City Hotels Demand Rate Reductions Leader Signers Pledge
City offices disconnected as major hotel chains press for further rate reductions. Pledges signed by executives call for lower charges and coordinated cost cuts across the lodging sector.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1931
Page
1
Pebbling The Pound and Ford Resumes Six Dollar Day
Readers learn of protests against telephone rate cuts in Amarillo with orders to disconnect lines, while Henry Ford restarts his six dollar daily wage after a temporary raise. The piece reviews international currency pegging talk, Japan’s Manchuria stance, and Eugenie hat fashion fades as merchants seek new hooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Henry Ford
Eugenie
Ford
Wall Street
Oil price hikes widen across Texas Oklahoma regions
The Magnolia Petroleum Company raised crude oil prices by 15 cents in most Texas and Oklahoma fields, with Darst Creek and several pools seeing smaller increases. New well prices span 49 to 84 cents in distinct districts including Panhandle, North Central Texas, and Cushing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Darst Creek
Burkburnett
Archer
Stephens
Henrietta
Electra
Comanche
Mexia
Wortham
Corsicanaight
Panola County
Yale
Oklahoma City
Morrison
Wewoka
Seminole Fields
Cement
Duncan and
Walters
Hewitt-Graham
Healdton
Henryetta Coal Miners Refuse to Return to Work Amid Wage Dispute
Between 750 and 1,000 miners in the Henryetta district refuse to resume work over wage cuts from 5.00 to 3.60 dollars. They seek a conference with operators to discuss the reductions, while no disturbances occur. Oklahoma officials, including Gov. Murray, vow to keep peace as labor officials move to mediate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henryetta
Okla
U.P
David Fowler
United Mine Workers of America
Fowler
United Press
Oklahoma City
W. H. Murray
W. A
Pat) Murphy
Oklahoma
Murphy
James Hughes
Bishop Cannon Files Demurrer in Corrupt Practices Case
Bishop James Cannon Jr. and his secretary Ada L. Burroughs asked the District of Columbia supreme court to strike parts of the federal corrupt practices act as unconstitutional. Arguments were scheduled for November 20 with a full day requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Ada L. Burroughs
Cannon
Standard Oil Declares Usual Extra Dividend
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced the usual extra dividend of 25 cents in addition to the regular quarterly 25 cents per share. Both dividends are payable December 15 to stockholders of record November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast With Warmer Temperatures
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday. West Texas sees fair weather with warmer Panhandle temperatures tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico expects fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with a slight rise in the extreme southeast. Today's highs and lows reach up to 74 and 46 degrees by 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Panhandle-Plains Superintendents Convene At Amarillo Hotel
About 40 to 50 public school superintendents from the Panhandle region gather at the Amarillo Hotel for the Panhandle Plains Superintendents Association meeting. Irby B. Carruth presides as president with George M. Waddill and W. H. Younger as main speakers. A banquet at 7 pm precedes a program and round-table discussion on tax questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
George M. Waddill
W. H. Younger
Tulsa Public Schools
Navy Cost Defended By Secretary Adams
Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams issued a statement defending Navy costs as modest per capita and proportionate to national income, arguing the United States spends less on its navy than other powers. The move came amid tensions with the Hoover administration and after Navy League leader Gardiner criticized the President, with pressure within the league to retract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Navy League
Charles Francis Adams
United States
Navy
William Howard Gardiner
Gardiner
Henry Breckenridge
New York
League
Chinese Unity Plan Blasted by Chiang Kai-Shek
In Nanking Gen Chiang Kai-Shek denounced Cantonese peace proposals at Sun Yat-Sen memorial services, vowing not to accept the plans and warning of a potential 20 year chaos seen as aiding Japanese aggression. Tokyo reports say Japanese troops advance in Manchuria and Mongolia amid tensions over Russian aid rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Manchuria
Russia
League of Nations
Nanking
China
U.P
Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat-Sen
Republic
Chiang
Tokyo
Mongolia
Moscow
Uso
George Hanson
Harbin
Trial delays expected as Draper’s wife to give birth
Charles Draper faces trial for the killing of three men near Ultima Thule Oklahoma. Officers say the case may be postponed until his wife becomes a mother. Draper’s confession was given in Idabell Oklahoma and includes conditions that his wife be brought to Isabel and cared for and that he be allowed to see the baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Texas
U.P
Charles Draper
Ultima Thule
Okla
H. R. Smiley
Red River County
Draper
Idabell
Oklahoma
Isabel
Judge bars public from Libel Trial over morals claim
In Toledo on November 2, Federal Judge John M. Killits barred public and press from Nan Britton's libel suit testimony against C. A. Klunk, stating the evidence would corrupt public morals. Britton faces a $50,000 libel suit in Maryland hotel keeper Klunk's case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
W.P
John M. Killits
Nan Britton
C. A. Klunk
Maryland
Ralph Capone Must Begin Prison Term
Ralph J. Capone, brother of Al Capone, must start a three year sentence for attempted income tax evasion after a Supreme Court ruling refused to review his Chicago conviction. The decision upholds the government drive to punish racketeers under internal revenue laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph J. Capone
Chicago
al Capone
Supreme Court
Capone
Griggs Ambulance and Berry Rug Cleaning Ad
Griggs ambulance contact listed with phone 4311. Berry's Rug Cleaning operates at 905 West 10th, offering cleaning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs Ambulance
W. 10Th
Twelve Years Old In Stir For Life
Herbert F. Niccolls Jr the 12 year old boy dubbed the barefoot boy slayer is sentenced to life imprisonment at Washington state penitentiary making him the youngest life term recipient in the state. Convict No. 13973 he faces a lifetime behind gray walls and iron bars as he waits for release only by death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Mitchell
