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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1932
Page
8
A fragmented note notes cash only terms for all classified advertisements and mentions a Masonic Bulletin as the potential publication venue. The readable text implies strict payment terms and a general ad agency stance.
The Ama rillo city commission will decide in days whether to call a public hearing to change the master zoning map allowing a retail store at 1620 South Taylor Street near Wilson School. R D Jones faced the commission after a building inspector denied the permit for residential zoned land. A zoning board ruling on jurisdiction stalled the appeal. A petition signed by most 1600 block property owners argued the store would aid schoolchildren. A hearing requires published notice and 20 percent objections within 300 feet would block the map change.
In Washington on December 7 U P report the House heard a bill by Rep Crail Republican California to bar employment of aliens when Americans are jobless and to guarantee citizens of military age preferential treatment for work. The same item notes B T Johnson of Canyon Texas showing a spinach stalk claimed to have grown 28 inches in a week after heavy rains.
Leland W Abbott transfers lot 25 block 100 C D to Clyde D Staves for 2500 dollars. L L Edwards and wife convey lot 6 block 6 San Jacinto Heights to Albert E Wilson for 10 dollars. R R Fulton sells lot 4 Tusar s sale tract of land out section 187 block 2 ABM to L J Fulton for 10 dollars. W D Tenney and partners to Panhandle re Co lot 10 block 116 Eakle for 10 dollars.
Benjamin B. Karger transfers to J W Hardin on lot 2 block 10 Beverly Gardens. Panhandle Improvement Co transfers to Panhandle Lumber Co on lot C Bauts ot Lot 8 block 170 Old Town. Other transfers: lot 10 block 30 Roberts for 10 dollars. Car registrations list owners and vehicles: F W Gerard Plymouth sedan, Dr Lloyd Robinson Plymouth sedan, Chris Smith Ford coupe, C W Gulledge Ford coupe, D W ReMine Northwest Texas Hospital Ford coupe.
J. F. Cragg auditor reports a net profit of 39,485.56 for the 1932 Texas State Fair. Gross income reached 319,347.59 with expenditures 279,862.03 and gate admissions 110,294.33 while auditorium stadium and rodeo receipts totaled 111,527.16. Attendance over two weeks was 753,745, up from 685,126 in 1931.
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