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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
2
The writer opines Will Rogers could buy and use the J A ranch. praises Rogers as a national figure and urges his possible move to the Panhandle. Also notes local leaders, business recovery signs, and criticism of pipeline management hurting Amarillo and Texas oil areas.
A letter to Tack expresses urgent need for any job. The writer emphasizes willingness to work hard and for any wage to earn a living, claiming readiness to perform any task. The note ends with an exaggerated comparison about salt covering the United States.
Judge John Barton Payne 80, longtime head of the American Red Cross, died at George Washington Hospital after pneumonia followed influenza and an appendicitis operation. A former cabinet member, he led vast relief efforts during floods and disasters and earned decorations from nineteen countries.
About 60 members of the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra gathered at Amarillo College of Music for a chili supper and rehearsal of The Merry Wives of Windsor overture led by Christian Thaulow. Plans were discussed for Thaulow's violin concert next Tuesday to benefit the association treasury.
Reports from the frontier say Gen. Sung Chen-Yuan’s forces suffered many casualties while repelling a Japanese column. One Japanese sergeant was killed and two officers wounded. Japanese claims of aerial bombing are disputed. Sung blamed misread orders for delays in evacuating Jehol but promised compliance.
The Texas Senate debates bills to bar house to house farm product sales, extend a wagering hearing postponement, and curb roaming livestock on state routes. Sen Hopkins proposes fencing bans, while Sen Small favors teacher written Texas textbooks and questions board interpretations. Adoption of Texas written text was rejected previously by the Board of Education.
Real estate observers cite 60 percent of cities with supply shortages and 30 percent facing shortages as rents begin to rise. Schmidt notes rising construction and improved living standards fueling demand and urban renewal. Potter signals limited support for direct government housing but favors slum clearance and subsistence homesteads. Walter S Schmidt succeeds as city councillor in an upcoming ceremony.
The girl's father reached the sheriff's office after her appearance at a shooting case. He denied her involvement, stating she was at a Grapevine theater on September 8 with a high school classmate. The sheriff urged truth before the grand jury, she defiantly refused to change her story.
The Associated Press reports a shifting cold wave with Texas seeing a brief rise in temperatures after three days of extreme cold. A new death, 24 year old Golden Carter, was found frozen in a vacant Longview house, raising Texas fatalities to eleven. Widespread livestock and crop damage is expected to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Witnesses including Anne Morrow Lindbergh described the infant's abduction in March 1932 and identified a voice as matching that of Bruno Hauptmann. The testimony noted the child wore a sleeping garment and referenced the crime scene near Mercer County woods.
Pictures of the President and Vice-President will be given to each attendee at the President's Birthday Balls in Amarillo next Wednesday night. The Roseland American Legion Home Elks Club Nat and Masonic Temple hosts 9 to 12 for portraits. Seventy percent of proceeds stay in Amarillo for the Crippled Children's Council. thirty percent goes to Washington for infantile paralysis research. Admission is $1 for men. ladies enter free.
Court heard a parade of witnesses detailing ransom payoffs, ladder marks, and handwriting proof linking Bruno Hauptmann to the Lindbergh abduction. Kohler's forensic demo traced the ladder wood to Hauptmann’s plane and car, while others testified to ransom bills and sightings around the crime scene.
Five year old Billie Jo Yates remained near death after a tragic crash in Gladewater Texas. Her mother Mrs W S Yates aged 38 died in the accident. Local authorities reported the two were involved in the wreck today.
Justice Department announces 106 suits charging firms and individuals with violations of the petroleum code. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings says 547 oil cases were referred, 465 sent to district attorneys, with 106 suits filed, 17 dismissed for insufficient evidence, and 65 held in suspense awaiting evidence of interstate transactions.
In Piedras Negras area, 25 agrarians fight Mexican state rangers over lands illegally held. Three Mexicans killed and two wounded as police join the clash. Police chief and agrarian leader die. federal troops force surrender. In Mexico City authorities deny communistic shift.
John Youngblood 83 retired contractor died at 6:25 this morning at his home 304 Fairmont Street He lived in the Panhandle 30 years and was a Catholic He leaves three sons L M Youngblood Amarillo John Youngblood Adrian William Youngblood Pampa and three daughters Mrs C A Geer Amarillo Mrs Dan Potter Beaver Okla and Bertha Youngblood Amarillo The body is at N S Griggs & Sons.
An arrest was made this morning in connection with the robbery of the Paramount Lunch Room at 914 Polk Street. Police say more than 48 dollars in cash and several dollars of cigars were taken. nearly all has been recovered and robbery charges are expected to be filed against the suspect this afternoon.
Miss Jewell Davidson, Potter County tax collector, received authorization from George H. Shephard, state comptroller, to collect delinquent taxes penalty free. From now until March 15, taxpayers may pay the original assessed amounts for 1933 and prior years with all penalties and interest cancelled. The comptroller’s order moves the moratorium opening seven days earlier, making the law effective immediately.
Two Amarillo youths Byron B. Dees and W Robert Browne along with four Panhandle men were chosen by the War Department as civilian flying cadets. The six will join a class of 150 at Randolph Field San Antonio in March for primary training. Other selections include Fred H. Daugherty Dalhart Thomas J Shelton Jr Plainview Beverly H Warren Plainview and Max Mail Memphis.
New Orleans cotton opened steady with slight early gains and old crop activity. Kansas City hogs and cattle were largely higher with mixed changes across weight classes and a robust cattle demand, while sheep trading remained light and prices steady to firm.
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