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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1933
Page
2
A cluttered AMARILLO column mixes jokes and social commentary on jobs for graduates and a shifting culture. Anecdotes about cycling fashions, mothers in law, and a pastor’s travels sit beside reflections on work, wealth, and the era’s mood.
Letters from residents criticize the notion that one dollar per day suffices for total labor. The writer urges a higher wage standard, arguing current pay undervalues skilled and unskilled work and harms workers in the community.
The White House projects a 50 million dollar budget without new taxes and a Senate plan to add about 160 000 service connected cases to federal rolls. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma to renew push for interior oil industry control aiming to curb production, saying the public works bill lacks full authority. Roosevelt may support broader power without risking the comprehensive legislation.
Cyrus H M Curtis shaped the idea for the Benjamin Franklin Memorial and Institute Museum during a yacht conference and agreed to lead the Memorial Inc as its chief patron. He donated 2 million dollars and supported music, inspired by organist Hermann Hotzsschmar whom he admired in youth.
Ruby Taggart arrested yesterday at Longview by Texas rangers charged with murder in Sterling City in the killing of Henry M. Polan a Plentywood gambler. Roger Thompson given a 50 year term last month at Sterling City trial. Fred Moutray admitted complicity and will be tried there June 12.
In a tense hearing J P Morgan and John W Davis watched as Charles Van Sweringen testified that they started railroading with one million dollars in 1916. He recalled the shoe-string beginnings and said Nickel Plate development provided a background for further acquisitions.
The city commission approved an ordinance prohibiting parked sign-bearing vehicles between Tyler and Buchanan Streets and between Second and Eleventh Avenues beginning June 22. The rule also bans noise making devices on vehicles to attract attention. It becomes effective 10 days after final publication, with last publication planned June 12. Business and professional men had petitioned for action against advertising sign vehicles.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers announced plans for a goodwill visit by about 25 Denver boosters arriving Thursday. A reception at the north city edge will precede a motorcade to Amarillo Hotel with police escort, a luncheon with Amarillo Rotary Club, and a tour of the United States Helium Plant. W. A. McMullen notes the trip aims to foster mutual business contacts between Denver and Amarillo firms.
Mrs. Viola Dawson will speak at First Nazarene Church on Wednesday at 8 pm about Modern White Slavery in America. The Rest Cottage Association from Pilot Point supports the program featuring musical numbers by Leola a 15 year old inmate former Amarillo girl and two other inmates.
Cotton opens barely steady with early gains then slips on anticipated weekly weather and crop reports. July and nearby months fall to new lows before a mid session recovery, selection of other commodities and stock indices showing mixed changes in a volatile session at New Orleans and Kansas City.
A public drive favors industry led reemployment to boost buying power. Price controls would shield consumers from wage driven cost increases while negotiable trade pacts limit unavoidable price raises. Hugh Johnson, seen as a potential industrial czar, draws both praise for wartime leadership and concern over expansion of licensing powers.
The Court of Criminal Appeals today affirmed life imprisonment penalties against Clyde Thompson and Barney Allen, inmates of the penitentiary, who stabbed Thomas Reis to death.
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