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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1934
Page
13
In Texas a crowded governor primary saw Edward Russell withdraw leaving six candidates while ballots are printed for July 28. Campaign notes focus on prison reform, farmer support, and law enforcement. Across Europe Hitler pushes coordination amid Nazi church clashes and foreign policy strains.
Baron Geyne de Meyer, famed photographer, says younger American women are vital and healthy but not beautiful. He cites Mary Pickford and Elsie Ferguson as beauties of the past, argues Italian and French women maintain charm with balance, work, and poise, and condemns modern excess and lack of lasting form.
Otto Reinig, postmaster of Snoqualmie Washington, may keep a $1,800 gold watch left on his porch last January unless the true owner proves the claim by January 26, 1935. The Federal Reserve Bank of Seattle has already issued a cashier's check to Reinig for the amount, but he must wait. Clara Lane Caroline Norman and Mrs. W. W. Norman of Fort Worth are vacationing in New Mexico.
Potter County deputy clerk John A. Stalcup reports 321 absentee ballots cast in the clerk’s office this morning. Officials expect the total to reach about 700, matching the primary two years ago, with voting continuing until midnight next Tuesday and the office remaining open to accommodate late voters.
Los Angeles County authorities notified Sheriff Bill Adams that officers will depart Los Angeles as second notices for the return of Howard Zinn and Milford Potter, arrested Wednesday night. The pair are charged in San Angeles with criminal assault after a two month manhunt across several states.
Claude Stahl and Zelma Thrash of Sayre Oklahoma were jailed by Randall County Sheriff Bob Barnett on liquor law violations alleging possession of liquor. The item notes poet Alfred Tennyson wrote In Memoriam over 17 years.
A fragment recalls a 1930s scene where a moth erly lady reproves Postmaster General James A Farley for going hatless in the sun. The tale compares him to a boy named Elmer who suffers headaches when bareheaded. Varley promises not to expose himself to the sun.
Pulaski County grand jury returns first degree murder indictments against Frank Martin and W Brockman in the death of Melen Eaton during a prison break attempt. Martin, a former inmate turned guard, allegedly fired the fatal buckshot shot. Brockman is accused as an accessory. Eaton, 22, had escaped from custody multiple times and killed two men.
County superintendent Laura V Hamner announced that parents must file transfers by August 1 for moves between rural and city schools or between rural and city education. State law requires all students transfer by that date, with applications to be made at the courthouse office. Mrs V Baker and Mrs Warren Dinwiddie return Saturday from Ranger where they visited relatives.
Eddie Davis of Amarillo was released from the Huntaville Texas penitentiary under a conditional pardon by Governor Miriam A. Pere. Davis, convicted April 20 1930 for robbery with firearms in a joint indictment with Peewee Johns, received a 10 year sentence. The robbery occurred on Christmas Eve 1920.
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