NEA Service
NEA Service, Inc
Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Herbert F. Niccolls, Jr
Herbert
John Wormell
Asotin
Wash
Pomeroy in Prison For 55 Years
Jesse Pomeroy, once deemed America’s most notorious youth killer, has spent 55 years in a Massachusetts prison since his 1876 sentence for the murder of a child. Now an elderly inmate, he remains confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Pomeroy
America
Massachusetts
Life term decree in alleged robbery case
August 5, an Asotin jury ordered a man to spend the rest of his days in confinement for an alleged robbery. The boy entered prison as he committed his crime, devoid of emotion, during a 100 mile auto trip he played his harmonica and chatted with deputies and newspapermen about things he See LIFE TERMER Page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asotin
Dollar
Herbert
Russia Will Retain Entire Wheat Yield
A broad news montage reports in two distinct items. The first notes a Justice Department confession by Golney Seymour, an Apache, admitting the July killing of Miss Henrietta Schmerler at the White River Indian Reservation in Arizona, with federal court jurisdiction and El Paso agents arresting him. The second piece, from Toronto, conveys a Soviet diplomat’s claim that Russia will halt wheat dumping following a France trade agreement, predicting higher exports by 250 million bushels and a favorable Canadian carryover. it also mentions weather and pests affecting Argentina and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Golney Seymour
Henrietta Schmerler
White River
Arizona
Bureau of Investigation
Seymour
Columbia University
el Paso
Miss Schmerler
Toronto
Ont
Toronto Globe Today
M. Dovgalevsky
France
Soviet Union
Boviet
Canada
Dominion
Russia
China
Argentina
United States
Australia
Naval airships Akron and Los Angeles begin Washington tour
The Akron and Los Angeles appeared over Washington shortly before 10 A M. They departed Lakehurst at daybreak on a cruise to Washington Atlantic City Philadelphia New York and other cities. It is the Akron s first voyage since its Navy acceptance as the world s largest dirigible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Akron
Los Angeles
Capital
Lakehurst
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
New York
Navy Department
Span Builders Denied Order On Durant Free Bridge
Judge John Pollock in Kansas City refused to grant the Red River Bridge Company a temporary injunction to close the free bridge over the Red River at Durant Oklahoma. He announced he would hold the case for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John ©. Pollock
Federal District Court
Red River Bridge Company
Red River
Durant
Okla
Army force hint raised in Red River bridge case
Judge John Pollock in federal court in Kansas City warned regular army troops might be used in the Red River bridge dispute. He heard the Red River Bridge Company petition for a temporary injunction to close the free span at Durant Oklahoma, deferring action on the injunction. He urged the company to pursue damages in Oklahoma and Texas courts to determine owed amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Bridge Company
Oklahoma
Texas
Murray troops guard Durant Denison bridge tension rises
Gov Murray's troops camp along the Red River at Durant Oklahoma to keep the Durant Denison free bridge open while a federal injunction fights the toll bridge company. Col John MacDonald leads disputed guard under martial law as the case awaits Judge Pollock's ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Murray
Durant
Okla
W. H
Murray
Red River
Durant-Denison
John C. Pollock
Kansas City
Toll Bridge Company
John MacDonald
Armed hungry man jailed after Amarillo house raid
In Amarillo a hungry man linked to a street encounter with Police Chief W R McDowell was jailed after a failed robbery attempt. Joe Elgin of Chicago admitted roaming the city seeking work and sleeping at local shelters. A separate burglary at Sears Roebuck on Polk Street left no loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
Judge Henry Bishop
Taylor Street
Chief McDowell
Dick Graham
Joe Elgin
Chicago
Fair Grounds
Salvation Army
City
Yeges
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Polk Street
Rise in Wheat and Oil Prices Lifts Southwest Mood
In Kansas City by November rail region traders report a 40 percent jump in wheat quotations and top grade crude oil rising to 5 cents per barrel. Wheat in Amarillo markets traded at 40 cents a bushel, 5 cents higher than Saturday, with a low figure this year of 22 bushels. The price rise mirrors gains on the Chicago board of trade over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Kansas City
Amarillo
Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat prices surge as market hits seasonal high
Wheat rose to the season’s peak with July futures at 59 1 8 cents in Kansas City and 66 5 8 cents in Chicago. Frank A. Theis, Kansas City Board of Trade president, cited strong leadership for other commodities. Oil firms followed Continental Oil with a 15 cent price jump, raising Oklahoma and Kansas scales to 61 to 85 cents per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Frank A. Theis
Kansas City Board of Trade
Mid-Continent
Continental Oil Company
Oklahoma
Kansas
Confession Doubtful in Maddux Wife Murder Case
Clara Fish 19 a servant girl recants earlier claims that Walter Maddux 27 a week chemical plant worker killed his wife so they could flee to California Police discount the confession noting a fourth version says she used ether and a razor to kill Mrs Maddux The body of the 35 year old mother of two was found Friday Maddux is being held with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood
U.P
Clara Fish
Walter Maddux
California
Maddux
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BIG
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Chamber of Commerce
G. N. Hailey
City of Amarillo
Fire
Tax
Water Department
Engineering Department
Ernest O. Thomopson
Herring
Capitol Hotel
Palo Duro
Thompson
Telephone Company
Austin
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
Globe
Brisbane
Empress Eugenie
Tulsa
Empire Companies
Bartlesville
O Wa
Cities Service
Henry L. Doherty
Standard Oil
Carruth
Adams
Mukden
Rengo
Ling Yin-Ching
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Panshanhsien
Stork
Ralph Capone
Pomeroy
Span Builders
Judge Bishop
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