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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1934
Page
3
Hunger strike story from PECS Hungary reports 1,200 miners remained underground five days demanding higher wages of 3.50 weekly, with 2.00 prior rate. Some miners brought above ground. 110 hospitalized. Quotes describe extreme hunger and risks in narrow pits as others collapsed and were trampled.
Thomas P. Phelan, 27, son of Toronto rail magnate H. W. Phelan, attempted suicide at the Cocoanut Grove, a celebrity hotspot in Los Angeles. He was wounded near his heart and expected to recover. a note to his father was found among his belongings. Police cited a recent $25 000 legacy as context.
Citizens west of Somerville in Fayette County have not elected a constable or appointed a deputy sheriff in over ten years. No candidates sought offices this year, reflecting a peaceful district with no local law enforcement presence.
A two year surge in political killings spans Europe Asia and America culminating in the Marseille assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Other targets included Paul Doumer, Tsuyoshi Inukai, Luis M. Sanchez Cerro, Abelardo Hurtado de Mendoza, Engelbert Dollfuss, and Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, with varying judicial outcomes.
An Ozark hill farmer and wife rushed from Kansas City to Pine Bluff Ark to claim a body they believed was their daughter Winnie Mae 18 but a call to say she is alive and on the relief roll ends the misidentification. The case has baffled police as the bullet-riddled body was repeatedly identified.
Joseph Kessler a 20 year old held in Detroit charged with kidnapping and robbery in the abduction of C M Kella Jr a telephone company employee in Fort Worth. He admitted in a Detroit police letter to participating with two others. Kella was abducted on a downtown street and forced to ride to East Texas before being released at Mount Pleasant where two captors were captured.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a banquet for grain growers and millers across the Panhandle at 7 o clock Friday night in the Amarillo Hotel. Principal speaker will be Mr. Rosell of the National Food Bureau from Chicago, with invitations sent by chamber secretary Carl Hinton.
Red Carnation Lodge of the B of L F E announces a masquerade dance at Painters Hall Thursday. Costume prizes games and music feature the event with proceeds benefiting the lodge under chairwoman Mrs Carl Hamilton who leads the program committee.
An advertisement explains four objectives for treating colds with Calotabs. It claims Calotabs relieve congestion, aid kidney function, expel germ laden mucus, and promote bile flow. One or two tablets at night are typical, with a milk option, and a family package is advertised at twenty five cents.
A dramatic mix of misidentifications surrounds a roadside finding of an expectant mother in October and a murder warrant issued for a Fort Smith husband after Winnie Mae named him as the father. Separately, a mass of letters to theater manager Jim Platt from people claiming to be Jack Kelly complicates a supposed roll of money left for a favor.
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