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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1931
Page
2
Local columnist describes forecasting rain for Spearman amid clear skies. He cites dry weather worries from Rosenbaum and notes plans to use a backyard coop of chickens and ducks as meteorological experiments to predict rainfall days in advance and even considers turkeys if needed.
Letter notes gas rate discussions from Monroe Louisiana with domestic and industrial options, remarks on water sanitation from a Spanish American War veteran, and a collage of local items. It mentions Perryton mayor Dave Shanks, Hoover commentary, a German police dog for sale, a Borger purse loss, and a reward offer for return.
The schedule features the Hawaiian Serenaders on WEAF for a half hour followed by Realities of Romance and a historic drama series. Jacques Renard Orchestra performs on WABC at 6 30 PM. Beatrice Lillie appears on WJZ at 7 PM. Prof Jerome Davis of Yale speaks on Liberty Censorship and the Fish Committee on WEAF at 8 45 PM. Mrs Grace Hegger Lewis speaks to the Quakers on Authors I Have Known at 9 PM. WIZ hookup covers the talk at 9 PM. Theater of the Air with Frank Fay Ruth Roland Frank Buck Grantland Rice and others airs on WEAF at 9 30. News in Drama on WABC at 9 30. Ping Pong final from New York to WABC at 10 PM. Gilbert and Sullivan Gems on WJZ and network at 10 30.
On air tonight on KGRS from 6 30 to 7 30 finals in the Old Fiddlers Contest. From 9 to 9 15 Rev E T Miller of Memphis speaks. 9 15 to 9 30 Herb Cook Oklahoma Joy Boy from Packard Agency. WDAG 8 to 8 30 phonograph records. Call 93715 for reception info. Majestic The Mighty Monarch of the Air. Amarillo Electric Co 111 East 8th St.
In Plainview and nearby cities Legion members hear a speech defending compensation laws, saying veterans borrowed their own money and did not raid the treasury. In Valencia, Spain officials plan to exhume Vicente Blasco Ibanez’s remains from Menton for reinterment with honors.
A reader laments being barred from The News and Globe columns after submitting a harsh piece about government corruption. He speculates editorial policy in New York and notes the temporary removal of Public Opinion from the paper. He argues conservative outlets suppress strong commentary.
Beauty expert Miss Theo Bender of St Louis lectures beauty parlor operators at W L Buck Co store in Amarillo. She urges natural tones with limited rouge and lipstick, promotes a college education for operators, and plans a lecture circuit and a move for national legislation.
The piece discusses excess goods and cheap money, Uncle Sam needing 60 million for May refunds and borrowing under 11.5 percent. It cites Harvard’s Ripley advocating a transport secretary and railroad mergers, calls for Sherman Act revision, and notes barbers in Central America seeking protection from importing safety razors. Kansas ponders Curtis for Senate and Morrow for 1936, while depression makes the vice presidency unattractive.
Dr J C Anderson Texas state health officer and Miss Anne C Tobin of Austin were married in the Pulaski County courthouse Little Rock after hours and planned a Washington honeymoon trip turning a planned meeting trip into a nuptial journey.
State game warden R L Bayless says all streams in Arizona will be open every day for trout fishing within two years as streams are stocked heavily with state raised baby trout. In Schenectady New York Betty Lee Taylor played toy piano organ music under her left arm and the right hand performed parade of the wooden soldiers as GE introduces a new electronic device using radio tubes.
Mrs. Harper of Clarendon and Mrs. Braswell, former wife of Leonard Braswell, are named in a wreck report. Witnesses Mrs. Klutts and Mr. Stratton said a heavy mist reduced visibility to about 35 mph, causing both drivers to swerve and collide. Harper leaves two daughters and a son, while Braswell’s status is listed with her husband. Mrs. Klutts’s sister is Mrs. A. Taylor of Parker Street.
Four state Girl Scout region displays from Texas Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico feature posters paintings scrap woodcraft leatherwork basketry tie dye and carved soap articles. Bluebonnet troop Amarillo presents a miniature ten gallon hat badge display and suede paper programs by George Autry.
The article presents a side by side calculation of one and two million feet of gas at gas company versus city rates. It highlights a $54.63 advantage on the first million and $135.63 on two million feet, noting laundries would feel the impact and a mayor emphasizes the effect on small industry.
The newspaper quoted Shouse stating the Republican organization bought 10,000,000 copies of a Robert Cruise McManus article attacking Raskob. Fess of the RNC denied it and challenged proof. Shouse issued two statements from Democratic headquarters reacting to the accusations.
