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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1937
Page
2
Reader comments on C I O organizers in Amarillo and suspicions of fake representatives. Discussion of union power versus balanced labor relations, praise for printers union practices, and notes on John Lewis and Westbrook Pegler. Includes snippets on local events, weather, and miscellaneous trivia.
J W Sanders Amarillo attorney serves as legal counsel for the Whitsel heirs. Final plans for the large acreage will be set after closing. W T Whitsel, Panhandle pioneer, died in June 1980. widow Mrs Whitsel died December 1932. Original owner arrived 1884, first living in a dugout, settled at Pat's Creek in 1888 later Whitsel Pats ranch. Acreage grew, Whitsels became wealthy. he helped organize a bank. The family maintained a fine home at Canadian, near current attornies-in-fact for the heirs.
Classified notice seeks a steady farm hand or kitchen helper. The ad asks for references and mentions Tam middle aged and a person named MRE G.L. Mi. It lists North Buchanan Street and notes continuation on page 33.
A father speaks to his son about honesty fairness and courage in life. The poem promises guidance and shared growth as they both mature with strong morals. Contributed by John F. Wallace.
Greenville Delaware July 1 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr and his bride Fthel du Pont honeymooning today and keeping their plans secret from the nation. The wedding at Christ Church Christians Hundred united the nation’s first political family with prominent relatives and New Deal leaders nearby.
Col Luke Lea once Tennessee political boss and former newspaper publisher, convicted in 1981 of a 1 3 million fraud that harmed 17 million in bank depositors in Asheville North Carolina, received a full pardon from Governor Clyde R Hoey after two years. Lea had been paroled April 2 1936 after serving nearly two years of a six to ten year sentence.
P A Stowell a 42 year old plasterer remained in the county jail on a criminal attack charge after arrest yesterday at a farm six miles north of town. Bond was set at $2000 by Justice Charley Carder with two boys named as agreeing witnesses in the case.
A committee led by a retired Argentine naval officer is assessing the feasibility of creating a steamship service on the Santa Cruz River in the far south of Argentina.
Fields testified that a Borger gambling house partner with Johnny Miller was connected to an affidavit by Dice alleging money offered to remove Miller. Federal agents investigated, while Judge Pickens instructed the jury not to consider whether a federal agent seized a sawed off shotgun from Fields. Fields claimed seven or eight felony indictments since arriving in Borger.
The body of William Harve Speake 68 Amarillo justice of peace in Randall County is sent to Bowie for burial Boxwell Brothers funeral directors announced Funeral services and burial will be in Bowie He died suddenly at his home 4103 Van Buren Street Wednesday afternoon of a heart attack He had lived in Amarillo seven years Surviving are his wife three daughters and a son.
Mrs. Margaret Bock 31 has graduated from an elementary school she attended to stay with her 11-year-old son. She previously had a blended education in Switzerland before leaving at age 17.
The group includes Cotten, Lawrence Hagg, Clint Small, Walter Barlow, Guy Saunders, J. N. Riggs, Binford Arney, John McCarty and Gene Howe. To honor wishes, no elaborate entertainment is planned as state officials attend a private dinner. They plan to depart tonight or tomorrow for Colorado and Texas. Board hearings have covered bids from Lubbock Plainview Slaton Big Spring Abilene Sweetwater Midland Odessa Kermit and other West Texas locales.
Bessemer converters lit the night over Youngstown steel mill district as a strike by four independents under the Steel Workers Organizing Committee spread. Firms affected include Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Inland and Bethlehem Steel while Inland’s truce outlined a two part policy on returns and non discrimination.
Cecil B. DeMille handed over three enigmatic telegrams from Oklahoma to the Sheriff. He noted the first arrived June 5, another a few days later, and the last on Tuesday night. Messages claimed a sister's death and referenced worms and skunks in Hollywood.
The Amarillo Country Club will host family night this evening under manager Hubert Bandy. Activities include talking pictures mostly comics in the clubhouse ballroom, a putting tournament, swimming, tennis, and bridge starting at 7 o clock for children and adults.
Berlin July 1 The Rev Martin Niemoeller a militant confessional synod preacher who opposed Nazi control of the Protestant church in Germany was arrested today and taken to the regular police jail.
The treasury position on June 29 shows receipts of 12,702,178.15 and expenditures of 10,423,314.68 with a balance of 2,552,619,256.95. Customs receipts for the month total 40,149,761.85. For the fiscal year to date, receipts amount to 5,275,442,295.59 and expenditures to 8,064,735,108.00, including 2,837,898,847.02 of emergency spending. Gross debt stands at 36,395,833,846.68, down 975,155.22 from yesterday, and gold assets total 12,316,567,936.13 with 1,085,200,689.36 of inactive gold.
The board of state oil fields announced a rise in crude oil output during the first three months of the year. It notes a 20.8 percent increase over the 1936 level.
An abandoned Pennsylvanian railroad station at Rail Station Auto Park Rayland Ohio has been leased for storing automobiles.
Dispatches from Moscow and Tokyo frame a Russo Japanese border crisis with Soviet occupation of the island and a Japanese cabinet demand for immediate withdrawal of Soviet fighters and gunboats from Amur border lands. Emperor Hirohito seeks briefing from defense chiefs as both sides call the other aggressor.
The Asahi reports the Japanese ambassador in Moscow urged peace to Soviet officials despite ownership disputes over the Amur Islands. An amicable settlement appears unlikely before lengthy arguments, charges, and counter-charges.
Il Popolo D Italia says Britain and France violate the non intervention pact by aiding the Valencia government and by maintaining war volunteer recruitment stations in France. Britain seeks Rome and Berlin to retool the naval patrol as Italy and Germany pull ships. The non intervention subcommittee meets again amid Portugal withdrawing observers. Valencia reports foreign powers blamed for submarine attacks on Spanish ships.
Reports from Salamanca say Seville was bombed from the air with eight devices dropped. Six adults and several children were fatally hurt, a plane was shot down, and a female victim plus a girl and a youth were named among the casualties. An anti air craft unit downed a pursuit plane.
Amarillo post office reports consecutive monthly records with June marking the peak and May previously the largest month. Airmail figures rise with 2408 pounds year to June, while annual receipts reach 27743.67 dollars compared with 26552.54 last year.
Five air force men died when their aircraft crashed in flames at Essy Les Nancy air base near Nancy France. The incident occurred July 1 with details released by military authorities.
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