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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1932
Page
2
A reader notes The Literary Digest polls show Roosevelt leading Hoover nationwide, with Maine favoring Roosevelt two to one. The piece cites stock odds, grain price impacts, and local stops by Roosevelt, plus commentary from Rev Chris Reisner and remarks on prohibition.
The article notes a 66 cent operation cost and 24 cent sinking fund from school budget details. With lower city valuations a one six reduction in taxes is expected. The college disbursements budget of 51600 was formally acted. Tax rate to be set after county valuations. Taxpayers League votes to publish minutes of city county and school meetings for budget oversight.
Funeral services were held for Joyce Carol Jordan age 12 of Adrian missing and drowned yesterday in a stock watering tank. Rev C N Hedger conducted the service at the Adrian Baptist Church with burial in Vega Cemetery under N B Griggs & Sons. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Jordan and is survived by a brother and sister.
Rev. Christian F. Reisner pastor of Broadway Temple New York City visited Amarillo Thursday with Gene Howe editor of The Amarillo Globe News and planned to fly on Friday toward California. His book Gods Power for Me was finished last Tuesday and outlines gaining mystical power from God as surely as magnetic power from steel. Reisner has brought 9 000 persons into church membership.
John Josey organist and choir master of First Baptist Church will conduct the musical program for the T. Newton Hill Bible Class Sunday morning at the Mission Theater beginning at 9 45 o clock.
C W Whittington will address the First Congregational Church forum Sunday morning at U o'clock on preparedness. The public is invited to attend at the church located at Eighteenth and Harrison.
A Texan speaker argues Governor Roosevelt should focus on the Middle West coast and North for votes, not Texas and the South. The piece urges support now or perhaps later when he is president, insisting Texas needs his work in other regions.
An April 4 New York divorce trial draws attention with testimony that a wife’s weight affected her appeal. The ad-like page promotes Kruschen Salts as a weight loss aid, urging readers to reduce fat with a 40 day regimen and lifestyle changes, promising safe weight loss and a money back guarantee.
A humorous verse about mid day nap disruption by lively street noises and a tousled hair child. The speaker ponders legal rights and citizen duties to balance personal rest with others’ right to play, concluding to endure the clamor.
Ray D. Cleland of Amarillo, 35, died following a collision with a parked truck on a highway near Hereford. Funeral arrangements are pending, with surviving mother in Kansas and widow Florence Cleland. Cleland had been a field man for Minneapolis Marine Power Implement Company and had lived in Amarillo for several years.
Five kidnapping victims reappeared at a plant leading Amarillo police to identify two bandits. Victims recognized the men and supplied names and descriptions, but police withheld them until 7 45. One suspect is an Amarillo man and the other a former resident of Pampa who had recently moved to the city.
In a Dallas to Austin flight last night Garner urged splitting Texas into four or five states to gain greater Senate power. He said he had already announced his support for the proposal, arguing two U S senators per new state would yield ten from five subdivisions versus the current two.
Amarillo Symphonic Orchestra plans move from sponsorship by the Philharmonic Club to a new Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestral Association. An executive meeting will approve member disposals and public outreach at W. S. Izzard’s home. Auditions for 65 musicians will be held late August with a 14 10 6 6 4 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 1 1 3 instrument outline.
Tonight marks another Amateur Night program at the Mission Theater. Manager Will R Winch said a diverse local lineup entered for the 9 o'clock show. The feature is The Vanishing Frontier starring Johnny Mack Brown with Evalyn Knapp Raymond Hatton and Zasu Pitts. The Fox Hunt and other short films complete the bill with no admission hike.
Funeral services for Abner H. McAlister 64 city employee who died Thursday were set for 4 30 p m Friday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home with Rev R L Brannon officiating. Pallbearers named included R J Hampton H J Miller H E Kellum E J Golden and H A Deen. Interment planned at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Market notes from Amarillo show grain quotes for wheat and millet with varying prices and production notes. In Kansas City hogs and cattle advanced slowly with mixed weights and values, while New Orleans cotton opened firmer on stronger overseas cables before paring gains.
A letter accuses a Potter County official of drawing 34 902.15 in salary from a 15 923.25 tax pool and seeking an extra 597.85 to reach 5 506.00, warning taxpayers of possible home losses while praising economy.
The article notes hedge selling and mid session drops in wheat with October at 7.45 and December at 7.61, while the New York market opens strong but staggers into a zigzag, with major issues slipping 1 to 2 points and rails and aircraft shares showing temporary strength amid dull trading.
Markets saw only a brief lift from the Commodities Credit Corp announcement. Kansas City Southern posted July net income of 61,651, down from June but above spring results, while industry insiders warned of no major July improvement and eyed autumn gains. Rail chiefs in Chicago met to discuss waxes with another briefing planned.
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