Poke salad season fuels letters and local chatter
A column mixes poke salad lore with town notes and national politics. References to Mrs. Henderson near River Road school house, Hoover era economy talk, stock betting on Hoover, Washington prosperity, and local events in Amarillo including The Return of the Doughboy, The Man From Mexico at the high school, and a PEO benefit concert.
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W. H. Henderson
River Road
Holly
Amarillo
Crippled Children’s Council
Mexico
Wes Izzard
News- Globe
White Shoved Into List For Demo Nominee
Gov. George White of Ohio secured the Democratic renomination with strong state backing as Franklin D. Roosevelt dominated West Virginia delegate votes. On the Republican side President Hoover maintained solid convention strength through decisive wins, while David S. Ingalls won the GOP gubernatorial nomination and Gilbert Bettman beat Louis J. Taber for the senate.
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Associated Press
George White
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
West Virginia
Hoover
Tennessee
Wyoming
David S. Ingalls
Gilbert Bettman
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Bettman
Taber
White
Bulkley
Newton D. Baker
Akron
Cleveland
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Murray
Oklahoma
Want Ads Offer Free The Mouthpiece Tickets
Readers turning in classified ads totaling 70 cents or more receive free guest tickets to the Mission Theater for Warner Brothers film The Mouthpiece. Up to a dozen tickets available for those submitting twelve ads. The show runs Thursday Friday or Saturday with stars Warren William Sidney Fox John Wray Guy Kibbee and Noel Francis in a crime thriller.
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News-Globe
Mission Theater
Warner Brothers
Warren William
Sidney Fox
John Wray
Guy Kibbee
Noel Francis
Barbecue Party Heads for Chesapeake Beach Stop May 21
The John Snider party plans a cross country run from Tulsa to Bartlesville and beyond with a barbecue at Chesapeake Beach on the Potomac River, 18 miles from Washington, on May 21. The group includes B T Baker, John Snider, his wife, Dick German, Guy Culp, W Kimble and family. They expect 300 to 400 miles daily and will camp nightly on the trip through the South.
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Tulsa
Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
Springfield
Poplar Bluff
Cairo
Iil
Kentucky
Washington, D. C
St Louis
B. T. Baker
Amarillo National Bank
Dick German
Guy Culp
W. Kimble
Panhanie
South
Chesapeake Beach
Potomac River
Capitol
Hello Tulips Question Human Troubles and Gratitude
Poem speaks to tulips about economic woes and human grief. The flowers respond that nothing changed for them, sun and rain remain, and mortals fret while the tulips stay grateful and alive. Copyright 1932 Edgar A. Guest.
Akron Crew Survives Dual Sandstorms In Texas Flight
The crew flew 75 miles blind using dead reckoning to reach Van Horn after emerging from fog near El Paso. Two fierce sandstorms hit the flight, one before El Paso and another at altitude, yet the Akron withstood the gale. All hands are in good condition apart from four radio operators experiencing static-ear fatigue from thunderstorm exposure.
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van Horn
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Stop Cattle Slayer In Jail Break Try
WICHITA FALLS May 11 An escape attempt by W H Bybee senior condemned to death in Cattle County failed after Deputy Sheriff Pat Allen rushed under Bybee s drawn gun and overpowered him. R G Buster Canada, sentenced to five years for burglary, joined the bid but retreated after Jailer Sid Johnson was struck and disarmed. Johnson notified by a deputy sheriff famous for his marksmanship, Canada abandoned the break and returned to his cell.
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W. H. Bybee
Cattle County
Wichita County
Pat Allen
Bybee
R. G
Buster) Canada
Sid Johnson
Canada
Johnson
Allen
Globe Good Deed column invites readers to claim tickets
The Globe announces a Good Deed Editor program offering theater tickets for real acts of kindness. Examples describe a Boy Scout helping a crippled lady onto a bus and a gentleman giving a nickel to a crying child, with tickets issued at The Globe office upon description and identity. Watch tomorrow for the first deeds.
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The
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Globe Office
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Mission Theater
Victor Lowrey
Shift Negotiations To Block Island Base
Norfolk May 11 shift negotiations by John Hughes Curtis for the return of the Lindbergh baby have moved to a point off Block Island. Curtis has been in the area for four days and is believed to be attempting to persuade the purported kidnappers. No efforts are being made to trap them. Curtis has not contacted friends this morning. He left with Lieut. George L. Richards and was expected to stay away one day.
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John Hughes Curtis
Block Island
Long Island
New England
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George L. Richards
Amarillo College Faces State Inspection
W. E. Gaddis of the state department of education conducts today’s inspection of Amarillo College noting it is the first established under the new junior college law. J. O. Gulekie says the board awaits his report and the Amarillo College of Music will also be inspected.
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W. E. Gaddis
State Department of Education
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Gaddis
Amarillo College of Music
Typhoon In Indo China Boats 134 Bodies Wash Ashore
The resident-general reported 134 bodies washed ashore in Annam after a typhoon last Wednesday. The disaster has claimed about 500 lives in total.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Annam
Car Collision Fatal in Conroe
Conroe Texas May 11 Thomas Kehoe 32 son of a Houston cotton broker was killed last night when the automobile he rode in collided with a truck.
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Conroe
Tex
Thomas Kehoe
Houston
Amarillo School Board Eyes Budget Cuts and Teacher Load
The Amarillo school board debated a proposed budget with aims to cut about 90 thousand dollars next year and consider eliminating up to 26 teachers and trimming higher salary brackets. A base 500 thousand dollar budget was set for superintendent review, with 98 teachers serving 2,700 students and the district planning adjustments to credits and course offerings.
