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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1931
Page
2
In a humorous note, Old Tack seeks three inch goldfish and three to four inch frogs to lure bass at a lake he will visit this weekend. He offers pay to a boy who brings frogs and promises good pay for the goldfish, then digresses into jokes about Russia, Hoover era hunger, and public figures.
Dear Tack criticizes the column for overemphasizing Jimmy Hamilton and urges reducing space for farm board and Hoover commentary. The reader proposes using space to offer helpful, sensible solutions to agricultural policy and questions. The letter hints at ongoing debates during Hartley and Coolidge eras.
Detention of four leading Cuban feminist figures follows bombing of a representative's home signaling a fading revolt. Names include Pilar Jorge De Telia Perez Reyes Ana Quintana and Leonora Ferreira. Police seek four more activists while Guana bacoa prison holds the detainees.
Funeral services for Fred W. Saunders 58 Fort Worth Denver railway conductor will be at 2 o'clock Wednesday at Griggs Chapel. Rev G J Irwin will preside. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery with Palo Duro A F and A M officiating. Saunders died in a Lubbock hospital. Surviving are widow and daughter Christine Fanning of Lubbock brother George P Saunders of Denver sister Mrs G W Whitcomb of Portland Oregon and granddaughter Beverly June Fanning of Lubbock.
The article argues for destroying cotton to curb costs and suggests taxing a dollar per bale to reimburse losses. It highlights remarks by J W McBrayer of White Deer about an elk herd and a potential donation to Amarillo Zoo, mentions Miss Louise Harrison and Tack, praises Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray, and notes Donley County barter and forecasts by Old Tack about future wheat and cotton markets in the Panhandle Texas.
Texas led a bid to raise cotton prices as Governor Long and Governor Sterling clashed over strategy. After Sterling urged Texas to resolve Louisiana moves first, Long summoned legislators for a six day special session at 10 tonight to push the no cotton in 1932 plan.
Gov. Ross Sterling of Texas says a special session would not adopt the Louisi ana plan of a one year cotton planting holiday. He cites farmer opposition and supports acreage reduction instead. Arkansas Gov. Harvey Parnell follows by calling county meetings of cotton growers to gauge sentiment before a possible session.
City commission has no further business slated Tuesday morning. Commissioner No 1 J N Vernon will preside at the session with only routine matters on the agenda. Mayor T nest O Thompson is away in El Paso attending the Legion convention.
Potter County civil district court is idle today as Judge W E Gee spends the day in his office preparing orders and other maters pertaining to court duties. This week was scheduled as jury week.
The Amarillo Chamber appoints committees to work with Mr. English for dignitary arrival and entertainment. H M Luna chairs transportation with bus service. Harold English leads servicing. scoring by Bill Beechler and J F Ford. timing by Bill Lampe Ted Likey Bill Gunn and Fred Galle. Health director Dr B M Primer is field surgeon. Boxwell Brothers ambulance on site. Banquet planning led by John K Boyce Walter Irvin and Will Winch at Herring Hotel 7 30 pm Wednesday with President R P Parcells presiding and the Melody Maids providing music.
London Aug 25 The new national government to guide Britain through the financial crisis was announced by Premier J Ramsay MacDonald after royal approval. The cabinet includes Stanley Baldwin Philip Snowden Lord Reading Samuel Hoare Austen Chamberlain J H Thomas Neville Chamberlain Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister Herbert Samuel and Lord Sankey with party affiliations listed.
John F. Williams charged with murder in the Slaying of Burn Stanley last Saturday night posted a $5,000 bond at Potter County jail. Bond signed by Ernest C. Everett J. E. Mullinix and R. S. Donaldson after Judge J. W. Minter set it Sunday morning. Stanley’s estranged wife, held overnight, was released Sunday morning. she had been Williams’ housekeeper at 1204 North Harrison Street when the fatal visit occurred.
Hobart Lanier of 1226 Bonham Street sought a death message Monday and was located in Carlsbad New Mexico. He learned his only sister Mrs Monroe Williams died Saturday in New York while on a vacation with her husband and family. Her body will arrive in Amarillo Thursday with funeral plans pending the husband and father’s arrival.
The Potter County court at law sits in recess today as Special Judge W J Flesher yields to the county commissioners court during deliberations on bids for new courthouse furniture.
The Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank in New York advises customers to withdraw money from savings and thrift accounts and spend it while the dollar holds 16 percent more value than in 1928. It suggests keeping a six months salary as reserve and using surplus for durable purchases to boost industry and employment.
The piece argues war in modern times is costly even when won and crime financed by bootlegging dominates income beyond government revenue. It cites Wickersham’s figure of over one billion annually for crime, plus billions for bootleggers and racketeers. It notes a New York bloodbath and a planned mass meeting by the New York American to protest crime, contrasting with historic vigilance committees in San Francisco.
Acceptance of a two year sentence followed by withdrawal of an appeal filed by Joe Banks and J R Bennett. They were convicted at the last term of the criminal district court on charges of theft over $50 for stealing electric drills and other tools. Arrests were in Clarendon after the tools were offered for sale in Amarillo, per deputies Vanderpool and Bebout.
Taken into custody following his alleged gunplay Monday night at the Texas Grill. C. E. Porter remained in the city jail Tuesday for investigation after a dispute with Amarillo merchant Lewis Geeteh. A pistol was drawn and discharged during a scuffle, burning Geeteh's hand as other patrons restrained Porter and Police Captain Dick Graham escorted him to jail.
Henry Billingsley, 40, abducted his two children from his estranged wife and seized a plane at Bishop Calif. He flew to a dry lake bed near Lone Pine and landed. Notes left aboard demanded immunity and wife reconciliation. He is pursued on charges of kidnapping, airplane theft, and violating a court order.
Market words list grain categories including No. 1 hard new Kaffir wheat, 100 pounds mile, oats per bushel and barley per bushel with unclear pricing. OCR fragment may reflect local market notes from Amarillo markets column. No clear entities beyond grain types and units.
Kansas City and Chicago livestock quotations show hogs and cattle unevenly steady to lower with top prices noted. Calves, steers, and yearlings move within wide ranges. sheep and lamb markets mixed. New Orleans cotton opens weak with later rally aides, futures end modestly lower. funds and stocks move, call money steady.
In East Texas martial law operatives and police sealed off counties as residents faced mass detentions. Alvin Owsley, ex national Legion head and protest speaker, was said committed to address Tyler meeting if held, while Brig. Gen. Wolters denied any gathering. Ferguson ex governors attended a 1,000 crowd near the governor's mansion as oil majors rush to boost wells and pipelines.
East Texas field shutdown slashed the US daily crude output by 211,045 barrels last week, with total U S production estimated at 2,278,595 barrels. Oklahoma gains 5,940 barrels, Mid-Continent down 220,418, California up 1,500, and Rocky Mountain and Eastern regions show mixed changes amid war time restrictions. Shell moves to restore normal gasoline prices ending a Midwestern price war, with typical rates 14 cents for high grade and 11 cents for medium grade plus taxes and freight.
Houston authorities announced negligent homicide and failure to stop and render aid charges against Sam Cash after the hit and run that killed 17 year old J B Wheeler, a messenger, last Thursday night.
A reader notes a cipher within a letter where the first hidden word is a commodity now in the news. The message points to oil and a deal in Oklahoma, with phrases about barrels, Telegram, and settled ventures, ending with a Texas clue about firebugs in Kilgore.
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