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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1931
Page
2
A chaotic letter urges Marvin Jones and local leaders to back a plan to name a new Akron sister ship the Amarillo, arguing it would bring publicity at no cost. The note mixes civic passion with social quips and reflections on public issues, including parenting and beauty trends.
A.% Joe B. Zimmerman was found guilty of murder in the December dynamite killing of neighbor M. H. Nettles and sentenced to nine years. He plans to appeal to higher courts while denying motive and recounting his wife dispute as a key issue. Margie Zimmerman testified she had read a similar magazine story before the incident.
A movement for guaranteed employment and possibly a five day work week has gained momentum among major industries. Utilities and others back the plan, with the American Federation of Labor endorsing it and the U S Chamber of Commerce sponsoring. President Hoover is closely informed and interested.
In Brooklyn on 14th Street a patrolman found three unidentified men stabbed and clubbed to death in a room and the cellar of the Wonder Boys home a small club room. Neighbors reported no one seen about the premises which had been noisy. The bodies lay near home brew cases. the killings are the first in Brooklyn since police intensified efforts against gangsters.
The notice urges continued community activity and money circulation as Amarillo keeps mood up. It highlights tonight's horse show with wonderful horses and grand horsemanship, calling on horse lovers to attend and enjoy the event.
Letter writer comments on a dog fight article and expresses desire to respond after reading the piece in Tack Letters on page 10.
The Kansas City Journal Post questions a Kansas gas resources story in the Kansas City Star. It cites Dr Raymond C Moore of the University of Kansas and Kansas State geologist saying no such report exists and gas volume figures are premature.
E H Poe of Inter state Power Company said rate hearings in 11 Oklahoma cities could be dismissed leading to lower domestic gas rates. Clinton Hobart Holdenville may see cuts from 50 60 cents to 45 59 cents per thousand cubic feet depending on case actions and published schedules.
Three men robbed bank messengers of Merchants National Bank of Topeka, taking 17500. P A Dahelstrom, assistant cashier, with Harlan Minsch and Nate Carl, were transporting funds when the bandits forced the car to the curb at Fifth and Monroe and demanded the satchels.
New York August 14 The shooting of New Jersey State Senator Roy Yates a leading club man banker and lawyer followed a prolonged gin party and argument at Miss Ruth Jaynes luxury apartment Miss Jayne told Acting District Attorney Thomas Kane that Yates visited last evening and they drank gin before a struggle occurred and he was critically wounded Yates was among the youngest and rising figures in the New Jersey Senate.
Merle Colver, Wichita police officer, was killed in a rooming house after confronting two suspects in a series of hold ups. He checked the Iris Hotel registration and questioned Ralph Corway and Frank Vann before being shot after a brief encounter on the third floor. Four gunshots were heard in the lobby.
Tam many chieftain John F. Curry told the Hofstadter investigating committee he intervened with a judge to obtain a stay of execution for contempt for Dr William F Doyle. He framed the act as a constitutional test and denounced the committee as trying to crucify the Democratic party of New York during its probe into city administration scandals.
Dallas police questioned a young woman today in the torch murder case of Eugene E. Farrar a 21 year old grocer found shot and burned in a car August 8 at a Dallas suburb and previously arrested last night at Corsicana. Farrar had feared a violent death because of a woman and Irene Brewster 17 Farrar’s fiancée also reported hearing him mention trouble with a woman.
The four men involved in the Michigan crime tally confessions and face life terms in Marquette branch prison after a dramatic truck transfer. Crowds surged, tear gas deployed, and guards kept order as the court sentenced Smith and Oliver to four life terms.
Governor Ross Sterling signed the pipeline bill on August 12, the final day of the special session. The measure, filed with the secretary of state by Mark Wiginton, requires ratable takings and is said to make provisions of the common purchaser and commoner carrier act self enforcing.
Members of the recently organized Advisory Board of the Retail Merchants' Association will hold a semi monthly meeting next Tuesday night at eight o'clock in the Capitol. J. N. Batsell, manager, announced. The group meets monthly with a luncheon and business session. All merchants who are members are invited to attend to discuss future policies and new service features for local merchants.
In Austin the House committee investigating District Judge J B Price heard about fee and mileage claims from John T Carlisle former Lee County sheriff. State auditor aide T M Markham testified totals of 33187 were submitted for October 1925 and April 1926 terms with four claims two for each term including duplicate mileage.
Akron Ohio August 14 officials nearing completion of the Goodyear aeronautics department components for the Akron airship. William C Young says the exact flight time will be announced beforehand and could be two to three weeks or longer. Two 10 ton cars and extended rail tracks are being prepared at the dock for the launch.
SIMLA India Aug 14 At a long viceroy's executive council meeting officials believed a way may exist to enable Mahatma Gandhi to attend the round table conference in London next month The Indian National Congress working committee decided it would have no part in the conference citing breaches of the Delhi pact with Lord Irwin Willingdon will study the charges but will not create an arbitration board and opposes returning taxes collected from peasants under duress or ordinary laws.
Five pilots Orleans Tony Little Walter J Carr Jene Le Rene Ruth Stewart Debie Stanford set out from El Paso toward Santa Monica for the National Air Derby. Le Rene completed the leg in five hours Stewart six hours forty minutes and Stanford eight hours on arrival from Dallas Houston and St Louis respectively.
Mrs Henry Barker was bitten by a rattlesnake at her Brady Texas home. First aid with a pocket knife saved her life as her husband halted the wound with a tourniquet until surgeons arrived.
A 1931 poem speaks to a golfer in a slump. It reassures the reader that lack of form isn’t unique and encourages endurance through frustration. The narrator notes struggles with putts, slices, and irons, while affirming shared experience among players.
Hogs 2 200 head at Kansas City with 140 direct up to 87 10 for 180 210 lb. cattle 1 800 head with grass fat steers and stocks. Chicago feed and slaughter markets show higher bids with top yearlings 29 0 paid and cattle largely steady. New Orleans cotton opened quiet then firm as stocks improved. New York stocks rise on oils and retailers with First National Stores and other majors advancing.
Ernest Pace, convict from Huntsville Texas, seeks release by habeas corpus after prison officials allegedly cancelled earned overtime. Judge S W Dean notes Pace earned overtime but law limits action. fines prison farm manager L A Martin and reprimands official D R Vaughn for missing Pace in court. Authorities criticized as exceeding duty and the overtime law deemed foolish.
A list of riding events names participants such as Mr. Grout Norma Peavine Martha Houghton and Miss Enid Mayer across events 3 through 10 including Five Gaited Geldings Walk Trot and Ladies Road Hack Class with numerous riders and horses.
Texas Roosevelt-for-President movement workers are called to meet in Waco on August 29. Leaders conferred with T. W. Davidson, former lieutenant governor, and plan to invite Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York to Texas.
The American Cotton Growers' Association finished plans to launch a conservation program across the south. A steering committee will invite governors of 12 cotton states and Texas farmers and land owners to a Dallas meeting to discuss conservation. Date to be announced.
Mr and Mrs H Lipshy announce the birth of a baby girl this morning at St Anthony’s Hospital. Both mother and daughter are reported well. Mr Lipshy is manager of Levine’s Stone at Sixth and Taylor. Holyok Mass U R reports: enroute to Florence P Sullivan funeral, Mrs Rachel Roy and Mrs Elizabeth Rowland were involved in a highway accident nearby.
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