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Winters
John Winters
George M. Waddill
McIntosh
Regents in Salary Cut Accord for Texas Colleges
Texas state teachers colleges' regents approve salary reductions in line with other state education outfits. They seek biennial appropriations matching two years ago’s figures of 8,167,737 dollars, with the Board of Control recommending 4,656,116 dollars. Presidents for Huntsville Estill Commerce Whitley San Marcos Evans Canyon Hill Nacogdoches Birdwell Denton Marquis Alpine Morelock were re-elected.
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Austin
Texas
Texas State Teachers Colleges
Regents
Board of Control
Huntsville
H. F. Estill
Commerce
Y. H. Whitley
San Marcos
C. E. Evans
Canyon
J. A. Hill
Nacogdoches
A. W. Birdwell
Denton
R. L. Marquis
Alpine
H. W. Morelock
Japs To Evacuate Shanghai in Month
Tokyo announces cabinet decision to withdraw all Japanese troops from Shanghai within a month. Foreign office spokesman says move aligns with world opinion and shows Japan has no territorial motives.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
Foreign Office
Japan
Gangs, Kidnapping, and Prohibition Turbulence Highlight 1930s City Crime
In New York City and Brooklyn crime surges amid bootlegged alcohol trade. Kidnappings rise as mob rule spreads per Police Commissioner Mulrooney. Chicago gunmen clash with five assailants at the West Side, while a Newark region gunner targets Bonfanti and Schlessinger.
Boosters Take Good Will on Lubbock Trek
Nearly 100 Rotarians Shriners and Amarillo manufacturers by bus train and cars journeyed to Lubbock for the Good Will party sponsored by the Rotary Club and Khiva Temple. The Amarillo Rotary Players presented the program at the Lubbock club luncheon. Khiva Temple plans an entertainment tonight with the Khiva orchestra and Patrol followed by a dance.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Rotary Club
Khiva Temple
South Plains
Rotary Players
Khiva Patrol
Pavement Lien Cancelled Over Improper Payment
City commission canceled a pavement lien against 2046 Washington Street after the related lien payment was never placed. The meeting also recorded a damage release by J. M. Radford Wholesale Grocery Co. tied to the Fillmore Street subway project and renewed insurance on all city-owned vehicles.
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City Commission
Washington Street
Fillmore Street
J. M. Radford
Vacant Amé gille House May Be Condemned as Hazard
A vacant house on North Pierce Street in Amé gille faces possible condemnation as a fire hazard. City Manager Bill Durham and City Engineer E N Stanley were appointed to investigate the complaint after protests to the city commission.
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Amégille
North Pierce Street
Bill Durham
E. N. Stanley
South Amarillo
Chicago Livestock and New Orleans Cotton Markets Briefs
Chicago markets show hogs steady to weak with prices 3.45 to 3.60 for 170 to 210 pounds and cattle with fed steers weak to lower while beef cows hold. New Orleans cotton opens firmer then quiet, July at 5.71 early, later around 5.67 to 5.84. New York stocks drift with mixed gains and losses as investors await textile statistics and trade data.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Liverpool
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British Board of Trade Returns
Indictment Filed Against Ex Cop in Boy’s Golf Course Death
Lorinie Wilkerson a discharged policeman was indicted for murder in the fatal shooting of 17 year old Buster Grimsley as he fled from a Fort Worth golf course where he was collecting balls. Wilkerson says the shooting was accidental and a June trial is planned.
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Lorinie Wilkerson
Buster Grimsley
Wilkerson
Indian Joe Plea Outcomes Highlight Liquor and Forgeries
Assistant District Attorney Arnold Davis reports on pleas in Amarillo cases. Lonnie Crane pleads guilty to a 4% liquor sale, gets 30 days with two-year suspensions on related counts. Ray Warren fined $500 and six months jail suspended for two years on liquor sale plea. Charles B. Smith fined $500, 60 days for possession, six months suspended. Mrs. Pierson bond forfeiture tied to liquor sale and possession charges. Max Weitzman faces forgery by false affidavits with a trial adjourned. C. H. Clemmons sees a six months suspended on a sale count and a fine on possession counts. one sale charge dismissed.
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Arnold Davis
Lonnie
Crane
Amarillo
Ray Warren
Charles B. Smith
D. E. Pierson
M. W. Bates
Max Weitzman
Borger
C. H. Clemmons
Negro Hotel
and & i
Texas Ranger Townsend Dies of Heart Attack in Texas
Ranger Captain Sig Townsend dies from heart failure in a San Antonio hotel while en route to his Uvalde station. Funeral services planned in Raymondville. Townsend, born in Weimar Colorado County, led Company C and served 12 years as a Texas Ranger.
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U.P
Sig Townsend
Sananton
Uvalde
Raymondville
W. W. Sterling
Townsend
Texas
Weimar
Colorado County
Ranger
Company C
Sixteenth Widening Delayed Again by Bond Review
The city commission postponed the Sixteenth Avenue project between Washington and Van Buren Street pending a review of the contractor's bond. An investigation will be reported at the next session before a hearing date is set. The contract, won in September, was signed only last night after delays over liens and preparatory matters.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
Hanson Post
Mike Hollander
Buddy
Sixteenth Avenue
Washington
van Buren Street
City Commission
New York Central Board Omits Dividend on Common Stock
Directors of the New York Central Railroad Company meeting today decided to omit the dividend on the common stock due at this time.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Company
Vaughan Bergen Killed In Motorcycle Collision With Train
Denison Texas May 11 Vaughan Bergen sixteen son of S J Bergen of this city was instantly killed yesterday when a motorcycle he rode crashed into a train blocking an avenue.
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Denison
Tex
Vaughan Bergen
S. J. Bergen
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