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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1934
Page
2
Houston ceremony features Jones's bronze likeness in a public building. Leaders from business, civic groups, and religion praise the Reconstruction Finance Corporation head, with Jones expressing humility and noting progress under White House leadership after hard years.
Rev Simon Bolstein of the Young Israel congregation in Amarillo will speak after tonight’s regular service in the Nunn Building on "Education and Intelligence." Services start at 8 o’clock and the public is invited.
SPECIAL on the regular Denver train lists chair car round trip five dollars fifty five cents and Pullman rates eight dollars with berth charges one fifty lower and one twenty upper. Standard round trips cost fourteen seventy five with berth fees two seventy five and two twenty. Santa Fe and Denver lines offer all day ticket sales as Dallas hosts an Amarillo turnout near two thousand fans.
Nazi officials warn citizens to guard voting cards as the Saar plebiscite heats up. In Midnight Town cafes shut at midnight under military patrols while voters contend with pro League of Nations messages from Has Has Braun who directs anti Nazi effort from a sick bed urging Saarlanders to back League protection.
In Kiangsi China Madame Chiang Kai-Shek guides the Kiangsi Christian Rural Service Union which with university volunteers and foreign missionaries rebuilds villages. The program covers village industries health, cooperatives and modern farming while addressing manpower shortages and mass education.
Miss Marguerite Manselle of Wichita Kansas, a noted harpist, will give an informal concert Sunday at 4 PM at the Academy of Music and Art, Fifth Avenue and Taylor Street in Amarillo. She teaches at the University of Wichita and is active in radio and music clubs. invited guests include friends of Miss Manselle and Miss Gail Taylor.
The article notes the Christian Science lesson theme with Bible verses from Isaiah and Mark and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. It also reports Rev. E N Mellish being awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the 1916 St Eloi action with the Royal Fusiliers during the South African War era siege duties.
Miss Margaret Beavan the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the Mayor of Birkenhead mark the completion of the Mersey River tunnel project. After over two years of work the twin tubes form a two and a half mile bore costing about 25 million dollars.
In Nanking on December 28 the Shanghai Hangchow Railway simplifies child fares by height. Ticket takers now use rulers. under 2 ft 6 in ride free, between 2 ft 6 in and 4 ft 4 in ride at half fare, others are adults.
Amarillo police continued search for two armed unmasked men who robbed the Coun try Club Service Station at about 6 50 last night. They took $30 from the operator U S West, then fled on foot.
Proposals in Paisley Scotland after a $200 000 gift see the town council buy 16 properties around the abbey to clear the area and place the abbey on a pilot. The plan requires razing at least 20 stores and displacing 100 families, with storekeepers facing possible loss of livelihoods.
A Paris audience member protests the duration and ardor of a kiss in the new play Rolls Royce at the Mathurin Theater. The Paris architect signaled the protest to police after the scene.
Students of the P. F. E. R. A. adult school will present an evening program at Amarillo High School Auditorium at 7:30. Public invited. Speeches by Superintendent W. A. McIntosh supervisor Mrs. Earl Wyatt and students Roy Andrews T. O. Cook J. R. Greer Roy Victor. Musical numbers Roberta Cohen Norene Cohen Briton Flienmken. Tumbling Lena May Brown Carrol Curl magic tricks conclude.
Alfred Garcia a Sheffield messenger boy entered a lions den to win $250 for his crippled sister Esta. The money funded hospital care at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London after a new wing dedication by Prince Henry. Esta now walks.
Against M Saturn in Farbe and Mile France Ellys the actors and theater management argued that the kissing scene is pushed to a realistic point that could threaten public morals. M Farbe admitted uncertainty about audience reaction while both actors claimed they forgot themselves in their roles. The dispute raged on.
Los Angeles authorities say John N Hap pel will be tried in California first for the trunk slaying of his wife Rosa belle Happel. He also confessed fatally wounding Henry W Meyer of Rolla Missouri, after Meyer refused to leave a farm, a separate public safety case.
