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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1934
Page
2
A column from Amarillo reflections on community life includes Mother in Law Day events, local humor, and civic notes. Mentions Panhandle deer distribution, elk presence, and possible public appointments in cattle industry, plus anecdotes about neighbors and readers.
The 47th District Court recessed with no jury trials this week. B L Hand of Amarillo Stoneware Company was acquitted of a liquor law violation for possession for sale of brewery beer over 3.2 percent. Defense said the beer was delivered by mistake amid mixed shipments. Hoyt Darnell was found guilty of stealing a relative’s automobile and given a two year suspended sentence.
Amarillo will be visited by several notables today according to Transcontinental and Western Air passenger lists. At 2 P.M. Dorothy Lee, movie actress, and Wiley Post, round the world flyer, will be aboard the ship bound for the West Coast. At 6 P.M. Bill Graber, world champion pole vaulter from the University of Southern California, will ride the east bound plane.
A reader asks Tack to identify the owner of a vacant lot at 1307 Herman Street where a house was moved away last fall. The piece notes a loan company may own the property and mentions debris and rubbish left on the site.
Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adopts a resolution opposing any repeal or amendment of the Dean Law. Delegates from Amarillo Perryton Plainview Lubbock Vernon and Clarendon districts call on state lawmakers to uphold constitutional prohibition and resist using doctors or drug stores as liquor agents. A copy of the resolution was sent to area senators and representatives.
A training session on hatchery codes for Panhandle hatchery owners will take place Friday at 2 PM in the Red Room of the Amarillo Hotel. The event is led by E N Holmgreen of the Extension Poultry Department at Texas A M College as part of a statewide series.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied a rehearing for Co. B. Yarbrough of Belton who earlier won a reversal of a 25 year conviction for the death of his step-daughter Doris Yarbrough. The case stemmed from a fatal clothing fire during auto cleaning on September 7, 1932.
The piece notes markets reacting to devaluation theory and a franc peg question, with US Treasury gold reserves at a new high and emergency program expenses projected to exceed 7 billion. It covers labor week talk, NRA codes, stock legislation, Pecora’s probe, and Roosevelt's policy on low interest rates.
El Paso reports Edward Otis Monroe and wife seek extradition from Austin to White Plains New York on a child abandonment charge. Monroe is free on $500 bond pending a fugitive complaint hearing as an officer proceeds to Texas to request extradition.
David Smokey Ash faces an assault charge filed by sheriff's deputies after allegedly striking Wiley Hollis in the head with knuckles at a dance hall last Monday night. Treasury figures follow, noting February 5 receipts and expenditures with year totals and emergency costs.
Bertha wandered away three weeks ago. Lawrence Stenberg found her wedged backward in the Stenberg cave while seeking potatoes. Rescue is uncertain as to how long she had been trapped.
J. J. Goodell reports a frantic mother told a CWA enumerator her child had swallowed a penny. The worker held the child, gave a firm back slap, and the penny dropped out, illustrating quick action during census field work in Seattle.
Funeral rites for Anthony Eble 74 who died last night at an Amarillo hospital will be held at 4 o clock this afternoon from the Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating. Interment follows at Llano Cemetery. He resided at 313 North Bryan Street.
Royalists led charges through central Paris as mobs used firearms stones and torches. Machine guns fired from the chamber steps as crowds pressed toward the Hotel Crillon and Madeleine church with many wounded and at least one death reported among bystanders. Roger Thibaud, son of Jacques Thibaud, was knocked unconscious. Premier Daladier blamed political leagues for stirring the unrest.
The Senate is furnished with minutes of the commission since the statute established the current body. Bills to retire bonds are filed, proposing a chain store tax starting at 3 dollars per store and capping at 500 dollars for chains over 50 outlets, with three fourths to bond retirement and one fourth to the school fund. A gas tax of three fourths of one cent per 1000 cubic feet from gas produced for light and fuel would fund retirement of the bonds in full. The House continues deliberation on administrative features of the bond bill.
Hughes highlighted state sales tax income old age pensions and unemployment insurance as well as relief for financially handicapped schools. He stressed his friendship with Roosevelt and Garner and urged the federal government to maintain faith and confidence in Texas government.
Organization of Amarillo's new Chamber of Commerce likely to finish Friday as directors meet to appoint committee heads and fill posts. The meeting follows yesterday's noon session where initial steps were outlined.
The Texas Railroad Commission faces pressure from small refineries and imports from the West Coast as it raises the allowable Texas oil. chair Lon A Smith and Commissioner Ernest O Thompson are in Washington while R D Parker notes market demand exceeds government allotment. Panhandle operators report 8 million barrels drawn from storage since October 1930 to meet demand and new fields creation hinders staying within the 884000 barrel guideline.
An Amarillo Philharmonic concert features conductor Ellis B. Hall and soloist Christian Thaulow. Orchestra rehearsals run nightly. T. Duncan Stewart prepared orchestration after a missing full score. An exhibit by Amarillo Art Association runs during intermission with free coffee by Golden Light Coffee Co. Proceeds fund equipment and music.
The organization committee was formed with A. N. Olver Norris Ewing Tom Cotten and secretary manager Charles Wolflin named as members.
An application to form a squadron of the Sons of the American Legion in Amarillo was filed by Hanson Post. Twenty five men descended from WWI service members signed, with adjutant Floyd L. Sloan guiding the process. eligibility covers male descendants who served from April 6 1917 to November 11 1918.
A dense OCR of stock quotes lists companies such as General Electric General Motors Gillette Goodrich Goodyear and Union Carbide with varied percentages. It includes rail and oil majors like Illinois Central Mohawk Kansas City Southern Humble Oil Imperial Oil and Standard Oil affiliates along with National Cash Register Radio Corporation and Eastman Kodak among others.
Bert Cole seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Cole of 1622 Ong Street was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital last Saturday and appeared to be recovering before a relapse left him in a critical condition with pneumonia.
A jury of view including John B. Gilvin W A Askew and H P Hadfield, appointed by the county commission, works with County Attorney Howard Anderson on condemnation for needed right of way east of the city. The county agrees to supply 80 feet of right of way for state highway department improvements.
Kansas City hogs and cattle market activity shows higher demand with hogs up to 4.10 for 180-230 lb. pigs and cattle feeding and fattening classes steady to $0.10. lambs mixed with steady to firm tone. New Orleans cotton opens active and higher, March to 11.95, May 12.12, July 12.28, then pullback on profit taking and sterling moves. New York stock letter notes a cautious, healthy reaction amid profit-taking from recent gains.
Old newspaper ad describes a home cough remedy using Pinex and granulated sugar syrup. It claims fast relief, no cooking, and a pint of mixture for the price of two ounces of Pinex from a druggist. It emphasizes soothing throat membranes and easing chest soreness.
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