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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1934
Page
2
A Texas Panhandle forecast notes limited rainfall with possible light showers and a cold spell to arrive Saturday. Secretary Ickes urges fair gas conservation and pricing to stop waste, warning the Panhandle gas field may exhaust in 7 to 15 years.
At the Austin convention the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs asked the legislature for an early liberal appropriation for the Texas Centennial. Resolutions urged beautification projects, a ban on livestock on highways, and teaching Texas history in high schools. A $1 registration fee becomes permanent and $5,000 in federation securities may be sold to cover club house debt. Memorial services were held for members including Mrs. J. K. Bull of Brownsville.
Funeral services were held for Eugenia Rose Litle infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Litle at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev. J. D. Horton officiating. The child died yesterday at the family home 123 Concho Street.
Observations show many drivers ignore state and city speed limits in school zones. Noon and evening movements near schools raise safety concerns as children travel to and from lunch and home.
The Alabama Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris in the Scottsboro case. The death sentence was postponed from December 7 to February 8, 1935, at the request of Osmond Frankel, their U S appeals attorney.
Transcripts in U S district court show T H Williams of Hall County and J W Bowden of Hall County filed two damage suits against Hardeman King Company of Clarendon for an automobile crash near Giles on June 30. Williams lost his right arm Bowden sustained injury to his left arm and hand. Petitions allege criminal negligence for failing to install clearance rights on the truck. Williams seeks 40000 actual and 5000 exemplary damages Bowden seeks 3000 actual and 1000 exemplary damages.
The Texas Highway Patrol closed its two day first aid demonstration and review school at the Herring Hotel. Instructor Dickey of Austin emphasized the need for patrolmen to master splints bandaging and other first aid. Attendees included Ruth White Long from Amarillo, Turner Harper Moore King and local officers.
The Lesson Sermon for November 18 in all Christian Science churches centers on Mortals and Immortals. Primary texts include Romans 8:21 and Isaiah 25:8, with a citation from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy stating that mortality ends through acknowledging Spirit and the divine likeness.
Flames engulfed the Park Hotel in Geneva New York trapping sleeping guests. Two dead and two seriously injured were reported with identities tentatively given as James Danahe of Geneva and Jay Belleu of Rochester or Buffalo.
In Philadelphia on November 16, three University of Pennsylvania seniors were asked in an examination who is vice president. They did not know. one guessed a name like Robinson, another said it wasn’t Roosevelt, and the label Forgotten Man was given to John Nance Garner by the students.
The Amarillo Bridge Club holds its first meeting at 8 pm in the Herring Hotel with a business session in Room 202 led by President George Shannon. Afterward players move to the new clubrooms at 624 and 626 for the first play. about 75 members enrolled and annual dues are $2 with 25 cent plays, 50 cents on tournament nights. Mrs Edward Bliss is secretary manager.
Estudiar Club held its monthly meeting Tuesday at 2612 Ong Street with fall flower decor. After business, a social hour was led by Clarence Hobdy with refreshments. Next meeting set for December 10 at 1208 Pierce Street hosted by Mrs. Winifred Babb. assistance by Mrs. Matty B. Ballard.
Dr. J. T. McClure, pastor of Polk Street Methodist Church for two years, departs for Brownwood to become presiding elder of that district. He reports about 360 new members and year total offerings of 33 139 with all salaries benevolences and claims met. He and Mrs. McClure will move Tuesday and he will preach at First Methodist Church Brownwood on Sunday.
The Church of the Open Bible at Fifteenth and Ong Street marks its second anniversary with evangelistic meetings starting Sunday and continuing nightly through Thanksgiving. Rev. R. A. Somerville will lead, describing the church as a non sectarian Bible teaching center operating on a faith basis.
The Panhandle woke to thick fog around 3 am with light mist in places but no rain was reported. Meteorologist H. T. Collman maintains that signs still point to fair weather and no rainfall in sight.
