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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1931
Page
5
Potter County officials prepare to fix the 1931 tax rate at a special meeting. County auditor H. G. Hamrick will submit the financial report by Saturday morning. Tax assessor H. E. Kinkead has the 1931 assessment roll ready for presentation. Officials hope the rate may stay the same or be lowered depending on the financial data.
Courthouse deeds show H A Palmer transferring to E Buggess for 1050 dollars in Wolflin Place. Carruth sells to Beeler et ux for 700 dollars in Miller. Bartlett transfers to Lane for 26000 dollars at Plemons subdivision. Vehicle registrations list A K Cutting of Cheyenne Coupe and N W West of Pontiac Coach, plus Jesse Eubanks and Grace Engman with Chey and Plymouth Coupe registrations.
A Potter County jail letter thanks the sponsors of a Saturday dinner and the merchants who donated meat cabbage ice cream and cake. The inmates also commend Sheriff Will Thompson Jailer John Graves and Amarillo church ladies for their care and July 4 treat.
In Potter County civil district court Judge W E Gee wraps up non contested matters and sets a 9 am jury for Monday. Debts foreclosures and trespass to title suits appear dismissed after settlement with several divorces granted or dismissed for want of prosecution. The Duke Cullum 116000 damage suit against General Motors Acceptance Corp moved to Federal court. Default judgments recorded. Separately Lillian M Judd of Waterbury Conn rode Mount Washington on horseback becoming the first woman to do so in 20 years.
Eight border ports along the Rio Grande face a 9 PM curfew closing of international bridges, effective daily from 9 PM to 8 AM. Brownsville and eight other towns will see nightlife end early, with Paso Del Norte open until midnight. Saloon owners stock up as gambling rumors prompt cautious betting and traffic shifts.
Masons across the Panhandle will greet Grand Master Judge J W McClendon in Amarillo on Wednesday August 19. The chief justice of the third court of civil appeals at Austin will confer with local lodge officers in the afternoon and speak at the Palo Duro lodge room that evening, introduced by Judge Hal C Randolph of the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals.
Rio Grande reports that church activists succeeded in closing bridges, triggering saloon owners on the Mexican side to press for rescinding the order. Mexican consul Alejandro Martinez and Tamaulipas Governor Francisco Castellanos, Jr. assured Nuevo Laredo authorities that gambling will not be permitted under any circumstances.
West Texas editors gather in Lubbock for two day West Texas Press Association sessions on advertising, features, news appeal and journalistic topics. Golf tournament planned for Saturday afternoon. W. S. Cooper of Colorado serves as president. Gene Howe of Amarillo to address Reader Interest and the Value of Promotional Features. Vickman Price of Kress, noted as the world’s largest wheat grower, to speak on The Agricultural trend in West Texas.
A wireless message from a Norwegian whaler said the submarine Nautilus plowed northward through heavy seas and passed Bear Island at about midnight on the way to Spitzbergen. The polar undersea vessel reported all hands well aboard.
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