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Newspaper
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1933
Page
1
Washington reports Hugh S. Johnson warns employers to keep NRA agreements strictly to letter or the blue eagle will fade away. He urges quick discipline for violations and cautions against trifle with federal expectations. Roosevelt promises federal adjustments to protect firms from price shocks and seeks general reemployment measures.
A new blue eagle insignia with a white breast bar was announced for employers temporarily unable to meet NRA requirements. Hugh S. Johnson urged that by two weeks the flags of compliance would remove excuses for noncompliance and Congress would consider further provisions. The arbitration board for labor disputes meets tomorrow at Senator Wagner’s call, while John L. Lewis urges Pennsylvania miners to return to work.
Appealing ad copy targets young men returning to town. suggests placing in the paper's for rent room columns to reach renters. Emphasizes suburban comfort and desirable location for potential tenants.
Washington reports officials are curbing inflation talk and revaluing expectations. The administration aims to prevent a repeat of speculative market frenzy after a recent price surge driven by inflation hopes.
The body of a man tentatively identified as Charles W Reed from Canyon camp was found on the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway near Bowie Texas. A pocket held a formal recommendation signed by Captain Lee V Hunnicutt of the Canyon CCC. The man had a severed right leg and chest injuries. Railway workers think he fell from a southbound freight train.
An automobile collision at the intersection of Tenth Avenue and Travis Street injured A. L. Smith, a Amarillo salesman residing at 801 Tennessee Street. Smith suffered a severely lacerated left forearm and was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital. Police accounts were not available at midnight.
In Hudson Valley the milk war turned violent as gunfire and threats erupted when strikers blocked dairy trucks. A man was shot, another wounded in the head while police and state troopers moved to curb clashes and dispatch deputies as National Guard consideration rose.
In Brownsville Pennsylvania on August 6 1933 the H C Frick Coke Company decided to delay reopening its mines until August 7 1933 at the personal request of Governor Gifford Pinchot. The move extends a one day closure to give more time for matters related to the soft coal strike zone.
Potter County Commissioners reconvene this morning as the board of equalization continuing sessions through August 28. The group will work on renditions set on last year valuations.
Jean Williams 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee R Williams of Las Vegas and formerly Amarillo, was killed when a car missed a bridge near Pecos and plunged into a deep arroyo. Three others Dorothy Burney Jimmie Carlton and Edward Holt were seriously injured.
Relatives in Amarillo were informed last night of the death of Jean Williams daughter of a former Amarillo resident. The family moved from Amarillo to Las Vegas after a stint in New Mexico. Jean was a granddaughter of George 8 Williams and a niece of Mrs. R. P. Parcells and Ray Wiseman of Amarillo. Funeral plans are not set. services and burial will be in Las Vegas.
Police investigate the death of Henry F. Sanborn son of a St. Paul jurist after his body is found in a shallow grave on Long Island. A thick roll of currency an uncashed check and a stock receipt from a brewing enterprise are among the items recovered as possible clues.
An altercation over alleged clothing theft led to Henry Davis being stabbed. Josephine Clark was arrested and jailed on assault and burglary charges. Davis incurred only minor injuries.
A UT board of regents sub committee in Austin considering bids for an astronomical observatory in the Davis Mountains had not reached a decision as of today.
Elisha Lee, 62, vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, collapsed and died after alighting from an Albany train at 96th Street in New York City.
Police announce William Delenski confessed to the abduction of John K. Ottley, aided by Pryor Bowen. The tale matched Bowen’s earlier statements and described events from San Antonio to Texas highway highways and a farm house water break before escaping on foot toward Cumming.
Jack Dempsey and his bride Hannah Williams Dempsey arrive in Denver then head to Amarillo for a fall Baer Schmeling series. In Amarillo they will attend a City Auditorium appearance where Dempsey acts as referee and Mrs Dempsey entertains briefly. Three wrestling matches are on the program with seats from 56 cents to 2 dollars.
Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes continued their New York to Paris attempt aboard the Joseph Le Brix despite a gasoline leak. They battled rough weather, passed Le Bourget at 2:29 PM EST, and aimed to beat the 33 hours 30 minutes record set by Lindbergh.
Amarillo citizens will be counseled on the NRA Blue Eagle and economic security in a city wide drive. A two oclock campaign meeting marshals local volunteers to educate residents to patronize patriotic households displaying the NRA emblem.
Amarillo businessmen to receive NRA code guidance via Field's Digest from Marshall Field and Company. Rolla Townsend announces the NRA briefing at the First Christian Church Fellowship Hall with 25 volunteer speakers and a citywide patriotic meeting to promote the Blue Eagle program.
Reports from Havana describe renewed violence as the Cuban strike widens. An ambush killed one and wounded three at Zanja and Oquendo Streets. Widespread hunger threatens as transport and food supply collapse while President Machado contemplates emergency measures and martial law.
National guardsmen sheriffs deputies and federal agents guarded an exclusive girls camp on Lake Kezar New Hampshire amid an unsubstantiated kidnapping threat against Betty Downes 15 daughter of a Philadelphia railroad official. Officials kept details scarce as operations continued through the night with authorities seeking to protect about 106 children and 25 militiamen patrolling the surrounding woods.
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