La Paz Bolivia reports War Minister states Paraguay lost about 5000 men and 2 million in war materials after recent clashes in the Gran Chaco The statement notes Paraguayan withdrawal of about 125 miles from occupied positions and successful Bolivian offensives.
H A Maggard a 50 year old trainman from Marshall Texas was acquitted of murdering Ed Kelly a fellow railroad worker in a September 18 incident. The jury returned the verdict when court reconvened after retiring overnight confirming the stabbing case ended in acquittal.
A witness on the stand asserts he sold $900,000 of stocks in Corporation Securities and TI. U. S. in 1931 1932 while insolvent. He denies receiving any money claiming the sales closed out various accounts and yielded no cash profit.
Notice highlights daily bargains in the Want Ads section with many worthy home offers. Readers in the market should watch Classification 61 for a complete selection of the best home buys in Amarillo.
Chicago report says Dorothy Lawler a Oak Park nurse is sought as the other woman to clarify the death of Lucille Nolan a nightclub hostess. Detectives say Nolan jumped from the Medinah Club building but Lawler is to be questioned and fingerprinted after Frank Lawrence aka Broadway Jones implicated her in a jealous dispute.
Biographical note on Charles Lutwidge Dodgson known as Lewis Carroll. He told his fairy tale on July 4 1862 during a Thames excursion and published as a children and adult classic. Chess scholars link his work to chess themes and a cryptic look at linguistic whimsy like tweedle dum and tweedledee.
Bon Bon, just out of high school and working a candy shop at the Metropolitan, rises from a modest salary to study and sing. Antonio Scotti praised her voice and connected her with teachers, leading to a Town Hall concert and an operatic debut in Verdi’s Force of Destiny in Genoa. Her mother Lena Turkel and relatives plan to attend, while her father and Polish mother long watched from Woonsocket as she fulfills a lifelong dream.
Freddy Bergin and his band drew large crowds at The Nat Dine and Dance Palace over two nights with lively dances. Manager H A Dyer praised the audience turnout and enjoyment. The group plans to travel to Lubbock tomorrow and to Pampa Monday for further performances.
Early sales show hogs and cattle prices mixed with gains for select lots. Cattle at 300 to 1,000 pounds steady to firm while sheep and lamb values weaken on drouth-weight stock with top native lambs around 6.25 and feeder pigs improving. New Orleans cotton prices drift before midday with slight recovery later.
The LSU student paper The Reveille faced censorship when Huey Long reviewed a proof and ordered removal of a piece by D Norman criticizing his mock election of Abe Michal to the Louisiana senate. Editor Jesse Cutter acknowledged the letter was deleted. Long denied the incident, but corroborating sources confirm the suppression.
The president urged 1934 pioneers to meet modern perils with bold economies and social planning. He contrasted with Harrodsburg settlers and spoke of a commonwealth delivering security freedom and happiness as Kentuckians and prominent allies looked on.
Gloria Vanderbilt may have the child for two days weekly, directing religious training. The mother is Catholic, the aunt is Episcopalian. Nurse Emma Keislich to be dismissed within a month to remove an alleged influence against the mother. Formal ruling to be signed next Monday. No changes indicated in the $2,800,000 trust fund administration.
Dawes attacks the oil plan while congressmen head to Dallas to study Texas oil problems. Kilgore merchants urge reinstatement of the distress gasoline purchase plan to avert unemployment and aid East Texas refiners. Attorney General Allred opposes federal control of oil and gas.
A kitten in Iola Kansas was born without legs and moves on its front limbs using its tail like a kan garoo. Separately Alaska reports two young musk oxen born this year, a rare event after a century without such births.
Baltimore doctors cite about 125,000 annual deaths from pellagra and say early diagnosis remains elusive. Texas figures report 615 deaths from 12,300 cases in 1935 with nearly 2,000 Pellagra patients on relief rolls receiving diet-based treatment. General Frederick F. Russell spoke at the Tropical Medicine Society annual address.
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