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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1932
Page
2
The writer laments 28 funerals in one Wichita Falls day amid flu and pneumonia, urges bed rest at first sign of fever, criticizes public health conditions, and warns Amarillo readers to take illness seriously. He notes local insurance talk and mentions figures like Floyd Studer and Herbert Hoover in a broad social critique.
Associated Press report chronicles Japan's Manchuria campaign from Mukden to Chinchow. It describes Harbin as a key rail hub and contrasts rich merchants with White Russian refugees, noting Russia values Harbin as an outlet to the Far East and Japan’s growing control across Manchuria.
Assistant Attorney General Elbert Hubbard told the Texas State Railroad Commission that contract truck rates must not be lower than the rates charged by common carriers. The ruling extends to include rail common carriers, and the commission has adopted the policy of equal rates where truck and rail lines compete.
Supporters of Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois for the Democratic nomination circulate petitions to file Saturday with the secretary of state at Springfield. Candidates for county, state and national posts have until February 22 to post intentions.
In Geneva on February 5 Andre Tardieu the French war minister presented concrete proposals for an international police force to assure world security. President Henderson accepted the document as in order though general debate was not scheduled until next week. The arms conference in plenary session also elected Tsuneo Matsudaira of Japan as one of its vice presidents, easing a crisis over his possible withdrawal.
J. W. Bateman of Amarillo is jailed in Potter County on a forgery charge involving a $7 check. Bond set at $1,000 by Justice G. J. Landis. County Attorney Rhea C. Myers filed the charge late yesterday.
Mail orders pour in for Beniamino Gigli who will perform next Friday night at Municipal Auditorium. Tickets available at Globe News office with reservations to Wilbur C. Hawk. prices 50 cents to 2.50. envelopes required. Sale moves Tuesday to City Drug Store 517 Polk Street. Gigli praised as one of today’s leading tenors and compared to Caruso. famed for Metropolitan Opera appearances.
Panhandle arson case centers on Mart Martinson charged with dynamiting the Panhandle Power and Light office in Skellytown. He faces an examining trial after bond set at 2500 dollars. four witnesses identified him from a rooming house. The blast damaged the office January 25. Separately Amarillo officials approve Thompson Park beautification plans for a huge rose garden.
The piece notes Anita Loos endorsing a redheaded heroine for a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scenario and jokes about a German machine claiming five pounds weight loss. It recalls air travel crashes during storms, plus calls for fireproof mail containers. It also reports Ex Secretary Fall’s pardon rejection and related legal penalties.
R. H. Knoohizuen a Plainview business leader and civic booster will be the principal speaker at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet in the Crystal Ballroom at the Herring Hotel Wednesday night. Manager O. V. Vernon announced the plans are complete.
McALESTER Oklahoma Frank Morgan who was paroled after a larceny sentence and bound to stay out of the state for five years violated the条件 and returned. He is again jailed saying he cannot seem to stay away.
A group of American residents left Nanking after the U S consul general urged evacuation of women and children. They arrived in Shanghai aboard the British steamer Tuckwo stating conditions were not serious but they departed on advice.
Paris reports the foreign office said France found Japan's reply to the five point peace plan unsatisfactory and pledged full support for further U S efforts to resolve Sino-Japanese tensions. Officials feared a decisive battle in Shanghai amid maneuvers and noted Japan's reservations kept the situation in suspense.
An appeal in the name of justice and humanity seeks help to terminate Japanese vandalism in Shanghai. The Universities Union directs the plea to Secretary Stimson Senator Borah Columbia University officials and Monroe, urging action to halt attacks on innocents and preserve Chinese cultural institutions.
Milton West of Brownsville a prominent attorney and Cameron County state representative proposed to Adjutant General W. W. Sterling in Austin that a battalion of volunteers be raised in Southwest Texas if war comes.
A mixed quartet will be featured at the T. Newton Hill Bible Class at the Fair Theater Sunday morning. L. F. Aldrich of Amarillo College of Music teaches voice. Judge W. E. Gee and Dr. R. C. Snodgrass will teach the men’s class. H. A. Shaw will lead singing. Miss Doris Shaw provides piano accompaniments.
Influenza sweeping the Southwest nears epidemic levels in Amarillo though local officials see little cause for alarm. Health unit director Dr. Benjamin M. Primer notes mild cases and low absenteeism. seven teachers and 647 children were absent in city schools.
Japanese planes bombed a Chinese troop train moving into Chapei as reinforcements for the 19th army. An opened car was exploded, 16 bodies lay along the track, and mangled horses were found amid wreckage. Earlier bombs damaged Chenju University buildings and sparked fires.
Hogs and cattle markets in Chicago and Kansas City show mixed changes with hogs up to 10c higher on good weight ranges and cattle steady to strong. New Orleans cotton opens quietly, then eases amid easier stocks and softer demand, with May and July futures lower from opening highs.
A reflective poem contemplates future students reviewing current troubles and high prices as a turning point. It foresees a wiser writer judging past folly and questioning the belief that golden days last, noting how two years can shift what is considered right or wrong.
Noted seer and magician Dr Cunning will perform a 9 30 Saturday matinee at the Fair Theater with a full hour of magic and illusions. Rabbits from hats and other tricks will be shown and many live rabbits given to children, plus short comedy pictures.
A three judge federal court in Dallas held that all parts of the new Texas truck law regarding interstate carriers are unconstitutional except provisions that are police in nature. The decision preserves the law's dimension and weight regulations for truck loads, with temporary injunctions to permit truck lines while railroads claim monopoly concerns. Judge Atwell announced the ruling with Circuit Judge Hutcheson and Judge Grubb present.
Panhandle youths will exhibit prize winning baby beeves at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show February 29 to March 3. The Royal Purple Revue will pause March 1 for a brief onstage spotlight on the peeves class winners at Municipal Auditorium. Elaborate Stock Show entertainments include an all star athletic show.
Senator W Warren Barbour of New Jersey said he would urge the Republican National Convention to adopt a wet plank in the 1932 platform. He announced this in a telegram to Edgar A Knapp of Red Bank New Jersey who had asked for his position.
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