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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1933
Page
2
A Dalhart observer campaigns amid drought rumors and rain myths. He cites recent showers in Plainview and Morse, discusses carbon plant impacts, and jokes about dynamite weather experiments. He forecasts rain in Dalhart within three days and invites a local banquet if showers arrive.
Temple A. Carter 23 of Amarillo dies in a CCC camp after appendicitis and surgery during a week in Wewonka Oklahoma burial at Dimmitt. He left Amarillo for Fort Sill conditioning camp on June 5 and is survived by J J Carter 19, parents Mr and Mrs John Carter, and many relatives. Church of Christ of Dimmitt hosted services.
Four Texans en route to the world fair were seriously injured when a tire blew out on their car, rolling over on a suburban road. Driver Kenneth Leslie, 25, Bailey, Texas, probably will die. Clyde Brown, 17, fractured leg. J. B. Brown, 20, possible skull fracture. Henry A. Allen, 20, Honey Grove, Texas, lacerated. They received aid from Dr. B. Kelly of Purdy, Missouri, and were taken to a Hinsdale sanitarium.
Fourteen hundred banks affiliated with the American Bankers Association joined the industries recovery movement under a modified Presidential reemployment agreement. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson announced a temporary code providing minimum wages from 12 to 15 dollars weekly for a 40 hour week, applicable to these banks and about 6,000 non members.
Joe Squires 24 and Newt Good 27 both from Mineral Springs Texas were struck by a switch engine in the Missouri Pacific yards and left in critical and less serious condition respectively as they rested after returning from the Chicago fair.
The month saw 104 degrees on July 13, nearly tying the July record and two degrees below the all time high of 106. The low reached 63 on July 27 with a 35 degree daily range on July 14. .37 inch rain on July 18. 345.3 sunshine hours, 78 percent of possible. South winds moved 6 631 miles at 89 mph average. Fourteen clear days, fifteen partly cloudy, two cloudy.
Nathan Baskowitz a Brooklyn real estate promoter is in kidnappers’ hands demanding 25000 dollars from his family. He was seized Monday night outside friends’ home as police traced a large group of Italians connected to the case.
John H. Cunningham, a prominent San Antonio attorney, and Z. D. Bonner, ex-president of the Commercial National Bank, were charged in five complaints with receiving and concealing stolen property. The charges stem from selling 500000 dollars of stolen government bonds to the bank last March. One other unnamed man, said to be outside the state, was also charged.
Col Ike Ashburn of Houston said the Texas Public Works Board would meet in San Antonio next Friday to perfect an organization elect a chairman and choose a centrally located headquarters city in Texas. He spoke to the Dallas Rotary Club.
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railway to abandon a 17 mile branch from Buckeye to Collegeport Texas.
Sylvia Sidney says a surgeon may end her film career if throat surgery leaves a facial scar. She left Hollywood mid production with Maurice Chevalier after undergoing treatment and awaits further medical advice. Paramount officials estimate the move could cost them 100,000 and filed a complaint with the Academy.
Amarillo reports rising wages and many workers rehired as the NRA code takes effect. Local stores and firms display blue eagle emblems. Sears Roebuck increases payrolls by about one third as managers report stronger demand and fairer hours. General Wood lauds the program as benefiting workers and farmers nationwide.
Fourteen operators from Gulf Refining Company service stations met with Postmaster W. C. Kenyon at 9 o'clock Wednesday to sign a certificate of compliance. Each station adds one man and runs under the blanket code paying a minimum of 40 cents per hour. G. R. Risley reported four new warehouse staff, with both warehouse and service stations operating under the NRA Blue Eagle emblem.
A drunken youth, arrested late Tuesday night, set a fire to his city jail mattress and shattered his cell windows. Firemen and police responded after the incident. four other men were arrested for drunkenness that night.
City secretary treasurer LeVerne Calhoun is on vacation leaving Tuesday for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The public office will continue operations in her absence.
Johnson plans a survey to expose violations and evasions of voluntary re employment agreements. He will collect data on actual re employed workers and payroll additions, using a questionnaire to all employers. The crackdown follows reports of widespread signatures but uncertain re employment gains.
A F Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, announced a meeting of Railway Labor Executives Association to discuss a national code for railroad workers. The session in Cleveland follows complaints that railroads are cutting employment, contrary to the President's program.
Morgan F. Larson former governor of New Jersey and Joseph J. Seaman Nueces County auditor are named defendants in a San Antonio suit by oil operator Joseph E. Walsh. Walsh seeks 300000 dollars actual damages and 300000 dollars exemplary. The petition alleges a May 1932 conspiracy to accuse Walsh of a felony via grand jury matters linked to funds Walsh and Larson jointly controlled.
President Roosevelt calls for credit made available to all citizens to reestablish business on a permanent basis. Jesse H. Jones says banks should supply this through loans on sound local values and Reconstruction Finance Corp may buy preferred stock in solid banks to boost capital.
Chicago mayor Edward J. Kelly ordered nude performances halted at the Century of Progress after witnessing a Lady Godiva camel ride and a fully nude dancer. Concessions toned down shows with fan dances and bracieres, drawing praise from Rufus C. Dawes, president of the fair.
In New Orleans and Kansas City markets on August 2 cotton prices fluctuated as traders weighed a favorable weather and crop report. October and December contracts started lower but climbed with stock strength and wheat gains, then retreated on wheat and stock pullback. In New York stock letters, mixed action with slight gains in Western Union and Case Threshing amid a cautious market.
State Labor Commissioner Jack Flynn called on labor groups to back the $20 million state relief bond issue on the August 26 ballot. The item aims to provide funding for relief efforts across the estado.
A sharp division over Huey P. Long fuels tension as the district attorney readies ballot box investigations in Judge Alexander C. O'Donnell's district. Fleming reports the governor revoked martial law here and said grand jury deliberations now need no further protection with Judge Echezabal's return and an orderly grand jury session.
New York reports steel demand remains strong with July pig iron output at its highest since May 1931. Iron Age notes 16 more active furnaces in July producing 1,819,438 tons versus June’s 1,265,007 tons, a 58,692 ton daily rate. Motor industry demand remains unusually robust.
Dr. P. K. Hill of Tucson, Ariz., elected president of the Southwestern Dental Society at the convention in El Paso. New officers include Dr. O. J. Schaffer, El Paso, first vice president. Dr. D. P. Nolting, Albuquerque, second vice president. Dr. J. M. Ridley, El Paso, secretary and treasurer. The 1934 convention will be in El Paso. Also notes that average motor speed has risen from 15 mph in 1902 to about 45 mph now.
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