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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
10
Ridgeway Missouri reports a pharmacist prepared B. C. remedy promising relief within three minutes for violent headaches and neuralgia, plus uses for muscle aches fever and nervous distress without habit forming drugs, offered in 10 and 25 cent packages. A separate note tells of Hershey Goodwin’s cow responding to his car horn at milking time.
A Medlock, 48, tenant farmer in Greenville County, D C, faced an inspectors’ order to plow under three acres after planting beyond his permitted cotton. despondent, he shot himself. In New York housing data show 131,488 two person families with no children, 105,723 with one child, and 88,284 with two children, reflecting concerns on emigration and population trends.
Fort Worth August 16 James V Allred attorney general urged relief reform in his gubernatorial bid saying the state must remove relief from politics and provide jobs to those in need. He criticized opponent Tom F Hunter and pressed old age pensions unemployment insurance education highway construction and tax reforms while vowing to shelve other business to address hunger and human needs.
The piece blends fiscal upheaval with a crude silver policy and a child’s court case. It notes a plan to buy silver at 64 cents an ounce while paying 50.01 cents, then reports a shortage of silver certificates. It recalls a mother jailed for cruel discipline of her six year old Nora Ruth Niciforos, who comforts the judge with loving words. It honors architect Raymond Hood, credits Rockefeller Center, and questions California’s gold transfer amid fears of earthquakes and foreign attack. Secretary Wallace predicts a 6 to 7 percent rise in living costs next winter, as the nation faces scarcity and profiteering debates.
The page lists film showings at Paramount and other theaters including The Old Fashioned Way with W C Fields Baby Take a Row with Shirley Temple and James Dunn Ann Vickers with Irene Dunne and Walter Huston Such Women Are Dangerous Rex Before Midnight and a club scene with Ray Sanford and His Not Night Club Orchestra Hob Mueller and His Thirteen Dutchmen The article quotes Rut rogers Neilson on Fred Astaire describing his work routine and daily schedule including rehearsals choreography and interactions with staff and crew
Property transfers shown include Farm & Home Saving to Anzie E Bishop Lot 15 Block 7 South Side Addition for 475 dollars and Lora Townson to L DeFoe Lot 7 Block 36 SJH for 927 dollars. Other deeds list sales to L DeFoe and Elizabeth DeFoe for nominal sums. Car registrations feature Hadley Reeve Friona Plymouth Louis H Smith IHC Truck Norwood Wright 1912 Polk Stude baker and more, with several Ford Trucks and a Chevrolet delivery listed.
Palo Duro Park dam finished after weeks of material delays. Kingsley, park superintendent, promotes rain to fill the reservoir, creating a lake hundreds of yards long behind the dam. CCC veterans aided construction with rock reinforcements, and park improvements aim to make it a future beauty spot with boating and possibly fishing once filled.
In Kemah a murder charge against Constable Charles Ellis stems from the fatal shooting of J. O. Derrick of Texas City a deputy constable of the San Leon precinct. An examining trial before Justice R O Richards of San Leon is scheduled for tomorrow. Derrick was killed after an argument during which he allegedly reached for a gun threatening Ellis. Derrick leaves a wife and four children. funeral services were held today.
In San Francisco August 16 firefighters freed Lawrence Critiani's dog trapped between two houses after a call from the boy's father. A hose blast pushed the dog out and into its owner's arms. Nearby in Stinnett Texas a 24 foot windmill steel tower was stolen from a well half a mile from the Hodges home.
John Boles will star in the Alan James story The White Parade for Fox, opposite Gloria Swanson in Music in the Air. Hobart Bosworth, signing for Music in the Air, marks his 533rd screen appearance over 25 years. Gift of Gab, filmed in New York with Woollcott and Ethel Waters, finishes editing at Universal City for its 30 star musical production as Universal’s lead-off.
The announcement states next season will be officially released on September 3. It confirms a firm rollout plan with the date anchored for print and digital platforms, signaling complete preparation and distribution readiness.
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