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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
2
A reader denounces the Farm Board and President Hoover, arguing government stockpiles of cotton and wheat depress prices and hurt farmers. The letter attacks government intervention, calls for employment over dole, and criticizes big corporations and the Boulder Dam project as factors shaping economic distress.
Readers in Stratford and Farwell Texas challenge Tack on his Federal Farm Board criticisms. They argue cooperative marketing supports farmers and question the assertion that farm policy lowered prices, while noting railroad hiring of Mexicans affects employment and feeds concern about communism.
Opinion piece attacks Hoover for inaction amid oil surpluses and farm board cuts. It accuses Mellon and major oil firms of pressuring policy, urges aggressive action by Hoover to back Sterling and Murray, end surpluses, and ship aid overseas to relieve hunger.
The Amarillo Retail Sand and Gravel Company relocated its offices to 92 Harrison Street, taking over space formerly used by the Texas Sand and Gravel Company.
The East Texas oil war amid martial law sees shortages of cash with only 22000 in the guards fund and warrants likely. troops endure rain and seek funding converts as Col. Carmichael plans talks with Lt. Gen. Sterling aides. Frank Putnam blasts Sterling’s move as a gift to oil giants on his birthday.
The Lindberghs ride high on metal struts in a seaplane with a glass hatch that allows visibility and conversation between the forward and rear cockpits. They will likely remain dry unless waves surge and force them to stay seated as the craft rides the swell.
E M Avery of Fort Worth plans to move to Amarillo and organize a public speaking class. The initial 25 were drawn from the Lions Club with future enrollments from Rotary and other clubs. Officers elected at the auditorium include C W Seibel president S P Vineyard vice president William Boyce secretary and L N Pittman time keeper. The first regular class meets next Monday night. Avery has groomed speakers from business and professional ranks and previously led the Standard Chautauqua System in Nebraska.
Report from Petropavlovsk notes Lenin and Stalin imagery in a Russian HQ as four Ohio bank failures and twelve pending building loan suspensions rattle Wall Street. Police patrols intensify while talk of calling the Ohio National Guard surfaces amid losses to depositors.
Miss Winifred E. Spooner, 48, pursues the National Sweepstakes Trans continental Air Derby start at Clover Field Santa Monica. The event runs Aug 29 to Sep 7 with stops including Amarillo. Spooner flies a Curtiss-Reid Rambler, Race No 39, top speed 110 mph. prizes total around $25,000 plus a Cord convertible cabriolet valued at $2,500.
Jose Puente, 22, a Tijuana traffic officer, is jailed on charges of attempting to attack an American woman. The case echoes the Peteet family tragedy and immigration authorities were asked to investigate after Mrs. Katherine Malcolm of San Francisco reported the incident.
Franklin Hawks left Roosevelt Field at 8:57 AM for Fort Worth with a planned stop at Evansville Indiana. He aims to beat his New York to Texas time of 8 hours 30 minutes, but the main purpose is to meet his mother traveling from Hollywood who will fly to New York escorted by his plane.
A fist fight in Longview over an oil deal left Horace Bennett in critical condition with brain concussion and partial respiratory paralysis. J Paul Flannery faces assault to murder charges. bond set at $1,000. Bennett, formerly of Big Spring, was injured on a hotel lobby stairway.
Dallas Mayor T L Bradford is expected to recover after about two weeks of rest following a heart attack. Physician Dr Carl Bishop said Bradford is not seriously ill and that the attack resulted largely from high blood pressure.
Two fire alarms within minutes this morning kept Central Station firemen busy but caused only minor damage. The first call reported a car fire at 905 North Grant and the second a Svire in a dry box at Queen Cleaning Company 116 West Sixth.
The weather bureau issued warnings noting a small diameter tropical disturbance moving northwestward near 26 N 75 30 W and a second possible disturbance of unknown intensity moving northward near 25 30 N 71 W.
The German flying yacht DO X began its northern flight from Port of Spain Trinidad, heading toward New York with its schedule and route details.
The Amarillo community mourns the death of a longtime resident who arrived in 1919 and again in 1924, worked at Russell Stationery, served as credit manager, and was active in the Palo Duro Masonic Lodge. Survivors include a widow, two sons Ben Dalton Mead and David Mead, a daughter Mrs Granville T Bruce, plus brothers Carlton E Mead and J W Mead. Funeral by N S Griggs & Sons.
A Nationalist government news agency report stated about 10 000 people were killed in the Lu Ho River towns of Tzechow Neikiang and Fushun as floods spread through Szechwan and other provinces similar to earlier devastation in Anhwei Hunan and Henan.
President Hoover dispatched a sympathy message to the Chinese Nationalist government and the American Red Cross allocated $100,000 for flood sufferers in China. The funds were sent to Walter A. Adams, consul general at Hankow, through the state department and will be distributed immediately by a local disaster committee.
The Buchanan Street Methodist Church hosts a revival led by R N Huckabee and his father J B Huckabee of Shamrock. Tonight's sermon asks What standing is religion to love in North Amarillo with The Greatest Sin Ever Committed in North Amarillo. Friday morning will cover Conditions of Prevailing Prayer and a special program is planned for Friday evening.
The Forest Hill free health conference will be held Friday at the school from 9 to 12 with Dr. F. P. Miller presiding. Mrs. R. Wirt Gordon will assist and Mrs. G. E. Wheeler will be present to aid mothers bringing their children for examination. Every parent with a child entering school this term is urged to attend as this is the last conference before opening.
S. J. Cole, head of the chamber of commerce traffic bureau, left for Dallas to attend an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing Friday where carriers seek a 15 percent freight rate increase. An advance hearing today will allow southwestern shipping interests to present testimony against the rise.
J M McCarty, a Canyon area farmer, is in critical condition at Anthony's Hospital after falling from a moving truck driven by his son. He leaned over the fender at about 30 mph and sustained spinal injuries.
The July Petroleum Age notes that Mrs. Carolyn Deason Timmons authored the Louis H. Smith piece, correcting an earlier Globe error naming James McCormick. McCormick did prepare the advertising displays for the article.
Doors of the First State Bank in Electra failed to open as the banking commission of Texas took charge by order of the board of directors. The bank was the town’s only financial institution and the notice cited ongoing affairs under state control.
A reflective verse on social duty calls from bill collectors to plumbers, contrasting formal visits with genuine friendship. The speaker admits disliking obligatory visits yet acknowledges that true friendship can arise from duty but warns of its potential to dull genuine warmth.
Kansas City reports hogs steady to strong with prices from 3.60 to 6.80 for various weights and cattle top at 10.85 for yearlings. Chicago shows hogs slow to steady with top around 7.20 and cattle broadly steady to lower. New Orleans cotton opens steady with gains in early trades. New York stocks rise 1 to 3 points with several equities advancing and call money at 14 percent.
R. O. Johnson suffered a broken forearm and C. R. Williams slight bruises when struck by a block of ice in a refrigerator car on tracks near the Consumers’ Ice Company. They were taken to Northwest Texas Hospital and later dismissed. Johnson was turned over to city physicians for treatment. The men were inside the refrigerator compartment when railroad employees began icing the car, unaware of their presence.
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Mc Intire were held at 1030 AM Thursday at Blackburn Funeral Chapel. The child died at the family home on Jackson Street and burial followed at Llano Cemetery.
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