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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1933
Page
2
Amarillo sportswriter reports Burl Bufkin of Washington University receives nomination for West Point and likely acceptance. The note links his football promise, Army future, and possible Notre Dame game guest invitation, while detailing Wheat Belt optimism and local newsroom chatter on the transfer.
A reader from 514 West Seventh Avenues offers auctioning of furniture at 230 o clock on Saturday afternoon to outfit five rooms. The letter asks Tack for help with a married man seeking work in structural engineering construction or oil fields and promises references.
The column touts Amarillo as a hot news town with big stories including a kidnap rumor in Kansas City and a disputed claim about a former police chief. The writer recalls travels in Chester Fowler's country near Lariat and praises local hospitality. Chamber event at Okahoma Lane School House features Mason King promoting farming prosperity and a joke about farmers hosting company. Chester Fowler is noted as a bachelor and local sentiment forecasts opposition to the beer bus and the Eighteenth Amendment.
Miss Sell enraged after a quarrel during breakfast at a tavern with Ruthardt and Gene Navarro. She was taken to hospital after collapsing. an analysis of her stomach will take days. A hammer with hair strands was found at the tavern as evidence. Ruthardt faces a Wednesday examining hearing. burial set in Oklahoma City.
The boxing chief explains he trained before prohibition era rules in Galveston with the Galveston Athletic Club. He recalls Saturday night bouts at Maurice Coffee's saloon and notes his long connection to the sport and its notable fighters.
Flynn says the Galveston jail incident halted a scheduled prize fight and sparked Johnsons rise. He vows careful rulemaking for prizefighting in Texas, pending the governors decision, seeking boxing world aid to keep boxing clean and attract major fighters.
The substitute would raise 37 million plus 70 million from source withheld corporate dividends, 80 million from capital stock tax reenactment, 15 million by removal of private bankers' loss deduction, 62 million from a 0.5 cent gasoline tax increase. The Harrison program drops income tax hikes, trims gasoline rise by 0.25 cent, and taxes corporate dividends at the source to cut admin costs.
A 30 year effort to create Palo Duro state park is revived in Amarillo with a ten camp development plan. National park engineers will supervise construction of roads trails dams and facilities while federal funding of 18 000 per camp is authorized. The initiative backs by West Texas Chamber of Commerce and officials includes a May 2 meeting and Roosevelt approval.
Major General John L. DeWitt told the Senate military committee that President Roosevelt instructed Robert Fechner to purchase 200000 toilet kits from Bevier and Co. for reforestation camp workers. Secretary Howe said he advised Fechner he could buy if deemed desirable, and urged caution to keep the President fully informed.
Fugitives from Lansing Kansas escaped during a Memorial Day game and drew in lawmen across Oklahoma and Arkansas. Two Oklahoma convicts Jim Stribling and H D Bradbury were captured near McAlester, while other gang members remained at large amid car thefts, hostage taking, and a Chelsea bank robbery.
The Texas Legislature adjourned after the longest session, cutting appropriations by about 13 million dollars from 46 million to 33 million. Gov Ferguson urged new revenue but lawmakers instead approved only a two cent oil and pipeline asset tax and rejected several fiscal and policy measures. A $333,004 claims bill passed, while big payouts for pink bollworm, cattle tick eradication, and hoof and mouth losses were rejected. A constitutional amendment enabling county tax assessor and tax collector offices was enacted in an enabling act, and tuition increases to 50 per long term were approved for state colleges. A continued fees investigation into county and district officials was authorized with indictments tied to sheriffs’ extortion case leads.
National convention of insurance commissioners plans broad lifting of restrictions on life insurance policy loans and cash surrender values scheduled for this afternoon as reported by United Press.
An armed posse chased fleeing bank robbers from Chelsea toward the upper corner of the state. About 100 shots were fired with no hits. One pursuing car was disabled by bullets and rolled into a ditch, occupants unharmed.
