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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
5
Mrs Georgine Roach explains progressive contract bridge rules with four deals per table and game bonuses. She answers readers questions on penalties for looking at cards, doubled contracts, tenace definitions, and a sample five diamond bid with opening strength.
The Tri-State Fair Association to hold its yearly meeting at 3 PM Friday in the Amarillo Hotel Red Room. Officers will be elected for the coming year and an amendment to the charter discussed along with new by laws replacing older ones lost earlier. A quorum of 320 directors from Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas is required. W F Lampe is president Avery Rush secretary.
Austin reports official state canvassing board totals for Texas presidential electors. In the general election 1932 the Democrats led with 753,304 votes, Republicans 96,682, Socialists 4,408, Liberty 324, Communist 199, and Jacksonian 104, across 248 counties. Bowie, Callahan, Carson, Hopkins, Pecos and Sherman counties did not report.
The Nunn Electric Company in Amarillo showcases an electric Hammond Clock Company bridge table. A robot under the table shuffles and deals 13 cards in one minute and twenty seconds with no wear on decks. Demonstrator on display with orders for Christmas.
Students in Amarillo and the Panhandle may see Rekab the great magician in a matinee next Wednesday. The Globe News advert invites readers to cut out the notice to claim admission.
Rekab and his company perform a matinee at 3:20 for 10 or 15 cents with a school ad ticket. An evening show at 8 features Houdini style escapes and illusions including the haunted house mystery. Matinee adult admission is 35 cents, night tickets range 25 to 35 cents. ad in The Globe News also grants entry.
Labor to Start Cemetery Survey for Landscape Improvement. City engineer H. R. Smith received permission from the city commission to set stakes for a landscaping program at Liano Cemetery after explaining to the commission on Tuesday night that he was asked by a committee to carry out the survey.
The project was to be carried out by day labor funded by the Community Chest. It is understood the plan includes similar tasks on city school grounds after cemetery work wraps up. City manager C. H. Winterhaler urged cooperation with Temple Robinson, the city forester and parks superintendent, for landscaping on Amarillo schools and parks.
City manager C H Winterhaler says many property owners neglect sanitation in their back yards leading to litter in Amarillo alleyways. Engineer H R Smith estimates at least 1000 cubic yards of old brick and concrete. Mayor Ross D Rogers says the city will aid improvements if owners place trash in proper containers for pickup. City Engineer notes visible alley improvements in the past month.
A promotional notice extols Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as a complete cold remedy. It outlines three cold stages and claims the product opens the bowels kills germs and fever relieves headache and grippy feeling tones the system and prevents relapse. It emphasizes safety, no narcotics, and availability at drug stores.
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