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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1933
Page
2
Cleveland July 4 Joseph B Keenan named assistant to Attorney General Homer S Cummings to direct the justice department campaign against racketeering He aims to strike at gangland leadership and the illicit revenue network to break the gang system and its political links.
The column discusses the murder of Jack Diamond's widow suspected tied to underworld figures, Bootlegging profits fading with repeal, and increased ransom risks. It reviews crime, safety warnings, and political quotes from Berlin and Washington, including Hitler’s family policy and a Berlin church debate.
MRS J L MINTER requests help finding a lost pair of chaps a saddle blanket and a short jacket believed stolen from a car between 306 Florida Street and Jackson Street 1 at Tenth Avenue. G H MATTIX offers reward for a blue hand embroidered feather pillow lost between Polk Street 3300 and the Santa Fe depot. An Amarillo interior decorator seeks work.
The article weighs whether a child should keep an allowance after earning spending money. If a child can cover pocket needs and helps the family budget, he may relinquish the allowance, though choice rests with him. Taxing family finances, age gaps, and vacation earnings influence the decision and parent guidance.
By noon on the Fourth of July the community reported no accidents and no flagrant police violations tied to holiday celebrations. Authorities noted residents planned a safe and sane observance.
A regional weather brief notes a July Fourth high of 102 degrees recorded at 10 30 this morning stressing heat conditions across the area.
Across the United States and in Paris and Alaska, communities celebrate Independence Day with parades, games, and gatherings. Eskimos near the Arctic Circle join in flag-raising and races, while Seattle displays White Shirts loyalty and Oklahoma hosts Indian rodeos. In Philadelphia Independence Hall hosts ceremonies as a 17 year old reads the Declaration, and in Paris by La Payette tomb Americans mark the day with ceremonies and a WWI statue ceremony.
United Press reports federal forecast shows partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with potential showers along the East coast. Regions near Texas experience cooler notes as Abilene tops 102 and Dallas at 99 while Little Rock records 40 inches of rain in the past day and El Paso and Oklahoma City see showers.
Radford founder of a west Texas wholesale chain died at his desk aboard an Alaskan cruise. He built a 25 store network with annual volume around one million dollars monthly in normal times. He supported the Roosevelt recovery program and helped draft the grocery code under the national industrial recovery act. Surviving are his wife and son O E Radford.
J M Radford renowned Amarillo wholesale grocer and Abilene civic figure dies. Early Texas merchant rose to wealth and influence with the Radford Grocery Company maintaining a branch in Amarillo. Survived by a legacy in Abilene trade circles.
The Ford Motor Co. disputes owing funds and hints at a broad October review of Detroit banking affairs. Chairman Fletcher says proof from Wilkins is needed for a possible inquiry. Pecora agrees to study the charges as Kuhn, Loeb and others face a later investigation into investment trusts and exchange operations.
A Texas man Lonnie Wesley is accused of stealing 6000 dollars from farmer Dock Cole at his Henders on Texas home. Wesley, jailed in Denver, says he found the cash in a jar in a corn bin and dreamed it was his. Authorities plan to return him to Texas to face charges.
Five bandits looted the First National Bank in Clinton Oklahoma of nearly 12 000 and kidnapped two girls as shields before vanishing toward the Texas Panhandle. Georgia Loving 18 and Velma Snelle 22 were later released unharmed at the city edge as a stolen car tied to the escape sped westward through Sayre 45 miles away.
A Texas poultrymen’s committee will confer with Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma delegates in Dallas next week to draft a regional code for the industry. Texas members include John A. Domairson Victoria Tom Miller Austin and W B Powell San Antonio.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt urges American children in Mexico to reflect on civic duties on Independence Day. The article also explains the Chinese li as a unit, equating it to about one hundredth of a day’s walk, roughly one third of a mile on level ground and as little as an eighth of a mile in hilly terrain.
Argentina mourns the death of former president Hipolito Yrigoyen at age 82 from acute broncho pneumonia. The aged bachelor, who rose from teaching and ranching to lead the nation, dies after a career marked by three revolutions and eight years in the presidency.
Charles B. Murphy head of locations for M G M said plans aim to shoot at least three pictures in Brownsville with two or three Mexican films including one about Pancho Villa.
Western Cuba witnesses five dead and many injured as a tropical storm sweeps Pinar del Rio. authorities rush aid to the homeless and guard against looting. Police report about 100 houses destroyed with floods and ruined crops in San Cristobal Tacotaco Artemisa Guanajay Candelaria and Santa Cruz de Los Pinos.
