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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1933
Page
2
Legions in the Panhandle urge support for a 20 million dollar state bond issue to fund relief efforts while acknowledging Texas must match federal aid. The piece notes one in five Texas workers are unemployed and highlights regional disparities with drought and oil prospects shaping opinions. Local anecdotes illustrate economic hardship and community action.
Washington August 9 pending before the recovery administration was an agreement by which newspaper publishers propose to come under the Industrial Recovery Act. The code drafted by industry groups includes child labor limits for newspaper delivery, a 40 hour week for clerical and sales staff, a 44 hour maximum for certain factory workers over six weeks in six months, and a population based minimum wage scale from 12 to 15 dollars weekly. Professional staff such as editors and reporters are exempt or treated as professionals.
Canadian evangelist Rev. Gideon O. DeMerchant will open a revival at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Assembly of God Church 900 North Pierce Street. The revival continues indefinitely with the opening sermon Old Lands for New. DeMerchant has toured four continents and 28 countries and will lecture about his journeys, including a July 15 talk on the Holy Land in ancient costume. Rev. E. R. Foster is pastor. the public is invited.
Troop 11 of Amarillo Area Boy Scouts stages the comedy on Thursday evening at 8 at Tenth Street Methodist Church. Tickets cost 10 cents from Scout members, with proceeds funding a summer camp. Billy Hudnall becomes scout master after D A Nicholas moved to Canyon.
Employees from all Red and White grocery stores in Amarillo took the afternoon off on Wednesday to attend the annual picnic with their families. The event was sponsored by the Red and White merchants and Harding's Reach venue hosted the gathering as stores closed at noon.
A reader asks Tack to find an elderly man to live with a local family two miles from town. The man would care for cows chickens and yard and be treated as family. Box 1805.
A reader recalls drought conditions in the Panhandle near Dalhart causing rabbits to block roads for water and laments mirage related duck deaths. The note jokes about offering a left hind foot for water and ends with a personal plea regarding Brisbane.
More than 100 speakers have volunteered for an NRA educational campaign across Luncheon Clubs Trade Unions Women's Clubs Fraternal Orders Theaters Churches and other groups George Broome heads the speakers bureau and lists volunteers by division including Allen Ewing Prentice Anderson Burnett Blackburn Cole Pate Bryant Gee Benton Fletcher Fields Gibson Armstrong Blansett Moore Randall Autry for Luncheon Clubs Ed Tull for Trade Unions and many others across civic groups Leaders include W H Benton Pascoe Bottoms and Rev G H Brant among others as the campaign seeks broader public support and a 48 hour work week for journeymen with no minimum wage set.
The plan outlines a 40 hour week with pay scales from 12 to 15 dollars per week based on city population and lists minimum wages by region. It sets 48 to 50 cent ranges for drilling, production, refining, and pipeline jobs across western and mountain states, with 80 percent of minimum for up to 10 percent in several southern states. Clerical staff in core operations would have 40 hour weeks and lower rates, and executives or supervisors face 40 to 47 cent minimums in West South Central areas.
Mr. Barlow said the millers code was among the first in the nation to win NRA approval. He credited the millers' association for submitting it quickly and for the code's fairness to all parties, noting rapid government approval followed.
The ruling directs withdrawal from those stores that bilaterally or singly attempt to thwart the purpose of the presidential reemployment agreement. It emphasizes enforcement against actions that undermine the program and safeguard its intended goals.
Raymond Hamilton a 21 year old convicted robber and murderer known as Bad Boy Hamilton was moved from Dallas to Huntsville State Penitentiary chained to an accomplice. His prison sentences total 263 years and he faces a lengthy term for automobile theft and related crimes.
Cotton opened quiet in New Orleans with October near 9.63 and December around 9.82 then rallied to 9.71 and 9.96 as stocks rose and short covering increased. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets showed steady to strong tones with multiple price levels for weights and grades. New York stocks firmed on moderate gains across many issues, with alcohol shares and big names leading, while profit taking eased some gains.
Public statement by President Machado claims continued leadership while denouncing foreign capital in Cuba. Unconfirmed reports say Sumner Welles demanded Machado leave office by noon or face American intervention, possibly backed by the army. Street fighting with pistols, rifles, and propaganda radio broadcasts marked a grave crisis after a police massacre and driver strike.
Federal judge James C. Wilson condemned 3.2 beer permits in Texas dry counties as wrong policy. In Dallas, Ernest Gamble’s cafe near the post office was ruled a public nuisance and ordered closed, with the judge noting the establishment as an open saloon. The decision, issued from a transfer hearing, upheld a permanent injunction against the cafe and stressed intolerance of such venues in a prohibitionist state.
Senator Morris Sheppard gave a speech in Cleburne Texas before about 2500 people denouncing repeal of Prohibition. He charged big business pressures fuel repeal efforts and claimed breweries would net 6 million dollars annually while only paying 2 million in revenue. He spoke as part of a statewide tour.
The nation nears a repeal of prohibition as 15 states must approve to reach a twenty first amendment. Mrs. Greenway could enter Congress replacing Lewis W. Douglas after his resignation as budget director. Several states including Missouri Texas Washington schedule August votes with many others already voting to repeal. No state has chosen to retain prohibition.
General Balbo led 24 planes en route to Italy from the United States and split the fleet at the Azores. Nine planes, under General Aldo Pellegrini, landed at Horta on Fayal Island. Balbo brought 15 planes to the harbor. Ranieri's I-RaIi overturned after water takeoff. Four crew members were rescued by boats in the morning haze.
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