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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1934
Page
2
Amarillo locals plan to drive to St. Louis to see the World Series games. The column praises Amarillo hospitality and criticizes coverage of Billy Rose and the treatment of visiting El Paso football players, calling for better welcome efforts and local pride.
A fragment states a person seeks a man and a woman around 50 years old to reside with them and their boy. The note hints at a condition if agreed upon.
Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation says farmers are organizing to back their program with ballots and have won pledges of support from candidates across parties. He notes farmers represent about a million in the federation and compare agriculture to industry in driving production and crop reduction cooperation.
Amarillo residents funded a football trip for visiting El Paso players who could not afford it. The piece notes longstanding friendly ties between the cities and urges avoiding petty slights that fuel local enmity. It also mentions a windy forecast for Tuesday and a dog-return reminder at 316 Tennessee Street with phone 6985.
President argues for continued NRA gains and flexible emergency measures. He defends public works spending, warns against gold standard revival, and urges mediation in wage and price controls. He rejects claims the New Deal wastes human resources and criticizes reactionary lawyers.
O H Blasingame a 35 year old Fort Worth barber was found dead in weeds near a country school four miles west of the city. An autopsy was scheduled for today to determine the cause of death.
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt faces a custody suit by the Vanderbilt clan in New York Supreme Court. Nurse Emma Keislich testified that Mrs. Vanderbilt shared close companionship with Prince Hohenlohe after her husband’s 1925 death, including time at Biarritz and in Mrs. Vanderbilt’s bedroom, seen together by the household.
Texas faces tight relief funds as direct aid for unemployed is exhausted in counties Bowie Gregg Collingsworth and Tarrant. State seeks 2 million from FERA while 1 million in bread bonds planned for sale October 6 may supply late October cash. Drouth relief checks likely go out soon after available sums are confirmed.
Company official says new rates align with Texas peers and may lower bills while tax load in Amarillo climbs from 8,786 in 1930 to 24,696 in 1933. Rates for residential lighting and commercial use are reduced across multiple tiers, with a 1.00 dollar monthly minimum kept.
Amarillo residents with firearms subject to the new anti-crime law may register at the U S Internal Revenue Collectors office. The notice explains definitions of firearms including sawed off shotguns and certain pistols with silencers and notes required information is just the gun make and serial number.
The commission has registered 24 of 37 exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange while 12 await exemption until December 1 and the New York Mining Exchange faces a Thursday hearing on registration. The control plan bans artificial price manipulation and lending securities without customer consent, limits broker credit on new issues, and restricts insiders from short selling. It also imposes rules on exchange specialists and requires monthly security-holding reports by officers directors and large holders.
Dr. B M Primer Lewis Dodson and Miss Mildred Garrett of the Amarillo Potter County Health Unit depart for Abilene to join the Texas Public Health Association convention running Tuesday through Thursday. A parallel meeting of Public Health Nursing state organization occurs during the same period.
The notice details old and new electric rates. Minimum charges apply per horsepower connected. Old rate charges first 100 KWH at 5 cents then excess at 2 cents. monthly minimum $1. New rate charges 100 KWH at 4 cents, next 900 KWH at 2.5 cents, next 3,000 KWH at 2.5 cents, excess minimum remains $1 per horsepower.
In Stephenville a 40 year old step father, Jess Salter, killed his wife Mittie Salter and four year old Robert Salter. Nine year old Morris Johnson witnessed as Salter shot his family then killed himself. Neighbors reported the home ablaze and three notes found on the killer.
The Texan, allied with the Interstate Commerce Commission in a railway rate case, requests an urgent appointment with Cummings. He claims the Railroad Commission halted intrastate illegal oil but says the government did little to curb cross state line movement using the recovery act. He notes a lack of cooperation from the attorney general since August.
Investigators hint at a second person in the Hauptmann case while denying any current suspect. A conference of officials convenes in Trenton as District Attorney Foley challenges claims about the Faulkner deposit. An alienist exam for Hauptmann is planned with state and Bronx experts participating.
The executive council reports alarm at rising national debt and inflation as recovery measures fail. It calls for a 30 hour work week, NRA reorganization, child labor amendment, minimum wage and old age security laws, and pins unemployment at about 10 million. Federation membership stands at 2,608,011 for the year ending August 31, up 481,215.
Cotton opened easy in New Orleans as favorable weather trims prices. December fell to 12.41 and March to 12.53, later drifting lower before a midday rally on short covering. Kansas City cattle and hogs also traded lower, with quotes across livestock categories. The New York Stock Letter noted declines after Roosevelt's fireside talk with mixed sentiment on market direction.
The 36th Division veterans from Texas and Oklahoma gather in Fort Worth for their annual reunion on October 6 and 7 marking the unit's baptism of fire in 1918 on the Western Front. About 3,000 of nearly 25,000 men are expected to attend, including Amarillo residents Major EF A Simpson Col Julius Dorenfield Jr John K Boyce Will Boyce R L Bomar Ray Smith and Bob Fields. Attendance remains unconfirmed.
Eugene Holmes, son of a Rock Island Railroad brakeman, drowned after a raft incident at a lake near Rock Island. Eyewitness Jimmy, a newsboy, described how Eugene fell backward into shallow water and could not recover. A lone swimmer found the body about three hours later and rescue efforts drew thousands, with the rescuer remaining unnamed. Surviving family includes parents Mr and Mrs James Holmes two brothers W F and Jimmie Lee and sister Mary Virginia.
Amarillo police took fingerprints from an unidentified man who shot himself to death on Highway No 5 near Canyon. Found by passersby, he died shortly after a .32 caliber bullet through the heart. A gun lay near the body. Sheriff described him as about 40, well-dressed with woman tattoo pictures on both arms, 5'6" and 165 pounds.
Funeral services for seven year old Bessie Faye Byrd, daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Byrd of 2220 North West Twelfth Avenue, were conducted Saturday afternoon at four o'clock by Rev J C Sisemore of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Relatives and friends attended the rites.
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