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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1932
Page
2
A writer touts Tack the weather prophet forecasting ongoing heavy snow for Amarillo with remarks on quail hunting, porcupines, and a future oil discovery near Palo Duro Canyon. He notes a live porcupine found at Sixth and Washington and shares family names and a playful child named Lollapalooza Rasmussen.
A self styled forecaster touts accuracy over official forecasts, praising past mild Octobers and a stormy December. Local notes report a soggy Fort Worth area game, cotton farming revival optimism, a lost leather key holder, a geese herd trick at Canadian, and Christmas donation drives plus winter weather musings. Meantime readers are urged to help families with $2.50 baskets. The column mixes weather talk, community notices, and light anecdotes.
A T W A mail plane flown by Montee and Bowen crashed near A C Rhody’s property east of Groom after a low flight in heavy snow. Bowen died after a whispering farewell while Montee survived, the wreckage escaping fire in dense weather.
The writer notes heavy snow clouds moving in and predicts cold snaps with north winds after a brief thaw. He thanks C. E. McGrew for a Pampa banquet and praises him as a pipeline host and judge. The piece ends with a festive remark about a white Christmas in Amarillo.
An ad urges immediate cold treatment to prevent epidemics and complications. It praises Penetro a new mutton suet salve that penetrates deeply to reach head and chest colds, claiming it stops germs and congestion faster than ordinary salves.
Winter weather persists across the region with Amarillo recording 21 degrees and several towns posting subfreezing lows. Clarendon Memphis and Childress report 3 inches of snow by Thursday noon while Clovis and areas east to Waynoka see over 2 inches. skies clearing and temps rising offer relief. A tri motor plane crash near English Field is the only accident linked to the storm.
The Sandies roster lists Byrd Corbitt Killion Cleghorn Cazzell Simpson Maharon ends Sanders Mann Copeland McDade Wood Tackles Kirby McBrayer Roach Womble Mc Laurey guards Foster Talbot Barringer Dunivan centers Carter Thomas Earhardt. Coaches Blair Cherry and Howard Lynch twin managers Wilson and Dick Chapman assistant Jake Small will join. Despite bad weather a big Thursday depot demonstration is planned with pep squad band and fans to back Amarillo boys win or lose.
Sterling considers actions to halt crude price drop and enforce proration orders in the East Texas field. With the Supreme Court ruling martial control unconstitutional, the governor delays troop withdrawal or any decision until consulting the State Railroad Commission and oil control board.
The text notes a payment to the United States and earmarked gold for the Federal Reserve Bank, to be shipped later by the Bank of England as mandated by the American Bank.
Burglars broke into City Drug No. 3 at 500 North Fillmore Street late Wednesday night. A lock was torn and a glass broken but only a few cigarettes were taken as the thieves fled, leaving store employees convinced they were frightened off before any loot.
Claude Persefield faced a theft charge as his trial began Thursday in Potter County Court at Law before Judge E. Nelson Jr. Other cases were on the docket.
Dorothy Floyd and Herschel Fulbright faced adultery charges on the scheduled Thursday hearing. Herschel Fulbright also faced aggravated assault allegations, while "Dutch" Aggers, identified as Black, was charged with aggravated assault and a gambling case.
The Polk Street Methodist Church senior department postpones the planned Christmas party set for Thursday in the church parlors. Acting chair man George Coleman arranged the affair but bad weather led to the postponement.
Kansas City hog and cattle prices show mixed changes with top hogs at 2.90 and vealers and feeders weak while stockers hold steady. New York stock letters describe a lackluster rally, with Allied Chemical Case Columbia Gas Du Pont and Montgomery Ward leading gains while American Telephone and U S Steel lag.
New improved powder keeps plates from slipping with no gummy feeling. Sweetens breath and provides teeth comfort. Praised by people and dentists. Available at City Drug, Fox Drug Co. or your druggist.
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a twofold medical discovery to soothe and heal inflamed membranes, stop irritation, and check germs in persistent coughs, colds, bronchial issues, and respiratory diseases with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
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