Potter County Truckers Fight CWA Pay Cut Proposal
Local truck owners gathered at the Potter County courthouse and rejected a 50 cent per hour truck rate for CWA projects, arguing maintenance and high speed driving justify higher pay. State highway and CWA officials await Austin rulings on the appeal while laborers’ jobs hang in the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Potter County
CWA
Bailey
Lawrence Westbrook
State Highway Department
Truckers’ Organization
McDonald declares run for Texas governor in 1934
Wichita Falls candidate C. McDonald announces he will seek the Texas governorship in 1934. A longtime ally of Gov. Miriam A Ferguson, McDonald says he will run subject to the Democratic primaries. He notes his ties to the oil industry and recalls elections over party leadership and a national committeeman post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. McDonald
Wichita Falls
McDonald Long
Miriam A. Ferguson
James FE. Ferguson
Ferguson
McDonald
Maury Hughes
Democratic Executive Committee
Jed Adams
Federal Board of Tax Appeals
Texas
Adams
Lone Star
Mob justice and the California lynching report
Arthur Brisbane notes the November mob violence at a California jail over kidnapers. He condemns mobs as uniform in any region while praising Sheriff Emig for his duty in guarding prisoners and recounts the crowd’s rage and the ensuing injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
California
Emig
Thurmond
Trial of Dr Boaz in Memphis Hears Rested Defense
Both sides rested at 11 30 oclock in the Boaz assault case. Jurors to hear deliberations after witnesses described knife wounds and a slashed clothing scene at the Ross Hotel on the night of August 26. District Attorney hinted the knife was planted. Witnesses included M L May and J W Ross with remarks by Sheriff Bill Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. H. Boaz
Memphis
Dr. Boaz
M. L. May
Wichita Falls
James McCauley
Ross Hotel
Bill Adams
Boaz
May
J. W. Ross
McCauley
Grady Hazlewood
MecCeuley
Herbert Powell
Strike Ends at Stockyards in Chicago
About 8,000 workers won a 10 percent wage increase as talks led by Robert M. Hutchins produced a partial victory. Pickets withdrew and men returned to work while a regional board mediation was set for unresolved wage issues. An early fire at hog pens caused estimated damages of 75000 with possible incendiary causes under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
NRA
Regional Labor Board
William J. Connor
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company
Michael J. Corrigan
Fever Scare Forces Lindbergh to Reroute Flight
From Porto Praia Cape Verde Islands Col Charlies A Lindbergh sent wireless queries to Senegal ports about health along the coast after a Dakar yellow fever scare. He altered plans to fly to Dakar from the island resting since Monday. He loaded 50 gallons of gasoline and planned to sleep aboard again. Dakar authorities advised keeping Mrs Lindbergh away from potential exposure due to an isolated fever case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Praia
Cape Verde Islands
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Dakar
Senegal
Welles Reappears in Havana to Warm Welcome
US ambassador to Cuba Sumner Welles drew a large crowd in Havana after returning from a Roosevelt conference. More than 1,000 Cubans and Americans cheered him at the Pan American Airways dock and along the streets to the embassy. He appeared moved by the reception.
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Havana
Sumner Welles
United States
Cuba
Roosevelt
Pan-American Airways
Viva Welles
Welles
Touhy Gangsters Waive Extradition
In St Paul on November 29 four Touhy gangsters acquitted by a federal jury of one kidnapping waived extradition to Illinois and will be sent to Chicago likely Saturday to face state charges of abducting John Factor also known as Jake the Barber for a $70 000 ransom last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
U.P
Touhy
Tollinois
Chicago
John
Jake the Barber
Thanksgiving Day Observed Across Amarillo
Thanksgiving spirit fills Amarillo as many face hardship yet gather for church services at First Christian Church Dr J T McClure to preach. The day features theater shows Turkey Day dances and a football game at Butler Field between the Amarillo Sandies and the Lubbock Westerners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWA
RFC
Li Ds
J. T. McClure
Amarillo Credit Association
Rolla Townsend
Amarillo
Butler Field
Amarillo Sandies
Lubbock Westerners
Potter County Reaches Red Cross 2256 Member Goal
Potter County nears its 2256 member Red Cross goal with a driven push led by A Petersen and local chairs Bill Gilstrap and Mason King. Half of each membership funds stay locally to support sewing room operations employing unemployed and needy women. Yesterday's enrollments include Mr. and Mrs. Will R. Winch with a $5 contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Red Cross
Bill Gilstrap
Will R. Winch
New Cotton Contracts Pay From $3 to $18
The farm adjustment administration unveils cotton acreage reduction contracts for 1934 and 1935. Growers who cut production will receive rental payments on land removed from production ranging from about $3 to $18 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
Czechoslovak Government Offers Token Payment to U S
Washington reports the Czechoslovakian government offered the United States a token payment of 150000 dollars toward a 1500000 dollar debt installment due December 18. The offer comes as negotiations continue for full settlement of the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
United States
Slot Machine Raid Nets 18 Machines Seized in City
