12 Oct 1932
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1932
Page
1
Hollywood stars embrace lacquered hair as a new fashion novelty. A lacquered wig offers color options and a glossy look, with Myrna Loy showcasing an unusual Spanish inspired model.
National guardsmen raided the Miners' Hall in Taylorville Illinois to arrest 600 to 700 striking coal miners gathered for the Virden massacre anniversary. About 600 volunteers surrendered, crowding courthouse rooms as watchers jeered and miners’ women paraded outside.
In Austin on October 12, Gordon K. Shearer notes the 1924 Ferguson Butte race still colors Texas politics. Bullington benefits from recent Republican shifts, Sterling backing, fading novelty of Ferguson, and a presidential year rally with Garner on the ticket.
J P Schroeder 63 proprietor of Bungalow Court Tourist Camp died instantly when a truck driven by Arthur Mills swerved and struck his parked car on Highway No 5 three miles west of Dalhart. Schroeder was making a minor repair. occupants of the car injured.
Mrs. C. T. Woodruff an English woman and wife of the British American Tobacco Company chief accountant was killed by bandits during an apparent kidnapping attempt in broad daylight on a Harbin street. The incident prompted police pursuit, two bandits killed two suspects wounded, and two kidnappers escaped. The American consul-general called for stronger police protection amidst recent raids.
The Globe prints Arthur Brisbane’s column from Miami analyzing Columbus Day. It questions licenses and state rules, hints Columbus may have Jewish origins, and cites Ripley on Columbus’ belief about the earth. The piece ends noting page continuation on TODAY Page 5.
Turner E. Hubby Sr. Texas game commissioner and Waco resident was found dead in a field near Valley Mills after a hunting trip. Authorities say his gun may have discharged accidentally while climbing a fence. He was a noted trapshooter and chaired Waco’s water board over Lake Waco.
The article recalls Columbus reaching Watling Island on the 440th anniversary, noting the Santa Maria voyage and land sighting after 36 days at sea. It highlights Columbus as the first European to set foot in the Americas, with Cuba and Haiti discovered on that voyage and mentions his later trips and death in 1506.
Three masked men raided the First National Bank of Hoisington Kansas about 10 miles north of Great Bend. They forced five people into the vault and escaped in a sedan with a fourth man waiting. Cashiers and two customers were uninjured.
Former President Calvin Coolidge urged re-election of Herbert Hoover in a Madison Square Garden address to a large audience. He argued Hoover's vision courage and leadership saved the nation and said Franklin D Roosevelt’s silence on the bonus threatened economic recovery while attacking Democratic policies.
A Jalapa dispatch reports Cristeros and anticlerics clashed near Tuxpan with one killed and two wounded. At Misantla anticlerics seized a church and turned it into a school.
In McAlester Oklahoma twenty three coal miners were jailed by state men after clashes at Pittsburgh. Eighteen were charged with intimidating non union miners during picketing and five with rioting. One miner suffered a serious head injury from a rock. Other district areas remained quiet.
Kansas City dispatch reports the wife of former Missouri Senator James A Reed died at a local hospital after a brief illness. The death occurred in Kansas City on October 12. The Reed family is attached to prominent political circles in Missouri.
Temple Robinson city forester said Amarillo residents queued for free canna bulbs at Ellwood Park. Between four and five thousand people attended with Ellwood Avenue blocked for two hours as three trucks of surplus bulbs from city parks were exhausted.
Hugh Walker of Lubbock is sentenced to 99 years in the state penitentiary after a district court jury finds him guilty of murder in the slaying of Frank V. Brown near Woodrow last May. Defense vows appeal as Judge Mullican delivers verdict. Covington and Richardson receive 8 and 20 year terms respectively.
James Oliver Pierson of Pampa, operating as Plains Construction Co., was found not guilty by a federal jury of forging three Gray County sureties on a $200000 plus bond for a Las Vegas post office project. Defense attorneys E T Miller and Homer Callaway were appointed by Judge James C Wilson. An earlier verdict cleared Billie Culwell and Horace Wells of counterfeiting after witnesses failed to link notes to the defendants. Harry Reed and Leo Pavey of Amarillo were sentenced to 14 months each after pleading guilty to counterfeiting.
Oscar Bond, owner of the Bond Torpedo Company, was blown apart in a nitroglycerin magazine explosion six miles west of Sapulpa Oklahoma. Mrs. Bond identifies body parts. investigators seek whether he was accompanied by two helpers. Debris, including Bond's car parts, found a mile from the plant near the Country Club golf course.
The forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area calls for fair skies with a rise in temperature. West Texas expects fair conditions with warmer temperatures tonight and Thursday, with extremes reaching 47 to 70.
The Seventh Court of Civil Appeals upheld Percy Gibbs as the county commissioner nominee after a one vote margin in the run off. Gibbs edged Quincy Ford 188 to 187 following a dispute over ballot 153 and another contested ballot ruled illegal by Judge W E Gee.
Speaker John N Garner returns to New York after a social chat with Governor Roosevelt and ridicules claims he has been muzzled. He says campaign plans remain his decision. Roosevelt prepares a relief speech linked to Garner’s congressional work. Coolidge’s New York address was not heard by the pair.
The Amarillo Community Chest opens its drive for 75000 on October 31 with an unsolicited gift from J. R. Hitchcock former Santa Fe Railway general manager in Amarillo. Hitchcock, now moving to Los Angeles to head coast lines, sent a substantial donation. Herman Pipkin, campaign chair, called the gift a reflection of voluntary spirit guiding the drive.
Belfast police and British army units rushed to quell renewed rioting that left one dead and over 30 injured yesterday. After a period of quiet, shooting flared again around Falls Road near noon, prompting a renewed security clampdown.
The State Department told the American legation in Athens to take up Samuel Insull's passport or none. Without a passport he cannot enter another country, so surrender would likely isolate him in Greece. Officials would not discuss further steps if he refuses to yield the passport.
Samuel Insull awoke at the Petit Palais in high spirits after brief police detention and said he would remain in Athens for some time. American legation officials said a warrant to detain him again is in transit and a court fight will seek his return to the United States to face embezzlement charges tied to the collapse of his utilities empire. M Romanos, a leading Athens lawyer and president of the Greek Order of Advocates, has been hired to lead Insull’s defense.
James Stewart, federal operative for the banking and currency committee, heads an inquiry into all aspects of the Insull utilities collapse as Ben Norbeck confirms the investigation. Stewart left Washington for Chicago after overseeing the stock market probe.
Funeral services were held yesterday for John V White a government tick inspector and leading rancher of Jim Wells County who died in Alice. He is survived by his widow and six brothers.
Empire Oil and Refining and Shell Oil Corp join a midcontinent price rise effective Saturday. Shell posts first price in the region with top of 1.10 in East Texas and 1.12 in Oklahoma. Phil–Tex Pipeline and Sinclair Prairie also raise posted prices. Panhandle Texas seen affected with 87 cents per barrel for 40 gravity and higher in Carson Hutchinson Moore Gray counties.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirms district court ruling that Arlington Downs wagering system violates state anti betting law. Case involves O. O. Franklin Coulter and Penrod Connell with options on horses and staged losses to boost track income at the Waggoner track between Fort Worth and Dallas.
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