31 Oct 1932
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1932
Page
1
About 500 charity workers in Amarillo began a citywide drive for a $75 000 Community Chest budget. Hermon C. Pipkin urged leaders to mobilize, stressing Main Street support and donor dedication to aid families facing economic disaster.
The Texas governor contest nears a climax with one week left in campaigning. Republican Orville Bullington campaigns in Passa and Georgetown before a night rally in Austin and stops in Fort Worth and Dallas. Democrat Miriam Ferguson and her husband ex Governor James Ferguson urge party loyalty. Crane to preside at Dallas rally. Bullington backed by former Democratic leaders to counter Fergusonism.
Nancy Irene Buchannan, a three year old abducted by her mother Ruth Borman, is back with her foster mother Violet Buchannan in Los Angeles. Authorities say the foster mother claimed the girl was her own to access a family estate. the girl was found with the biological mother in a shack near the city after a daylong search.
Economic experts from major nations met in Geneva to set an agenda for the London conference amid clashes over tariff and monetary policy. US and European views diverge on price levels and the gold standard while talks aim to shape a preparatory agenda.
Arthur Brisbane writes from Wadsworth, noting the GOP tariff defense amid rural Caledonia Geneseo valley lore. He recalls the Wadsworth fox hounds legacy, local farming families, and historical roads from Buffalo to New York, painting a snapshot of change and tradition in a vanished era.
Wheat prices hit a new low as December delivery opened at 43 1/2 cents a bushel on the Chicago board of trade. The downturn echoed stock market weakness and followed last Saturday's all time low.
Duval County grand jury returns 24 indictments against nine men accused of a night riding terror spree. Victims included women who were allegedly flogged by the group in Jacksonville Florida.
Six Kiwanis hosted Halloween events will run from dusk to dawn with contests and 300 prizes at locations including Sanborn School Buchanan Street School Jacinto School Ellwood Park Mexican and negro schools. Roy Cullum Mayor Rogers and Amarillo College Band attend as 136 hosts coordinate dances and a midnight matinee while a Thrift Room benefit dance runs 9 to 1 at the Athletic Club.
Governor Roosevelt followed gains into Maine as part of a seaboard campaign swing toward New York. Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to solidify September victories by energizing voters in the normally Republican state.
Funeral rites planned for W J Hilderbrandt 63 Panhandle resident credited with drilling Carson County first oil well He died Monday in Amarillo hospital Survived by two brothers Charles Toledo Ohio and another in Woodville Ohio Funeral by Boxwell Bros awaiting Charles arrival He was active in Carson County Panhandle drilling circles and Catholic church work
A 56 mile an hour gale and .65 inch rainfall hit Dallas and surrounding areas at 4 AM causing significant property damage. Temperatures dropped by 15 degrees as the storm moved through the region.
Amarillo and vicinity fair and colder tonight with probable frost. Tuesday fair and warmer. West Texas fair and colder with frost tonight and warmer north and west portions. New Mexico fair tonight and Tuesday, colder southeast tonight. Temperatures today reach 35 to 49 degrees.
Old Bridge score pad is replaced by a new 1932 contract scoring model announced by the New York whist club and endorsed by London and Paris bureaus. The change raises penalties for under tricks, shifts no trump values, and boosts possible hand totals from 3,530 to 4,600 while risking up to 20,800 points in a single hand.
The body of Johnny Vines 28 lay in a Plainview morgue after an automobile wreck in Roosevelt County New Mexico Saturday night. He had been sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for a liquor conviction and his appeal was denied at Austin two weeks ago. Officers expected him to arrive for an audit by a penitentiary agent when the accident occurred.
James Loyd Casstevens known for the torch murder of Roy Hawthorne faces assault and battery charges in justice court while on furlough from a five year prison sentence. H. D. Hop Toe Butler, sentenced to 99 years for Hawthorne’s murder, is said to be teaching at Central Farm No 2 in Sugar Land per a friend’s letter.
In Mississippi, Ruth Kirkpatrick 28, formerly of Memphis, and Howard M. Evans, a Jackson cotton oil executive, were found shot to death at a bungalow six miles south of Jackson. Sheriff Warren Ferguson said both may have committed suicide, while Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Dawkins of Memphis were held for questioning.
In Muskogee Oklahoma defense lawyers for Rev. A. Berrie pressed for a new trial after his life sentence for the murder of his first wife. Three men testified they heard jury foreman Jess Doyle say he believed Berrie was guilty before the trial. Prosecution says the minister killed his wife March 21 to marry Ida Bess Bright.
The International Statistical Bureau estimates the national cotton crop at 11.53 million bales, up from September and October projections. Yield per acre is forecast at 1505 pounds, with ginnings 1.292 million for Oct 17 to Nov 1 and 8.605 million for the season to Nov 1, and final output likely under 12 million bales.
C E Bachemin aged 26 and C E Barkwell aged 36, brothers-in-law, were released on bond on charges of kidnapping and assault to murder G W Shanks, 24, a laundry employee, who was abducted Saturday from his place of work and severely beaten in a nearby wood by two men.
In Buffalo on October 31, Michael Hausbeck shot his wife Elizabeth 55 and his daughter before killing himself during a failed reconciliation attempt. The incident occurred as authorities described the tragedy arising from family discord.
Six bandits robbed First National Bank in Mone Michigan escaping with 35 000 to 40 000 after shooting police officer William Lynch in the head and arm. They forced 18 employees to the floor and opened the vault.
A three judge federal court may stay its proration decision while the United States Supreme Court reviews questions from a Texas case. In East Texas oil field actions, state officials and guards monitored field activity as Gov Sterling weighs a special session to bolster proration laws.
Public School B warrants for Amarillo College and the public schools will be cashed Tuesday if processed as checks, says George M. Waddill. Last year’s B series warrants total 8,559.98 for public schools and 819.88 for Amarillo College. Teachers and employees will receive full October pay, partly in cash and partly in six warrants of series DI EY and Fi. Warrant figures reflect the 1932 33 school year. remaining last year spring series warrants total 85260.3 in Cs, 7986.55 in Ds and 7908.47 in Ex, with tax deductions lowering the still outstanding to 19,363.53.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules the Gulf & West Texas Railway may build a 29 mile line in Kendall and Gillespie Counties Texas unless it can buy the Fredericksburg & Northern Railway for 200000 dollars which currently operates through the area.
In western Wyoming six hikers face peril as fresh snow slows rescues for three missing hunters in Jackson Hole. Authorities seek Everett Carnell and Arthur Rogers near Greybull believed overdue since October 14. Weather worsens in the Big Horn basin hindering searches for Dillon McKinnon and others already found.
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