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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1935
Page
2
In Amarillo a column notes jokes about mothers-in-law from magazines and laws abroad. It cites local quirks, mentions a flower named Mother-in-Law's tongue, and reports on March events, elections, and a city race. It laments rising gossip, detective magazines, and mental drift amid scotch clouds.
Huey P. Long plans to return Thursday to chair a Louisiana special session ex officio as he seeks a peaceful settlement but aims to remove hostile officials. In Baton Rouge Judge J D Womack ordered Sheriff Pettit to seize missing East Baton Rouge Parish police jury books and records after nine elected members resisted Long’s effort to dominate the parish government.
A reader asks for help locating a female wire haired terrier named Nighty, white with black spots, with contact from Mrs R R Haynes at 1601 Buchanan Street. Also mentions wanting to store furniture and seeks work in a small home with low wages, plus a note about a jacket left behind at a theater and a reward offered for its return.
Woman seeks part time work in ironing and plain sewing to support family while husband is out of work for three months. Reader placed note appears to request tack letters page.
The Amarillo Open Forum Club will host a tribute to Panhandle young voters at the Senior High School Auditorium tonight at 8 o clock. Mrs Grace A Rich notes interest in local elections and urges 21 year olds to obtain exemption slips from the county tax collector by Thursday. Prof B H Condron of West Texas State Teachers College Canyon will speak. Judge E C Nelson Jr will give the welcome. The program aims to engage all residents and includes an entertainment program.
Alice Clarissa Richmond urges careful buying of baby carriages and go carts. She warns against lightweight collapsible models with inadequate springs and supports, noting poor posture and spinal issues from ill chosen carriages.
In Washington on January 29 the fight over ratifying the court rages as Senator Johnson leads Republicans to defeat the proposal while Father Charles Coughlin blasts the court from the air. Opponents need 32 votes to block ratification with Holt and McKellar absent and several reservations to be settled before the final roll is called. Irene Dunne, 28, Interior Department employee, was found shot dead in her Washington room today with a note to her brother in Texas.
The full payment deadline for city taxes is Thursday. Taxpayers who did not use the split plan must pay the full 1934 tax by Thursday or face delinquency. A 1 percent penalty applies after Thursday rising to 2 percent after March 1 5 percent by June 1 and 8 percent plus 6 percent annual interest after July 1. The collector’s office stays open until midnight Thursday and the final split payment is due June 30. The first split payment was made last November.
In Waco on January 29 Judge Sam R. Scott heard a mental anguish suit by Miss Mabel Vivian Scott 19 seeking names of her mother and grandparents. The attending physician disclosed maternal and grandparent names to the judge, who privately allowed it while weighing Miss Scott’s right to know against family confidentiality.
General John J. Pershing, veteran of the A E F, was presented with an Indian hatchet by Albert Johnson, a former under his command, as he passed the scene of earlier Mexican expedition actions in Lordsburg New Mexico on January 29.
Informal meeting at the governor's mansion outlined a new state utility board. It would regulate gas electrical telephone and pipelines and oversee corporate connections of producers transporters and distribution firms. A 0.5 percent gross receipts tax would fund the board and members would earn 10000 annually.
The piece lists legislators from Texas and nearby states voting to print while noting absences and presiding officials. It states Californians consume about half of the 500000 cases of ripe wines produced annually in this country.
Washington January 29 The nine justices of the United States Supreme Court prepare to decide if Congress had the right to end gold clause debt payments by February 4 Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and associates Brandeis Stone Roberts Cardozo Butler Van Devanter McReynolds Sutherland are noted for their liberal and conservative labels The article traces Hughes background from minister’s son to governor and secretary of state with a legacy of team-work on the bench
A Federal court jury hears Hawley describe Dr. Shepard's professional certainty as focus shifts to motive for the alleged 1929 poisoning of Mrs. Veronica Shepard at Fort Riley. The testimony covers Shepard's affairs with Miss Grace Brandon and Mrs. Viola Brimberry in the adjacent trial contexts.
A meeting of the Railway Mail Association is set for Monday at 3 o'clock in the federal building. E V Harris, secretary, announced the event and said important business will be addressed during the session.
Kansas City livestock numbers show hogs 2 500 slow buyers bidding 7 75 to 7 95 with sows 6 25 to 7 40 cattle 4 500 with feeders weaker but heavy killing classes steady steer prices 7 70 to 12 25 heifers 6 50 to 10 25 cows 6 25 to 6 50 vealers 5 00 to 9 50 native lambs in New Orleans cotton opens easier with March 12 34 to 12 41 May 12 39 July 12 41 October 12 81 near noon down 2 to 3 points from yesterday
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