22 May 1934
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1934
Page
1
Texas relief officials led by Marie Dresden and Charles Braun head to Kansas City to confer with Harry Hopkins on an alleged $8.9 million road relief fund. Gibb Gilchrist Earle Adams Julius Dozenfield Houston Harte join in the mission amid a looming statewide drama.
Reports from Asuncion detail heavy combat along the Chaco front with Bolivian forces probing toward Fort Ballivian while Paraguayan defense ministers pause a full-scale offensive. Paraguayan troops concentrate 40,000 along a 25 mile front and 15,000 guard the fort as the first campaign falters amid high casualties.
A militant crowd of striking truck drivers surged through police lines at the city market place in Minneapolis causing fresh rioting. Windows of commission houses were shattered and several injuries were reported as hand to hand fights dotted the crowd.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd endures a 72 below zero reading at Little America Antarctica as he isolates for winter meteorological work. A holiday marks a week of intense effort. one tractor ignites a blaze that a driver extinguishes with gloves and a blow torch.
Federal grand jury in Brooklyn heard evidence of a liquor candy ring accused of selling about 500000 dollars worth of bootleg liquor in penny bonbons. Indictments target two individuals and two companies as authorities traced large scale distribution to Chicago and Baltimore with Paris made labels.
Mrs. Jimmy Kirk, wife of the alleged brains in the Gettle kidnapping case, visits the Los Angeles Examiner. She brings her two and a half year old daughter Diana, described with blue velveteen trousers and fair complexion, hoping for guidance amid publicity and fear.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to increase silver in U S monetary stocks to one quarter silver and three quarters gold. The bill would mandate the shift, authorize nationalization of silver, and set a $500,000 appropriation for purchase and control.
Tools are ready as Phillips Petroleum prepares to drill 0000 foot test in the Panhandle. The 20 inch rotary will begin descent this afternoon toward the 8000 foot goal at the No 1 Wilson well on the Moore County site 22 miles northeast of Dumas on land owned by Federal Judge James C Wilson.
A dense roll of names includes Henry Wallace Cordell Hull and Harold Ickes among cabinet members, plus many prominent figures such as Franklin Roosevelt contemporaries, congressmen, ambassadors, and business leaders. The document enumerates secretaries, advisers, and notable elites tied to the administration and planning bodies.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that regulation of oil production under the National Industrial Recovery Act is constitutional. The decision, handed down today, upholds federal control measures amidst the ongoing policy framework.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday for Amarillo. New Mexico unsettled tonight with generally fair Wednesday and little temperature change. Extreme temperatures today reach 56 and 57, with Dalhart noted in the vicinity.
Nogales Ariz May 22 The Mexican government renewed its church crackdown expelling all priests from Sonora and closing Catholic churches. Churches handed to lay committees Governor Rodolfo Elias Calles son of former President Plutarco Calles led the action. First priest to cross the border was Father Francisco Fernandez from Nogales Bonora parish.
Ambush on a snowbound highway leads to an empty road chase as Officer Watson questions a shaken driver identified as Dufresne about a gun attack and a vanished liquor shipment. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as the tale moves to Mocking House.
In Springfield Illinois May 2 WM Norman Thomas failed to speak in Tay lorville as tear gas and force drove him from the state capital. He sought to endorse Rev. Douglas Anderson for Congress and asked permission at the city auditorium, county fair grounds, and a theater without success. Mayor J W Spresser said five thousand listeners would not come.
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