplomatic ties while the open door policy is offered. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota delivered the note to Ambassador Joseph C. Grew in reply to the third U.S. protest over Manchukuo's monopoly moves.
More than twenty Levine department store staff attended a Tuesday night dinner dance at The Nat honoring loyalty and cooperation. A D Goldfine, manager, said it marked the second annual event to boost good will among personnel with Lloyd Snyder and his orchestra providing music.
Level land prison saw two inmates flee by sawing window bars last night. Fred Shultz and Bob Edwards, each jailed for liquor violations, escaped while Ben C. Alsup held on his slaying conviction remained in his cell. Night watchman Sterling Johnson reported six others in the same compartment stayed. Knotted blankets hung from the jail side drew his notice.
In Austin on April 11 A dietitian for the Texas Relief Commission reported that a family of five must pay 16 cents more per week for adequate food than last October. She proposed a food dollar split of 30 cents for milk 30 for fruit vegetables and legumes 15 for cereals 13 for fats and sugars 9 for meat and eggs and 3 for coffee and spices. Relief clients should buy more milk fruit eggs and vegetables due to lower prices. Milk averages 11 cents per quart in Texas down slightly from six months ago.
Betty Hamilton a 21 year old from Meadville Pennsylvania rose to fame in British films. She leaped from the 11th floor of a midtown hotel and died on the way to a hospital. Manager Bud Pollack cited an engagement and a dispute with Fred Levy as factors.
New England members of Congress will gather in Washington to discuss repeal of the cotton processing tax. Governor Curley of Massachusetts leads a five state delegation to press action as textile operatives say the tax raises costs beyond profitability. President Roosevelt backs the tax as the main funding method for cotton planter benefits.
Marie Rasputin, daughter of the Russian "mad monk," says she bears no ill will toward a Himalayan black bear named Himy Cher that clawed her in Peru Indiana causing hospital treatment. She calls the bear one of the nicest animals and attributes the injury to an accident.
Cleveland April 11 Secretary of Commerce Daniel C Roper told business leaders that major administration measures in Congress pose no threat to industry. He stressed utilities reforms should not alarm industry and that the administration seeks to clear the way for further recovery in all aspects.
Paris reports 53 year old Louis Julien Pruvvost killed his wife with a hatchet over milk temperature complaints. He confronted her after returning from work and, after a sequence of glasses of hot milk, struck and killed her, then surrendered at Saint-Parges police. Port Worth notes Texas homeowners receiving over 1.5 million dollars for modernization under the Nation Housing Act, per T B Yarbrough.
A brown eyed 10 year old boy, mother dead, deserted by his father, seeks a home. In charge of county probation officer Miss Hattie Simpler, he wants to live on a farm or ranch and may be adopted or placed temporarily. He was sent from Plainview to Amarillo by his father and has no known friends or relatives.
Akon Ohio April 11 Union rubber workers at Firestone Tire and Rubber Co voted to strike in protest at the firm's refusal to grant union recognition. Over 90 percent of votes favored the walkout, aligning with the Goodyear local. Goodrich results awaited with expected 90 percent support.
District Judge John A. Rawlins discharged 28 striking garment workers and five ILGWU representatives cited for contempt. The dismissal followed a pledge to refrain from violence after a disturbance at the Marcy Lee Manufacturing Company plant two weeks earlier, ending the temporary injunction.
Chairman Francis Biddle told the Senate Finance Committee that Section 7-A is unenforceable and a mere moral symbol. He urged Congress to pass the Wagner Labor Disputes Bill to enforce genuine collective bargaining. In Berlin a mother killed her two children by throwing them from a moving train, one a 9 year old boy and the other a 3 month old girl.
Dean of engineering T A Taylor opposes the plan arguing exams should occur at the strike hour and penalize absences. Strike leaders deny aiming to cancel classes and say the action was organized by a New York East Side Russian group. Sponsoring groups include the Social Justice Club and Public Affairs Federation with speakers Dr R H Montgomery and student leaders.
The Culbertsons reverse a slump to gain 1 020 points for the day as matches continue. Mrs Culbertson sits out for her son's sixth birthday, with Albert H Morehead and Lints pairing with B Jay Becker in sessions ahead. Eleven rubbers played yesterday, the Simses winning six and Culbertsons five, bringing totals to 111 330 to 96 610 in points and 79 to 60 in rubbers.
