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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1932
Page
2
The speaker reports a strong Roosevelt outlook in polling and crowds across Canyon Dallas Austin Fort Worth and Wildorado. He campaigns for Roosevelt Garner and hopes a Canyon endorsement yields a postmaster appointment. A humorous Dallas barber shop anecdote follows, illustrating outreach and reception during the trip.
Police in Amarillo report two Canyon men in city jail awaiting transfer to county authorities on stealing a motor car from in front of the First Christian Church. The car, owned by M. E. Mugg, was recovered after a chase on Grant Street and a hot foot pursuit. Burglary tools were found in the vehicle. Police also note burglaries at the National Biscuit Company's agency and several homes, with clues from the Biscuit Company case helping investigations. A theater executive visit and local gossip fill the rest of the page.
A widowed mother appeals for employment noting she has kept house and has some related experience. She asks for any available work and expresses willingness to do any task.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers proclaims October 9 to 15 as Fire Prevention Week in Amarillo urging all citizens to survey buildings for fire hazards and participate in observances. The city seeks to maintain low fire losses and achieve a record of safety through community cooperation and school and church involvement.
Chicago dispatch reports Chief Shoemaker believes Frank McErlane, famed for the one way ride, will receive a secret burial after dying of pneumonia in a Beardstown hospital. Enemies who harbored bitter enmity could seek vengeance, including mutilation or burning his body.
Samuel Insull Jr. faced state scrutiny over a $75,000 transfer to his father in Paris amid extradition questions. Investigators probe whether funds came from former associates or the Insull fortune. Concurrently a suit seeks $15 million collateral from Insull Utility Investments in Chicago banks.
Herman Mason faces trial in county court on a charge of driving an automobile without the owner's consent. Judge E C Nelson Jr presides as the case opens on the criminal docket while other cases proceed with delays and pleas. Willie Leroy Blanford pleads guilty to theft under 50 dollars and receives 60 days in jail for stealing 35 dollars from B and M Cleaners.
Eleven homes in Amarillo are under quarantine due to contagious diseases. Nine cases are scarlet fever and the rest diphtheria. Dr. Benjamin M. Primer, director of the health unit, says the situation is not alarming but urges parents to safeguard children.
A plea for defense is noted as Arnold faces a murder charge with two appointed attorneys. His mother, H A Staggs, has no funds for counsel to feed her baby. Arnold recalls a life of crime and laments his fate, writing of sacrifices for nothing.
The Texas crop report says 4,063,000 bales forecast for 1932 with 59 percent of normal crop condition on October 1. Unfavorable rainfall and boll weevils damaged northern fields while western areas saw later rains. World cotton production for the season is seen at about 21,700,000 bales, down from last year’s 26,294,000, but with a record global carryover.
Capitol officials ordered the plaza cleared of automobiles and extra guards as seven Negro defendants in the Scottsboro assault case may go before the Supreme Court for oral agreement. In Paris, seven delegations urged the release of the condemned defendants and Mooney's liberty at the American embassy, which remained guarded by police.
Officials and boosters of the Texas U S 66 Highway Association gathered in Groom for their annual session held at noon during a Groom luncheon. Delegates arrived from Shamrock McLean Alanreed Con way Jericho Wildorado Vega Adrian and Amarillo with attendees including Bill Beechler Rabey Funk W J Van London T E Johnson P B Bailey Bill Lampe Avery Rush G C Odom Wilson W Ballew E M Blackburn N B Griggs Wade Brymer and Clarence Williams.
Potter County commissioners met in regular session reviewing bills and approved a $1275 culvert purchase to replace a bridge washed out on the county highway north from Bushland connecting to the Tascosa Trail.
Nineteen of twenty miners plunging down the 700 foot shaft at Plank Lane colliery were killed when the cage fell to the pit bottom. One miner escaped, forced the cage door open, and freed himself before rescue crews arrived.
A counterfeit case against Horace T. Wells of Amarillo was postponed for setting until 1 30 due to absent defense counsel. Trials for BE. R. Annis and James Leland on post office robbery were set for 9 o'clock Thursday morning. An equity case involving Jefferson Standard Life Insurance and T. S. Likens et al was moved to Wednesday for Judge Wilson to review records.
Eas, Oct. 10 E. Haldeman-Julius socialist candidate for United States senator proposed dice among opponents George McGill Ben Paulen to decide who takes the seat. He said voters should not decide between two wrong candidates and the dice would follow the Afro-American School of Crapshooting rules for an economical, sensible election outcome.
Kansas City livestock numbers show hogs steady to 5 lower with top $3.65 for 190-220 lb porkers and cattle demand opening slow though steers 600-1600 lb fetch $6.00 to $9.26, with beef cows $2.65 to $4.25 and vealers $3.00 to $6.00. New Orleans cotton opened steady with December at $6.66 early, rebounded then fell to about $6.60, amid mixed action and bears after a government crop report.
A newspaper ad promotes "B. C." as a fast acting remedy for violent headaches and nervous distress. Compounded by a registered pharmacist, it claims quick relief from muscular aches colds neuralgia and fever without opiates. Available in 10¢ and 25¢ packages wherever drugs are sold.
A fragment from Edgar A. Guest ponders aging through his “gray-beard annuals” in a late autumn garden. The poem compares perennials to old people, noting October’s chill and the inevitability of decline as larks and zinnias voice a quiet, somber farewell.
A bold sales pitch urges ranchers not to sell stock at ruinous prices and promotes the Bowles Plan of Contract Feeding. It claims 1933 corn fed stock prices could rise 25 to 100 percent and highlights top feeders and supervisors in the Bowles National network. The plan charges 40 cents per hundredweight with half deferred until sale, offers deferred freight, and notes bank cooperation.
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