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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1932
Page
2
D G Foreman hails Amarillos planning and entertainment for the Texas Association of Insurance Agents annual two day session. Delegates arrive to a ready program as directors postpone the Wednesday morning meeting to evening. badges and ticket books verify admission to events.
Six people drown in separate mishaps at a lake during a Sunday school picnic near Haileyville. Mrs Floyd Sandlin a 26 year old mother and Mary Frances Best 13 die while attempting to rescue a 12 year old child Clara Belle Key who was saved by others. The boy’s older brother could not reach shore and drowned. The mother and another woman injured.
Austin reports the Texas Railroad Commission set June 21 for a hearing on new oil and gas conservation rules for the East Texas field to replace expiring rules. R D Parker announced a per well allowance of 54 barrels, with a new top daily field allotment near 325000 barrels, and a June 16 revision to maintain totals.
Five Amarillo inventors have been granted patents on four devices by the United States Patent Office. William D. McIntyre and Joseph Danciger jointly received a patent on a brake cooling device. James E. Marshall was allowed exclusive rights over a combined inclinometer and compass. Bruce W. Gonser devised an apparatus for recovering furnace ventilator fumes assigned to American Smelting and Refining Company. Joseph S. Belt won a patent on a bath apparatus with three original features.
A. L. Smith beef cattle specialist of Texas A. and M. and E. M. Regenbrecht swine specialist arrived today from College Station and began a tour of Panhandle counties. Accompanied by Seth Holman farm editor of the Globe News and Frank Ford assistant Potter County agricultural agent they spent today in Oldham and Deaf Smith counties conferring with breeders on production projects carried on with A. and M.
In Des Moines Iowa on June 7 political winds favor Henry Field over Senator Smith W Brookhart in the Iowa Republican senatorial primary. Early results show Field leading nationwide sentiment against Brookhart with strong showings in multiple sections as returns come in.
Washington reports on the new tax law detailing income tax rates restoring 1921 levies for 1982 incomes with first payments due March 15. Excise taxes on electric power cosmetics automobiles and candy take effect June 21. Rates include automobile three percent candy two electric energy three percent gas one cent per gallon checks two cents each and first class postage three cents. Tariffs apply to oil coal lumber and copper with collection methods to be announced.
Potter County voters face a series of filing deadlines and ballot decisions. Warwick of Canyon and H. K. Stanfield Amarillo lead in a gubernatorial contest while A. B. Martin Plainview and Perry S. Pearson Amarillo oppose for associate justice. District judges Henry H. Bishop and W. E. Gee face no openings this year. Key dates: June 6 for state office filings, June 18 for single county posts, June 20 county committees meet, June 23 expense statements, June 25 ballot fees, June 27 primary committee ballot prep.
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson candidate for Texas governor and her husband ex Governor James E Ferguson will speak in Amarillo June 16 at 8 PM at the City Auditorium. Campaign manager Lee P Pierson said the opposition is disorganized and many new voters are backing Ferguson, predicting a landslide first primary nomination.
Nip and Tuck, two ill tempered bobcat cubs, join the Potter County zoo on the Tri State Fair grounds. The cubs and their mother are reported to be doing nicely by zookeeper John Speed.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with local showers probable and cooler temperatures. Scattered showers were reported last night over portions of the South Plains. A south to southeast wind prevailed today as the Weatherman noted temperatures may dip to the mid 50s tonight.
Potter County commissioners yesterday began preparing their reply to the Taxpayers League questionnaire containing 47 questions on county operations. No action was taken on Jones County’s proposal to transfer county road bond indebtedness to the State Highway Department. The next regular meeting will be Monday.
The Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas certifies Glens Falls Indemnity Company of Glens Falls New York has swornly complied with Texas law and is authorized to do business in Texas for the year ending February 28 1933. W A Tarver Chairman.
In Washington the old supreme court room may be preserved as a historical site or repurposed as an annex to a world court, while the new white courthouse rises. The Folger Shakespeare Library near the Capitol showcases vast collections, funded by Henry Folger and now managed by Amherst University.
