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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1931
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane notes an elderly Chinese Brooklyn resident William Lee, 96, who fought off three attackers, despite being stabbed and robbed of $4 and a wristwatch. The piece riffs on bravado, cites Anita Loos, and touches on Gandhi, hurricanes, and meteors as broader currents of daring and risk.
A Junkers all metal plane named Esa carries Will Rody Christian Johanssen and Fernando Costa Viega from Juncal Do Sol near Lisbon toward New York. The crew, with two Germans and a Portuguese, left yesterday at 9 30 AM and expect to reach America in 40 to 42 hours. The craft bore 635 gallons gasoline and 165 gallons oil and had no radio.
A Pacific hurricane swept Mazatlan with heavy rain and winds near hurricane force while Belizes capital Belize City faced a new tropical disturbance moving westward from the Caribbean. The Weather Bureau warned of increasing intensity and possible inland hurricane winds in northern British Honduras.
Judge James Wilson of the U S District Court in the northern district of Texas charged the grand jury this morning as Assistant U S Attorneys Arnold Davis and Alex Mood prepared to handle the week. Trials set for September 21 with 73 indictments previously returned. jurors named from several Texas towns including Perryton Canadian and Amarillo.
A Texas subcommittee recommends a bill to limit 1933 cotton planting to one third of 1932 cultivated land as a remedy for farmers. Amendments would drop to 26 percent or set 60 percent as the cap. No final vote taken. Southern states invited to join the move.
Fall is near and winter follows with cold blasts. Check for essential home repairs now and call Want Ads advertisers in Classification 17-A who offer skilled work at good prices.
A second tropical disturbance moving toward the Yucatan Peninsula disrupted air travel between the United States and Latin America. A Pan American Airways plane carrying newspaper writers to Belize failed to return to Miami amid stormy weather and the Belize hurricane aftermath. A separate Belize crash near Vero Beach killed three Miami men: E A Edwards, George H Gibson, and G R Roe McBroom, as storms and heavy rain struck during the flight.
The Rock Island Railway will pay 5000 toward the West Eighth Avenue viaduct cost. City plans to advertise for bids and start work immediately, with completion expected in 45 to 60 days. The project total is about 10000, per engineer estimates.
The state plans to seek the death penalty or nothing as Charles A. Foshee 21 goes to trial for murder in the stabbing death of his estranged wife Anna Moore Foshee 22. She was killed December 14 after Foshee confronted her leaving a dance hall with another man Berry's rug cleaning. 905 W. 10th Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
District Attorney Blue of Suffolk County said he will cross examine Mrs. Benjamin P. Collings aboard the yacht Penguin to test her tale that her husband was thrown overboard by two men. Nassau County DA Elvin N. Edwards backs the story and will join aboard. Evidence includes alleged blood stains sent to Dr. Schultz for analysis ahead of a possible grand jury and murder warrants to empower investigators.
A Harrison County group angered by the Powers murder farm exhibit breached security at the site. About 300 visitors ripped a six foot sheet metal fence, burned guards’ quarters, and drove out two armed guards after a 25 cent admission. A warning sign was left. This was the second fence demolition at the farm.
Sgt. Benjamin Axelrod of the twelfth observation squadron at San Antonio died on the highway near Port Lavaca when the car he rode in overturned last night. His neck was broken.
In Calshot England Lieut G B H Stainforth set a Schneider Cup speed record at 379.05 mph using automatic timing after an earlier unofficial 286.1 mph reading. Lieut J N Boothman completed the defense by seven laps over 31 miles at 340.08 mph as Britain secures permanent possession after France and Italy withdraw.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with probable showers and cooler readings. Panhandle and extreme west showery conditions, cooler in extreme north. New Mexico expects showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday, with cooler temperatures in the northeast tonight and east Tuesday. Temperatures today range from 70 to 88.
London Sept 14 The Mahatma Gandhi attends as silent observer at the first meeting of the federal structures committee to draft a new constitution for India. He keeps to his day of silence, rides in a closed car with Mme Naidu, and sips goat milk from a vacuum bottle while delegates discuss.
Society women are advised to tune in on WDACG at 9 50 each Tuesday Thursday and Saturday mornings for an ambulance announcement from Griggs. Call 4311 for details.
Frank Faulkner 49 proprietor of the Tyler Hotel 608 Tyler Street was found dead in his hotel room at 9 a m The coroner J W Minter ruled death from natural causes He was an old Panhandle resident and former McLean postmaster Survived by widow Mary Jane Faulkner and several siblings Funeral arrangements handled by N B Griggs Funeral Home
Dr George W Truett marks a quarter century at First Baptist Church Dallas in a anniversary sermon praising Christian ministry and pledging to dedicate every life to the church. He said if he had 1 000 lives he would devote all to the ministry.
In Budapest a express train was blown from Blatorbagy Bridge by two bombs. Twenty two bodies were recovered and the bridge was demolished. Police and troops hunted a band said to be Communistic responsible for the bombing.
City building inspector issued a 20 room brick veneer apartment at 1120 West Eleventh Avenue by Ross Williams with owner Margaret Shelby. Cost $8600, completion Jan 1, 1932. A 6 room brick veneer house at 842 Bowie Street to R H Collier, cost about $4000, completion by Nov 15. Several smaller permits also issued.
Labor representatives told the American Legion unemployment conference that legalizing brewing could provide jobs for more than 1,000,000 workers. M. J. McDonough, AFL building trades head, urged action by Congress to revive the industry, which he called the country’s former fifth largest. Ralph T. O'Neil opened the session noting the crisis resembles wartime unemployment.
Constitution Week observance opens with local lawyers and school leaders presenting sessions in Amarillo schools. Ben H. Stone, Fred Young, and Elmer Slough scheduled to speak at Senior High Central Junior High and Buchanan Junior High at 10 A.M. Daughters of the American Revolution assist with programs. The U S Constitution will be serialized in the Amarillo Daily News this week.
Ed Johnson 46, a New Boston businessman, was struck by a heavy truck while crossing the main thoroughfare in Texarkana. He died en route to a Texarkana hospital yesterday evening.
Texas senators joined the House of Representatives in adopting a resolution urging Governor Ross Sterling to call a special session. The topics include cutting state salaries and reducing the 52 million dollar state appropriations.
Governor Russell telegraphed Senator Margie Neal saying Georgia will convene an emergency session as soon as Texas acts on cotton prohibition for 1932. Southern Carolina’s assembly also met to address relief for the cotton industry while Georgia’s agricultural chief pushed mass farmer meetings for a special session. Louisiana’s Huey Long pressed radio support for a universal no cotton plan, contingent on three-fourths of the national cotton crop states approving the law.
Chicago leaders reveal a nationwide, multi-gang crime network as the Secret Six exposes Al Capone’s operation as a major business. Col. Randolph reports 51 groups under probe, 21 other cases studied, and 34 more to press in court. The gang allegedly spans 49 states with up to 148 killers directed by Burke.
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