A New Transportation and Global Gifts in 1930s Era
Arthur Brisbane discusses fast transport via small express rail units, advocates railroads over motor buses, and comments on Abyssinia’s Ras Tafari coronation gifts from Germany France and Britain. He notes stock market lows, speculation patterns, and a stock exchange seat’s plunging value with a forward-looking view on opportunities for investors.
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Ras Tafari
Abyssinia
George
Hoover
Hindenburg
Germany
France
Griggs ambulance details listed in Boxwell Bros notice
Ambulance numbers 4311 and 5211 linked to Griggs and Boxwell Bros. appear in a local notice on today’s Page 2, outlining contact lines for emergency transport services. The tersely listed numbers suggest a routine entry in a public notices column.
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday for Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico shows unsettled weather tonight with cooler southeast, Thursday generally mild. Today’s temperature extremes reach 57 and 40 degrees at 1 PM. Sunrise Thursday at 7, sunset at 6 03.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Arrival of Arthur Woods to lead Hoover relief
Washington October 22 A cabinet committee awaited Arthur Woods of New York to assume charge of President Hoover s Relief organization as statistical experts met at the labor department to review unemployment data. James J Davis secretary of labor urged extending labor and wage data work to cover technological unemployment and asked how far new machinery displaces workers and how it can be measured.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cabinet
Arthur Woods
New York
Hoover
Relief Organization
Labor Department
James J. Davis
Secretary of
Labor
Davis
Death Toll in Mine Reaches 231 After Shaft Blast
The Anna Coal Mine tragedy in Alsdorf Rhinish Prussia leaves 231 dead and 99 in hospitals after a blast. Rescue teams found victims underground 1500 feet down as families gathered in grief and authorities maintained crowd control near the mine.
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Pres Alsdorf
Rhenish
Prusria
Anna
Something's Going To Happen Chant of Unemployed Army
Minneapolis reports on the hungry unemployed gathering in flophouses and restaurants as winter nears. Veteran peddler Pete Snyder, 60, recalls sleeping in corners after months of itinerant life and notes grimmer days ahead for many men with families and few resources. The piece highlights the migratory surge of jobless seeking shelter and a hint at broader government data driving the mood.
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Minneapolis
Harrison Salisbury
United Press
Minn
Gateway
Pete Snyder
Application to Discontinue Two F W and D C Trains
The Fort Worth and Denver Railroad filed with the Texas Railroad Commission to discontinue two Dallas to Amarillo night trains. Early word said the commission granted the request without a public hearing, but a later dispatch indicated the order was held up and a hearing might be set. Trainmen representatives pressed for a public airing before action, citing Texas law. The proposal would alter the 9 15 p m departure from Denver and 7 38 a m arrival in Amarillo with reworked schedules for the Dallas Amarillo night trains and related daytime connections.
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Road Company
Dallas
Amarillo
The
Texas Railroad Commis
Railroadommission
Hamrick
Commission
Trainmen's Legislative Board of Texas
Laws of Texas
Railroad Commission
Neff
Denver
Gang Chief Defiant Says Santa Claus Morans Vows
Chicago reports on George Moran returning from a vagrancy arrest near Antioch while denying fear of cops or courts. Moran, linked by police to the Lingle case, claims ownership in a cleaners and dyers business with annual income around 25000 dollars. He refuses to implicate Capone and offers only the phrase Santa Claus when asked about the earlier Valentine killings. Moran is held at the detective bureau with guards in place as further details are awaited.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
George
Bugs) Moran
Moran
Antioch
Lingle
Alphonse Capone
Lingley
Capone
Clark Street
Santa Claus
Detective Bureau
State aid precedent eyed for Amarillo subway project
Amarillo officials await a decision on whether the state will fund any part of the North Fillmore Street subway. The state highway commission promised a ruling within days after a Monday hearing with Mayor Col Ernest Thompson. The panel weighed establishing a precedent for state aid on city projects while weighing the proposed 10 1/2 foot clearance and potential property damage from higher grading.
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Amarillo
Fillmore Street
Ernest O. Thompson
State Highway Commission
R. S. Sterling
Texas
Highway Department
Thompson
North Fillmore Street
Explain Ruling on School Tax and Loan Need
The school tax collector, George Waddill, said extending tax payment this year would require borrowing about 410000 to cover finances to April 1981. The board voted against extension, noting only partial last year payments and current needs. taxes are due now with delinquency February 1, 1981.
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George Waddill
Waddill
Murder charge filed against Pearl O Loughlin
Denver report says murder charges will be filed against Mrs. Pearl O Loughlin in the death of her ten year old stepchild Leona ahead of a habeas corpus hearing. Captain Bert Clark announced today. The charge comes before the hearing on the writ filed by her attorneys yesterday.
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Associated Press
Denver
Pearl O'Loughlin
Leona
Bert Clark
Adrian Pool Slated For State Control Board
Announcement from the governor’s office was expected today naming Adrian Pool of El Paso as a member of the state board of control. The report credits United Press with the information.
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United Press
Austin
Adrian Pool
el Paso
State Board of Control
Mary Garden Tickets On Sale At News Globe
Mary Garden concert recital at City Auditorium Monday night November 3 goes on sale at Wilbur C. Hawk's Globe News office. Call or mail check or money order to secure preferred seating. Tickets priced from 1 to 3 dollars, under Tri State Fair auspices with Wilbur C. Hawk as president.
