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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1934
Page
2
Readers share letters praising police officers bravery and public service while poking fun at age guessing and hillbilly jokes. A. N. Olver is re elected Amarillo Country Club president for a fifth term with Ed Hardin lauded as a key supporter. Mae West age question ends column.
Great Britain and the Soviet Union signed a trade treaty in London aimed at offsetting shifts in prewar commerce. Walter Runciman signed for Britain alongside Soviet officials Ivan Maisky and A. V. Ozersky. The pact becomes effective on ratifications and may be denounced with six months notice. It is a nonpermanent agreement due to unresolved prewar debts. Federal cattle tick quarantine has been lifted nationwide except parts of Louisiana Florida and Texas.
A Texas visitor arrived at a Clovis fire station declaring his car on fire. He claimed Grandma caused the blaze by lighting a cigarette, joking that he warned her to be careful. The dramatic encounter served as a quirky, nonfatal incident report.
Potter County grand jury no billed Police Officers Curtis Crays and Sales Coffey in the fatal shooting of ex-convict Clarence Hammonds during an attempted arrest. Hammonds ambushed Policeman Chester Grounds earlier. Witnesses say Hammonds drew a pistol when officers approached at a filling station.
A continuing air mail dispute mentions Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Brown asserts Lindbergh knows more about air mail operations and post office efforts to promote an economically independent aviation industry during Brown’s service.
The New York Stock Exchange business conduct committee sent questionnaires to all members seeking detailed trading records on aviation stocks from January 26 to February 1934. Respondents must list sales, counterparties, and customers by noon February 19, covering stocks such as Aviation Corporation of Delaware Bendix Curtiss Wright Douglas North American United Aircraft Wright Aeronautical.
Dear Tack I am coming to you for help as I need work badly I would like work in a motherless home caring for
The first in a series of first aid lectures begins at 7 pm in the American Red Cross room of the Potter County Courthouse. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays each week. Prominent city physicians will lecture, and safety directors are urged to attend.
A Senate State Affairs subcommittee drafted an unemployment relief bond bill while the full committee approved $4.5 million in new securities. The House favored $4 million to supplement $5.5 million authorized previously. The panel rejected a 10 percent horse racing tax to fund the bonds and proposed delaying the new grant until February next year.
Clarksville dispatch reports Frank Clark the Black man wanted for the double murder of Dan and Mrs Stiles on an Idabel area farm was captured at Addison, 22 miles northwest, captured by Deputy J N Geer. He was shot twice and survived to be transported toward Detroit, then Paris, with officers.
Cleveland Texas February 16 08 Slot machines tied to the citys community chest were banned after a man was fatally shot during a barbers shop incident Nightwatchman Col Garner faces murder charges in the slaying of M R Smith 25 Leggett oil field worker Police say two companions were with Smith when a hip pocket move prompted the shot Sheriff L V Hightower notes robbers may have targeted the machines and local women voted to have them removed.
W. W. Errington, Santa Fe employee, died from auto crash injuries after a northeast Glazier trip when a rear tire blew out and the car overturned. H. J. Emmons was slightly injured and Errington was taken to a hospital. Eyeplants weighing nearly three pounds were shown at Laredo, Texas. Malaria control to be tried in ten southeastern Missouri counties by Civil Works Administration workers.
Amarillo moves to keep regular Transcontinental and Western Air mail and passenger service. City and Chamber urge Congress, Farley, and Roosevelt to maintain routes. warning TWA may drop all passenger and express service if air mail contracts end. Mayors and civic leaders seek regional inclusion and broader support.
State action keeps most AID and Panhandle relief projects active with about 3050 workers employed. Four new Panhandle projects start under original drought relief. 550 men will work 70 to 100 days. CWA labor supports these efforts as surfacing and highway projects commence Monday across Moore to Stratford, Deaf Smith, Lipscomb, Hemphill, and Sherman counties toward Boise City.
Moscow reports a fierce Arctic blizzard hampering rescue efforts for the Cheliuskin crew stranded after the vessel sank near Wrangel Island. Four five month old baby aboard the ship and surviving scientists and colonists await help as airplanes and dog sled teams race to reach Providence Bay and Cape Welland.
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins announced 400000 people employed on Civil Works Administration projects in rural areas would be discharged February 23 to wind down the CWA by May 1.
The chamber outlined a $10,000 annual budget with $4,000 from memberships. The city commission said no appropriation is possible before April 15, 1934 due to lack of a budget provision and uncertain future fiscal needs.
Industrial cities will escape the civil works demobilization program at least until the end of February. The statement from Washington indicates continued funding and projects in key urban areas despite broader reductions.
Edward G. Bremer, released by kidnappers after a $200000 ransom, rejects Washington remarks that the Bremer family is not fully cooperating with federal investigators. The 78 year old bank president declined to expand on his response.
In Pasadena on February 16 the sun showed four new spots, signaling a rising solar cycle and stronger ultraviolet radiation. Dr. Seth B. Nicholson notes the minimum of a long cycle passed, predicting more magnetic disturbances, possible telegraph interruptions, and broader aurora visibility with potential cooler weather.
Rebels driven underground into Vienna sewers battle police amid shelling and sporadic gunfire. Socialist riflemen emerge from manholes in Stadt Park district while officials deny ongoing fighting. Access to sewers allows guerrilla actions as authorities and residents monitor deadly clashes.
Kansas City livestock buyers showed mixed demand with steady to higher bids on cattle and calves while sheep sales remained uneven. Cotton opened firm in New Orleans but eased intraday amid acreage reduction uncertainty. New York stocks softened after early gains as traders awaited Fletcher bill action and overseas currency movements.
Mrs Macy Henson of 1024 No Taft St Okmulgee Oklahoma reports extreme weakness weight loss and nervousness improved after using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She says it did more for her than all other medicines from July to November and notes wonderful improvement.
An old advertisement promotes E Z Tablets to cure biliousness and dizziness by purifying bile and refreshing the liver. The small chocolate covered tablets are described as mild and non upsetting, claimed to ease constipation and improve condition. The ad notes no calorie content and sells 60 tablets per package for 25 cents through drug stores.
Mr M H Venable of Persia Tennessee describes stomach relief after using Black-Draught in small doses post meals. He reports his gas and bloating vanished and has not returned, now occasionally using the syrup variant for children.
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