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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1934
Page
2
The report shows cattle and calf prices steady to higher in killing classes with drouth cattle and calves split among government accounts. Cotton opens steady with gains in New Orleans due to sterling strength, December at 12.82 and May around 12.50, amid steady outside markets and price fixing.
The author notes two days of rain ending a drouth in Chicago while Panhandle crops would benefit from such moisture. Chicago’s World’s Fair draws 500000 attendees. Amarillo residents boast of not attending regional expositions. The piece observes people who live off the community and contrasts regional fortunes.
The forecast notes a delayed winter arrival for the Panhandle as high and low pressure systems shift. Widespread phenomena include heavy rains in Chicago, wind storms in the West, a temperature drop near Little America, and last night's hazy skies, with October often bringing a severe cold wave. The long overdue cold spell should arrive no later than tomorrow.
The piece surveys civic apathy toward public works, New Deal debates, and a riot over false reports of free liquor in Chicago. It notes Virginia Tech football bans on profanity, delayed marriages during the depression, and a grotesque Bozo rat-eating attraction tied to a hamburger stunt for 85 dollars.
Moscow traffic policemen enforce pedestrian rules on main streets where crossings are allowed only at intersections. Fines start at one rouble for immediate payment, rising to ten roubles if escorted to the station. Officers pursue violators while bystanders cheer jaywalkers who outrun them.
The AAA has authorized purchase of 565,000 more head of drought cattle in the Southwest. D B Smith, field agent in charge of seven states, announced the plan. The program aims to end about November 1 after previous purchases totaling 3,227,000 head costing $42,935,000.
Marshall Cameron, a laborer, sues American Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Massachusetts in 108 District Court for 2595 workman compensation. He alleges a leg injury on June 7 while moving heavy steel with McKenzie-Hague Company and seeks weekly amounts for 100 and 300 weeks. In Greenville, Martin McBride, 42, a department store owner, underwent foot amputation after an automatic shotgun discharged near his store last night.
W. W. McClendon of Amarillo barber shop was charged in Justice G. E. Reed's court with driving while drunk after a mobile collision last night. He waived examining trial and bond was set at 750 dollars. The other vehicle was driven by ZV. Wallace of the Amarillo Baking Company.
District Judge W F E Gee approves a $250 workman's compensation for Lee Leavelle an employee of Cal Farley's Tire Shop in Leavelle's suit against U S Fidelity and Guaranty Co. Leavelle sought $6015 for injuries from lifting a heavy truck tire at the Farley station. Also reports horse show results and Alaska canning plant closures due to tin can shortage.
J R Riggs and Clyde Sanders face murder with malice charges for the fatal hit and run of 8 year old Burl Barley near Sixth Avenue and North McMasters Street. Bonds set at 3500 each. Riggs confessed driving the car and named Sanders as his companion. Funeral rites planned at Griggs Chapel with burial in Liano Cemetery.
Roosevelt administration asks bankers to lend more liberally even to loans they would not ordinarily make. Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, urges bankers to loosen credit while pledging government aid to widen floodgates of credit. He says there is no longer danger and bankers must do more toward national recovery.
Adam Richetti, ally of the slain Charles Pretty Boy Floyd, is to be turned over to Missouri authorities once papers are produced. He faces charges for slaying two officers and is held in Lisbon Ohio on concealed weapon and shooting with intent to kill charges after capture near Wellsville.
Potter County relief board votes to resign collectively after a meeting. Whitsite, the relief administrator, confirms no immediate program changes as the state board of control will form a new organization under recent legislation. Board members Weymouth Thompson Meyer Hill Hogee all resign. A separate note reports a chicken hawk with a four foot wingspan killed near Gray's Harbor, Washington.
Amarillo police warn excessive speeding on Polk Street by high school and college students. Officers note frequent near misses and accidents as drivers weave through traffic at 45 mph. They urge sane driving and caution pedestrians and motorists to stay safe.
The first day our housing repair canvass in Amarillo yielded near one in four homeowners agreeing to repair work, far ahead of the national one in eight. Chamber and contractors push for prompt surveys and modernization to combat five years of stagnation and prevent obsolescence.
The Women’s Crusade announces a strong start to its educational drive aiding the Community Chest campaign. County crusade chairwoman Mrs. Floyd Cooper lists the first group of members including Mrs. H. H. Cooper and dozens of others.
Delegations from El Paso Austin and Amarillo urged merits of historical spots last night. The committee will visit San Antonio to inspect the Alamo and San Antonio seeks funds to buy land and a building near the Alamo. A hearing on Rep Harold Kaytons resolution to abandon a Dallas Centennial Exposition was scheduled for tonight. Kayton attacked attempts to loot the treasury and favored pioneer historical celebrations.
In Austin the Texas House postponed indefinitely a resolution for a relief investigation by 63 to 53. The measure had been amended to study communistic activity linked to relief inadequacy, as unemployed groups demonstrated in the galleries against removals from relief rolls.
In California the Literary Digest poll shows Gov. Frank Merriam ahead of Upton Sinclair by more than two to one with 11,262 votes to 5,198 from 18,854 ballots across six cities. Raymond L. Haight trails with 2,332 as the count covers northern and southern sections.
Turner and Pangborn arrived 1 38 PM marking another leg of the Mildenhall Melbourne air race. Reports list multiple teams with prizes and handicaps, including C W A Scott and Tom Campbell Black and Betty Spurling with a sensational insured smile.
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