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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1933
Page
11
The Associated Press reports a stalled iron and steel dispute as mediators push for settlement amid broad labor unrest. Soft coal miners gather at Clairton to press for union recognition while National Guardsmen patrol Sullivan Indiana after explosions.
Amarillo mayor proclaims 1933 as Now is the time to buy with a nationwide NRA push. He highlights rising factory payrolls farm prices and retail trade gains and calls for Amarillo Blue Eagle Days October 13-14 to boost local savings and values.
In Scranton Pennsylvania a coal truck was dynamited as thracite workers at a colliery planned to return to work. Five Buffalo area plants including Republic and Bethlehem Steel faced strike threats. Two thousand tannery workers from Gloversville New York traveled to Washington to meet Senator Wagner seeking a settlement.
The Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission sent instructions to county administrations regarding enrolling 4 738 men aged 18 to 25 for six months service in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Recruits will be moved to various locations for assignment.
At Yellowstone Park two famed geysers Maggie and Jiggs continue a daily noisy display at Yellowstone Lake. Officials note periodic eruptions with Maggie previous feuds in which she erupted every 24 hours to about 125 feet. Rangers report winter clashes when Maggie “blew up” and say Maggie now outdoes Jiggs in size and volume.
Arizona's oldest woman resident is believed to be Amesinda Martinez Leon who died recently at 107 years, 11 months and 27 days. She had resided in Arizona for 50 years. A wave of bag snatching in European shopping districts has made coin purses popular there.
North Amarillo veteran night patrolman N. J. Allen returns to his beat after a vacation to Lubbock Midland and Fort Stockton. Merchants donate a blue serge suit two motor car casings and blankets in appreciation before he left. Allen has patrolled the North Amarillo beat at night for three years and five months.
A carrier pigeon bearing a leg band marked Siberia 1931 was captured in Vnsalla California. Officials believe the bird crossed the Bering Sea and flew through Alaska and Canada to Central California over the past two years. It was turned over to the California Fish and Game Patrol for information.
Amarillo resident T. O. Canning and neighbor Herbert Irvin study 50 plants for medicinal value. Three weeds are poisonous but can be used medicinally when prepared properly. Canning, a Santa Fe employee, invites yard visits to identify weeds, with a box 617 address for requests. Also, 300 CCC workers from California briefly stopped in Amarillo en route to Kentucky aboard a Santa Fe train.
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