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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1934
Page
11
The U S Weather Bureau reports April 1934 had 0.77 inch of precipitation versus a normal 1.83 inches. January–April total reached 3.78 inches with 14 clear days, 12 partly cloudy, 4 cloudy. High 89°F on April 10. low 37°F on April 4. mean 60.8°F. Wind averaged 102 mph hourly. five minute peak 28 mph from the SW on April 2.
A reader letter urges honest leaders in every state, citing Governor Murray of Oklahoma and Governor Olson of Minnesota, and advocates political integrity. The writer also offers to work offering house cleaning and requests any available labor before Thursday, signed Mrs. Lillie Ricks in Oklahoma.
The Texas Board of Insurance Commissioners certifies that Travelers Indemnity Company Hartford CT and Travelers Fire Insurance Company Hartford CT have sworn statements on file and are authorized to do business in Texas for the year ending February 28, 1935. Certificates Nos 1492 and 1353 issued by R. L. Daniel chairman.
A mixed excerpt shows Dillinger’s parole and a sheriff killing on a later date, alongside reader plea for small donations to help a mother visit her 92 year old mother. Community notices seek jobs, lost items and home help, with Tack letters and local classifieds.
A widow seeks housework and sewing work offering room and board or modest wages. She lists 807 Georgia Street and 1309 North Fillmore Street as contact points and notes experience in housekeeping with references. Readers asked to arrange employment or trades.
Spokane police estimate about a thousand feet of material stolen from several homes recently was used for some purpose. A 22 inch lawn mower was taken from the public museum as part of the incidents.
Wynnecastle narrative continues with a morning aboard as several gang members join the ship. A victim recalls being tied after a blow and a gun pointed by Jake to deter movement. Tubby presses for full details as a suspenseful tomorrow reveal looms.
Judith Lane, linked to young would-be engineers in Texas, struggles to focus as Big Tom and Lampere’s menace loom. Goodwin’s departure brings relief, and she returns to the porch while a dam is being built by loyal hands with no chance of subterfuge.
The piece mocks police chases failing to catch criminals and notes Leland Harvey joining a revival. It jokes about Salvation Army uniforms for police and imagines criminals converted. It reviews Professor Piccard's Mars travel ideas and a moon trip by light energy. It ends noting Scotland's alarmingly falling birth rate.
The article critiques farm life jargon like subsistence homestead and argues family capacity, not farm size, determines a livelihood. It notes issues from declines in Scotch birth rates to prep for economic shifts, cites Emma Goldman’s travel and views on the New Deal, and reports three Civilian Conservation Corps workers arrested for arson attempts.
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