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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1931
Page
2
The entire estate of the late Congressman Longworth is left to his widow Alice Roosevelt Longworth under his will filed today in probate court. Longworth died a week ago in Aiken South Carolina after a brief illness.
Henry Ansley comes back to Amarillo with Mrs Ansley and plans to settle. The piece notes his strong role at The News-Globe and mentions a possible Scripps-Howard job offer. It includes local humor, health anecdotes, and a dispatch about Claude and Amarillo naming origins, plus a quirky crow gift from Edwin Ramey of Dimmitt.
The House rejected by one vote a Senate amendment to tax three cents per package, with Sanders noting absences hid support. Governor Sterling signed several measures including a death row insanity trial reform allowing affidavits from limited officials and a 30 cent per hour minimum wage for state contracted work.
A six month plan was recommended by a committee of 10 governors appointees after studying production figures from the Federal Conservation Board and the American Petroleum Institute. The plan would affect eight states and Rocky Mountain and Eastern areas if imports are cut 25 percent, with domestic demand estimated near 2.52 to 2.57 million barrels daily, excluding imports.
The Cefalu carried 25 adults mostly women and children from Puerto Cabezas amid panic caused by bandit incursions. Reports say Cape Gracias a Dios was captured and looted, Rama and the Coco River area saw attacks, with American Marines bombing bandits returning with loot.
County assessor H. E. Kinkead reports renditions for city county and school taxes proceeding satisfactorily. He urges citizen cooperation as assessors cover the residential district after completing the business section. Residents with renditions are asked to submit them at once.
A hotel veranda moonlight scene frames gossip about a proposal as Ethel Barrymore arrives as Amarillo’s most anticipated theatrical attraction in years. Reserved seats are selling fast for her personal appearance at the venue.
J G T Vineyard of Amarillo became president of the Panhandle District Medical Society as it closed its two day semi annual convention in Lubbock. J J Hanna of Quanah was elected president but will assume office at the 1932 convention. Noted physicians Dr G D Mahon Dallas Dr C E Burford St Louis and Dr E P Sloan Bloomington Ill spoke on recent advances. The gathering set a record attendance and named Lubbock host for the fall meeting.
Radio listings preview Saturday night music and baseball score updates on major networks. Performers include Tito Guitar and Rudy Vallee with orchestras on WEAF WJZ and WABC, with schedules from 6:00 to 8:30 PM and local features on KGRS WDAG. Majestic radios endorsed by Amarillo Electric Company.
Sixteen arrests were made last night by county officers with seven for vagrancy six for drunkenness one for carrying 4 pistol one for theft under 50 dollars and one for swindling Pleas of guilty this morning in justice court and a number of misdemeanor cases were disposed of
McAlester Oklahoma April 16 AP E Hembree Choctaw Indian 38 faces execution shortly after midnight for shooting and attacking Leota Bosley a Gainesville Texas teacher near Loco Oklahoma where she taught He whistled and smiled in death row nearby showing little concern over a sanity hearing his last chance to escape the chair He refused mercy pleas from family while his brother A Hembree awaits appeal on similar charges.
The article traces Alfonso and the Spanish royal family with sympathetic interest as the public shows eager concern for their journey and status amid ongoing upheaval. It emphasizes public curiosity and national sentiment toward the monarchy.
Queen Victoria of Spain told a Journal correspondent in Hendaye that the Spanish election outcome was a bolt from the blue. She described a red wave of Communists taking over Madrid and said staying would have endangered her and the king, who feared insufficient protection.
A House sub committee on appropriations led by Frank Murphy will arrive in Amarillo at 9 30 Wednesday on a tour of Indian reservations and national parks in the Southwest. They will inspect the Palo Duro Canyon and the helium plant, with arrangements by the Palo Duro Park Association.
Reports say Queen Victoria arrived in Paris in a state of prostration while speculation grew about King Edward VII’s absence. Some thought he altered plans at sea, choosing Paris over a voyage to England, while the royal party took a cruiser from Cartagena.
The statement outlines Miss Colt's Philadelphia convent education and a year abroad for art music and literature. It notes John Barrymore in preparatory school chasing a stage career and convincing his mother to support it. Samuel Barrymore is at Brown University in Providence pursuing writing.
A humorous exchange from Tit-Bits shows a wife staging a cozy domestic scene with a chair by the fire slippers ready and a filled pipe while a cynic questions the hat. The snippet highlights light social wit and home life.
The piece contrasts ham and eggs prices in San Francisco cited by Bruce Dennis of the Klamath Falls Herald and News with debates on air power. It quotes Gandhi on peace and discusses anti aircraft guns versus aircraft for naval defense, citing Rickenbacker and General Mitchell on air superiority and battleship vulnerabilities.
The ordinance designates dandelions as a nuisance and bans neglecting to destroy them. Temple Robinson, city forester, says pure creosote kills dandelions. four or five drops on the crown suffice. The method was suggested by a Hereford woman in a letter to Old Tack.
The city consolidates offices eliminating the building inspector position while retaining plumbing and sewer inspectors. Charles Lowe, recently named electrical inspector, has 12 years with Finklea Electric. Ed Taylor remains sewer inspector and Jessie Mae Atkinson is secretary. George Schwann is ill in a Wichita Falls sanitarium. Ed Smalley and French discuss future plans and duties under city engineer E N Stanley.
William Barnes, a local tailor, was arrested last night and charged by County Attorney Rhea Myers with carrying concealed weapons. Barnes, described as a Negro, owned a shop in the city’s Negro section, with bond set at $500.
U S D A figures show Kansas City hogs 3 900 heads up 10 to 25 cents top 7 50 with varied values for sows stock pigs heifers cows vealers and feeders. Sheep 12 000 steady with top wool lambs at 9 15 and lighter lambs 8 25 to 9 25. Fort Worth receipts 1 200 hogs 7 35 7 40 top with sows 6 00 6 50. cattle 1 200 with steers around 4 60 5 50 and cows at 4 00 3 50. sheep 5 000 spring lambs up about 25 cents with fat lambs 6 00 6 50. New Orleans cotton opens steady aided by Liverpool cables.
Thousands are amazed at quick benefits of Ironized Yeast as users gain pounds of firm flesh in weeks. Treated people feel peppier with clearer complexions and relief from constipation and indigestion. The product combines two tonics iron and yeast, with three kinds of iron to enrich blood and nerves, marketed as safe tablets with a money-back guarantee.
A poem recalls Old John who cared for his flowers with devotion. He found happiness in irises, roses, and beds of forget me nots and phlox. The speaker notes his calm, unambitious life and wonders how the garden and plants will cope without him as spring returns.
Trades show no change to two points up but prices slip as stock weakness returns. July climbs to 10.45 then to 10.46 amid gains, October to 10.76 and 10.78 before easing. By noon, traders push July and October back from lows, market quiet with prices rallying two to four points from intraday lows.
A historical ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a laxative remedy. It claims the compound trains the bowels to move daily and thoroughly, signals relief from headachy bilious constipation, and promises quick, harmless cleansing of the digestive tract. It also notes the preparation suits children and is available from druggists in large bottles.
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