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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1932
Page
8
Solon offers to prove that dynamite caps guns and ammunition were found in the Washington bonus camp. Rep Royal C Johnson of South Dakota said communists sparked the siege with riots and bloodshed. He warned investigators would be shown the evidence after election and blamed senators and congressmen for inciting the trouble.
Natchez Mississippi August 15 Richard H Dana and his housekeeper Guardian Miss Octiva Dockery eccentric occupants of Natchezs now famed goat castle were released from jail on their recognizance after authorities concluded the slaying was committed by a negro George Pearles who was killed by Pine Bluff Arkansas police while resisting arrest His body will be viewed today by Natchez officials in Chicago where it was taken for burial.
In Topeka Kansas on August 16 WP reports that Vice President Charles Curtis will be formally notified Thursday that he is the Republican nominee for reelection. There will be no parade or lavish ceremony as he proceeds from his home near the Capitol to the state house to receive official word of his nomination.
John P. Perce a veteran of the Spanish American World War and the Boxer Campaign in China died at the soldiers home in Lansing Kan He was born in Austin 55 years ago A sister Mrs Maude Burns of Dallas survives
The Burlington Lines Veterans chapter held a social gathering at the Amarillo Hotel with eighty seven members from Fort Worth Texline and other points. J W Mode presided as division superintendent and committee chair. Attendees included J A Byron R W Manley C G Willingham and Mrs F W Hager among others. Entertainment featured Miss Bessie Lee Gowdy whistling and Miss Dorothy Peak dancing with musical numbers by Mike Gibbons and the Axtel brothers. The group emphasizes social bonds and loyalty among Burlington employees with long service.
The Amarillo city commission may discuss a proposed ordinance to regulate and license wholesale fruit and vegetable dealers on Tuesday to await a corporation counsel opinion. The earlier August 2 discussion paused for more legal information amid constitutional questions. Mayor Ross D. Rogers will chair a meeting with only routine items on the agenda.
Funeral services were held at Polk Street Methodist Church for 63 year old George Walter Rockwell who died from burns sustained last week. Pallbearers named were W. J. Beck John Barton Henry Bishop W. A. Christian D. W. Owens and E. E. Adams. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery under Blackburn Funeral Home direction.
Senate finance chair Smoot says the next Congress will study the tax problem in line with President Hoover’s proposal for a fresh review of the revenue law. Early suggestions include enacting a general sales tax to replace some excise levies, and a contest on this approach seems likely.
Thieves stole a Globe News Publishing Company circulation truck early Tuesday and abandoned it near the smelter. The wheels were removed and hidden in a weed patch. The vehicle was taken from Sixth Avenue by The Globe News office.
El Nacional Revolucionaria reports Javier Sanchez Mejorada will become ambassador to Washington, replacing Dr Jose Manuel Puig Casaurane in a diplomacy move announced from Mexico City on August 16.
A reading of a fragment shows a school attendance appeal by Earl at 900 C Alabama Street and a request from Mrs A L C seeking a second hand baby cart at 410 West Ninth Avenue, with a brief notice about a red bug eradicator addressed to interested parties.
A reader volunteers to help rid a home of bed bugs and asks the recipient to send their address to Route 3 Box 124A, promising a follow up call to arrange a visit.
A rancher warns rapid quail killings by hawks and pre season shooters threaten next season. He notes quail are 50 scarce and no birds have been seen for two years as pastures stay posted and workers observe strict limits.
A New Mexico ranch reports strict hunting bans broken by Amarillo men who drove to the property last season and shot all the quail near the haystack. The woman at the ranch warned them, but the shooters boasted of their distance traveled and killed nearly every quail. The note recalls past antelope and deer on the ranch and warns quail may disappear unless shooters curb activity.
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