03 Jul 1935
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1935
Page
1
Dallas reports that Elgin Freeman, 13, found a live black widow spider after removing it from a nest. He showed it to friends, then the police department killed the spider and he warned others to avoid such insects.
Senate heads for clash next week as Wheeler suggests a two-holding-company limit within integrated regional systems to assuage Roosevelt’s utility bill. Senate inquiry into lobbying approved. House rules panel probes funds tied to Passamaquoddy project amid TVA power fights. Found slain man in Houston case adds violent context.
Miss Sarah Conwell, jailed on contempt charges in Potter County, accuses her former attorneys of engineering the suit for $18,700 tied to Texas Plains Building and Loan. She says they demand 10 percent of the Fort seventh District Court judgment after being fired during the trial. She has been in jail since Monday and cites stock certificates and real estate repossessions as the judgment components.
Unconfirmed reports from Addis Ababa cite heavy casualties in a clash between Italian and Ethiopian forces on the Eritrea frontier. Concurrently 5,000,000 cartridges sent to Ethiopia from Belgium were blocked by French authorities at Djibouti port in French Somaliland.
Four groups of barristers and judges met in Houston to study phases of the legal profession ahead of the Texas Bar Association convention. The Texas Civil Judicial Council discussed judicial reforms court costs salaries and docket cleanup while junior members prepared for their first business session after a social opening.
Forecast shows scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday for Amarillo and vicinity with west Texas mostly partly cloudy and unsettled in the west. New Mexico remains generally fair to tonight and Thursday with occasional unsettled north central, temperatures from 63 to 82.
Amarillo plans a community wide Fourth of July with city and county offices closed except for safety, banks shuttered, and a morning window open. Speed boat races at City Lake start 10 30, two baseball games at Metro Park feature Shamrock versus Cortexe, dances at the Nat and Roseland tomorrow night.
Washington July 31 President Roosevelt defined Works relief split by cost. Projects above 25000 go to Public Works Administration led by Ickes. smaller undertakings go to Works Progress Administration under Hopkins. He referenced Alabama lists and stressed broader national shares and state contributions.
A low cost want ad, running seven days for 2.16, claimed to sell a $6,000 duplex house built by a named buyer. The ad touts a brick duplex in Wolftin Hole Joan with rent 17 per month above payments and perfect condition, highlighting strong results.
Amarillo youth Murray Connor aged 20 unveils a two box radio metal detector marketed for 50 dollars. The device claims to locate gold silver copper and water mains up to 22.5 feet underground using magnetic wave interaction. Connor a radio expert who quit school to pursue engineering demonstrates the machine and plans sales to prospectors in Oklahoma.
Four year old Doloresanne Diamond impressed Schenectady kindergarten teachers by reciting the alphabet backward. She was advanced to the first grade and shown to have the intelligence of a fourteen year old child.
Rome July 3 Italian army develops a chemical to burn through shoe leather when sprinkled on ground and tested near Rome. A photographer wandered onto treated ground and burned soles of his shoes as an officer removed him to a watering trough.
Police announced Merton Ward Goodrich, alias Raymond Johnson, was arrested in New York for the September murder of 11-year-old Lillian Gallagher. Fingerprints matched the Detroit hunt while authorities say he is linked to attempted molestations in a park.
Washington reports only slight damage from stem rust is probable in the winter wheat belt this year. The department notes rusts are common in Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Nebraska but crops are nearing maturity with minimal impact expected.
Washington July 37 Senator Huey P Long of Louisiana narrowly dodged a punch on a crowded Shoreham Hotel terrace. Attorney Burr Tracy Ansell said Long crowded his table and Long said he apologized for stepping on a foot. Ansell, angered, rose to strike but was restrained by a friend as Long fled.
John M. Perry of New York files an amended petition in the Court of Claims seeking more compensation on a $10,000 Liberty Bond tied to gold clause limits. The action revisits Perry’s earlier fight in the Supreme Court over the gold clause and currency redemption, with the court previously ruling no abrogation of the gold clause in government bonds.
Mount Vesuvius exploded with a massive blast near Naples early today blowing a cone fragment into the air. Lava poured from openings on the cone and base while residents watched flames light the sky. The Vesuvius Observatory warned activity was noteworthy but not dangerous, noting steam gas and spark inside the crater.
West Texas hosts a speedboat race tomorrow at City Lake as Amarillo's Fourth of July celebration. Six-state entrants provide morning and afternoon laps with 1 oclock and 1 50 oclock starts. Admission is five cents for adults and cents for children over ten. visitors may fish camp and picnic during the holiday program.
Andre Citroen, likened to France's Henry Ford, died in Paris after an operation. His plants produced over 1,000 motor cars daily and used Fordesque mass production and a nationwide sales network. Citroen, 57, had faced financial trouble with Societe Andre Citroen entering liquidation last year before his death at 8:30 AM.
The notes reference a Centennial mud die on page 9 and Page 3 offers code help and press liberty coverage. Details are fragmented but indicate feature pages and technical guidance within the issue.
In Tokyo on July 3, a Soviet explanation cited Japanese ambitions to gain Amur River lands and Russia’s resolve to thwart them as the motive behind recent Russo Japanese clashes over the Siberian frontier. The Japanese government continued to signal a possible move toward further action as issues linger.
An 17 member “investigating commission” seen by Cuba as agitators faced deportation within 24 hours. The group led by Gifford, aboard the Oriente, was confined on arrival, searched, and moved to detention with five women among those held.
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