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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1932
Page
1
Chief suspect Frank Nitti the enforcer for Capone’s liquor syndicate is sought in the Barker murder. The slaying is said to have ripped the old gang open and reshaped the crime world.
Oklahoma Governor W H Murray proclaimed himself czar of the oil industry and took direct control of production. He ordered a one quarter of one cent per barrel assessment to fund enforcement and dispatched 30 national guardsmen to patrol oil wells in three shifts.
Mayor Anton Cermak told the House banking committee he cannot predict Chicago’s fate after August 1 without federal relief. He testified for an amendment to the Wagner relief bill to allow loans to municipalities for operating expenses, warning that without aid federal troops could be deployed within six months.
Sol Morganstern and Ray Hetter, returning from a Panhandle bank with $4,000, outran two highwaymen after a high speed chase. A shot split a fender as the robbers pursued in a separate vehicle, but the car carrying Morganstern and Hetter stayed ahead.
House Speaker John N Garner urged repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in a formal statement. He criticized tariff barriers, pressed relief and debt repayment, and called for government cost cuts of at least one third. Support from Alabama Senator McDuffie and Texas Senator Sheppard noted.
Rail firms across the Panhandle report a sharp rise in freight traffic as wheat shipments surge. The Rock Island Fort Worth and Denver and Santa Fe plan adding three to five trains and new crews. uprated car loadings and gasoline vegetable and livestock shipments drive the gain. Officials call for further crew additions as wheat movement accelerates.
Potter County races face ballot fee cuts and a switch to majority rule. Fees drop from 175 to 125 with many offices at new limits. election staff wages lowered to 40 cents. About 162 names appear on the ballot for 18 precincts, with 250 officials needed for the July 23 primary.
Representative Thatcher charges government policy with freezing private helium production. He cites $12,000,000 spent at Fort Worth to create non inflammable gas, then private Helium Company of Louisville invited to manufacture, while Amarillo plant under bid. He warns Army and Navy buy at lowest cost from Amarillo, edging Helium Company out and hindering commercial airship development.
Houston June 21 The Dallas County Allied Forces asked the state Democratic executive committee to reconsider a prohibition referendum. Chairman W. O. Huggins answered that the action could not be taken in a parliamentary sense to a telegram from H. K. Taylor of the Dallas County dry group.
Washington June 21 A P James R Garfield, chair of the Republican resolutions committee, says Senator William Borah totally misinterpreted the prohibition plank. Garfield cites Borah's attack as an early administration reply to Borah's rejection of Hoover, with possible party maneuvers including supporting other candidates or a potential third party.
Lawrenceville School in New Jersey prepares 111 graduates for a rite of passage as Bainbridge Colby and Dr. Mather Abbott lecture on character and duty. The piece warns of financial manipulation and notes Rockefeller Foundation support for a Brown University gold standard study, underscoring money’s global power.
A running gun battle between a gasoline thief and Shawnee police on a city street left bystander Sam A. Miller 60 fatally wounded as he watched from his doorway. Officer W. M. Jones was critically wounded. a suspect named C. C. Patterson, Seminole, was later arrested.
On June 21 motorists faced a 1.1 cent hike in gasoline in areas served by Standard Oil of Indiana Shell Texas and Sinclair. Lubricating oil rose one cent per quart, with the same across Amarillo stations as part of a federal price increase.
Gilmer reports B. D. Roberts and W. H. Crabtree, both of Glade water, jailed as officers seek a third suspect in the oil theft investigation from a well on the J. F. Bland lease in the Hooper survey Upshur County.
The Texas Medical Board convened in Marlin to examine applicants for medical licenses in the state.
Smithsonian expedition reports discovery of ancient cave men in Southwest Texas who chewed cactus leaves and buried a child in each of seven caves from El Paso to Alpine. Arrows and utensils found. dating remains uncertain.
Reports from Valparaiso say five people were killed in Santiago street clashes as Communists sought to spark a general strike and sailors from destroyers joined Carabineros. Strikes failed to materialize and fears grew for American lives near the Davila Junta in Chile. US Ambassador Culbertson urged protection around the Braden copper mines at Rancagua.
W F Whaley a special officer for Philips Petroleum Company becomes Hutchinson County sheriff succeeding the late Sheriff Jim Crane who died Saturday in Borger on June 21 and will serve the county.
Washington police and federal authorities were convinced a hoax reported an automobile load of explosives heading to the capital to blow up the White House. The incident caused a major alert and disruption as officials investigated the threatening missive.
The Amarillo area may see local showers tonight and Tuesday with West Texas generally fair in the same period. Temperature highs reach 71 and 65 degrees by 1 PM.
The Lubbock mayor and city commission hear Patrick the simian, Dr G G Castleberry’s pet, charged with public nuisance after escaping his cage and biting a youth. City attorney B E Klett urged passing penalty while Castleberry defends the animal. Patrick awaits fate decision.
A major late season storm drenched the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma, delivering up to two inches of rain in 30 minutes near Amarillo and causing crop losses across Hale County and nearby areas. Homes damaged near Tulsa and infrastructure disrupted by flooding followed the hail and wind event. Unpaved highways dried slowly as 10,000 acres near Ralls faced total loss and telephone lines struggled to recover.
Heavy rainfall across the Angelo sector eased heat after a week of high temperatures. By sunrise, 2.23 inches fell here with 0.5 to 1 inch extending north to Sweetwater, east to Coleman, south to Sonora and northwest to Forsan, lowering temperatures to 63 degrees.
Geneva June 21 Hugh 8 Gibson America's disarmament envoy told French Premier Herriot that the United States will not listen to appeals for debt cancellation while Europe spends large sums on arms. They discussed limiting arms but failed to gain Herriot and Boncour's approval at Morges.
Reports from Lausanne claim the United States will cancel debts if European arms outlays are trimmed. Ambassador Gibson had said the U.S. would not consider debt cancellation while Europe spends heavily, but the reports suggest a negotiated concession at the war debts and reparations conference amid renewed activity among top delegates.
The State Department emphatically denied Lausanne reports that the United States would reopen the European war debts issue only if disarmament at Geneva occurred. The denial stressed no official agreement was reached on such a condition.
The district attorney said a sanity hearing for Yancey Lewis 34 who confessed to killing his 85 year old mother at their Dallas home will be held Friday.
Chairman John J. Raskob arrives in Chicago to back a strong candidate and oppose abolishing the two thirds rule. Roosevelt forces aim to overturn the rule while Farley, Roosevelt manager, signals readiness to rally anti Roosevelts from other camps.
Borger reports injuries from a late Friday crash led to the death of Bob McDonald. Another victim, Jesse Harrison, was killed outright in the same accident.
J L Kerr and Paul Darling are jailed in Wheeler County awaiting grand jury action for the burglary of the Piggly Wiggly in Shamrock. They gained entry through a skylight and attempted to pry a small safe from the floor but, when it fell, stole $10 from the cash register and an unknown number of cigarettes.
Los Angeles June 21. Jean Harlow announces engagement to film producer Paul Bern. The 21 year old actress says the wedding will be Friday or Saturday. Bern, 42, will be her first husband. Harlow’s birth name is Harlean Carpenter McGrew, formerly married to Charles F. McGrew of Chicago.
Hundreds of fans will crowd Sixth Street between Fillmore and Taylor tonight for a fight party hosted by The News Globe. The AP lased wire will relay blow by blow details of the Schmeling Sharkey bout with Edward J Nell providing ringside commentary. Announcements begin at 7 30 from the north wall balcony and a full block will be roped off for crowd safety.
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