The Fisher Body Corp in Detroit and auto companies in Flint Michigan plan wage increases. Chevrolet Motor Car Co and Buick Motor Car Co in Flint employ 2 000, 8 000 respectively, with Fisher Body at 30 000 to 32 000 workers. Overall payroll rise totals not yet estimated as a partial restoration of prior reductions.
Cody held 10 cases of 3.2 beer legally for medicinal use, but the sheriff remains custodian after District Judge Bishop ruled the beer was illegally seized. A doctor’s statement supported Cody’s health claim, yet the release was partial and withheld at the courthouse vault.
In Bis marck two weeks after workers walked out over wages and hours, laborers and skilled helpers agreed to resume work on North Dakota's new capitol building. Governor Langer imposed martial law yesterday as pickets restarted activity. The end came at a governor’s home meeting with Lunoff-Bicknell Co. representatives signing the accord.
The St Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas and its subsidiary Stephenville North South Railway petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon 72 miles of track. Proposed segments include 41 miles from Hamilton to Stephenville and 31 miles from Edson to Comanche due to sparse settlement and low traffic.
Rev H A Somerville pastor of the First Fundamentalist Church returned from Denver where he gave the baccalaureate sermon for the Denver Bible Institute graduating class. He addressed students and took part in the ordination of six ministers. Clifton L Fowler founder and dean of the Denver Bible Institute.
Music by the Rambling Cowboys and a reading by Charlene McCarter 10 will precede the T Newton Hill Men’s Bible class Sunday morning at the Texas Theater. The class meets at 9 40 with C E Eaton as song leader and the lesson by Judge W E Gee and Dr R C Snodgrass.
The Maverick Club of Amarillo College will speak Sunday at 11 o clock during the Adult Forum. Dr Robert Allingham, Forum director, will discuss The Religion of a College Man. All services are open to the public at Eighteenth and Harrison.
Nine officers five state highway patrolmen and four city traffic squad members will work in Amarillo two nights starting Friday to inspect defective lights. Motorists with a single headlight or new tail light will be warned to fix lights or appear in corporation court at city hall. The statewide campaign against defective vehicle lights has seen prior efforts in Lubbock Vernon Borger and other cities. Patrolmen will work all night Friday and Saturday while Amarillo squad assists until midnight.
New Orleans cotton opened steady with little change as July, October, and December slips were followed by a rally aided by firmer stock openings. July rose to 9.21, October to 9.46, December to 9.62, with gains of 12 to 14 points from the low and 10 to 12 above yesterday's close. Kansas City livestock and cattle prices showed modest gains, while New York stock letters reported a broad market advance with gains across utilities and major industrials amid renewed optimism for summer activity.
Mrs Tulia M Hutchison 28 wife of Dave Hutchison Logan New Mexico and former Northwest Texas Hospital student died at 8 Friday morning in a local hospital. Survived by husband daughter Myrtle 10 and mother Mrs T B Dillingham Miles Texas. Member of Memphis Baptist Church. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
Amarillo business concerns advertise in the Wanted to Buy column offering to pay cash for old gold dental mountings broken jewelry and other trinkets. They claim to pay market value and promote in classification 42 Want Ads.
Senate leaders announced they would accept an amendment to the independent offices supply bill limiting compensation reductions for veterans with war injuries to 25 percent.
Oscar Montalvo, a member of the House of Representatives, died from wounds after a political pistol fight in the new Cuban capital. The incident occurred yesterday as rivals clashed during political dueling in Havana.
Emil Myers presents Edgar Pickett of Hereford in a piano recital at Amarillo College of Music Monday night. Pickett trained with Lila Austin Myers and Robert Schmitz and will perform works by Bach Beethoven Chopin Debussy and Ravel. Admission is free but by ticket due to limited seating. tickets available at the college office.
Whitney denies profit focus in the so called bankers pool involving Morgan & Co. and Morgan partner Thomas W. Lamont. He provides details on 15 000 units valued at 1 225 000 and cites lack of knowledge about their disposition to London Paris and royalty.
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