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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1934
Page
3
London reports heavy taxes on liquor plus weak American demand threaten large English and Scottish plants. Tax costs amount to about 2 of every 3.15 bottle while wholesale and retail shares leave only 1.15 for producers. Curbing orders for Christmas and New Year, beer and ale rise as whisky falls out of favor.
Potter County Home Demonstration Club markets lead the state with sales averaging over 200 dollars while the state average runs 125. Mrs. O A Blankenship reported from Dallas where she attended the state meeting of home demonstration club women. Miss Zetha McInnis and Miss Maurine Hearne, state extension department specialists, attended. The State Marketing Association met during the Texas Agricultural Convention in Dallas last week. The piece also notes a historical aside on kissing customs attributed to Cato.
Libby Holman returns after three years away in a Broadway show blending torch songs with operetta style numbers. The production, based on the Three Cornered Hat, features Schwartz melodies, lavish designs, and a comic governor plot, with standout performances by Miss Holman and George Metaxa.
Classified plea column notes missing items and jobs. A 20 year old boy offers trucking and machinery skills seeking work at 307 North Tyler Street. A middle aged woman seeks employment and two young married women seek child care or housekeeping jobs.
In Buenos Aires on December 11 the Pan American Commercial Conference committee proposes a Pan American tourists passport and a six month international treaty to cut consular delays for inter American travelers. The Argentina Shipping Agents Association pushes for a 10 percent tax reduction on steamship tickets amid comparisons with other countries. Foreign passenger entries to Argentina show sharp declines from 1930 to 1933 due to cost and red tape.
Court records list deeds and registrations including J H Brizendine to Ray Pennington for a Morningside lot at 2500 dollars and L J Vogel to H G Wilson for two lots in Plemons valued at 6219.74. Also a 1916-era tale recalls a ruthless shipowner in a dramatic novel with Bromberg in the title role.
H. E. Larson of Spearman Texas states he will offer straight wages but can provide room and board and will pay wages he can afford.
A deer on the Bowers Ranch near Canadian charged ten year old Charles Leroy Thomas as he approached a doe. The boy was knocked down and cut on the arm but finished school that day after Ralph Thomas drove the animal away with kicks. Buck Billy, a rogue buck owned by Joe Bowers Ranch, is noted to wade creeks and seek tobacco from pockets. The letter describes Billy as a pet turned rogue with antlers and a habit of chewing tobacco.
Mrs Morgan 34 seeks hotel work practical nursing housekeeping or laundry with cooking skills. She lists two children ages 16 and 14 and offers Cottage Camp contact at 1300 North Fillmore Street. Also messages L B H seeking stable home placement and another note from two readers calling for replies at 405 Garfield Street.
Paramount screens Hell in the Heavens with Warner Baxter while Now and Forever with Shirley Temple plays nearby. The Nat features Ralph Bennett and his orchestra with Miss Katzie Keith. Municipal Auditorium hosts Crowing Paine by Amarillo Little Theater and additional acts led by Paul Cooper.
Tack M. P. Dial 4805 seeks a good hotel job in Amarillo with years of experience in top state hotels. He offers A-1 references, reliability, honesty, and speed, and notes he is single and available for immediate hire.
Two relatively overlooked sons of Bob Mueller, Doug Duke and Lowell Riggs, are tied to upcoming holiday novelties and social events for the Sandies and Badgers. Duke arranged I Never Knew while Riggs, claiming no solos and a dubious pay arrangement, adds contrast. A Motion Picture Herald ranking lists its top box office stars headed by Will Rogers and Clark Gable.
The Herald lists late market prices with Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo at $25, Mae West at $25, and Charlie Chaplin at $5. It notes the Black Forest in southwestern Germany covers about 1800 square miles and is a popular tourist destination named for its dark fir forest.
The ad promotes Aspironal as a faster remedy for colds and coughs than whiskey or rye. It claims two teaspoonfuls taken quickly relieve distressing symptoms within two minutes and urges customers to try it at drug stores for both adults and children.
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