Chicago April 11 The government drops federal charges against Samuel Insull after a long effort to prosecute his collapse of a three billion dollar utility empire. Attorney General Homer Cum mings directs District Attorney Dwight Green to forget remaining charges as Insull, 75, writes a memoir of his triumphs and tribulations while secluded in a hotel.
John W. Golding post of Veterans of Foreign Wars will send five Amarillo representatives to the state department convention in Corpus Christi this June. The chosen delegates are Dr. J. W. Barr commander W S Birge W L Ottinger R M Roush and Gus Barkus. ROTC contest judges in Amarillo are Lt Col L R Barker Maj G A Corbin and Capt Arthur W Ball. A saber prize will be awarded in the contests. Colonel Barker spoke urging intensified training and modern equipment for armed forces. Posts auxiliary women provided refreshments.
Rabbi A H Silver notes that Rev Father Coughlin Huey Long and Dr F E Townsend gain traction as social distress figures amid a failed traditional leadership. He cautions against dismissing them as mere flukes, arguing their strength stems from surrounding circumstances and would fade with prosperity.
Princeton New Jersey April 11 The nationwide anti war strike of college students has the full support of the Middle Atlantic and New England sectors of the National Students Federation of America More than 100 delegates from 50 colleges adopted a resolution pledging hearty accord and support to the strike Another resolution urged the federal government to allot part of the new relief appropriation to youth and a third backs the Wagner Costigan lynching bill
The 45,000-ton Cunard White Star liner Aquitania remained fast on a mud bank in the Solent after being driven there by a 70 mile per hour gale. Authorities planned further salvage attempts as rough seas continued to hamper movement.
The defense argues Hamlin suffered insanity from a severe head blow as the trial moves toward closing pleas. Prosecutor Simpson accuses Hamlin of deliberately plotting his wife’s murder in the couple’s honeymoon home on Virginia Street last January 4. Final arguments expected to take hours with a Saturday jury deliberation anticipated.
Funeral services for Bernard A. Stuke age 56 will be held at 10 30 tomorrow from Griggs Chapel with Rev. Guy A. Newman of the First Baptist Church officiating. The body will be sent to Oklahoma City for burial tomorrow evening. He was an International Correspondence Schools representative found dead in his car Tuesday night from heart trouble. Survivors include his widow of 711 West Fifteenth Avenue Amarillo a son Edwin a daughter Donlynn and another daughter Mrs T H Nichols of Oklahoma City.
France pushes for League council action over Germany's unilateral denunciation of Versailles military clauses. Laval forwards the memorandum from Paris as the conference begins with the crisis framed as serious though not depicting imminent war.
Austin Denny Amarillo youth pleaded guilty to assault with a motor vehicle this morning and was fined $25 and costs by County Judge J N Riggs. He could not pay and was sent to Potter County jail. The charge followed an February 27 accident at Tenth Avenue and Fillmore Street injuring Robert R Wheatley.
A Texas weather bulletin describes widespread dust from Denton to Tyler and Austin, with Shreveport and Houston also affected. Visibility dropped, surfaces dust laden, and temperatures fell. forecaster H T Collman predicts more dust tomorrow amid a Friday fair and warmer trend.
Mr. Watkins urged Amarillo overhauling its industry approach through a complete survey to identify suitable industries and determine needed cooperation. He cited gas availability as a key factor and warned cities like Chicago risk losing factories without proper docks and incentives. He called for broad Chamber support to lure and bolster local industries.
Storm activity delivered varying rains across northern Missouri all of Iowa and areas to the north plus eastern Nebraska Illinois and Indiana. Lamar Colorado reported the seventh day of rainfall in the sequence.
New Orleans cotton futures opened stronger with May at 11.35, July 11.60, and Dec 11.21 as traders priced in silver gains and a Senate loan backing new crop. Prices held gains despite profit taking as dust storms and drought affect western regions, prompting relief efforts and farm condition concerns.
An old advertisement touts Magnesia Oxoids tablets as a simple remedy to flush the gall bladder and aid digestion. It urges taking two Oxoids after each meal to release oxygen and improve vigor, promising a sunny new life.
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