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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1931
Page
2
The column mocks contract bridge fever led by Lenz and Culbertson as a national distraction while Congress grids over tariffs. It predicts a better 1932 with buying sprees, autos, and a recovery mood, noting improved health and a shift from politics to superstition and sport.
Congress and Hoover move toward ratification of a moratorium agreement while drafts for multiple measures race through both houses. France will not pay a $19.261 million debt annuity, with Senate approval expected before Christmas recess. Sen Smoot and Wheeler push relief and debt payment schemes, including foreign debts in silver and a $2 billion public works bill.
Governor R. B. Sterling approved a deficiency appropriation of 25 000 dollars to aid state health authorities in eradicating dangerous communicable diseases in Gregg Smith Rush and Upshur counties. The funds target the East Texas oil field area as part of the disease control effort.
Dallas December meeting of the North Texas Chapter American Association of Social Workers urged using experienced agencies to administer unemployment relief funds rather than sustaining soup kitchens and bread lines. Attendees included representatives from Childress Fort Worth Waco and Dallas.
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi completes Europe visit and sails for India aboard the liner Pilsna with his party. The Maharajah of Lahore also travels on the same steamer. He departed Rome after failing to meet Pope Pius XI despite a last minute effort.
On the Washita at the R. T. Alexander ranch Tack reports a lively discussion on Lenz versus Culbertson bridge systems as Jacoby bids two spades with weak cards. It notes Culbertson’s potential win and recalls Culbertson’s 21000 earnings from lessons and writings. Also mentions Mrs. Shakleton canning 176 quarts across 97 varieties and a McLean resident with 1700 quarts.
Readers are invited to explore a collection of letters on page ten, sharing varied opinions and local insights. The feature showcases community voices, encouraging further reader engagement and correspondence.
Multiple figures from Santa Fe Rock Island and Denver rail operations met in Amarillo last week for inspections and planning. Unspecified talks occurred with C. B. Davis and J. W. Mode, while rumors spread of Denver consolidating Texas mileage under one superintendent at Childress, potentially impacting Amarillo.
A public notice urges sane shopping and timely mail for Christmas, thanking postal workers. It mentions the Brotherhood of Bare-Haired Boys In Baggy Breeches hosting a banquet at Bun Burners Hotel next Friday from 9 to 12. The Texas and Pacific will charge one and three fourth cents per mile on travel routes including Dallas Fort Worth Texarkana and Big Spring effective December 15 by order of the Texas Railroad Commission.
Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. repudiates insolvency in chancery court filing opposing Jules Endler of Passaic New Jersey. The answer asserts the company has paid all obligations at or before due and is discounting current bills deemed advantageous to discounting.
Mrs J M Shannon 77 widow of the man who fenced the capitol syndicate lands in Texas died in San Angelo. She was the region’s wealthiest woman with an estate estimated between three and four million dollars. Funeral services are set for Tuesday. Mr Shannon died three years ago.
OSSINING N Y December 14 The Sing Sing Rock Crushers won the world's prison football title by defeating the White Plains Steamrollers 26 to 0. The team finished 4 wins in 6 games for a .667 season percentage. Whitley Stokes intercepted a pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown, with Art Nelson scoring twice and Joey Hayes adding a TD. Alabama Pitts struggled on the muddy field.
Three destitute Potter County families with 14 children aged two to 12 need clothing especially underwear and stockings. Fathers are hospitalized or unemployed and two mothers cannot work. Donations can be left at the probation office in the new county courthouse or arranged through Mrs. Jessie N. Ross.
Amarillo saw a weekend of minor crimes with two major burglaries. Magnolia Petroleum Company warehouse at 600 North East Second Avenue was robbed of three casings, discovered Monday. Sinclair Refining Company offices at 1011 East Third Avenue were entered Sunday with $12 cash taken. Merchants' Protective Association head W B Beasley thwarted a separate burglary at R L Williams Grocery on Fillmore Street when two boys fled after a rear window was broken.
London reports at least 59 deaths from weekend storms across the Mediterranean and North Seas. A Italian naval tug Tesco sank off Sardinia with 30 drowned and over 100 rescued. In Shanghai the steamer Tate exploded in the Yangtze Estuary, killing or burning 300 Chinese.
Gov. William H. Murray known as Alfalfa Bill disclosed a telegram warning assassins planned to kill him. The message urged avoiding automobile accidents during his fire bell speaking trips in support of the tax program.
A party from Amarillo will travel to Austin to attend the annual convention of the underwriters and bid for the 1932 meeting. Led by John K. Boyce chair man of the chamber entertainment committee and vice president of the Texas Insurance Agencies Association O V Vernon chamber manager will also depart Tuesday night with local delegates.
Pittsburgh convict John Phoman predicted an early release but died by his own action yesterday. In Medford Massachusetts a stalled car at a railroad crossing was overturned by a slow train but the Moultons escaped unharmed. In Franklin Pennsylvania Mayor Harry Fierringer plans to marry free of charge anyone who marries today. In Camden Arkansas a church tornado insurance policy protected the First Methodist Church but the wind destroyed the building.
Coleman Texas December 14 Ted Bell a ranchman living near Coleman was killed late yesterday when thrown from his horse during a cattle restocking run after a truck overturned on a highway concrete bridge. Bell died attempting to round up the stock as his horse bucked at top speed.
Taken from the Potter County jail yesterday afternoon Paul Harle of Amarillo and Dean Dalton and Sam Harle both of Memphis were to face charges at Plainview today in connection with the theft of five cases of cigarets from a Fort Worth and Denver freight car there October 26. Dalton and Sam Harle signed statements implicating themselves as accomplices in the robbery.
The Amarillo I O O F chapter plans its annual homecoming at Odd Fellow Temple 312 1 2 East Fifth Avenue. Programs are arranged and all members are invited to attend beginning at 7 30 P M.
Police and a large posse with bloodhounds hunted C. B. Cox, a negro section worker from Terry near Orange, in connection with the slaying of Henry Wallace, 54, Orange County farmer and stockman, as of December 14.
A poem fragment contrasts ideal play with real life. The coach urges striving despite errors, noting that the game and life gain meaning from risk, imperfect effort, and perseverance rather than flawless execution.
Grain and livestock markets report Wheat prices steady. Cattle and hogs mixed with declines in some classes. Chicago and Kansas City markets show cattle and hogs mostly lower. New Orleans cotton opens steady to down then rallies with stock gains. Census shows November lint cotton consumption near expectations.
A writer in Canada on December 14 notes that without gold, 1.0 billion people cannot buy from the United States and imports shift to Britain. In Houston, a 600 pound River Oaks Country Club safe was stolen, containing $537.
The Dec 14 New York stock market opened with a brief short covering rally to around 80 but pared gains as the hour passed. US Steel moved erratically within a two point range while American Telephone Western Union Macy De Pont Case Union Pacific and New York Central rose 1 to 2. Steel common traded as high as 46.44 and dipped below prior close. Home stake Mining advanced several points. Call money rose to 24 percent.
An ad promotes B-C as a rapid headache relief product from North Carolina druggists. It claims swift, safe relief for headache, sciatic, neuralgic and female pain without mood changes, priced 10c or 25c.
Elisha Kent Kane the Third, acquitted by a Elizabeth City county jury of murdering his wife Jenny Graham Kane by drowning at Grand View beach last September. He prepares to return to his post as professor of romance languages at the University of Tennessee. The $15,000 bail is to be returned, and UT faculty regard the verdict as vindication.
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