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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1933
Page
2
A local column rails against a national Technocrats plan, questions aging workers' retirement, and critiques long lasting car and tire promises. It also praise Mrs Kirk and Dean Kirk for potato donations, notes a East Texas visit, warns of hot oil and hot wheat, and features a Gray County mortgage meeting and Austin legal view on foreclosure reform.
A historic health notice promotes Cream of Nujol as a safe laxative for pregnant and nursing mothers. It claims traditional laxatives harm the baby, argues the new cream does not pass into milk, and urges nightly and morning use to protect the delicate bowel system.
At noon Wednesday two juries were empaneled for cases in the 47th District Court. Charley Adams faces an assault with intent to commit a statutory offense on an 11 year old in January 1931, with progress slow and Judge Henry Bishop pressing for a verdict. Frank Gilvin is tried for possession of whiskey, with witnesses including two former sheriffs deputies testifying to seize the whiskey at his 301 North Johnson Street home on September 14, 1932. John Odom and John Williams face bribery charges. defense counsel Clem Calhoun won a quorum challenge to the indictment for lack of specifying the offense against J. N. Rutherford, who allegedly gave a $10 bribe for leniency. District Attorney Grady Hazlewood seeks a new indictment, and severance motions loom as another Adams case awaits its outcome.
JAPAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) teen thousand Chinese Communists are sweeping from Shensi province into Szechuan, looting as they go and driving out established authorities. Word from Chungking said foreign missionaries in northeastern Szechuan were fleeing into that city.
In Jehol province Japanese and Chinese forces massed near Mukden. A Japanese spokesman warned further massing by Chinese troops could make conflict inevitable. Reports said the Manchukuo government probed a foreign consulate for funds aiding Gen Cheng Hsueh-liang. Harbin dispatches claimed Japanese troops repelled about 100 mounted attackers at a factory outside the city with 30 killed.
Five Japanese troop trains, fully loaded, moved through Seoul today heading to Manchuria to bolster forces. Reinforcements arrived yesterday at Fusan aboard five steamers and were entrained shortly after.
Last rites for Miss Alberta Gulledge former Amarillo resident who died Monday at Wichita Falls were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday at Griggs Chapel with Rev E B Pincher Ellwood Presbyterian Church officiating Burial followed Llano Cemetery She is survived by sister Mrs Susan Gulledge 3804 North Pierce Street and two brothers Dr R H Gulledge Felerson La and Mrs M J Gulledge San Jon N M
Berlin February 1 Gustav Lilienthal eighty four died of a heart attack today He and his brother Otto are credited with discovering the arched wing surface principle of aerodynamics opening the way to heavier than air flight
The passage argues that little can be achieved by the Legislature and that any progress will occur only if reached in conference with influential financiers whose future debtors will seek loans from tomorrow.
A short verse about Miss Mary McMoos, her giggle and beauty, and the failed hopes of many suitors from different lands and walks of life. The poem traces how admirers imagined life with her and how time changes fortunes as she grows old alone.
J D Copper of Canadian was arraigned on failure to stop and aid in a collision that killed D E Milson of Perryton and injured three others. Bond set at 2000, Copper jailed in Hemphill County. Milson, 25, salesman, funeral held today, body sent to Nacona for burial. Billie Frank Milson, 6, and Mrs Milson remain hospitalized but expected to recover.
Rangers detained a woman in Rhome last Friday and later near Childress with two companions, Faye Pennington, 16, of Dallas, and E. C. Hawthorne of Memphis, Tex. A nine mile chase led to the capture after questioning for theft and possible killing charges. Hawthorne and Pennington face accessory charges in Brown’s death.
A Lake Dallas storekeeper, previously released after a shooting near miss with Leon Hannah state ranger, was jailed again in Denton County at the request of Ranger Sergeant Bert Wisenand of Dallas. No charges were filed.
Three burglaries were reported early Wednesday with one in the business district and two in residential areas. Burglars gained three firearms from Polley Gun Shop at 107 East Fifth Avenue by breaking a window. A large radio was taken from Miss Dorothy Hub Bell residence at 2501 Van Buren Street while the household was away. police said burglars also visited the John Allen home at 2810 Taylor Street where goods were stored in the garage.
February 1 The revenue and taxation committee of the Oklahoma House voted to strike all provisions of a proposed luxury tax except a levy on cigarettes. Governor Murray had urged a broader tax on luxury goods, but the committee rejected the plan other than the cigarette levy.
