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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1931
Page
2
A Panhandle steward warns of four men posing as oculists offering cataract removal using fake radium water. They swindle elderly residents, one victim losing $287.50. Ed Thompterson urges arrests, while a columnist cites opinions on finance, media figures, and Depression era anxieties.
The piece extols a factory owner who replaced many workers with machines then rehired them to ease unemployment. It urges more business leaders to resist socialist trends, notes political figures, and features local exchange plans for wheat and vegetables in Donley County Clarendon. It also relays personal anecdotes about ham gifts and ailing family members.
Mrs C G Haynes 76 of Monegan Springs Missouri died from injuries after the car she rode in ran off the road and hit a culvert 25 miles west of Vega. Husband Mr Haynes injured but not seriously. They were returning from New Mexico vacation when the crash occurred. Survived by husband and son J W Haynes Norton New Mexico. Body to be sent to Enid Oklahoma for burial.
Planes fighter spokesman from the Cuban junta announced three European expeditions have landed in Cuba and plan a major offensive. They are led by a former U S Army lieutenant colonel named chief of staff for revolutionary forces. The officer began service at 18, is 39, and earned multiple meritorious awards with World War I artillery command and China service.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Elkhart and Santa Fe to operate about 17 miles of Colorado and Southern track between Clayton and Mount Dora New Mexico. This makes unnecessary a 17 mile construction from Felt Oklahoma to Colmar New Mexico.
A Chicago visitor, Mrs. H. B. Coy, seeks the return of a white gold link bracelet lost downtown near the Santa Fe station. A $33 cash reward is offered plus $5 if the purse contents are recovered. details include a silk moire purse and a link bearing the name Tex, with $28 inside.
The state rested its case against Colonel Luke Lea of Nashville and three associates in a $1,300,000 defraud case involving the Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville. Bank records were entered as evidence as Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr. face trial with E. P. Charlet of Nashville and Wallace B. Davis, bank president.
David E Mead, long-time credit manager for Russell Stationery Company, collapsed after a sequence of illness symptoms observed in the office of Dr. Askew. He had earlier visited L A Vahue and Dr Cultra, appeared ill, and was described by witnesses as trembling and short of breath before falling from a window sill and into medical care.
Amarillo opens the L and W Orchid Shop at 613 Polk Street under J. M. Adams. The new store offers ready-to-wear, millinery, and fine footwear with lines from New York Los Angeles and Eastern factories. Staff include Mrs. Lee Higgs and Mrs. J. H. Tanner for clothing and Ernest Wood and J. H. Tanner for footwear.
The Lubbock City Commission has authorized a formal request to reduce telephone rates. Southwestern Bell Telephone officials will receive the proposal in the near future, according to city officials.
Grain prices in Amarillo show mixed bids for Wheat Oats Barley and Kaffir with small gains for some futures while Chicago hogs cattle and sheep receipts noted. New Orleans cotton opened easier with prices drifting below previous close. New York stocks rose modestly led by oil shares as crude outlook improves and call money edged up to 1 1/4 percent.
The German spokesman agreed to allow gradual partial withdrawal of Reichsbahn balances frozen by a government decree causing foreign dep ortors displeasure. In Washington, officials kept quiet on the Wiggin Bankers Committee proposal to revise the entire war debt reparations framework as Hoover may have seen dispatches but offered no comment. State Department officials awaited potential cables but provided no further details.
A reflective poem about the moon’s silver ribbon across a tranquil lake. The speaker muses that despite nations rising and falling, this same moon remains, continuing to inspire and offer beauty for future watchers.
A New York City bootleg operation yielded about 50 000 gallons of alcohol daily and profits of 8 to 10 million dollars yearly. The government confiscates the property used in illegal production, while mortgage issues loom for lenders like New York Title Company. Residents lament real estate losses amid high taxes and government spending, urging relief.
Texas attorney general James V. Allred announced in Austin that an injunction was secured in 8th district court restraining the Citizens Benevolent Association of Dallas from transacting life insurance. Q Currin of Dallas was appointed receiver to wind up the association, whose charter expired July 15 and lacked corporate rights. The suit is the eighth filed by the AG's department against un supervised insurers in the past month.
Oklahoma City report says Sinclair Consolidated Prairie Oil and Gas Prairie Pipeline and Tidewater Associated merge to create a billion dollar oil concern. Harry Sinclair to head the new company with headquarters in Tulsa. The merger will be announced soon and uses a share exchange of 14 Sinclair for 10 Prairie and 10 Tidewater for 8 Prairie.
Fire at the Phillips Petroleum refinery north of Borger burned 25 000 barrels of gasoline from a storage tank. Loss was estimated at about 50 000 dollars. Firemen sprayed chemicals to stop spread as the blaze started from an overflow and investigators awaited a cause.
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