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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1932
Page
2
The piece voices concern over employment desperation as hundreds seek federal jobs in Amarillo, warns of political meddling in the post office, and criticizes theft and lax policing. It highlights Sheriff Bill Thompson on theft restitution and urges public action to curb petty crime and aid struggling families.
Two young men admitted felony offenses and sought suspended sentences as court recessed at noon. Earl Rochelle 24 of Tohoka pleaded guilty to burglary at M System store 2222 Polk Street on August 23. He received a two year suspended sentence. Hollis Powers 28, also seeking a suspended sentence, was charged with theft of 300 dollars from Lamar Case on July 6. Prosecution and witnesses described the recovered money and Powers prior clean record. The grand jury remained in session all morning.
A group of Amarillo residents will depart at 8 A M Tuesday for Tucumcari New Mexico to meet local business people and join lunch with the Tucumcari Kiwanis Club. The trip is sponsored by Globe News and the chamber of commerce with joiners asked to report at the Globe News office before departure.
Colonel Green draws crowds at Central Presbyterian Church with memory feats and readings from Lowell and Ruth. Friona hunt for 11 lost duck decoys ends well as Judge Hoover nears 69 with a life of plains development. Amarillo records a 72 high and 40 low as Texas faces varied weather.
A reader asks Tack to publish a request seeking home laundry work due to childcare duties. The message explains the need to earn income while caring for children and asks for publication on the Letters page.
Debts show large reductions under the Dawes and Young plans with totals from Britain and France cited. Hoover Laval communiqué mentions potential agreement before the Hoover year ends. Senators Borah Walsh and Reed comment on implications for U.S. burdens and Congressional consideration.
London observers say postponing the December 15 British war debt payment to the United States signals the start of full debt cancellation. Finance leaders from industry business and diplomacy fear continued payments would worsen world financial chaos.
The Belgian government plans to send a communication to Washington requesting a postponement of war debts, following similar notes from France and Britain.
ALP meet features Bert of Standard of Indiana W T Holliday of Standard of Ohio and J Howard Pew of Sun Oil in Philadelphia. A special train brings independent operators from East Texas. Amos L Beaty of the Institute plans to deliver an address at tomorrow's session amid news of improved industry conditions. Beaty arrived with Harry F Sinclair and Earl W Sinclair of Consolidated Oil along with R C Holmes of the Texas Company.
More than 250 independent oil men attended the Independent Petroleum Association convention in Tulsa. The militant group led by Wirt Franklin pressed for an oil tariff and further restrictions on importing foreign petroleum products.
Two men, John Nelson and Jud Mc Leod, were held in Carrizozo New Mexico after a coroner’s jury found Vernon Bishop fatally shot while hunting near Tinnie. Nelson and Mc Leod admitted hunting in the area and firing two shots but denied hitting anyone. Bishop’s body was moved to Roswell and then to Effingham Illinois for burial.
The body of Mrs. R. L. Tayloe, 32, killed in an automobile collision near Port Allen, La., will be taken to Clarksville, Texas for funeral services and interment. Her husband R. L. Tayloe, 33, along with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Strong of Alexandria and Joseph Divencenco of Donaldsonville, were seriously injured and treated in a hospital. all are expected to recover.
In a message discussing debt settlements and market expansion, Roosevelt notes limited executive power and the need for constructive talks with Congress. He highlights a world economic conference and a disarmament process, urging a meeting in Washington with the visitor and advising bringing Democratic leaders or advisers.
The poem Autumn Scene portrays a Master Artist touching up a landscape with vivid color in a late October setting. The market section notes Du Pont AlGhemical United Aircraft and Case down about 2 points, Montgomery Ward up then down, with Wall Street watching war debt and trade news for clues. Freight car loading shows a November slump and Santa Fe reports 25 182 cars for the week ending Nov 12, down from 27 163, about 22 percent lower than last year. The American Telephone dividend meeting looms as a factor, with disconnections in October edging ahead of September.
Kansas City hogs and cattle trades show mixed movement with lower prices on most classes, top hogs at 8.80 for 180-240 lb. cattle steady to lower on killing classes. sheep and lambs uneven with weakness in much of the market. New Orleans cotton opens barely higher then declines amid hedge selling. December at 6.32 then 6.81, limbo near 6.46. US stock letters note mild profit-taking and support with Union Pacific, Santa Fe, SP, NY Central and US Steel moving modestly on the session.
A Prohibition rally denounces liquor interests and all who compromise with them. Hunt attacks Al Smith and calls out three groups funding the movement to repeal the amendment. He claims a 5 cent per pint tax would not balance the budget and the antis-God cry is unfounded.
In Marietta Oklahoma district court on November 14, a jury was chosen to try Henderson Thornhill for the murder of Bryan Smith a public surveyor and night watchman at a Thackerville cotton gin Smith was shot at his Thackerville home October 26 Thornhill surrendered soon after and is jailed at Marietta Residents said the men argued the night before over Thornhill asking to sleep in the gin
In Philadelphia on November 14 a father telephoned city hall detectives saying he had kidnapped his 8 year old son William Bauers who was reportedly taken by three men on the way to school. He said custody was granted to him by New Jersey courts after a divorce. he lived in Franklinville, N J, and Mrs Bauers lives in Philadelphia. Detectives asked New Jersey police to verify the claim.
Hearing on grain rates in the western area opened in Fort Worth before interstate commerce examiners George J. Hall and Arthur Mackley. Testimony will reveal the full rate structure and consider alleged inequality between Kansas City area and Texas points with potential downward revisions. Texas Railroad Commission members attended.
A proposed three part arms plan envisions a global consultative pact renouncing neutrality in war, a general convention to reduce armaments prioritizing defensive weapons, and a regional European pact with a European staff to aid nations facing aggression, potentially reshaping Germany’s armament status.
In Fort Worth on November 14 the Lone Star Gas Company gate hearing before the Texas Railroad Commission entered its third week with Harrison Smith, a New York City engineer, detailing the cost of reproducing transmission line equipment at current prices. He is the seventh witness since the hearing began November 1 as the body weighs the fairness of the 40 cent per 1000 cubic foot rate charged at about 250 Texas cities for domestic use. The state's evidence has not yet been presented and the company aims to complete its testimony later in the week.
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