The wife of Stanislaus Hausner of Newark New Jersey, a flier who disappeared after a Friday flight toward Poland, will receive 2000 from the Motion Picture Machine Operators Union Local 306. The payout follows the by law provision allowing 2000 to a beneficiary named in the member's will or designation.
Twenty eight children enrolled for the opening session at Central Presbyterian Church. Enrollment remains open for ten days for late entrants to catch up. Mrs. R N Wilson and Mrs H L Thompson again direct the departments with the same assistants handling primary and junior work. Activities include Bible stories hand work music art and supervised gym play for ages six to twelve. The program is under H G Wilson's supervision with Miss Katharine Duncan in charge of music and Miss Kathryn Bartlett as secretary and gym aide.
A petition from 36 Bexar County citizens asks that state Senator W. K. Hopkins of Gonzales be placed on the Democratic ticket for the gubernatorial nomination. The group urges voters to set aside personal preferences for Gov. Sterling and Miriam Ferguson to unite behind Hopkins to avert anticipated bitterness from the Sterling Ferguson campaign.
The veteran group is halted from riding freight trains since Sunday as railroad officials block passage. The crowd swelled to about 500 with a Dallas and Texas delegation arriving. Three Blackstone Post members wired $50 to Congressman Wright Patman to buy food for the bonus army in Fort Worth. Local businessmen and Veterans of Foreign Wars in Arp planned to raise funds to aid marchers in Washington, aiming for $200 total.
Delegates to the department convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Galveston July 5-7 will be chosen at the John B. Golding Post meeting at the Legion Home tomorrow night. Final plans for the June Frolic and bridge party on June 15 will be set, with committees named. The auxiliary will meet Wednesday night with Mrs. Zane Smith presiding and Gus Barkas with kitchen police organizing refreshments.
The Eye-Opener a three act comedy drama by the Christian Endeavor Curtain Club will be presented tonight at 8 15 in the Christian Endeavor rooms of the First Christian Church Proceeds go to fund delegates for the Amarrillo Ceta Canyon Conference.
S W Ewart a Mesquite area storekeeper reported thieves backed trucks to his Dallas county store last night taking everything. Authorities search for the industrious burglars who left the store empty and the shelves bare.
The House bill trims army and flood control funds and shifts tax burdens. Major cuts include rivers and harbors projects by $5.77 million and flood control on the Mississippi by $500,000, with army and deserter apprehension funds also reduced. The enacted revenue bill, signed by President Hoover, broadens taxes and aims to raise about $1.119 billion for the new fiscal year beginning July 1, with rates to take effect June 21.
M. M. Scott former Amarillo police chief and head of 250 guards on a New York bridge says conditions in the East are plenty tough and that unemployment is hard to gauge unless you have lived there. He returned by boat from New York to Galveston then drove home with Mrs. Scott.
Premier Edouard Herriot declares a firm reciprocity position on war debt and reparations in Lausanne with reactions pointing to a strong confidence vote in the chamber of deputies. He vows to defend treaty and contract integrity in international negotiations.
Loyd Smith, with the auditing firm reviewing Dallas County books, testified as the first witness before the special grand jury investigating county finances on the day.
William Sands of Galveston and Gaynor Kendall of Munday have been appointed investigators in the attorney general's department.
A reflective verse recounts fishing along a green river, admiring blooming dogwoods and trilliums. The speaker recalls Bryant and Thanatopsis as a teacher’s stern instruction returns, listening for a cardinal’s song and finding serene nature more instructive than speech.
Grain prices for wheat, Milo, oats, and barley are listed along with detailed cattle, hogs, and sheep figures from Chicago and Kansas City markets. New Orleans cotton shows a steady opening on June 7 aided by favorable cables and the Hoover revenue bill. New York stock letters note a feeble market but strong bond and currency tones.
Children of pre school age were examined today at a health unit clinic in Pleasant Valley School. Tomorrow's clinic will be held at Buchanan Street Dr Benjamin M Primer health unit director said. Through courtesy of the dental society in Amarillo the children's teeth also are examined at these conferences. Census figures provided.
A medical ad urges Purification of the system as Nature’s health base. It recommends Calotabs to purify the blood by stimulating liver kidneys stomach and bowels with a trial 10 cts or family 35 cts package.
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