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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1932
Page
2
May 31 report from Beaumont notes Gov. Ross Sterling opened his re election drive with a dinner crowd of about 20 local citizens. Mayor Emmett Fletcher led supporters as Sterling pledged to run again against Jim Ferguson and others who may enter. He spoke of personal losses amid economic hardship and left for Houston with Adjutant General W. W. Sterling.
Work starts today on widening Sixteenth Avenue from Van Buren to Washington Streets. City surveyors set stakes to 45 feet wide. current width is 32 feet. The project, approved after a long list of proposals, awarded to Willmering & Mullen last fall with contract finalized in April after a public hearing with no protests. A separate note reports a gold and amethyst seal worth 500 restored to Mrs. Margaret Carey of London, identified as stolen 30 years ago.
Cooling soothing germ destroying Blue Star Ointment melts at body heat and penetrates pores carrying medicines to kill stubborn itch types. Ends rash tetter ringworm foot itch eczema and other itchy troubles two to three times faster than ordinary remedies. Odor is clean and pleasant. Money back if it fails. Sold by all drug stores.
Shanghai May 31 The final Japanese expeditionary force of 100000 sails for Japan ending the Shanghai incident. About 2500 bluejackets remain to garrison the international settlement alongside US Marines and foreign detachments. A truce earlier this month between China and Japan ends the fighting era and repopulation begins, though full restoration will take years.
May 3 Belgrade reports attack on the palace of King Alexander and five other strategic sites. Police say missiles were not highly dangerous and served as a warning, while the king departed for several days.
A bombing at the palace injured a passerby while others escaped with no injuries but property damage. Four persons were arrested. Rumors that King Alexander abdicated or fled were proved groundless despite recent disfavor.
In Weyburn Saskatchewan drought dries up duck habitats as lakes revert to grain fields. Ducks express displeasure while farmers plant rich lake bottoms to wheat. In Chicago the spirit of 63 walks up Michigan Boulevard.
Three aging Civil War veterans refused to skip the Memorial Day parade, marching proudly as one fired a drum and two tooted. In Idaho, farmers battled millions of grasshoppers crowding an irrigation canal, piling and burning them by the truckload to protect grain fields.
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