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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1934
Page
2
Column notes Clint Small’s strong statewide campaign for Texas governor with 547 supporters hosting a banquet in Houston. The writer recalls controversial quotes, a 1914 Sarajevo assassination link to World War I, and local letters addressing race language and regional anecdotes as context.
Des Moines reports Rexford G Tugwell undersecretary of agriculture accuses large firms in farm products of opposing the New Deal and the AAA. He denounces canners packers millers and milk distributors for resisting amendments to clarify licensing powers and for allegedly sweating farmers workers and consumers.
In Wichita Falls on June 27 U P dispatches report a sharpened feud between gubernatorial hopefuls Tom P Hunter and James V Allred. Hunter demands disclosure of 6600 dollars paid as receivership fees tied to a former law partner of the attorney general in a Mid Kansas Oil and Gas dispute. Allred says tax funds funded the payment and Renne Allred pledges not to back relatives if the firm’s costs aren’t paid privately.
Attorney General James V. Allred campaigned for governor in Orange and Beaumont and Port Arthur, citing a zeal for labor rights. He defended keeping railroad lines and shops in Texas towns and urged cooperation with the labor commissioner on laws to require contractors on public works to pay prevailing wages.
London June 27 The Prince of Wales who turned 40 Saturday attended a dinner dance at the Dutch legation in honor of Princess Juliana of Holland now in London for the season. Rumors again connect the two, though previous reports linked Juliana with other royals. Juliana, Queen Wilhelmina’s daughter, is noted for democracy, art, and study of international law.
A letter describes a family in Muleshoe Texas using cod liver oil as hair oil with lingering odor and suggests the Texas relief commission be informed. It mentions Amarillo rumors about school health cuts and a local man eyeing a new flour mill. Scotland coal mine adopts protective gear to cut accidents.
In Lorient France a ferry collision between two rival ferrymen’s boats Prosperite and Marie Ange led to six deaths and two missing among 13 imprisoned below deck aboard the Prosperite. Ninety passengers mostly factory workers were aboard with quick rescue preventing a larger loss.
In San Antonio on June 27, the Rev. William D. Welburn denied being the husband of Mrs. Wineta Long Welburn or the father of her son born last November. He also denied filing a notice to marry at Boerne on July 21 and explained he was sermon prep and parish visits when the alleged notice was supposedly filed.
In Florida, Park Trammell leads Claude Pepper for the Democratic U S Senate nomination with 96 654 votes to 91 916 from all but 108 precincts. Trammell wins Orange County by 100 votes. Pepper carried it in the first primary. Trammell chairs the naval affairs committee.
Sixty years after Billy Dixon's cry Indians battled Adobe Walls in a week long stand by 26 camp members against 1000 warriors. A Borger celebration honors Mrs Olive K Dixon widow of the hero with ceremonies at the battle site for old timers.
Charles Hyde, a Negro, was fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to theft before County Judge J. M. Simpson. He admitted stealing hotel linens from the Herring Hotel where he worked. The hotel valued the linens at $10.
In Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Wisconsin and Wyoming quotas are being drafted and will be made public soon. In Texas 200 CCC camp places for war veterans will be available July 1 as announced by W E Leonard state service officer in Austin.
A reader asks Tack for help finding a housekeeper, preferring a middle aged woman but open to a younger applicant. The note requests assistance and references a previous column on page 12.
The piece urges readers to study their aging car for faded finish worn tires and dented fenders and consider trading it now for a better used car advertised in the Want Ads. A safer more reliable car will enhance a Fourth of July outing and picnic.
Hower 8,500 cattle and 6,000 sheep in Kansas City trading slow to lower. Top cattle price $5.80, feeders weaker. steers good and choice around 5.15 to 6.10, cows 5.05 to 4.25, vealers up to 5.00. Spring lambs softer, ewes and yearlings mixed. stockers 3.00 to 4.75. Cotton futures open modestly easier in New Orleans with July near 12.17 and December around 12.55 amid dry Tex conditions.
Prominent bridge author and teacher, known for the two club force and the official system, died after a career shaping the game. Survived by widow Margaret Hazlehurst Works and two stepchildren, William W. Barber Jr. and Henry H. Patton. He lived between Philadelphia and New York, and organized Red Cross benefit tournaments that raised over 100000 dollars.
New York stock letter notes a softer rainbow in trading with gains in rail and metal shares but profit taking trimmed advances. Grain futures rallied after a cautious start. bonds and foreign exchange were muted while a mix of high and low readings in individual equities kept activity moderate.
Mahmud Mukhtar, son of an Egyptian peasant, died at 43 after shaping world sculpture. He gained fame in Egypt and France at the Beaux Arts and found inspiration in peasant life. His celebrated Awakening of Egypt resides in Cairo's station square. Greece plans to add two destroyers to its fleet.
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