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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1936
Page
9
In New Orleans today cotton futures rose slightly amid quiet trading and uncertainty from Washington. July opened at 11.48, October 10.45, December 16.38, January 10.37 and then moved slowly within narrow ranges. Grain figures from B A Pierce show limited action with mixed wheat quotes.
A dense stock table lists companies and prices from New York Stock Exchange and New York Curb market. Highlights include American Can 128 to 120, Anaconda Copper, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Gen Foods, Goodyear, U S Steel, Western Union, and Sears Roebuck among others with varied bid and ask figures. The listing reflects market activity and closing-like spreads for major corporations and curb market issues.
Willie Dickerson, a Black man convicted in Cass County, was executed in the electric chair at the state prison in Huntsville. He walked unaided to the execution chamber, was strapped in at 12:01 a.m., and pronounced dead at 12:12 a.m. after Gov. Allred refused clemency.
Federal authorities announced Arthur Gooch will be hanged for the kidnapping of two Texas officers. The execution is set for 5:00 AM June 19 inside the state penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma. U S Marshal Sam Swinney confirmed the plan.
A narrator recalls an execution where a weary man staggers a few feet, his salmon colored face pale under a cigar stub. A priest holds a crucifix as attendants adjust the electrode helmet and chin strap.
The account recalls four inmates, Kropowitz, Rosenberg, Russo, and DeMartino, strapped to chairs as electricity is applied in sequence. One prisoner speaks of sacrifice while the others await their fate, urging awareness of the death penalty's meaning and potential deterrent effect.
Ladies of the Hanson Post Auxiliary will conduct the annual Memorial Day Poppy sale starting tomorrow. Mrs. Ernest R. Archambeau presides, with sales from the Dr. T. M. Montgomery office in the Oliver Eakle Building. Proceeds fund local veterans and their families.
Four year old Joan Marie Felt obtained court approval for a film contract in Los Angeles after studio scouts spotted her in Hollywood with her mother. Her father works as a federal engineer in Washington DC. Associated Press photo.
The unit plans to hand over half of its resources to the Texas department to support World War veterans unable to receive federal aid or hospitalization. Mrs H G Baucom, president, announced the members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter.
Members of the Guy V. Henry Jr Post and John B. Golding Post VFW and their auxiliaries meet at Municipal Auditorium tomorrow morning to arrange flowers and decorate graves at Liano and Memorial Park Cemeteries. American Legion Post Auxiliary will supply flowers and flags for 130 World War veterans buried there.
Spann, who served as city freight agent and then traveling freight agent from Amarillo, was promoted to division freight agent. He was notified yesterday by Arthur McKenzie, freight traffic manager in Chicago, succeeding George E Schnitzer who became president of the Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad at Shreveport.
Mr Spann heads to Fort Worth tonight to finish business in the territory then travels to Chicago to report before proceeding to Little Rock. His wife and two daughters stay in Amarillo until mid June.
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