Man Can Do It
Newspaper brief notes on Arthur Brisbane column topics including men achieving tasks, a baby’s long flight, retirement at age 81, and an admonition to take funerals seriously, framed as a serialized feature.
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29 Dec 1933
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Amarillo Globe in Amarillo, Texas
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1933
Page
1
Wizards give revised view on ore hikes
The best informed opinion in Washington expects dollar stabilization near 41.34 per ounce, a 50 percent devaluation. Three imminent administration currency program developments loom before the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Babies in Headlines
A whimsical account notes babies appearing in dispatches across the world from Spain to New York. Postmaster Amarriego finds a baby in a package and shrugs it off amid jokes about many babies already at home. Headlines highlight infants in unlikely places and forms of delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julio Amariego
Luchana
Bilbao
Spain
Amarriego
Hopkins warns state has not done its part on relief
Washington warns Texas and other laggard states that federal relief funds will stop unless they share the cost. Harry L. Hopkins cites Texas Missouri and Colorado as failing to cooperate financially and urges a legislative session to raise tax money. Banks reportedly will not buy relief bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
STATE
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins Thay
Texas
Federal Relief Administration
Missouri
Colorado
Rockets and flights: Verne’s dream revived by Cleveland inventor
Arthur Brisbane notes Jules Verne’s visions of travel are echoed as Ernest Loebell in Cleveland builds a rocket to reach 15 miles up into the stratosphere. The device would carry scientific instruments and record data automatically. Ted Hanna helps with the project amid questions of feasibility and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Verne
Cleveland
Ohio
Ernest Loebell
Ted Hanna
Carl H. Hanna
Earth
Trade demand rises higher in post Christmas buying
Dun and Bradstreet reports weekly trade review shows higher demand across many districts after Christmas of 1928. Gains in most trade lines contrast with 1932 figures, with country districts buoyed by farmers and A A A crop program, and retailers reporting robust post holiday sales in textiles, coats, and ready to wear goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Trade Review
Taple
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and light rain possible tonight through Sunday. West Texas mostly cloudy and cooler then slightly warmer Saturday. East and south portions may see local showers tonight and Saturday. New Mexico fair with little temperature change. Today’s highs 30 to 43 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Vicinty
Texas
Toght
New Mexico
Senate votes for free coinage of gold and silver
A 26 member Senate silver bloc calls for free coinage of gold and silver at a law set ratio. The plan aims to stabilize the dollar, pursue international currency talks, and authorize seizing gold profits from devaluation. A free gold market may emerge, but premiums on hoarded gold complicate steps. The open bid for gold stands at $34.06 an ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Brain Operation On Baby Succeeds At Johns Hopkins
Five month old Sue Trammel of Houston underwent a high risk brain operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital to drain fluid and relieve hydrocephalus. Dr. Walter R. Dandy and team performed the delicate procedure after rushed transport by airplane through winter storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U.P
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sue Trammel
Houston
Tex
Walter R. Dandy
Dandy
Johns Hopkins
James Wedell
Texas
Dr. Dandy
Sue
CWA Warns Against Sob Transfer Trick
Gaines D. Whitsitt local CWA administrator warns the public about a transfer trick where workers quit current jobs to seek CWA relief positions. Applicants must prove residency in Potter County six months and show need. those who recently quit well paying jobs will be barred. A voucher list and local wage rates are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWA
Gaines D. Whitsitt
Adinistrator
Whitsitt
Potter County
Tugwell forecasts government land control and public use
Assistant Secretary Tugwell told the American Economic Association and related groups that the future will see government ownership of land not operable under private ownership, with private land kept only to maintain productivity. He urged a shift from reliance on private control to public management where needed. Amarillo seeks PWA funding to upgrade water distribution, with bids to be advertised, creating about 250 jobs for five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tugwell
American Economic Association
American Statistical Association
Farm Economic Association
Amarillo
