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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1931
Page
2
The writer describes a mixed mood in New York and across the East as business falters and Congress faces adjournment. They contrast big corporate resilience with strikes in smaller firms, note wage policies, and comment on Russia under Communist policies affecting Christmas and Santa Claus.
Testimony details a quarrel over a horse between Hefner and Crabtree. Defense presents witnesses to place the confrontation on a road and disputes eyewitness vantage points. Thompson claims Hefner twice knocked Crabtree down and, after a knife was drawn, began stamping Crabtree before all were placed in Thompson’s car.
Fascists declare acts of the Reichstag were unconstitutional due to last night’s reform. Speaker Franz Stoehr resigns as vice speaker. Curtius reads a foreign policy declaration amid near silence as government deputies crowd the front benches. Germany and Poland renew postwar boundary tensions over Polish border issues and treatment of Germans.
Amarillo will undergo a comprehensive survey by Texas fire insurance department inspectors on mercantile and nearby properties. The study could lower or raise rates based on a fixed rule set, with five inspectors needing about two months to complete the citywide survey.
A writer contemplates the potential global impact of a Communist rise in Russia, pondering how happier Russians might reshape governments worldwide including the United States. He plans to visit Russia, report back, and notes family happenings in New York and a Cardinals season stat.
A reader’s note to Tack prompts a published exchange in Letters section. The missive references a “See Tack Letters” cue on Page 19 and signals ongoing debate or commentary.
Miss Dorette Durand displays recipes at the Globe News School of Cooking held in the Municipal Auditorium this afternoon. She teaches Coffee Parfait Chicken Spaghetti Lettuce and Tomato Salad Grapefruit Basket Salad String Bean Salad with detailed measurements and methods using Schilling's Morton’s Wesson Bar-le-Duc and Bar-le-Duc dressing.
A speaker contrasts cosmic theories from Jeans and Eddington with a view of continual cosmic renewal. He cites Napoleon, social upheaval as opportunity, and argues radioactivity does not end the universe. He compares whale biology to a universe sustained by a guiding intelligence and rejects the idea of a finite end.
A mother and her two children died after suffering stomach pains while others were treated with stomach pumps. Jones and a baby in the same home showed illness. doctors held little hope for survivors beyond the infant. The incident occurred at the family residence as medical help arrived.
Broadcasting setup expected to use the American Radio Relay League HQ in Hartford with a wire to New York. Plans include duplicate receiving facilities with A T and S. The Vatican broadcast aims 9 30 to 11 with the Pope speaking around 9 45 Latin text translated.
KGRS-6 to 6 30 Lola Donovan and Jeanette Stuce perform. 6 30 to 7 Milt Taggart's Orchestra lights up the air. WDAG-8 30 to 9 Red and White Treasure Hunt follows. 9 30 to 10 30 Mayor's Loyalty Program airs as the night cap.
Mrs Elizabeth M Ryan 68 wife of T E Ryan died at 1 30 Tuesday morning at 1204 West Ninth Avenue Amarillo of heart disease after a shopping trip. She was born in Fredericks town Ohio and had lived in Amarillo six years. Sacred Heart cathedral member survived by her husband a nun sister Rosine Chicago a brother John Ferrick Denver and three Kansas City nieces. Funeral arrangements by Boxwell Brothers likely Thursday at the chapel.
Rehearsals for the Scandals of 1931 Crippled Children’s Minstrel proceed tonight at University Club rooms Fifth Avenue Taylor Street. Girls meet at seven, men at eight. Director Mike Hollander urges full cast participation.
Under Mrs. Oma Link Rowley the Little Theater hones Dad Dies for February 27 at Municipal Auditorium to aid Amarillo unemployed. Rehearsals progress satisfactorily, officials said Tuesday.
City engineering department said subway work on North Fillmore Street likely will not start until early next week after five more days needed to remove brick pavement and concrete from railroad crossings. Over twenty workers are removing paving, blocking streets. tracks near Radford Grocery and Swift & Company will be removed. once finished traffic will divert to two tracks at the crossing.
A Panhandle cooking school highlights built in kitchen units ranges and automatic refrigerators with live demonstrations. Miss Durand presents lessons every afternoon while local sponsors from Amarillo supply goods and prizes to attendees.
Amarillo schoolchildren are invited to coin a dignified domain name for the fat stock show queen. Wilbur C. Hawk of the Tri-State Fair asks for names that use only letters from Amarillo Texas Panhandle Oklahoma New Mexico, with a handsome prize for the winner.
Former secretary Daisy De Boe of actress Clara Bow receives probation and 18 months county jail with f ull supervision for five year term. Court notes she withdrew probation request after conviction on charges of deal ing 825 dollars. Charity basketball game in Sheboygan, Wisconsin nets 1046.57 for relief committee.
Police search for a hit-and-run driver after Mrs. Jennie Harrell, 70, was injured Monday night when a Marmon struck her host D P Seay at the Eleventh Avenue Harrison Street intersection. She suffered a deep lip cut and 12 broken teeth. Seay was unhurt. The victim is in St Anthony's hospital in weak condition.
Hogs and cattle traded unevenly with gains at Kansas City and Fort Worth while New Orleans cotton opened firm on bullish cables and stock advances. Cattle, hogs, and sheep prices showed mixed movement with specific ranges noted for killing classes, fat cattle, and lambs.
A humorous poem by Edgar A Guest from 1931 lists moving chaos as a traveler struggles to fit toothbrushes razors clothes and a bathrobe into a suitcase. The speaker frets about missing items and the risk of leaving pants behind, imagining his mother’s interference and a fit of temper.
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