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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1934
Page
2
A protest tone warns of water quality staining teeth, debt, and NRA decline. The piece cites Chetopa Kansas water changes, compares to Canyon and Word sites, critiques government debt and strikes, and weighs Germany’s politics and domestic worries with humor and local anecdotes.
Major A. V. Dalrymple former head of the prohibition unit has been relieved as special assistant to Attorney General Homer Cummings in a Washington announcement dated June 5.
The Panhandle may have fluorides in drinking water linked to mottled enamel in children. Amarillo chemist Jack Wyatt reports fluorine above one part per million during enamel formation causes mottled enamel, with tests from Panhandle sites and other U.S. towns. Distillation is advised to reduce fluoride exposure. no cure exists for already mottled teeth.
Dal las independent oilman John Pundt, a candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, urged lower freight rates and a three point program in Amarillo. He called for railroad revaluation to cut rates, higher truck load limits, and strict enforcement of oil laws to curb turmoil and hot oil. He will tour Borger and the Plains district before Dallas.
Dor enfield says relief commission backs the step and expects the plant to reopen. Hill, representing the government in the cattle buying program, supports drought relief for livestock. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration plans cut freight rates, with hay at 50 percent, concentrates at 66 percent, and cattle movements half price to grass and back.
Officials investigated a blast at a geophysical survey site in San Antonio involving three men: David Mc Lellan 37 of Santa Anna Texas married Herman Voight 29 of Perry single and Joe Fannin 29 of May Tex single. The scene showed a possible collision between a magazine truck carrying dynamite and a water truck used at the survey.
Prisoners fled a construction gang and stole guard’s car in a bold escape across the Texas Plains. Armed guards trailed in multiple cars as convicts raced past Barker, Texas, narrowly missing a child during the pursuit.
A senior college student with six years of teaching experience asks Tack for job assistance. He notes a wish to switch careers and mentions clerking experience as a potential fit, seeking guidance on securing employment.
The Cub Scout movement will be explained to parents at 8 p m at Polk Street Methodist Church. Targeted at boys ages 9 to 11, the meeting aims to form several Cub packs soon with Johnny Ekelund as the scout leader.
Shirley Ann Reed infant daughter of Mr and Mrs A M Reed of 503 Alabama Street died at a local hospital at 11 20 this morning. She is survived by parents a brother Robert Lee and a sister Katherine Mae. The body is at Griggs Chapel pending arrangements.
Mrs. Ted Ferguson of 2108 Harrison Street is reported improving at St. Anthony's Hospital after injuries from an automobile accident near Claude last Thursday. Hospital attendants say she is doing nicely. The Fergusons were returning from a vacation when a wheel broke down causing the car to overturn. Mrs. Ferguson had a minor knee operation for a dislocated muscle shortly after.
Texas marked the birthday of Jefferson Davis former president of the Confederacy a legal holiday. Banks in Amarillo were closed as part of observance and related public offices closed for the day.
A drought exceeding one billion dollars looms with wheat yields under 40 percent of normal across the Northwest. Recent showers barely moistened ground as Minnesota and the Dakotas remain clouded, and more rain is forecast. Farmers struggle to feed and water emaciated cattle while forage crops and pastures have burned out after weeks of heat. Stockyards report skeleton-like cattle seeking feed and water, and the Inland Waterways Corporation halts barge deliveries between Minneapolis and St. Louis due to low river levels.
Chamberlains note outlines a twenty four year push to return Britain to normality by economizing and avoiding further wartime payments. Great Britain and other debtor nations await Washingtons response as Finland plans to pay its debt installment in full to keep the issue alive.
The speaker warns of a rush to new criminal laws and centralization driven by money rather than conservation aims. He urges the public not to be excited by fear tactics and to resist excessive, sweeping legislation.
The Highway 66 Association approved a newspaper advertising program to counter misinformation that reduced traffic in New Mexico. Delegates from Missouri Oklahoma Texas Kansas and New Mexico met to finalize the plan for Pacific Coast and Middle West papers pending national convention approval at Gallup in June.
In Underwood Indiana a trio of youths released after abducting Ralph Shields forced him to drive toward Salem. The pursuit involved 200 deputies and police, a deputy sheriff was wounded, Herold Amick died from a head wound, and gunfire erupted as officers closed in near Underwood with bloodhounds aiding the search. Azalea Ravine Gardens in Palakta Florida features sixty seven azalea varieties in a public park.
The New York Stock Letter notes another rally led by technical factors and bullish sentiment as grains gain on relief buying. Wheat and corn rise two cents per bushel while cotton and silver firm. bonds and select industrials show mixed moves amid short covering and outside buying.
Cotton markets opened softly with cables firmer, Sterling stronger, and initial bids steady to slightly higher. July at 11.63, October 11.88, December 11.99, with minor gains early before prices eased as wheat fell and stock levels eased.
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