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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1934
Page
2
In Amarillo a community column relays city life with bold opinions on Mother-in-Law Day, local theater, and a rise in violence as police quell drunken chaos. Mayor Ross Rogers and the press tout charity events for Mrs. Chester Grounds while fund drives accumulate donations for Shirley Ann Grounds, amid notes on meat advocacy and a bustling public square.
Brown dies not. a gunman fires from a cab while fleeing through Fourth Avenue and Pierce Street. Police pursue as Roberson dodges the robber, using a cab as cover and calling for help. officers open fire, leaving Patton and Kirk Duncan wounded.
Evidence in the assault with intent to murder trial of Dr. E. H. Boaz of Memphis was complete at noon today except for his defense. The state alleges Boaz, James McCaulley of Wichita Falls and M. L. May came to the city on a business trip and a drunken quarrel led to near fatal stabbings. Boaz previously was fined $200 for related injuries to May.
Patton facing an indictment tied to a January 24 knife attack on wrestler Joe Bower at Auditorium Hotel. The 24 year old native of Oklahoma, with Hamp Benton also indicted, was involved in a gun battle after robberies and a taxi theft, with police reconstructing events through statements.
Tyler attorney Fred W Weeks defended a proposed refinery bill that would place oil enforcement in the hands of the Railroad Commission. Weeks argued East Texas wells are over-practicing and described methods to evade current rules. He warned action is needed or oilmen may press for change, naming independent refiners who had shifted stance.
In Havana on March 6 waves of strikes and disorder threaten the Mendieta administration. The cabinet debated suspending constitutional guarantees and dissolving labor unions, allowing arrests without charges for 10 days and potential censorship and deportations.
A Panhandle cattlemen gathering outlined six points including tariffs on fats and oils, spaying and calf processing, marketing agreements, taxes with benefits, and tubercular cow elimination. Leaders Gene Howe Pred Hobart Lon Smith Col Ernest Thompson spoke as older and younger cowmen joined in support.
Albert Allen Parsell 85, longtime Panhandle cattleman and first Roberts County judge, died at his home at 10 40. Survivors include his widow and eight children: Fred Parsell Alpine Mrs A M Engle Alpine Eva Parsell Salt Lake City Wesley Parsell Culver City Calif Mrs Tom Conatster Canadian Warren Parsell Amarillo Globe News staffer Mrs J T Reynolds El Paso and Hugh F Parsell Canadian. In Hitchcock Texas a bank holdup at Citizens State Bank occurred as M T Brooking cashier faced a lone gunman demanding cash.
Porter Underwood, Amarillo attorney, showed some improvement this morning after an operation at Northwest Texas Hospital, delayed due to his weakened condition following a rush to the hospital yesterday.
Industrialists at five meetings argue over a cooperative code while A P Haake and J O Ball defend it. Morgen thau outlines a $258 million tax bill pass by the House as the RFC plans $777 million in stocks and loans to banks to spur lending. Senate Banking to question a Morgan official on United Aircraft shares sale before air mail contract cancellation. Dickinson favors stock exchange regulation but warns broader reach. Farley urges rural carrier pay cuts to save over $11 million annually.
William Peet founder of the Peet Soap Company died Sunday at his Beverly Hills home at age 87. Funeral rites are scheduled for Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The San Angelo Fat Stock Show events included pig, sheep and meat exhibits with grand champion pigs and reserve champions sold at 60 and 55 cents per pound respectively. August Jordan's Art Model from Mason County won grand champion. J W Glasscock's calf from Sutton County was reserve champ. Tulsa's vocational stock judging team took first in its event. The day featured a 9 o'clock Pig Club sale and the 18th annual Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association spring auction.
Amarillo's CWA Emergency School shifts its general assembly to Wednesday evenings. The first gathering under the new schedule starts at 7 40 tomorrow night in the Amarillo High School Auditorium. W H Wright leads the program with further details to follow.
Hogs seen slow and uneven with 240 lb hogs down and top at 4.20. cattle and calves: opening slow but steady for fed steers and yearlings, cows and vealers weak. stockers steady. Sheep: lambs scarce, most kids lower, best fed lambs above 9.25, wethers and ewes listed with varying prices. Cotton market opened quiet in New Orleans, with futures down slightly before recovering marginally as stocks held steady.
A garbled OCR line shows fragments of company names and percentages. Readable parts reference Illinois Central, International Harvester Johns Manville Kelvinator Kennecott Copper Lorillard with scattered percentages, but the intended article context is unclear.
A farm mother Lena Gewalt Saur writes from Comfort Texas about using Nujol since 1922 to keep her family well. She notes her aged father grandchildren and grandmother all benefit and urges others to try Nujol. The piece promotes Nujol in Jain and Cream form and invites readers to share their own Nujol stories with Stance Inc New York.
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