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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1931
Page
2
A критical column argues government growth burdens citizens, cites rising government payrolls and wage hikes, and condemns Prohibition enforcement and Farm Board loans. It warns about officials using public power for private gain, notes grain elevator profits, storage costs, and the risk of ineffective top‑down policy.
A reader reports a large rattlesnake near Tascosa and warns on first aid and dangers of serums. The column includes a call for rides to Alabama, a warning about eye frauds, farming shifts of Frank J. Vavra, a request for work at 1303 South Johnson Street, and notes that over 80 000 radio receivers are licensed in Belgium.
Baylor University trustees, meeting in Waco this week, will review the resignation of Dean W B Allen acting president submitted Friday. Allen said his recommendation to the board's executive committee was vital but not approved, prompting his immediate resignation amid reported clashes with business manager George H Belew. Allen has served as acting president since the death of President S P Brooks in May.
Max and Barber B. Skelton with William Skelton studied a long neck skeleton near Amarillo. They first thought it a giraffe but fossil experts confirmed it is the camel Artiodactyl. Bones will be displayed at Groom and Panhandle Historical Society exhibit in Canyon.
Julian Capers Jr leading a series of mass protests against martial law in the East Texas oil region. The first meeting is to be held in Tyler with additional talks by C C McDonald and Alvin Owsley in nearby towns as Brig Gen Wolters bans such gatherings in the martial law zone.
Police were asked Monday morning to locate Hobart Lanier for delivery of a death message. Lanier and family are on vacation driving through New Mexico and Texas. His sister died Saturday in New York City and friends seek to locate him.
T L Mitchell a news stand operator in Port Arthur Texas was charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his brother M C Mitchell yesterday.
Police recovered the empty safe and a truck used in the Sunday night break in at a chain store. The $4100 missing from the safe was not found. authorities hold the case as a theft by yeggs.
A humorous letter to Tack complains about Congress needing honest cowpunchers with bowlegs, noting a shift observed about two years ago. The correspondent hints at political reform and blunt, Western-flavored critique.
Imogene Cooper a 14 year old from Wichita Kansas says she was kidnapped July 28 and held by three men in Kansas and Texas. She escaped on a beach in Galveston while the men were drunk and is now under probation officer care as authorities seek the captors and contact her parents.
Officials warn the floods in Hupeh Anhwei Kiangsi and Hunan are the worst in 500 years. Dr We Kuo Cheng says 10,000,000 people in Hupeh are destitute and 15,000,000 more in neighboring provinces face similar deprivation. Once 25,000,000 are released, a grim battle for food will ensue.
Dispatches report 30 American missionaries from Nazarene Mennonite and National Holiness churches held prisoner at Tomingfu 250 miles south of Peiping. Chinese government troops besiege the bandits led by Liukwei Tang to free the captives.
Harold English, manager of English Field, will charge 50 cents per visiting car during the derby stop at Amarillo. Pilots, press reps and aviation dignitaries will be entertained at a Wednesday banquet at the Herring Hotel with a dance to follow. Visitors travel to the city by Safety First Bus line buses from the field. In California, Gladys O'Donnell, flying from Long Beach, landed in 1 hour 13 minutes at Calexico, fastest so far in the Santa Monica to Cleveland air derby first lap, as officials rework handicaps. The race moves on to Phoenix and Tucson with overnight stays, with this being the first year of handicapped entrants.
Reports of scattered fighting reached Havana as unrest around President Machado’s government appeared near end. A state of war continued in the eastern island area while Machado remained at the palace and officials said Santa Clara raids were repelled.
Two masked bandits entered the Coca Cola Company general offices in Houston and held up office manager Ed Isaacs. They escaped with about 1700 dollars. The theft occurred this morning and police were alerted.
A band of ferocious police dogs has attacked cows in Massena New York injuring several owned by Frank L Durant. The incidents occurred in daylight and at night as the dogs roam the countryside causing damage and fear among local farmers.
