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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1933
Page
2
The crowd at a Pampa style banquets lauds Marvin Jones as a prominent Congress leader author of farm relief. Attendees praise his sincerity and effectiveness while noting his strong home district support and potential postmaster or weather office roles.
A reader asks Tack for help to provide shoes for two boys. The note appears on page 16 as part of a letters column.
The narrator notes distress among cattle producers over price supports and processing, laments government interference, and cites cotton surplus. Eyewitness mentions include Hereford resident Seth Holman ill in serious condition and a visitor from Alameed, Mrs. R A Hays with a yellow and green chick showing unusual coloration.
Roosevelt adviser Jones discusses key legislation including the farm bill, home loan law, currency control, and the economy bill. He notes modifications to aid veterans and expects farm allotments to bring funds to the Panhandle by September with August checks for cotton farmers. Jones plans a two week Amarillo stay before returning to Washington.
John Hill of the A. S. Biological Survey visited Tuesday for business with P. C. Bennett and attended a banquet in Pampa honoring Marvin Jones. Hill continues a prairie dog eradication campaign in the Panhandle.
Amarillo city records show residents used 5,300,000 gallons of water on Tuesday despite rain. The entry notes the Bastille fell on July 14, 1789, marking the start of the French Revolution.
The commission votes unanimously to ask the corporation counsel to prepare an order for a special election dividing the city into four precincts by population and electing one commissioner per precinct plus a mayor at large at the next regular meeting. The charter election cannot be held August 26 due to notice requirements. Mayor Rogers said no new legislation will be considered unless an emergency exists after the election.
In Los Angeles on July 19 a divorce case involving David L. Hutton and Aimee Semple McPherson’s evangelistic ministry led to a clash over the Angelus Temple parsonage. Hutton ordered a guard to bar entry, claiming valuables inside, while Miss Harriet Jordan, temple business manager, discharged guard William B. Levins and vowed a house cleaning as the dispute escalates. Levins said he blocked a temple faction from entering.
A grounded air plane crashed nine miles north of St. Charles Missouri killing Irving Koenig a 21 year old private pilot and an unidentified man Milton Girton manager of Lambert St. Louis air field had ordered the grounding Koenig was preparing to land when the craft entered a spin
The text notes that several states including North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania and South Carolina plan to vote on repeal by November 7 with others yet to decide. Only 35 states have voted or arranged to vote by then, raising the prospect of more than 36 voting before Christmas. Rerepealists rely on this possibility for victory.
Rural district tallies trimmed the early lead for ratifying the Twenty-First Amendment as Alabama reported 78 356 votes for repeal and 46 693 against from 1 268 of 2 137 boxes. Arkansas precincts favored repeal 3 to 2 with 55502 for and 35148 against from 1 078 of 2 046 boxes. Senator Sheppard of Texas said repeal would be blocked and Texas would join in opposing the end of Prohibition.
A storm spread rain from Dumas to Stratford and Oklahoma towns including Reydon Strong City Hammon Cheyenne and Butler with one quarter inch. Winds toppled Metro Park roof sections in East Amarillo causing house and power line damage买 none hurt.
The Associated Press reports slow soaking rains revived crops across Texas reducing heat risk. North Central Texas saw the most rain with benefits to cotton and late crops as farmers in Amarillo Groom Wildorado and Abilene received varying amounts. Forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and local showers in East and West Texas.
Report notes a possible cotton gray goods sale to BHVvVICS with Russia seeking credits for livestock and products. Russian demand for cotton stems from criticism of clothes supply. if the deal goes ahead, backers may seek further funds for livestock, fats, oils, and breeding cattle.
Mrs Gladys Strickland of 403 North Hayes Street was injured Tuesday night in a motor car accident and is hospitalized at St. Anthony's Hospital. Attendants said her lip was practically severed by flying glass but her condition is not considered serious by the attending physician.
New Orleans and New York markets opened quiet with pockets of activity. Cotton prices fluctuated as rains in Texas influenced traders, while Kansas City hogs and cattle moved within narrow ranges. The New York Stock Letter reported profit taking affecting distillers, gold miners, and several major issues, with bonds edging higher and rails and copper showing resilience.
The Cleveland based NIRAthe company backed 35 cent hourly wages and a 36 hour week. At a commerce department hearing shipbuilders proposed a six month exemption for designers and engineers from the 40 hour week with overtime at time and a half after eight hours. The Great Lakes region gets navigational season exemptions. Minimum pay remains 35 cents in the south and 40 cents in the north.
Miss Ernestine Smith daughter of City Commissioner and Mrs H Ernest Smith underwent a major surgical operation early Wednesday at St Anthony's Hospital.
Sales Coffey the night desk sergeant is on vacation. Marshall Turner of the traffic squad acts as desk sergeant at night after completing day shifts while Sergeant Elmer Green is away.
Claude Dawson, U S consul general at Barcelona, heads to Palma to handle five imprisoned Americans accused of assaulting a Mallorcan civil guard. Ambassador Bowers to meet Spanish premier Azana as Washington seeks prompt trial or bail. Also involved is American writer Theodor Pratt amid tensions.
News notes report Charles Lee Allison, once inmate of San Quentin and Folsom, with a manslaughter sentence in Shasta County and a series of escapes and transfers. The article mentions his 1915 admission, 1916 escape, 1923 capture, 1925 discharge, and later detention in Fort Worth for questioning. It also notes a claim that a Mrs. Allison saw a man run from the Allison home and that her husband obtained a Texas Ranger commission in Austin in March to guard oil fields.
Gen Italo Balbo piloted a seaplane flotilla lifting from Lake Michigan and sailing south to Cleveland and Buffalo then Albany and Newark with a Jamaica Bay landing. He signaled a possible later trans Atlantic leg if weather holds. The route favors southern Lake Michigan and then east toward New Jersey across about 2,000 miles over water.
The city commission granted a petition for an overhead light at Eighth Avenue and Fillmore Street on Tuesday night. H. R. Smith, city manager, asked Southwestern Public Service Company on Wednesday to issue a work order for the light after several residents signed the petition.
Esther Tuttle of the city water department is reported as visiting Colorado on vacation. The brief note places her in the state and identifies her official role with the water department.
Cooling blue star ointment melts on the skin sending medicines into pores to kill itch tetter rash eczema foot itch ringworm quickly. Money back if it fails adv.
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