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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
1
President Roosevelt delivered a homely fireside address asking Americans to judge if they are better off under the New Deal. He urged citizens to review their bankbooks and pay envelopes, defended reform, praised recovery efforts, and urged reading the Bill of Rights as a measure of freedom before leaving on a trip abroad.
Marie Dressler, veteran stage and screen star, clung to life through a three day crisis as doctors reported her heart and condition improving. Despite a prognosis of death, she defied fate in Santa Barbara with renewed vitality. her past cancer scare and recent retreat to a Billings estate are noted as context to her resilience.
Berlin reports say Hitler faces a finish fight between radicals and conservatives as he tries to hold power. In parallel, US protests Germany’s debt moratorium, warning that Nazi policies hurt Germany’s ability to pay while hinting at possible trade relief if policies change.
ISTANBUL June 207 Death caught up with Zara Agha Turkey’s Methuselah who boasted of 160 years and world fame. The elder statesman died in a children’s hospital after two months of illness including Bright’s disease and bladder disorders. He claimed a birth in 1714 and had buried ten wives, with many children and a long life full of dramatic rumor.
Amarillo saw a drop in temperatures about five degrees as partly cloudy skies prevailed. Forecaster H T Collman predicted similar weather for tomorrow with only slight chances of rain. Across the continent, a heat wave caused more than twenty deaths, Iowa suffering the most with six deaths due to prostration and related heat effects.
Washington June 29 Public Works Administrator Harold L Ickes awarded a 4 5 million loan to the Colorado River Company of San Antonio to finish the Hamilton dam and reservoir on the Colorado River about 90 miles above Austin Texas The government will retain control by appointing a majority of the company directors pending Texas Legislature action to create a public authority to take over the project
Furnished S room house for rent at 510 West 1th with dial contact 2 791. Four room apartment furnished for rent at 1509 Polk, dial 5934. Hemstitching services offered by Mrs Pace at 1014 Vi with guaranteed quality.
The Texas state Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin reversed A M Cowboy Thomas assault with intent to commit murder and remanded for a new trial. The court affirmed A C Darnell’s murder without malice conviction, sentencing him to four years in prison. Thomas faces a third trial after two prior convictions and reversals.
Henry Cotton, 27, won the British Open with a 72-hole total of 285 tying the course record set in 1932 by Gene Sarazen. Trailing by a large early deficit he steadied for a final round of 79 after a tense stretch where nerves nearly cost him the title.
A Chicago World’s Fair segment hosted a strictly nude wedding at the World a Million Years Ago site. Jean May of Amarillo Texas married Charles Mueller of Milwaukee in a ceremony attended by 25 spectators with minimal attire, overseen by a clothless minister.
In Osawatomie two gunmen halted a Missouri Pacific payroll transfer, seizing about 25 000 to 30 000 dollars from a postal employee and motor car. The money was bound for a local bank to pay wages for Missouri Pacific division shops.
A grand jury investigation will be made of the divorce controversy between Mrs. Wineta Long Welburn and the Rev. William D. Welburn Jr. Mrs. J. P. Long, mother of the plaintiff, was summoned to appear before the Ninety Fourth District Court grand jury in San Antonio.
Wreckers removed iron pieces from a wayside station crossing near Poona just before a train carrying Mahatma Gandhi passed. The incident occurred in Bombay but Gandhi’s train proceeded safely.
LUBBOCK June 29 Arraignment of J W Dennis a mail carrier charged in a holdup near Olton on June 5 was to be held this afternoon. Dennis said two men and a red headed woman robbed him at gunpoint of four packages totaling $2000 bound for Olton State Bank from Plainview City National Bank. Dennis had eight years service as a carrier.
The State Racing Commission announced the Dallas State Fair fall meet dates as October 6 through 30. Austin dispatch notes the commission confirmed the original schedule after earlier questions about the dates.
Milwaukee scene of electric strike violence worsened when a high tension tower along an interurban line was dynamited near Mukwonago. The blast knocked out trolley wires, triggering barricaded street cars and buses in Milwaukee and Racine as mediators prepared to renew talks on a possible truce. No witnesses to the blast were found.
Arthur Brisbane, famed American writer, argues ideas shape fear and action in his Globe column. In Chicago, Judge Barnes blocks federal AAA rules on Illinois milk dealers, citing state commerce limits and constitution concerns. Sing Sing guards and staff prepare after a warden’s actions.
Motion picture star Richard Dix and his secretary Miss Virginia Webster were married today in Jersey City by Justice of the Peace Edward Markley. The couple announced plans for a brief honeymoon before Dix resumes film work.
Admiral Byrd reports after ninety days alone in a South Polar ice hut that routine grows monotonous. He varies daily exercises and reading to stay fresh, and even tried singing to himself. Byrd orders readiness to move by October 1 signaling spring explorations start.
John Jacob Astor III and Builen Tuck French prepared for this 1944 social highlight with a rehearsal at Trinity Church Newport. Officials relaxed attendance limits, inviting all who fit, as the couple adhered to the church’s rites. Gifts numbered about 150 with gifts on display from social capitals.
Havana report says a Cuban attorney charged U S secret service agents with killing two men to foil a Coolidge assassination plot in 1928. Heliodore Gil described the alibi for six defendants and alleged U S agents helped dispose of Bouzon and Yalich after they were captured before Coolidge's 1928 visit.
In Detroit on June 20 an indictment charges thirteen bankers in connection with the 1933 failures of First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. The federal grand jury handed up the charges, detailing alleged misdeeds linked to the bank collapses.
Currie W. Caldwell convicted in the kidnapping of Robert Cerf, son of a Corsicana banker, and sentenced to 10 years, was denied a new trial today by the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin.
Two shirt sleeve men robbed the Metropolitan Hotel in Fort Worth early today taking about 2000 in cash and valuables from guests and staff including former Mayor W. D. Davin who lost 600 and James Jackson with 1300. A brief argument over the safe preceded the stickup. The robbers fled in an automobile before rush hour.
Partly cloudy to unsettled tonight and Saturday for Amarillo. West Texas generally fair though partly cloudy to cloudy in north and extreme west, with unsettled New Mexico tonight and Saturday, including possible thunder showers in west and central portions. Temperatures today range from 71 to 87. Oil price 10 cents per quart at 1990 W. 3rd.
Benjamin and Joe Adamowietz, soda pop makers from Brooklyn, started a 3250 mile flight to Warsaw, Poland in a single motor Bellanca plane. They carried 610 gallons of fuel and planned to have Benjamin rest while Joe pilots on segments, the 330 horsepower Wright engine delivering about 100 mph under favorable western Atlantic weather conditions.
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