Nine men escaped from Smith County jail by climbing a ventilator to the roof and sliding down a rope of tied blankets. The break was planned with straws drawn to decide who goes first. Ranger Gonzaullas joined local officers in the search for the fugitives. A companion, alleged to be Leary Howard, fled after a police shooting. Steve Fedor, 19, of Chicago, later surrendered.
After a week of wind rain and falls the county flag pole gains a new black coat. Steeplejacks H H Hooker and Jack Murphy report repeated setbacks during the climb. Murphy reached the third joint when the rope broke and rain halted progress but the men persevere hoping not to fall.
The Senate adopted an amendment to study rail facilities for truck lines and to ban sale of truck and bus permits to foreign corporations. Miss Neal of Carthage passed a rural supervisors employment bill with districts exempted. House approved DeWolfe of Goldthwaite split tax payment plan as a tax relief option, replacing ONeal's semi annual proposal, with a conference possibility if rejected.
In San Diego on April 24 police faced a third mystery killing as they investigated the strangling or throat cutting death of Mrs. W D Ribbens, 35, found in her apartment amid signs of a violent struggle following slayings of Virginia Brooks, 11, and Louise Teuber, 17.
Two men close to Dr. Isaac D. Kelley reported seeing the kidnapped physician in a St. Louis restaurant early today. James Markedes, owner, and Paul Johnson, garage night attendant, said the man resembled Kelley, appeared dazed, wore plain rimmed glasses, and had a large bruise on his face.
The Herald Courier reports a petition circulating among Methodist laymen seeking the resignation of James Cannon Jr. as bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The petition denounces 12 elders who assessed Bishop Cannon and urges the College of Bishops not to elect him president.
San Antonio April 24 police abandoned the theory that Texas University star athlete F A Nona Rees was killed by an assassin. Lieutenant McDonald said evidence did not support a break in at the rear store where Rees worked or that a shooter fled before Rees was found fatally wounded Tuesday.
Walter Jefferson Robinson 57 vice president of the Oil Belt Grocery Stores died early today of pneumonia. Burial will be at Severy Kansas his former home.
Forty black dock workers accompanied by a policeman rode in a riverfront truck when gunfire erupted in a renewed wave of Longshoremen strike disturbances. No injuries reported as birdshot struck the truck sides during the ambush.
The Rabio Show plan includes a trip priced at 150 per person with checks due by May 10. Early reservations list Mayor and Mrs. Ernest Thompson and other local couples from Borger Panhandle and surrounding areas. The itinerary covers Monterrey to Mexico City and return via Chihuahua and Juarez. Mexico City’s rich historical sites are highlighted on the journey.
Five young men returning from a fish fry were killed early today when their car collided with a Soo Line freight train near Antioch Illinois. Victims named include Herrick Harrington 21 driver Daniel Wigham 24 Gus Gustafson 22 Edgar Lindroth 21 and George H Eaton 94. Harringtons car struck the train with such force it derailed five freight cars in the middle of the 60 car train.
A poem fragment where a speaker tours a garden with a millionaire and a gardener. The narrator notes strange blossoms and asks about names as laborers and the master’s baffling responses lead to a subtle, wry ending. The verse reflects garden imagery, social distance, and curiosity.
Rites for George L. Lester 73 father of Mrs. M. S. Boyer will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev. Roy Snodgrass officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Lester was an Amarillo resident from 1902 to 1917 and served as a Santa Fe traffic conductor between Amarillo and Wellington, Kansas.
President Hoover in a message delivered by Secretary Lamont urged the Committee on Negro Housing to make housing for Black Americans a primary goal. The group, comprising Negro leaders nationwide, met at the President’s home after an initial session at the Commerce Department.
Washington April 24 A censored address by Representative Fish of New York on Communism and state department policies drew attention at the annual congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Delegates also reviewed a retro spect statement by a defeated candidate alleging under cover charges of Pacificism and Socialism.
In New Orleans the opening session drew 1200 delegates from the South Southwest and Far West for the American Cotton Shippers Association seventh annual convention. The program included the annual report by president D E McCuen and talks by U S Senator Kenneth McKellar and E Y Kadik of the All Russian Textile Syndicate.
Hogs around steady with top $7.00 on 140-170 lb pigs. Sows, stock pigs, and light weights mixed. Sheep 10,000 head, spring lambs steady to higher, ewe and lamb prices noted. East St Louis and Chicago quotes show weaker hogs, steady calves, and mixed cattle tones with various regional price ranges.
Fort Worth area auctions report hogs 700 head mostly steady with top 6.90 while cattle 1,800 head show steady slaughter steers and yearlings with prices from 5.00 to 7.25. fat cows and bulls listed, sheep demand steady to higher with spring lambs around 7.75 and 6.50 for shorn fat lambs. New Orleans cotton opens firmer on firm undertone and mixed Texas frost effects.
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