Russell Boardman, the trans Atlantic flyer killed in a crash, is flown east by his brother Earl for burial. The aircraft departs Indianapolis for Hartford via Cleveland, with burial planned Thursday at Westfield Cemetery near Hartford. Mrs Boardman travels by train to join the service.
Levi P. Stallworth of Amarillo was jailed in Potter County after pleading not guilty in U S district court to possession and passing counterfeit ten dollar Federal Reserve notes. Bond set at 500 dollars.
The weather bureau tracked a tropical storm, about 250 miles southeast of the Mississippi mouth, moving northwest or west northwest. It likely will not reach the coast today or tomorrow, and its Gulf exit point remains uncertain until morning. Vessels in its path were warned as the storm carries hurricane force winds in a small area.
The United States faced a chance to oppose the action at both the steering committee and plenary session. Great Britain shifted its stance after anger over Roosevelt's telegram. A nebulous plan for the plenary would allow indefinite adjournment of monetary and economic issues leaving little chance for agreement. The meeting marked deadlock as gold standard nations and U S representatives reaffirmed opposing views. Suspension emerged as the only solution.
A $30,000 extortion plot against T. A. Pedley a Denver broker failed when the victim tossed a dummy package from his car and the extortionist collector fled. Bernard Eisner 21 was detained for investigation at police headquarters within an hour of the scheduled payoff.
Speed a possible skull fracture but physicians held hope for his recovery. Gibson crashed after rounding the second pylon in a 15 mile race against Ken Maynard before 25 000 spectators. The plane fell 200 feet as others blamed excessive rudder.
A shooting at the Drysdale apartment 811 West Fourteenth Avenue left Mr. Ames with three bullet wounds, found later in the laundry at 1301 5 West Sixth Avenue. Mrs. Drysdale was not seriously hurt and is listed as satisfactory. Stains on a brace near the girders in the laundry were to be analyzed.
Calcutta reports hundreds dead and extensive property damage from monsoon storms across India. Thousands homeless. crops ruined. livestock killed. vast land areas laid waste. A train toppled over a cliff in southern India. a wedding party of 15 buried when a house collapsed in the United Provinces. Most deaths appeared caused by similar collapses or disasters.
Adolf Hitler cabled his approval of the draft Germany Vatican treaty in principle. The pact was expected to be initiated at once with Hitler likely to give final approval after the finished draft.
Mystic builder C. A. Watson plans a stylish bird bath complex with bathhouses perches and a shower plus a “policeman” parrot. The parrot will be trained to deter Starlings Robins and English sparrows by recognizing them and barring their entry.
Shreveport La July 4 The Atlas Pipeline Company and its Spar tan Refining Company have contracted with Alco Products to modernize the Spartan Jewella refinery. The work includes a cracking unit and other installations at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars per an official.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner J E McDonald said the state quota of four and a half million acres for the cotton acreage retirement plan would be oversubscribed by next Saturday. He has toured the state promoting the program.
W B Hamilton No 1 James P Longley Black 98 in Jefferson County school land survey four miles south of Archer City completed yesterday with a flow of 1200 barrels after a test from 1142 to 1156 feet. The well is a south offset to Pace No 1 in survey 99, completed 30 days ago as a 500 barrel well.
Frank Williams 18 son of Mr and Mrs W A S Williams of the T Bar community Lynn County was fatally wounded yesterday when a pistol in the lands of a neighbor boy discharged accidentally. The incident occurred about thirty miles north of Lamesa Texas.
Shamrock Oil and Gas announces a 250000 investment to build a new 60 million cubic feet per day Moore County gas plant near Dumas, add a 40 million cu ft daily boost to Gray County extraction, and erect a 1200 barrel per day refinery near Lefors. The project, contracted to Stearns and Rogers of Denver, will create about 100 jobs for several months.
The Fourth of July brought near silence to Potter County Hall of Justice with most staff away. Only the sheriff and constable offices and a justice court kept limited operations as inmates celebrated freedom on the outside.
Hugh S. Johnson outlined an open price bureau concept where all plants would see quotas from peers. Roosevelt was expected to announce support for cotton textile code raising minimums and a 40 hour week. Johnson said a women's apparel code may be submitted Wednesday and oil industry code the same day. Iron and steel code nearing completion with wool and anthracite coal groups ready.
Ruth Nichols, bound for Los Angeles for air races, took off from Albuquerque at 8 10 A M today but forced down near the coast city after engine trouble. She spent the night en route before continuing to the race site.
An old advertisement promotes Blue Star Ointment to treat itch rash tetter foot itch ringworm and eczema. It claims fast absorption plus germ killing power and offers a money back guarantee.
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