Eighteen of twenty three slot machines reported as coin paid cash payoffs were seized in a rapid raid. County grand jury will hear the gambling problem Friday after a sheriff and police force operation across business districts. No charges filed yet as the county attorney weighs penalties under Texas gaming laws. The American Legion disavows sponsorship of the machines though placards remain at some sites. Machines paid off in coins rather than tokens and were stored in the courthouse after seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
The
American Legion
Legion
Trade Regulations On Wine Are Sought
Importers of wines and liquors were told that reciprocal trade agreements are under way. Nations may export wines and liquors to the United States on more favorable terms in exchange for removal of tariff barriers against American exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Ford vehicles again eligible for government contracts
Comptroller General J. R. McCarl ruled for a second time that Ford Motor Company products qualify for government contracts marking a renewal of eligibility for federal procurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. R. McCarl
Ford Motor Company
Wheat Growers Sign To Cut Production In Panhandle
In Panhandle Plains, 23 northwest Texas counties move to leave about 554000 acres out of production under a wheat control program. More than 90 percent of eligible farmers expected to sign contracts to reduce their average three year acreage by 15 percent. Checks totaling around 5 million dollars to be sent from Washington and distributed locally, with over half the funds to reach farmers by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Plains
Northwest
Texas
Washington
Helen Jacobs Receives Threatening Letters in Melrose Visit
The 1930s era tennis star Helen Jacobs, national women's champion, was found to have received severe threatening and obscene letters at a Melrose home where she is wintering. She planned to confer with Assistant U.S. Attorney Hugo Bagnulo to pursue arrest of the sender.
Mrs. Cooper Named Acting Postmaster in Amarillo
Mrs. Floyd A. Cooper, noted Roose velt era leader in Potter County, becomes acting postmaster in Amarillo effective Friday. She will lead the post office until a permanent postmaster replaces W. C. Kenyon who has held the office since 1921.
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Floyd A. Cooper
Roosevelt
Potter County
Amarillo
W. C. “Bill” Kenyon
Cooper
Marvin Jones
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Jones
Court reopens Starr County murder conspiracy case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed four defendants William McClellan F. E. Farnsworth A F Darle and L F Schultz in the 1932 Starr County murder conspiracy after finding lack of corroborating evidence for accomplice testimony. Retrial ordered as defects in the appeal record were cured.
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A. F. Darlle
L. F. Schultz
Walter Weaver
T. W. Hooks
Harry Ridgeway
Donna
Hidalgo County
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Area
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible light local showers. West Texas west of the 100th meridian mostly cloudy unsettled tonight and Thursday with probable showers. New Mexico unsettled night and Thursday with rain southwest and snow northwest, colder tonight. Temperatures ranged 44 to 63 at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Freedom for Four Men in Maryland Habeas Hearing
In Maryland the four prisoners from Somerset County were moved to Princess Anne for a habeas corpus hearing this afternoon. Warden Harry C. Martin accompanied them unarmed to the proceeding with a chauffeur. Witnesses who identified the men did not attend. Attorney General Lane did not go to the hearing.
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Baltimore
Harry C. Martin
Baltimore City
Somerset
County
Princess Anne
David Co. Winebrenner
William Preston Lane, Jr
Yeater
William H Thompson
Irving
Adkins
William 8
McQuay
Pocomoke City
Pampa Stays in Grid Race Despite Protest
Amarillo protested Hazel Mackie of Pampa High School as ineligible. The district executive committee ruled the protest not upheld in Plainview after five hours of hearings. The decision clears the way for the Harvesters to win the District 1 title by beating Borger. Corbitt’s ineligibility under the new four year rule was part of the transfer issue.
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Amarillo
Hazel Mackie
Pampa
Plainview
District 1
Harvesters
Borger
Capt
J. R. Corbitt
Corbitt
Missouri Mob Defies Tanks and Soldiers
A St. Joseph lynching of Lloyd Warner, a 19 year old black man, drew 7000 residents, amid photo friendly mob action and guards. William Sawyer ordered to investigate planning rumors from a St. Joseph hotel luncheon. Local officials blamed circumstances on rising mobs and political pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
William Sawyer
St. Joseph
Lloyd Warner
Roy McKittrick
Missouri
Sawyer
Amarillo Okays Terra-Wave Police Radio System
The Amarillo city commission awarded RCA Victor through Amarillo Hardware a $1 750 contract to install a terra-wave high frequency police radio system with five receiving sets. The system links five scout cars to headquarters for 24 7 dispatch, improving response times. Fort Worth uses similar gear with 23 mile reception and six mile guaranteed range, prompting concerns over higher bids.
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Amarillo
City Commission
RCA Victor Company
Ross D. Rogers
Fort Worth
H. R Smith
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King Feature Syndicate
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Helen Jacobs
Boston
Helen
Dee Cooper
Maryland
National
Buchanan County
Warner
Sacramento
Calif
James Rolph, Jr
St. Joseph, Moe
San Jose
Otto Theisen
35Th Tank Company
Missouri National Guard
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