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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1931
Page
2
The Amarillo News Globe lauds local generosity in the Good Fellows adopt-a-family drive. It estimates up to 500 families helped with potential to reach 1000, highlights community leaders and volunteers, notes some misplacements, and praises donors from all social strata.
Lieut. Gov. Edgar E. Witt of Waco released a tentative platform for a gubernatorial run but remained noncommittal about declaring candidacy. He urged lower property taxes, heavier state highway funding, and a more even tax burden. He did not address Governor Ross Sterling’s reelection plans.
President Hoover announced that Ambassador Dawes will lead the U S delegation to the Geneva disarmament conference. Henry P Fletcher could not accept the post and a woman is expected to be named to the delegation. The president noted disarmament concerns are of deep interest to U S women.
A farmer in Ochiltree asks whether planting Johnson grass in a lake on his property would violate the law. The inquiry appears in Tack Letters on page 8.
The Black Mask Players present Believe Me Xantippe tonight at 8 30 in the high school auditorium led by Jean Epperson and Ridgeway Zelley. The cast includes Tom Lumpkin Darrell Jackson Regene Weatherby Mary K Harty Bryan Weatherby Bill Day Sam Gath and director Dr R P Parcells under the Latin Club auspices.
In a bridge session, Sidney Lenz overcalled three diamonds after Culbertson's one club. Lenz doubled and went down five, prompting Culbertson to claim better bidding would avoid the hole. Von Zedtwitz also drew attention with a bold slam in diamonds after Jacoby and Culbertson navigated the sequence.
Fire department toy shop at the central station seeks donations and repairs to fill a surplus of toys for distribution by Old Tack's Good Fellows. Chief George B. Cooper notes helpers including Amarillo women sewing new dresses for dolls, with repairs to finish by Wednesday night. The department also adopted five needy families for the holidays.
Amarillo charity performances have been cancelled due to holiday scheduling. The Monday night show at Municipal Auditorium, directed by Jack Laughlin, was to include a Hollywood troupe with dancers and artists from Dana Thomas Harmon, Leslie Nurnie and Constance Ferguson schools, with additional shows planned for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Five homes in Amarillo are quarantined due to scarlet fever with no additional contagion reported to the health unit. Dr. Benjamin M. Primer said diphtheria is wiped out and scarlet fever cases are decreasing, making Amarillo healthier for Christmas and the holidays.
At the Rex Theater this afternoon Kohler Brothers will clean and press all donations for needy Amarillo residents at no cost. Clothing collected by 4 pm will be returned to Rex management Wednesday morning and then passed to Tack for his Good Fellow Fund. The event supports food and toy exchanges for tickets and features matinees of Five Star Final and Daddy Long Legs.
At Vatican City a roof over a 200 foot wing of the library collapsed tearing through two floors. One person was killed and at least four are missing including four workmen and a library employee after the library had closed. Rescue crews faced a tangled wreckage as officials assess the damage.
In Oklahoma City a will contest reveals Leopold M. Guggenheim devised a fortune for his 14 year old granddaughter and 12 year old grandson on the condition they never live within 300 miles of their mother. The St Louis financier owned three downtown buildings valued at about 249000 dollars. Their father Louis K Guggenheim is a Washington University Medical School specialist.
The match featured Mrs Meyers and Mrs Inman against Marsh and Rieger in twelve rubbers across sixty eight hands. The women secured a 735 point lead after a six diamonds slam by Mrs Meyers, with penalties for Marsh on revoking and several high bids highlighting a fierce contest.
Intermittent sunshine dried Panhandle highways while some routes remained difficult for motor traffic. Federal 60 east to Oklahoma City bus service was canceled again after last night failed reestablishment due to heavy snows. Amarillo to Lubbock service operated. Amarillo to Wichita Falls remained halted. Temperatures to fall Wednesday. 6 AM Amarillo minimum was 42.
The city manager announced there will be no meeting tonight as no significant matters were presented. With Tuesday night’s session cancelled, only one regular meeting remains before 1932 begins.
A cheerful poem invites turning from care to celebrate Christmas with family. It imagery of mothers, children, singing, and shared joy, urging merry gatherings, gratitude, and bravery in friendship. The piece embodies nostalgia for simple festive rituals and faith.
Commodities and livestock moved in varied directions with wheat and oats steady, hogs down at Chicago and Kansas City, cattle generally higher on heavy weights, New Orleans cotton opening steady before holiday trading, later months under pressure from profit-taking, exports ahead of last year.
Judges for the Christmas horse decorating contest will be chosen tonight at the home of Mrs. M. C. Hancock. Attending are Mrs. George Williams Mrs. J. H. Hall Mrs. T. W. Cotten and new member Mrs. I. B. Taylor. New entries include George E. Richards Mrs. James R. Crawford Fred H. Galle Mrs. W. W. McIlroy Mrs. J. C. Spaeth and Mrs. Philip Taber. The contest closes December 24 and entrants are urged to mail the entry blank on Page 1 of today's Globe.
A tariff commission report to Congress compares foreign and domestic oil costs, noting foreign copper is cheaper by 1.42 cents per pound and domestic oil costs run 75 cents per barrel higher. It cites average four year domestic crude of $1.90 per barrel vs foreign $1.15, including Maracaibo deliveries.
A speaker laments that war has begun, Germany will not continue payments beyond a half century, and predicts Britain and France will demand the United States cover debts, leaving America to face costly obligations while Germany’s fate remains unresolved.
The Messiah performance at the Municipal Auditorium Sunday afternoon raised funds for the Presbyterian Home. A collection of $46 plus additional offerings brought the total to $122.73 after deducting actual expenses of the show.
A soap product Mel o promises to boost soap effectiveness in hard water. It claims to produce abundant suds and scum removal, offering three cans for kitchen laundry and bathroom at the grocer.
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