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City Auditorium
Wilbur C. Hawk
The
Globe News
Mr. Hawk
Jewelry Heist Nets $64,000 In Chicago Robbery
Three masked bandits who matched the description of a recent mayoral crime robbed two wealthy Chicago couples after a fashion show. They seized $64,000 in gems including a $30,000 diamond ring, a $15,000 bracelet, a $3,800 necklace, a $10,000 ring, and a $5,000 ring plus $50 in cash from Crandell and Gardner. The theft occurred outside Brake Tower Hotel. one ring belonged to Mrs Crandell. Insured all but the Crandell diamond.
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United Press
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
George B. Crandell
Montgomery Ward and Company
Ralph Gardner
Crandell
Gardner
Widely Known Cattleman of Plains Dies
Walter Yank McDowell, a renowned cattleman in this region, died at his Goodnight home at 4 PM Tuesday from injuries after a horse fell on him. He suffered a broken rib and a rib punctured his lung. Survived by his widow and four children.
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Globe
Walter
Yank) McDowell
McDowell
Commissioners to Seek Bids for Potter County Courthouse
Potter County Commissioners will advertise for bids to construct a new eight story courthouse. Bids must be received after at least 80 days, not in last week of November. Plans were reviewed by a Dallas structural engineer and will be returned for contractor submissions. Project cost estimated near $400000, funded by a $420000 bond issue.
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Potter County
Dallas
Kewanee Oil Purchases Gray County Dunes Holdings
The Kewanee Oil and Gas Company bought Bob Dunlop’s Gray County holdings for 925000 cash plus a 50000 oil payment, acquiring six producing wells and 720 acres of leases in eastern Gray County near Morsepol north of the river. The six wells, rated for 500 bpd potential, currently produce about 225 bpd. The deal also includes several section-quarter parcels in block A-9 and block 26 H&GN survey, with Kewanee recently expanding its Panhandle foothold from Tulsa to Wheeling.
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Vanhandle
Kewanee Oil and Gan Company
Bob Dunlop
Gray County
Bob
Panhandle
H&gn
Kewanee Oil and Gas Company
Daneiger Oil and Refining Company
Washoma Oil Company
I&gn
Southwest
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Wheeling
West Virginia
Inauguration Plans for Amarillo Air Mail Ceremony
Chamber officials met to plan a ceremony for the first transcontinental air mail service through Amarillo. The first passenger flight will depart English Field at 7 57 a m for New York via Oklahoma City Tulsa Springfield Mo St Louis and Columbus. The westbound plane leaves at 8 15 a m with other arrivals and departures to follow. Special markings will be placed on all mail leaving the city on the service’s first day. Miss Orval Largent returns to duties with the health department after a two week vacation in Shattuck Oklahoma.
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Chamber O'Clock
Amarillo
Southwest
English Field
New York
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Springfield
St. Louis
Columbus
Post Office Department
Chamber of Commerce
Dalhart Boy Snow Missing
Charles Merchant a 15 year old Dalhart youth disappeared from his mother's home since Saturday morning. reports say he was seen in Amarillo Sunday night sleeping in a hotel lobby. he told friend he was hitch hiking to El Paso to see his father. he had 1.85 dollars. houses and clothes described. parents and police seek him.
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Dalhart
G. B. Merchant
Amarillo
C.F. Bromley
Pierce Street
Merchant
The
Globe Today
Bromley
el Paso
Ann
Bus hearing set in Amarillo by railroad commission
A hearing in Amarillo is scheduled for November 1 and 14 on motor bus and truck applications affecting Panda, Griggs ambulance, and other Panda section services, announced by Mark Marshall, motor transportation director of the Railroad Commission.
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United Prean
Austin
Mark Marshall
Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Massacre reported as Kiang city captured in China
United Press reports from Shanghai say 60,000 killed when Red armies took Kiang in Kiangsi province on October 6. Estimates vary to 8,000. Blood runs red along the Kan-Kiang river. corpses piled high. Communist forces, not mere bandits, attack landlords and capitalists, with destruction of government buildings. An American missionary is being held for ransom at $300,000. A demand of $10,000,000 was issued for the release of four nuns and six priests kidnapped in Kiangsi and Kiangfu.
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United Press
Shanghat
Kiang
Kiangsi
Kan-Kiang
Teng Teh-Hui
Fifth Red Army
Huang Kung- Luch
Peng
Huang
Yakhow
New Army
Changsha
Kianfu
Bert Nelson
Minneapolis
The
United Lutheran Mission
Brummal Mystery Deepens as Husband Vanishes
Amarillo man Brummal, 45, driver for Amarillo Laundry, has been missing since Monday morning. His wife Vinnie Brummal says he likely suffered memory loss or foul play after a prior hijacking last December. Neighbors and his employer report no warning signs. Brummal was last seen leaving for a hunting trip with friends, dressed lightly and with no extra clothing.
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Vous Brummal
Vinnie Brummal
Line Avenue
Amarillo
Brummel
Brummal
Eve VeVerka lecture on home making and charm
Eve VeVerka continues Globe News Charm School at Municipal Auditorium with a focus on turning a house into a home and keeping a husband. She outlines three charms: be natural, sincere, and considerate. Men are invited to attend as the lectures prove engaging for a mixed audience.
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Eve VeVerka
Globe News
Ed Chiffon
VeVerka
Eve
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