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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1932
Page
8
A city commission debate over licensing wholesale fruit and vegetable dealers adjourned without action awaiting a corporation counsel opinion. Senator Clint Small urged approval citing other cities, while trucker J C Phillips warned of higher costs and monopoly risk. J J Golden and T Smith criticized the measure as harmful or radical.
A digest of real estate deeds including transfers to Duncan McClaren, Lemons-Thompson Gr. Co., Miles Realty, Panhandle Impr. Co., and others with lot descriptions and prices. Vehicle registrations list Barney C. Moore, J. L. Talley, First Natl Bank Amarillo, Boyd Sizemore, and C. O. Williams with makes and locations.
Mayor Rogers says the commission has not yet been advised by corporation counsel whether the ordinance is legal and enforceable. The commission will not act until the opinion is received, leaving the measure undecided for now.
Mrs Minnie Kennedy Hudson mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton said she authorized Tucson lawyers to start action in Sonora Mexico for a swift annulment from husband Guy Edward Hudson. She criticized his Denver stage advertisement as disgraceful and refused to wait for divorce outcomes.
El Paso dispatch reports Juarez citizens mistook blue shirted Italian athletes returning from Los Angeles Olympic games for a B E F unit. A stone throwing incident occurred in the plaza as locals protested the proposed removal of the forces routed from Washington.
Fort Worth reports the death of Rev. J. T. Bloodworth, pioneer Methodist minister and former Democratic primary candidate for justice of the peace, after a 10 day illness of inflammatory rheumatism. Funeral at Polytechnic Methodist Church at 4 PM. The same day Denver reports Rev. S. J. Rucker, 64, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of De Leon, Tex, died of a heart attack while visiting his son in Englewood, Colo, with another son Foster a SMU faculty member.
Stockholders of the All-American Life Insurance Company will meet at the home office in the Oliver Eakle building at 10 o'clock Friday morning to conduct business. The adjourned meeting from July 25 will exchange old stock certificates for new ones reflecting increased capitalization. The company, headquartered in Texas, is an established legal reserve insurer with a solid local presence.
Denver obituary reports Judge Fred W. Freeman longtime executive and vice president of the Texas Production Company died in Denver from pneumonia. He served with the Texas corporation from 1902 to 1920 and later led the subsidiary before retirement.
The excursion steamer City of Memphis struck a rock on the Ohio River at Louisville last night with 748 excursionists from New Albany Indiana and a crew of 33 aboard. The hull was torn open and the stern half submerged as the boat limped to the Kentucky shore. All passengers and crew were landed safely amid averted panic due to officers swift action.
A housekeeper and cook offers services for room and board at three dollars weekly, publishing her address and contact. An accompanying request asks readers to help eight-person family with food and clothing, noting four children and a plan to seek work at the cotton patch.
Help is sought for a single person needing a reliable housekeeper. The position requires standard housekeeping duties and steady punctuality. Interested applicants should respond with qualifications and contact details.
Fort Worth and Denver City Ry offers sale fares with round trips to Colorado Springs at 12 dollars from Denver, 14 dollars to Boulder, and 15 dollars for Denver routes. The sale days are Saturdays August 20 and September 3 with a final return limit of fifteen days after the sale date.
A reward is offered for a bay horse weighing about 1000 pounds with a small forehead spot that strayed from Pleasant Valley on the 10th. Inquiries should be sent to Mrs J M Wilson Route 3 Box 217 Amarillo. A reward of 1 dollar is offered for its return.
A series of reader notices seeks transportation to Houston and work opportunities in cotton patch labor and housekeeping. Individuals request rides, employment on farms with furnished housing, and domestic help, detailing ages and family needs while offering skills in housekeeping laundry ironing and general house work.
A North Carolina pharmacist created B C a blend of ingredients aimed at quickly easing most headaches. Sold in 10c and 25c packages the remedy promises relief in about three minutes for violent headaches and also helps with muscular aches colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs.
MRS G T WORTHAM requests church aid for clothing and food for her children due to no telephone or car and upcoming school time. W A RHOADS asks for a white Spitz male pup to buy or adopt and provides contact numbers. MARILYNN RIGHT reports losing a red Jantzen swimsuit between Gem Lake pool and Ellwood Park in Amarillo and seeks its recovery.
A six gallon fresh cow a Jersey bull and a one gallon goat full blooded Toganberg are offered for sale at the listed address 804 Bryan Street.
Reader seeks a chair for use or sale and provides contact numbers and address. Also a separate plea titled Here’s A Family For Work asks for farm work experience of 28 years, a ranch overseer role, and a wife to cook for a large group for a family seeking employment.
The portion describes a spouse who is capable and accustomed to hard work and expresses willingness to undertake most tasks. It emphasizes need for work and promises future rewards for the effort.
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