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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1935
Page
2
A column of late night humor and comments describes town life and traffic woes. Tales include a funeral prank, speeders near The News Globe office and courthouse, and calls for tougher enforcement. Also shared are quips about aging, household remedies, and light jokes from radio and literature.
City records show more than $40,000 collected yesterday on the final day to pay in full without penalties. Tax collector Perry Burks says deposits will lift city books to their strongest financial position in years, with about $100,000 in clear funds after recent collections.
The suit seeks 25000 dollars against Brigadier General Ellerbe W. Carter over the seizure of a car during Clay County roundups. Carter warned martial law could be declared as 135 guardsmen and state police arrived and 75 more units were en route. He announced an inquiry into county officials’ offices amid admissions of license issuance for stolen cars in the past year.
The Dun & Bradstreet weekly trade review says severe weather across a large area has reduced winter stock to near vanishing points while wholesale orders and spring commitments rise. Retail distribution shows a 12 to 20 percent gain over last year, and the activity barometer stands 74.1, about 20 percent higher than a year ago. In a separate report from Overton Texas, Pat Crowes died and Wilbert Campbell was seriously injured when a car hit a parked machine four miles north of town.
Tax collectors kept offices open until midnight to process taxpayers as the 1934 tax deadline approached. Penalties were enacted on unpaid taxes, with elections and exemptions noted, and offices remained busy late into the night to accommodate submissions.
Peggy Roth of New York designs a regal gold satin gown with a shirted neckline and dipping collar creating cap sleeves. Jean King models a silver cloth evening hat that fits the head and is secured by a decorative self material band across the brow.
Washington officials considered scrapping the US Soviet bank setup to aid credit to Soviet Russia after Moscow debt talks collapsed. Secretary Hull signaled action following a final meeting with Ambassador Troyanovsky in which Washington refused the Soviet demand for a $100 million cash loan from the American government.
Fort Worth officer Lieutenant E K Lee was grazed by a bullet as he confronted a robber who had earlier held up a local pharmacy. Lee fired back and believes he may have hit the suspect.
Winifred V. Veale a 10 year old son of Mr and Mrs W L Veale of 2801 Harrison Street is reported to be improving at St Anthony Hospital after a traffic accident. He had his jugular vein severed when riding a bicycle in the 3700 block on Harrison Street colliding with an Edgefield Grocery truck yesterday evening.
Two district sales meetings are scheduled for Amarillo this Sunday. The Cook Paint and Varnish Company will hold its annual dealers meeting at the Herring Hotel with a banquet at 6 o clock. The Continental Oil Company will also hold its district sales meeting at the same hotel.
Officials note relief costs rose from 60 million to 180 million dollars yearly with January 1933 to December 1934. Roosevelt seeks 4 billion dollars for federal jobs to employ up to 3.5 million people and shift the country from relief by 1935.
El Paso city editor of the Herald-Post is urged to arrange two months of expenses and a foster home as an expectant mother seeks help to place her child after birth. A caller soon asks to adopt the baby, humorously prompting the editor to remark on the coincidence.
The administration pushes an 880 million dollar continued dole plan as Congress moves on Roosevelt's program. Internal friction rises over the world court setback and the large work relief bill. Opposition to the Townsend plan petitions and the bonus adds to the legislative strain.
In Louisiana Huey Long faces murder plot charges and guards at the governor’s office. Joe Messina, Long’s bodyguard, assaults AP photographer Leon Trice in New Orleans, destroying the camera. In Congress, Rep Jared Sanders Jr compares Louisiana to an Asiatic dictatorship and laments martial law undermining local self government.
Cotton opened quiet amid gold case headlines with July slipping to 12.42 and others down a few points. March 12.31, May 12.88, October 12.91. In Kansas City, hogs about 1600 head, prices up to 7.75 for 140-350 lb. cattle and calves steady to mixed with feeders and cows listed. Lambs and sheep show subdued demand with best native lamb around 8.50.
Amarillo educators join a national radio series to support public schools. The first program airs Saturday at 7:45 PM on a local station with Supt. W A McIntosh Mayor Ross Rogers and J O Guicke on the local broadcast.
Grace Brandon 28, Texas stenographer, testifies she received letters, telegrams, and wedding gifts from Maj. Charles A. Shepard before and after the Fort Riley death of his wife Zenana. Shepard, 63, faces retrial after a prior conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court.
Governor Alf Landon outlines discussions of a possible interstate compact among oil producing states. He says authority rests with the legislature and urges immediate authorization for the governor or a representative to meet and negotiate with other governors on conservation and production regulation.
W C Stubblefield watchman at the Santa Fe Building bought the first 1935 Potter County license plate numbered 809 951. He resides at 506 North Polk Street and the plate sale opened briskly continuing to April 1, with numbers ranging from 809 951 to 820 000.
Allred says negotiations aim for a genuine conservation compact and will be reported to the legislature for approval. He expects Congress to approve only a true conservation compact and rejects price fixing monopolistic or regimentation deals.
The 50 by 50 foot steel gate begins its inch by inch descent signaling a dam project that will flood a vast canyon system. The $385 million structure will take three years to fill the reservoir and is expected to triple regional power generation while ending flood danger for Southern California's Imperial Valley.
Townsend urged by Harry L. Hopkins to divert 4,000,000 over 60 from work to younger labor, arguing that repeated experiments have failed and left the rich richer while the poor grow poorer.
An ad touts Cremulsion as a seven in one remedy for persistent colds. It claims powerful but harmless action and pleasant taste with no narcotics. It offers a money back refund on the spot if the cough or cold is not relieved.
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