Public Works Administration
Washington
H. R. Smith
City Commission
US Destroyer Ready To Protect Americans In Foochow
The destroyer Fulton anchored off Foochow to protect American lives and property if local government actions threaten Americans. About 144 Americans reside in Foochow and nearby areas, with most housed on Nantai Island where no attacks from Nanking bombing planes have reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foochow
China
Fulton
Nantai Island
Min River
Nanking
Hunt’s electrocution ends five year bid to dodge death
Dewey Hunt, 27, a Tennessee native, was executed at the Huntsville penitentiary after a five year fight to escape the death penalty for killing a Dallas street car motorman. He walked to the chair with a smile and a lit cigar, to the tune of Chicken Reel. Also executed were Carl Stewart and Clarence Booker in the first triple electrocution under Gov. Miriam Ferguson. Hunt’s girlfriend Cornelia Wilkerson visited the prison earlier seeking commutation, but the warden offered no update on any possible clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Dewey Hunt
Dallas
Tennessee
Paul Mitchell
Hunt
Carl Stewart
Clarence Booker
Miriam A. Ferguson
Cornelia Wilkerson
W. W. Waid
Waid
Miss Wilkerson
Byrd Ship Cleared Ice Field On Antarctic Run
The Byrd Antarctic Expedition flagship pressed through thousands of icebergs under gloomy skies. Admiral Richard E. Byrd prepared for emergencies with a sea anchor and a drill to connect hand steering if the steam system fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Ruppert
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
U.P
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Richard E. Byrd
Roosevelt outlines non intervention foreign policy unity
President Roosevelt in a Woodrow Wilson Foundation dinner speech advocates live and let live as U S policy. He denounces wars started by governments and calls for peace by peoples, clarifying that the United States is not seeking League of Nations membership. He cites Wilson and reflects on wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick A. Storm
Washington
UMA
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Mayflower
Wilson
Bank of Oxford Robbed by Three Raiders
In Oxford Kansas three bandits robbed the Bank of Oxford of about 1000 dollars and fled in a Ford sedan. They covered four employees with pistols and emptied tills leaving mostly silver. A posse formed and descriptions were sent to nearby towns. One robber was described as short, wearing a soft hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Kan
Bank of Oxford
Amarillo Plots Relief Bond Purchase To Widen Aid
W H Fuqua urges Amarillo to buy $100000 of state securities as relief funds run tight. About 600 of Amarillo’s relief workers will lose pay next week if bonds aren’t subscribed, with groceries halved, schools suspending lunches, and 600 to 700 workers at risk, while CWA aid remains unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. H. Fuqua
First National Bank
Relief Headquarters
CWA
Intensifying Cold Grip Extends Across Northeast
The Associated Press reports a deepening cold wave from Lake Huron into New England, Pennsylvania and New York with heavy readings. Official temps drop to 34 below zero in Canton New York and 32 below in Greenville Maine while Mt Washington reads 46 below unofficially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Huron
New England
Pennsylvania
New York
Lake Michigan
Canton
N. Y
Greenville
Albany
Montreal
Mt. Washington
N. H
Vermont
Fort Kent
Massachusetts
Will Present School Relief Plans Today
Amarillo city officials will present a tentative Emergency Education Program plan to the Amarillo School Board at 5 pm. Twenty four unemployed teachers will receive positions through a Texas Relief Commission allotment. The plan, prepared by state relief, covers vocational education general adult education literacy and rural education, with rural division cut in Potter County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Relief Commission
W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo Senior High
Austin
Potter County
Relef
Witt backs repeal policy in Texas
Lieutenant Governor Edgar E. Witt urged repeal of Texas prohibition with overwhelming public support. He proposed regulation as a path to real temperance while advocating repeal as the likely public outcome. In Austin, Hugh Walker, condemned for murder and sentenced to 99 years, received a 90 day furlough due to tuberculosis and family needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Edgar E. Witt
Austin
Hugh Walker
Lubbock County
Miriam A. Ferguson
Walker
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The
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F.D.R
Miami
Frances Harrell Marsalis
Helen Richty
U. S
By Dale Harrison
St. Peter’s Church
Troy
BONDS
America
Globe
Brisbane
Kent Roosevelt
PWA
Lee
U.S
Kansas Bank
NRA
Johnson
A. Lawrence Lowell
Bankers of
East
Associated Press
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