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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1934
Page
2
The piece notes Sudan grass seed rose from 2 to 10 cents a pound with claims a Kansas City grain dealer cornered the market and reaped at least 500000 dollars. It adds most Sudan grass seed is grown in the Panhandle and laments the profit distribution. Weather outlook mentions weekend moisture and possible showers through Thursday.
The War Department will buy 1551 motor trucks for National Guard units this summer under the 10 million dollar PWA mobilization program. Ads for bids will be issued by Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring next month. Chevrolet has 1600 trucks awarded for motor pools. field artillery brigade batteries planned to receive 18 trucks each include units from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
Local leaders say Amarillo units were allotted 15 trucks over three years in a plan made months ago. It remains unclear if this is an extension of that allotment or a new one and officials await formal guidance from Washington.
Two civil service vacancies announced by M. Tiuler include junior agricultural statistician with 2000 to 2600 annual pay and associate veterinarian at 3200. Final applications due July 24 for the statistician and July 23 for the veterinarian. New positions include duties on wildlife disease work.
The town links a brown stain in children’s teeth to mineralized water and considers a new purification plant. Officials urge action while reflections on diet and alternatives continue. In other notes, a local utility halts a high voltage line project and readers are informed England and Wales host 19,160,000 males and 20,828,000 females.
A reader asks Tack for a home for a medium size white shaggy dog. The letter requests a kind child recipient and asks for guidance on placement.
New Mexico's U.S. representative Dennis Chavez endorses the New Deal, calls it essential to revive the nation, and praises Marvin Jones as a Panhandle ally. He notes Jones as Agricultural Committee chair aiding key Southwest farm bills and predicts a New Deal victory in the state. Chavez is visiting Amarillo and heads home to Albuquerque.
The Home Owners Loan Corporation expands in Texas with offices in Dallas and Amarillo serving 122 counties. Since its anniversary, Texas loans total 14 million dollars closed and 60 million in applications were received. last week 986000 in loans were perfected. Mr. Shaw and J. J. Thames led the effort, with 30 000 applications to date and projections to exceed 17 000 loans before year end.
A string of humorous incidents in Washington touches on Rep. Sol Bloom and General Johnson with pranks and mischief. Stories include a mock offer of a Gatling gun, a travel worn egg sent to the White House, a North Carolina woman sending an eye marked egg, and NRA bachelors living at Bleagle-on-the-Potomac with code themed dress parties. Eustace Seligman attends with a neck full of safety pins.
Four of seven Democratic gubernatorial candidates filed expense statements with the secretary of state. Edgar E. Witt reported the largest spending at 5283.71 with 1025 contributions, while James V. Allred led in gifts totaling 5068.18 against 4258.35 expenses. Tom F.P. Hunter spent 3501.15 with no contributions. Edward K. Russell listed 1372.60 with no contributions. Largest donors to Allred included Bailey W. Mardy Austin 752 J E Casey Houston Carl Estes Tyler G A Bodenheim Longview 500 each Claude Eakman San Angelo 400.
Dr. George Waddill son of Mr and Mrs George M Wadill of Amarillo heads to Chicago for a year with the Bobs Roberts Memorial Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago. He previously served as resident physician at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and earned his MD from the University of Texas at Galveston in 1932.
News notes German power centers show heightened protection for officials. Hitler’s chancellery remains shielded by armed guards and SS units amid reports of conspiracies linked to France and efforts to safeguard the regime.
FDIC will gather condition data on 7 567 state banks not affiliated with the Federal Reserve. State bank commissioner E C Brand issued a call for June 30 statements, concurrent with national banks, with no new insurance levies expected before October 1. In London, over one in a hundred schoolchildren in poorer districts reportedly suffer malnutrition.
Dr and Mrs Claude Wolcott describe a six state tour through Montana Utah Colorado Idaho New Mexico Wyoming with Navajo and Ute reservations and Yellowstone Park. They report grasshopper infestations and severe drouth with rivers low and some rocks exposed near Bayfield Colorado.
Mexico City July 3 Tourist travel on the Pan American Highway between Monterrey and Mexico City will be halted Thursday due to construction and rain making the route dangerous. Southbound traffic will be barred south of Matlapa and San Luis Obispo, and on July 15 northbound traffic will be barred north of Jacala and Hidalgo. Travel will remain open between Laredo, Matlapa and Mexico City.
Jack Jordan, a Black man, charged with assault with intent to murder for wounding Hattie Rowan on Sunday night. He was released from Potter County jail on a 750 dollar bond after allegedly firing at Rowan on South Polk Street. Rowan was shot four times. her condition improved from serious to better by morning.
Corpus Christi Texas July 3 Officers in two cities today questioned persons suspected in the slaying of J Pollard of Refugio two weeks ago. Two men were arrested one held here and the other at Refugio Police believe Pollard was slain during an attempted robbery. He was known to frequently carry large sums of money.
The city commission will hold a public hearing at city hall tonight at 8 on rezoning the area between North East Eighth Avenue and the east city limits. Also on the agenda are regular business items and issues postponed from last week per city secretary Miss LeVerne Calhoun.
Hiroji Saito, Japanese ambassador to Washington, sails from San Francisco to report to Tokyo that he has made little headway with Japan's proposals to the Roosevelt administration. State Department officials deny any overtures toward a conciliation or non aggression pact, while Hull states the U S has not considered a bilateral non aggression agreement with any nation.
Fort Worth July 3 arbitration between streetcar and bus operators and North Texas Traction Company faced a threatened strike as workers, at a mass meeting, urged reinstatement of several men said to be dismissed for union affiliation.
James Lowell Smith, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Smith of the Afton community, died from accidental gunshot wounds while rabbit hunting. Burial is planned in Ryan, Oklahoma. Also noted: a 100 B. C. woolen mitten and an ancient woolen cloak found in Swedish peat bogs.
Mia Northrup of New York testifies gas caused stomach danger but after Udga Treatment she is free from pain. The ad claims a triple action to neutralize acid soothe inflamed stomach lining and stop pain. It cites 54 169 letters praising the product and offers a money back guarantee with a trial. Sold by CAEK DALE BAORES.
Plainview Texas July 3. George Bernard Shaw British playwright calls branding cattle a horrible and hellish practice in a letter to Marion P Peters of Plainview who runs a cattle brand collection. J Frank Norfleet writes Shaw a brief history of Hale County cattle brands to obtain a drawing for the collection.
Bert and Bernie, world champion yo yo exhibitors, will stage a free demonstration tomorrow at Palo Duro Park rodeo. The Filipino pair from Hawaii have traveled worldwide in recent months giving exhibitions as a special attraction for the park opening celebration.
Six homeless men from the so called jungle near an exclusive Pittsburgh suburb died after consuming poison alcohol at a woods gathering. A seventh man is in critical condition. Three victims identified include Michael Carney 44 James Carney 53 and George Heckel 71.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce accepts its new secretary Carl Hinton will assist in a Panhandle wide good roads conference on July 14. The 2 pm session will be at the Herring Hotel with invitations to chambers across the Panhandle Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Livestock markets show cattle and sheep activity with mixed demand. Cotton futures edge firmer in New Orleans as pre-holiday caution and rains influence sentiment. grain prices in Chicago reflect unsettled trading with July wheat listed near 8.70.
New York stock traders faced a restrained day with prices mostly flat and activity scattered. Some issues showed firmness while wheat rallied on the futures market as corn and oats lingered. Catton recovered some prior losses and rubber rose, while silver lagged and the dollar dipped slightly against European gold currencies.
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