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Newspaper
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1933
Page
1
Detroit officials say they will issue a statement on further action after Herbert Hoover refused to testify in the city’s bank inquiry into the First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. Hoover cited mostly second hand information and favored remaining in California.
Johnson warns retailers against misusing price boosts and cautions against improper blue eagle labeling, signaling enforcement of pricing rules. The move aims to curb inflated costs and ensure consumer protection.
NRA chief Hugh S. Johnson outlined a nation wide drive to curb price increases and root out chiseling as he addressed national retailers. He urged vigilance against unjustified cost hikes while coal and auto codes move toward President Roosevelt for quick submissions.
Bryan August report: Ervin Conway 23 charged with murder in death of his fiancee Ladelle Hammond 21. Hammond found slain after a June 16 incident. body exhumed by Texas Rangers.
Dr. D Roach was reported slightly better Tuesday night at St Anthonys hospital He was removed from his home 1806 Harrison Street Sunday when his condition worsened
The United States government plans life sentences for all 11 Urschel kidnapping suspects. Harvey Bailey, called the abduction’s brains, may await murder charges in Kansas City before Oklahoma City trial. Bailey also linked to a Sherman bank robbery. A heavy guard began duty near the grand jury room as two former deputies were sworn as special officers.
Canyon Road is due to open today at noon with the first section completed. About 600 CCC workers rushed to finish the initial portion, aiming to provide motorists access into the Palo Duro Canyon and view the chasm from a projecting mesa.
James A. Farley, Democratic National Committee chairman, urged Texans to back repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and support ratification of the Twenty first Amendment to end national prohibition. Texas voters will cast ballots Saturday on national repeal and a 3.2 alcohol by weight beer measure, with local elections in many jurisdictions.
The world wheat conference committees report progress after a day of deliberations on creating an international wheat advisory board and agreeing on methods to boost prices. The big four exporters US Canada Argentina and Australia submitted the pact to importers with cooperation from purchasing nations crucial to enforcement.
Voters in Amarillo will go to the polls Saturday September 30 to decide whether two more members will join the city commission. An emergency ordinance set the date and outlined three charter amendments. The measures would add two commissioners via special election divide the city into four equal precincts and create one commissioner per precinct with a mayor at large in April 1935. polling places officials and other provisions are listed in the official notice.
Dr. Tom W. Brabham president of Texas Woman's College confirmed a report that he received a letter demanding $500 and threatening the kidnapping of his son Thomas, 9, if he did not comply. Sheriff Little led eight officers on a road south of Fort Worth as a dummy package was placed per the letter's instructions, but no one appeared. The typewritten letter ended with the line We mean business.
Senator Sheppard criticizes the term liquor prosperity as a misnomer while urging retention of the 18th Amendment. He cites investigations and warns that repeal would empower bootleggers and raise tax burdens on ordinary people. The Amarillo gathering, part of a statewide tour, featured other speakers and ends with plans to continue to Dallas.
Audrey Light, 21, was released on $5,000 bond on charges of killing his father Arthur Light, 46, at their farm near Inadale after a Sunday night quarrel. Arthur Light, a long-time local landowner, was shot to death at the family residence.
Rain leaks through older convertible tops are addressed by a specialist featured under Business Services in the Want Ads. Get a waterproof top and restore rain protection for your vehicle.
Rain fell across wide sections of the Panhandle from light showers to heavy downpours. Amarillo received about one and three quarters inches in the afternoon with continued showers last night. The rain stretched from Yarnell east to Hereford and extended toward Lubbock Petersburg and Plainview. Santa Fe Railway dispatchers noted heavy rain in the north vicinity.
A sport coupe believed to carry George Kelly and two women is hunted across the east as police pursue the Urschel kidnap case. Kelly, named by the federal government as one of Urschel captors, is said to be fleeing toward Canada after the Oklahoma City oil man was released on a reported $200000 ransom.
Cecil Smith postponed departure for the Long Island international polo event to face a charge of attacking Eugenia Rose a 23 year old nurse in Chicago The bond was provided by Silas H Strawn former president of the American Bar Association The team mates chose to remain to support him until the case ends.
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