Amarillo Council of Parents and Teachers pleads for community help to support 1000 destitute children. The Thrift Room, run two years, faces debt mid year as fund-raising tag days are set for Friday and Saturday. One penny to any amount will aid, with 20,000 blue and white tags printed bearing I Help Keep a Child In School.
Led by John Slaton, Hereford director, the 31st district division rallies hundreds of existing members to join the Texas Good Roads Association. Mrs. J. A. Hill and Marshall R. Diggs address the session urging women’s club enrollment to divert gasoline taxes from road funds to improve Texas highways.
Early Wednesday a large barn on Bill Sutherland’s farm seven miles south of here burned to the ground with its contents. About 300 bushels of grain 1 000 pounds of cured meat hay and 22 sets of harness were lost along with the structure. Insurance was reported at 200. The origin was undetermined and authorities suspect vandalism by tramps. Amarillo firemen responded with one truck and boosted water from stock tanks after exhausting their supply. They fought the blaze from 6 to 11 a.m. as flames threatened nearby buildings.
Llano city commissioners approved selling more than 9,000 feet of 6 inch gas casing bought two years ago for 500 dollars. The casing, useless as water pipe, will be welded into a sprinkling system at Llano Cemetery, funded by Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The Llano Cemetery Association, via trustee Jim Guleke, will receive the casing on delivery by the city.
Peru proposed turning over the Amazonian port of Leticia to Brazil as a temporary measure while Peru and Colombia resolve their dispute over the town. The note was sent to Brazil the United States and the League of Nations. In Buenos Aires Dr Arthur E Elliott warned that the Gran Chaco war between Bolivia and Paraguay had grown vast with thousands killed and many more dying of thirst starvation and disease.
In Stephenville Texas W James Gamble 66 a former Dallas policeman died from five gunshot wounds after leaving the courthouse where he testified in a divorce trial Roscoe Cupp a principal in the case surrendered to authorities and was held Gamble had testified for Mrs Cupp who seeks custody of her children Cupp and the children had moved to Huckabay eight months earlier Deputy Sheriff Blackie Martin took custody of Cupp after the shooting and the incident occurred amid tense custody proceedings involving Mrs Kings supporters and deputies.
Rev Dawson cites a policy by the TECHNOSmittee and El Paso Technocrats endorsing noble, beautiful and adequate material provision for public worship and festivals with no interference in belief. Tomorrow at 7 30 P M a meeting in the 34th district court room will discuss future plans.
The Texas Civil Appeals Seventh District at Amarillo held motions and submissions. Motions granted and overruled included Texas Indemnity Insurance Co v McLaury and Farmers & Mechanics Trust Co v Perry. Reversed and remanded Maryland Casualty v Meyer. Futures set for submission March 29, 1933 on Rowe v Cameron Co. and others from Gray, Hutchinson, Lubbock, Dalhart, Dallam, and Potter counties.
Patrons of Bivins School asked the city commission to install a sidewalk on West Fifteenth Avenue between Ong and Travis Streets citing heavy traffic and danger to children. The petition was presented Tuesday night and requires all property owners to cover the full cost with the city handling the assessment payments. Signers include Broomfield Miller Williams Scott Daniel Bowen Dye Browning Alley Johnson Spann Harrell Anderson and others.
The city commission approved a $10,000 budget to be shared equally with Potter County for operating and maintaining the public library. The contract covers the last two months of 1932 and extends to December 31 of the current year, following an existing agreement on the health unit.
J H Richardson was acquitted by a jury here on charges of assault with intent to murder in connection with the December 17 shooting and wounding of C L Curly McLean in a local pool hall.
Kansas City markets list cattle hogs and veal prices with varying weights and grades. New Orleans cotton quotes open quiet and slide through the morning while New York stock letters describe a broad market decline after dividend and policy news. An annual meeting notice for Badger Oil Company sets February 8 in Amarillo with stock books closing February 6.
The offices of C. M. Humphrys have relocated to 612 Harrison in the former McDonald Auto Supply building. Mr. semaphs was previously housed in the 2rille Building. L. B. Cox is connected with Humphrys.
The family expresses deep gratitude for kindness, floral tributes, and sympathy during the illness and death of their husband, brother, and son. Names include Mrs J W Allard, Mrs J H Allard, Mrs O W Moore, I N Allard, Mrs Geo Allard, and Mrs L V Sanders.
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