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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1934
Page
2
A long Amarillo column mixes political opinion with local notes. It cites drought relief talks, welfare debates, and Hopkins politics, then shifts to prairie flowers, Memorial Day calls for veterans’ graves, and social chatter about prosperity and community life in Texas.
Riot-torn Toledo calm amid mediation while Laurinburg North Carolina reports eight wounded in a night riot with possible fatality. Prince Mill of Waverly Mills temporarily closed as federal mediators try to avert a general strike. Dock clashes in New Orleans bleed into police, with a bullet wound and a broken hand among injuries. In Galveston officers seek alleged white slayers and abductors after a dredge worker is fatally shot and the Hansford couple is robbed and kidnapped.
A playful Amarillo column recalls a misadventure as motorcycle police divert to a corner chase. It then recounts a barbecue at the fairgrounds where six quarters of beef disappeared after a relief truck delivery and a Salvation Army inquiry. The piece also notes fish that give birth, citing Norman Owen on a Panhandle creek minnow mother and a looming stork arrival.
The Texas relief commission lists 365 employable persons in five counties. Hopkins proposes a monthly $400,000 payroll for a special road project to aid the drought district, if all workers are fully employed.
Fugitives are said to be moving along back dirt roads while officers block bridges at Cleveland, Mannford, and Keyston. A second kidnap victim is believed either released or killed by the outlaws.
WEST STOCKBRIDGE Mass May 28 John Powell found a way to keep neighbors chickens out of his garden He bored holes in corn kernels strung notes reading Please keep your chick ens at home The chickens ate the corn but could not swallow the string or notes which reached their destination thus the visitors stopped
J. L. Pickering, a Summit School fourth grader, earned honorable mention in the state Fire Prevention poster contest. His poster was also the first prize winner in Summit School’s elementary division.
The president notes that some industries can operate under a national code while others need more autonomous local self government. Local groups may still display the Blue Eagle if they meet existing child labor, hours, wages and bargaining rules. If 85 percent of a local industry group agree on a local code it can extend to prices and other provisions suspended by the order.
Rossi and Co dos failed to complete a non stop France to Pacific coast flight chasing a $66 000 prize. Police and crowds swarmed the runway area as the plane taxied to hangars and a fuel dump valve opened fueling a fire risk. The fliers spoke of disappointment before heading to city hall with Mayor LaGuardia.
A resident asks Tack to help locate a stolen or stray kitten missing since Friday between 11 AM and 1 PM. The cat is pretty, part Persian, and the owner offers a reward for its return.
A federal trade commission examiner testified that Insull utility interests paid Oscar DePriest large sums to line up the black vote in local elections. The internal revenue hearing transcript cited by Schuyler and Weinfeld quotes Weinfeld describing extensive 1916 campaign spending in Chicago newspapers.
A fire started in a chicken hatchery destroyed a block of businesses in Kyle Texas, burning a Black man named Cal Clark who slept in the rear of the Bon Ton Red and White store. The Citizens' State Bank was among the burned properties, with limited loss estimates and fire equipment delays from nearby towns.
Fort Worth May 28 District Attorney Jesse Martin and a county investigator pursued evidence in the Easter Sunday killing of two highway officers near Grapevine. The findings will shape charges against Billie Mace 21 and Floyd Hamilton due Thursday.
Cotton opened quiet with July December and Magh active. October at 11.57, December 11.68, later improving as stocks firmed. In Kansas City livestock prices fell with cattle and sheep weaker. hogs down 5 to 10 cents. New York stock list shows markets mostly higher on select issues, led by farm, sugar, rail and specialty groups.
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