T. T. Hickey was arrested Saturday and transferred Monday to Potter County jail on a federal counterfeiting charge. He allegedly passed a counterfeit ten dollar bill at the Central Rooms on North Filmore Street in Amarillo. Hickey denies knowledge of the bill as federal agents investigate the split note.
Ma Ernest O Thompson returns Sunday from New Mexico then travels to El Paso for Legion convention. City Commission did not meet last week due to his absence. next meeting Tuesday will consider jail meal contract bids priced at 40 cents per meal. Also to receive Southwestern Public Service Company gross receipts and July work orders.
E. E. Manney of Amarillo announced he acquired a controlling interest in the Pampa Times Publishing Company. He stated the Manney Printing Company would transfer to publisher J. D. Sugg after contract completion. Publication plans remain indefinite and the Sunday edition may be skipped for a week.
Mrs. Mollie Patterson, 80, died at 8 a.m. at her home 1105 Lincoln Street. She leaves four daughters and one son Misses Georgie Essie Lela Patterson all at home Virgie L. McCool Columbia and John Patterson Ridgeway Texas. Blackburn Funeral Home plans to send the body to McKinney for funeral services at Merit Cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
Five year old John William Britt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Britt of 809 Jackson Street, is in St. Anthony's Hospital with a fractured skull and body bruises after being struck by a motor car near his home on Saturday night. Police say the boy was with his father en route to a store when the accident occurred. no charges have been filed against the driver Mrs Ortel Denson.
The Amarillo Conference Club will present the three act comedy drama What About Betty by Walter Richardson again in their rooms at Eighth Avenue and Taylor Street Wednesday at 8 pm. The show features top local amateurs including Dorothy East Anna Ruth Denton Alton Boxwell J B Matthews and Ivan Boxwell.
L. E. Phillips vice president of Phillips Petroleum Company survived an acute indigestion attack on Saturday and was believed to be past danger in Bartlesville Oklahoma on August 24.
James E. O Neil 64, former president of the Prairie Oil and Gas Co., died in Cannes France where he had lived in recent years.
A seller seeks a buyer for a dry well located lot bound for future development. Declares mortgage terms and low price with cash this year, offered alongside a duplex dwelling at a loss with similarly favorable mortgage terms. The verse notes rising burdens and sarcastically cites death and taxes as market pressures.
Chicago hogs and cattle prices slid with hogs down 15 to 26 cents and cattle mostly ease. New Orleans cotton opened strong on higher Liverpool cues and a drop in ginning output, then eased on gains. Cotton gin nings to Aug 16 totaled 90,414 running bales vs 572,810 last year. New York stocks drifted lower on light selling with rails hit hard and oil shares dull. call money at 1 1/2 percent.
The city zoning appeal board schedules a September 3 hearing for John J Schroeder seeking a tourist camp permit at 1002 North Fillmore Street. The case joins Murphy at 819 Forest Street, seeking to enlarge a store room classified as a non conforming use. first hearing is August 26 at city hall commission chamber at 2 PM.
The piece argues big business equals superior intelligence yet not more selfish than individuals. It cites Treasury Ballantine borrowing nearly 225 million at low rates, questions bootleg alcohol volume, notes Captain Hawks’ record flight, and advocates unemployment service to supply troops with food and lodging. It ends with a health drink plug.
The Rengo agency said suspicions arose over Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh during their interrupted flight from Petropavlovsk to Neu Muró Japan along the Kurile route. Authorities doubted the charge, noting discussions but no further action.
Colin McIntosh of Tulsa suffered minor injuries when his small roadster crashed into a parked car on Eleventh Avenue between Harrison and Van Bur Street. McIntosh was alone. the parked car belonged to G. C. Hallfield, 310 A W Eleventh Avenue. Both cars were badly damaged.
Robert Halm, 2 farmer, was killed when a shotgun in his possession discharged as he tried to force a wire fence. The accident occurred near San Antonio, Texas, this morning.
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