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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1932
Page
10
Workers in Amarillo press for chance to tell the Chest story and urge public aid. Meetings daily discuss the Community Chest plan, contrasting the new system with the old, promising efficient, centralized support for needy families and local agencies.
The article reports Einstein suggesting Earth may be about 10 billion years old, with expansion of the universe possibly dating Earth's birth to a ten billion year period. It contrasts this with other authorities placing Earth's age around 3 billion years. It notes Hubble’s red shift work and three dating methods used by scientists. It mentions Einstein planning to spend time in the United States and lists methods: radioactive rock, soluble ocean salts, and crustal formations. It cites Yale University and the National Research Council in a 3,000,000,000 year estimate.
A Dallas based repeal group mails a folder arguing that taxing the liquor industry on current volume would yield about 1.538 billion dollars. The document says the tax would cover interest on government debts at all levels and leave a 200 million dollar surplus.
The report notes both President Hoover and Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt as philatelists. Each began collecting stamps as youths and has continued into adulthood with ongoing albums and new specimens. Hoover mentioned during a Rapidan outing that he still maintains his collections and adds stamps as they come.
Courthouse records list warranty deeds including B and L properties to Lena Blankenship and H C Badger, with parcel notes and sale values. Also registrants include L Knox Dodge sedan, C R Collins Dodge coupe, D M Voyles Essex sedan, and G H Connell Reo truck. Building permits show J F Tucker remodeling a garage for $125 and J E Spann with contractor J Williams at 100 Van Buren for $30.
In Amarillo a Davis campaign campaign targets Potter County with a share list and medallions priced at 1 dollar benefiting the national Democratic fund for Roosevelt and Garner. The Panhandle Roosevelt-Garner Club hosts a second Democratic dance at The Nat with 15 cent tickets, sale at Oliver-Eakle building headquarters.
Military authorities withheld details of a shooting involving Lieut. K. J. Gregg an air corps flight member en route from California to Shreveport Louisiana Gregg was wounded and reports said the gunshot wound occurred during travel initial information remained unreleased by the army authorities in Dallas.
A flight crew member named Gregg was shot in the leg at Hensley Field near here on Sunday night and was rushed to a hospital. Captain Harry Weddington said the shooting was accidental and declined to provide further details while police had no report on the incident.
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