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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1934
Page
2
A columnist laments armed citizens in Amarillo and urges enforcing Texas statutes on concealed weapons. The piece urges licensing or removal of guns with whisky, arguing responsible adults should curb gun and liquor risks and protect officers. It notes a general mood for public safety amid local gas and oil debates.
In a continuing statement B J Morgan identifies Clarence Hammonds in a model T during a confrontation with Curtis Crays. The scene shows a pistol drawn from a coat pocket and exchanged fire as Coffee fired a shotgun, with Crays shot and mortally wounded.
The two Amarillo lodges host Panhandle Masons on Thursday February 22 in the Amarillo Masonic Temple. Entered Apprentice and Master Mason degrees will be conferred. Program runs from 2:00 PM to about 9:30 PM with refreshments at 6:00 PM and two short addresses by prominent Masons. Grand Master approves. large attendance expected.
Rev. Father O'Hara vice president of Notre Dame University and president of the athletic council visited Amarillo yesterday on the way back from a Notre Dame Club of California engagement. He met with local alumni Rabey Funk and Walter Barlow before departing in the afternoon.
An all night dance and entertainment begins at 7 30 tonight at the old D and J dance hall 414 Taylor Street. The All American Stock Company presents the event to aid crippled children and orphans of Amarillo with committees in charge of receipts.
Clarence Hammonds life was marked by poverty and crime from birth. He killed Policeman Chester Grounds after a domestic quarrel in Amarillo, then was shot by officers. His wife Hazel Hammonds faced hardship from an abusive marriage, poverty, and family tragedy as they lived under charity programs and in dire housing.
A night patrol officer Grounds was shot dead after responding to a disturbance. His widow and one year old daughter Shirley survive at 3111 A West Seventh Avenue, Amarillo. brothers Alton and Emmett, sisters Minnie Lee Grounds and J H Hodge, H E McCreame, O D Roberts, and J T Stevenson. Hammonds is also mentioned with his mother dying November 2, 1931, and funeral plans by Boxwell Brothers.
T B Hackler 54 of 809 Bellview Street died suddenly in a hotel room in Raton New Mexico from heart disease. He had lived in Amarillo 15 years and worked as a traveling representative for Johnson Larimer Dry Goods Wichita Kan. Surviving are his widow Virginia and children J P Hackler and three daughters in Amarillo and Dallas. His mother three brothers and a sister live in Mississippi. The body will arrive in Amarillo at 9 15 tonight and be received by N S Griggs Sons Funeral Home in state until arrangements are completed.
Funeral services for Warren Nichols age 80 were conducted at Griggs Chapel by Rev. J S Muckabee pastor of Buchanan Street Methodist Church with burial in Lizno Cemetery. Nichols a retired wheat farmer died Tuesday and resided at 2000 North Arthur Street.
Melvin A. Traylor, a Chicago banker, stopped breathing for two minutes due to pneumonia but was revived by physicians. He remained low early but rallied as the morning progressed and maintained a cheerful attitude while awake. The note ends with a mention of entertainment plans and admission prices.
War dispatch reports shelling and artillery bombardment in Tomas Street as Socialist districts burn. Destruction includes barricades, wrecked buildings, ambulances strained, and at least 100 killed in one sector. Fire engulfs Social ist headquarters and a theater in Vienna while civilians, including women fighters, endure the devastation.
A letter from a 46 year old woman seeks employment in Texas or an institution. She offers to manage a rooming house hotel or apartment on salary or commission and cites a good reputation with strong references.
The Saint claims a Rome banquet memory and comments on a Lions Club luncheon as he vanishes after a dusting, while Amarillo observes the date February 14 and a Roman-era depression. The tale centers on the Saint's disappearance and unlocated presence.
Police report a family of six died after a gas heater filled the Larwill home with fumes. Four parents and two daughters perished. Louise Larwill survived briefly before being hospitalized in critical condition after a cloth wedge dislodged and fresh air entered.
The vessel held at 67°N 172°W as it settled slowly, giving the crew two hours to remove supplies. One steward died from a falling timber. Schmidt said crew and passengers now shelter in tents and wooden huts on the ice with sleeping bags and fur garments. An emergency radio link to Northern Cape and Cape Welland reports plans for air and dog-team rescue.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Fliza Herbert an Amarillo resident who died in a local hospital will be held Thursday at 3 pm at the Blackburn Shaw Chapel. Rev E B Fincher of Ellwood Presbyterian Church will officiate with burial in Llano Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Charlie A Herbert of Amarillo three sons Tom R Charlie W and George M Herbert a daughter Mrs Charlotte May Berry of Loraine Ohio and two sisters Mrs Mary Gibbons of Sayre Pa and Mrs Lottie Gaynor of Newark N J.
The Weaver Brothers and their Ozark troupe perform at the Paramount Theater for a two day engagement in Amarillo. The show features WD Ozark neighbors and kinfolk using golden tools and household items to stage rural musical sketches.
Amarillo audiences will see The Barretts of Wimpole Street with Katharine Cornell and Basil Rathbone in a celebrated love story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Tickets are on sale at City Drug Store with most seats sold. reserved seats must be claimed by Thursday morning.
Hogs light to heavy weight ranges moved with mixed results. top hog price $4.40 for 170-250 lb meat hogs. Cattle and calves steady to firm with varied classes. veal and stocker bids shown. In New Orleans Cotton, futures opened sharply lower amid political and economic concerns, later fluctuating with losses of 62 to 76 points, May around 11.97, July 12.11, October 12.27. reports on domestic mill consumption bullish.
Congress plans a strict rule to pass the 258 million tax bill with limited committee amendments while Senate debates urgent relief and air mail verdicts. Pecora questions stock manipulation as new exchange rules target evils, and stock averages rise to a record near 7.08 billion. Automotive exports show a 4.3 percent gain in 1933 versus 1952.
George Kuehler 45 prominent Panhandle wheat farmer dies Monday. Last rites set for Thursday at 9:30am at St Marys Catholic Church Groom with Rev Father Herbert in charge. Body in state at the Groom family home. N S Griggs & Sons Amarillo to bury in Groom.
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