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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1934
Page
2
A reader column recalls relief funds labeled alphabet money and predicts a wet year for Amarillo and the Plains. Forecasts note moisture in recent days, skepticism about rainfall depth, and hope for 10 to 12 inches needed to revive soil with April and May expected as the wettest months for crops and harvest prospects.
The piece blends sport and city life as a USC football star Les Steckel talks to a columnist about earning money in eastern offices, Amarillo audiences, and promises a future Sandies game. It also notes a New York era anecdote, a prize Four-H beef push, a missing Pekinese named Wing-Wong, and local dog-reward details, all in a late era newspaper voice.
Fred R. Haines a 47 year old architect superintendent died at 2 35 this morning in a local hospital. A Amarillo resident for 15 years he worked with Rittenberry and Carder for a decade and in the last five years as foreman on Amarillo construction jobs. Surviving is daughter Nina Mae Haines. N S Griggs & Sons in charge of the body. Home at 707 Pierce Street.
James Albert Kanouse, 86, retired transfer company operator, died at 11 40 this morning at his home 1222 Buchanan Street Amarillo where he had lived since 1906. Survived by widow Flora Kanouse a son L Kanouse Amarillo and a daughter Mrs CN Adkisson Denton. Body at Griggs Chapel awaiting arrangements.
Dr Lumpkin is praised by Tack readers for matching dictionary use and origin of the term bar row pit. The exchange notes a barrow is a mound and argues the pit was formed similarly with two supporting reasons.
Bell Thompson announces in Amarillo his candidacy for sheriff in the Democratic primary on July 28 1934. He notes 32 years in Amarillo and a prior term as sheriff from 1929 to 1933, asking voters to consider his record and conduct.
McSwain now declares Mitchell sane and sound, vindicating his judgment. Mitchell, once famed for daring, boasted he could sink a battleship from the air. A pre Lindbergh air hero, he was son of a Wisconsin Democratic senator, began as a Spanish War private, rising through the ranks with speed and nerve.
A fragmented listing of air mail routes with distances between hubs across the United States. Cities include San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Newark Philadelphia Washington Richmond Charlotte Atlanta Birmingham Mobile New Orleans Detroit and more with mileage figures.
The passage notes Congress would sustain the veto only if action was taken. The President opposed the bill for its liberal treasury use. The House defeated the veto 310 to 72, sparking debate as the chamber again argued over White House tariff bargaining authority.
Two Borger youths, Vernon Welch aged 12 and Aris Welch aged 14, were jailed in Potter County awaiting arraignment on burglary charges after police caught them leaving Levine's Dry Goods Store with stolen merchandise at 2:55 AM.
The infant daughter of Dr and Mrs Dan H Loving of 4218 West Thirteenth Avenue died yesterday and was buried at Llano Cemetery after private services at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home conducted by Dr R C Snodgrass pastor of the First Christian Church.
All local delegates and sponsors to the Older Boys Conference in Amarillo are to meet at 7:30 p m tonight at Central Junior High School according to R B Norman principal of Amarillo High School. Anyone else interested in boys work is invited.
Testimony details a February 6 event at the Crutchfield home in White Deer where Dorothea burned severely as clothing and skin came off. The mother recalls Frank Crutchfield’s several outbursts and pleas, while the father recounts a bank robbery and his son’s insanity history and treatments across multiple states and asylums.
Kansas City hogs 4 000 head mostly steady to 10 cents lower with top at 4.18. cattle 4 500 with slow to easy trade and vealers 4.00 to 6.50. sheep 6 500 with spring lambs 26 cents higher and best fed lambs over 8.85. New Orleans cotton open eased and later rallied off lows. May 11.72, July 11.88, October 11.96, down from yesterday. New York Stock Letter notes subdued trading with gains in select non ferrous and rails amid inflation hopes and policy debates.
The general Garbo remarks that American women have pretty faces but should not overdo cosmetics or imitate others. He stresses makeup as an art, urges self-study over models, and criticizes the tendency to strain the mouth for a nervous look observed in college-age women.
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