Relief control leaders and Texas officials travel to Dallas tonight to meet Col Lawrence Westbrook who chairs a rural rehabilitation conference tomorrow afternoon. Westbrook, formerly head of Texas relief, was moved to Washington to direct nationwide rural rehabilitation. Federation sees more unemployment as 400000 more people were jobless in November 1934 than a year earlier, with workers displaced or displaced by population growth.
A fierce gale swept New England causing three deaths and reaching 175 mph atop Mt Washington. The storm damaged frame houses and caused about half a million in losses. Indirect Arctic blast deaths were reported in Michigan and Montana, including three girls in Mishawaka, Indiana, and two missing persons near Miles City, Montana.
A locomotive tested in Germany uses a horizontal boiler shaped tank to carry powdered coal dust in place of a coal bunker. Valves feed fuel into the fire box, producing no smoke or residue and enabling use of low grade fuels while reducing fuel and operating costs and preventing spark ignition.
Monte Carlo casino owners campaign to convert their model township into a summer resort. Climate notes show favorable visits in September to May, while June to August bring heat enjoyed by some. More hotels will stay open, and crowds are expected to exceed prior seasons. Mentone and Cannes anticipate increased summer visitors as well.
The State Department revealed that the United States has renewed representations to the Japanese government over Japan's new oil control laws. Officials estimate Americans consume about a million doughnuts daily.
Governor Miriam A Ferguson grants a conditional pardon to J. B. McCasland, the sole Sherman riot convict. McCasland had a 13 year sentence for rioting, chicken theft, and burglary after a May 1931 courthouse fire with a black man on trial for assaulting a white woman. The pardon cites he was not a rioting leader and that older rioters were not tried.
In London on December 28 David Lloyd George wartime prime minister began clog dancing by accident to warm his feet after farm work at Churt. A 71 year old shoemaker fashioned the new clogging shoes for him.
In Marseille a bronze plate will mark the site where King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou were assassinated. The city government chose a plaque in the street over a monument, saying an upright memorial would hinder traffic.
Krupp of Germany agrees with the government to supply all machinery for Turkey's iron and steel industry under Mustapha Kemal's five year plan. Payments to be spread over three years. Agreement announced in Ankara on December 28.
Dr. Riddle reports that injections of prolactin stop laying and trigger broodiness in hens, causing two Cochin roosters to cluck instead of crow. He notes other hormones fail to induce broodiness and says the hormone effects relate to feeding and care of young with wide implications for humans and animals.
The description explains a graphic system using lights to show each play. Lights flash over players like Stidger and Haas as actions unfold. The ball moves on a field diagram to reflect yards gained and the down changes to Second down five to go.
Kansas City markets show hogs mostly steady with top at 7.10 for 140-160 lb pigs and cattle activity fair. Vealers steady. steers good and choice 550-1500 lb range 6.00 to 10.00. cows 4.00 to 5.00. sheep and lambs mixed with lambs 35-50 cents lower and yearling wethers 5.76 to 7.65. New Orleans cotton opens firmer with stronger Liverpool cables.
Federal statisticians estimate Texas farm income for 1934 at 334.46 million dollars, excluding federal adjustments, down from 352.34 million in 1933 and up from 233.13 million in 1932. Cotton, corn, and other crops varied with yields and prices, while fruit output rose except for grapes. Pecan production was light amid Bombay buying and end-month trade. Prices began higher on cables with mixed movements as markets awaited Washington developments.
A dense OCR list shows percentages and names across railroads and companies including Mo Kan Texas, NY Central, Northern Pacific, Loew’s, Penn, Remington Rand, Reynolds Tobacco, Texas Gulf Sulfur, Roebuck, Socony-Vacuum, Southern Railway, Standard Brands, Texaco, Timken, Trans-America, U S Steel, Westinghouse, Woolworth, Gulf Oil, Humble Oil, Swift & Co, and others. The readable fragments resemble a market or securities rundown with varied percentages and stock mentions.
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