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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1932
Page
5
Deadline set for six o’clock Wednesday evening for the third week of the News-Globe Amateur Ad-Writing Contest offering 25 cash and 125 merchandise prizes. Mrs. F M Blythe won the second week cash prize for an ad for Cunningham Floral Company to be published next Sunday.
The passage highlights vast power systems behind simple controls, with cranes, machinery, engines, generators, high tension lines, and a web of wires. It credits Southwestern Public Service Company for dependable electric power and public confidence in the system across the Panhandle Plains territory.
A writer denounces the Women's Temperance Union for opposing a democratic vote on prohibition. He recalls 1918 debates, accuses the group of hypocrisy, and argues soldiers should retain voting rights during the war debate. The letter is signed Yreva Nomad.
A reader, a young woman with nursing experience, seeks employment as a practical nurse. She offers obstetrical case handling, willing to do house work, and can provide A-1 references. Dial 2-1333 to reach her.
A married reader seeks ranch employment with housing. He offers painting, paper hanging, and carpentry skills and requests any job lead or living arrangement in town to cover rent while supporting wife and 19 month old child. He signs W. M. R. from 616 South Cleveland Street.
Marie Mason of Canyon Texas requests employment as a housekeeper and cook in a motherless home, asking for a kind, stable arrangement and small wages. She describes herself as 5 ft 3 in, 130 lbs with black hair and grey eyes. She asks interested parties to respond promptly. A Home Lover appeals for cleaner city papers as they are discarded near the park.
Deloris Perry of 1306 Johnson Street asks for a baby bed a cart and a job that allows her to care for her infant while she works. She thanks the recipient and signs her name.
Public calls for less horn noise rise as drivers urged to show consideration. Santa Fe Orchestra hosts a Valentine Dance with members praised for performances. The Santa Fe Farm and Home train, in cooperation with Texas A and M, will tour Texas and end in Snyder after 147 stops. Amarillo hosts a March 25 exhibition. Clovis hosts the Ti State convention with about 2000 attendees and a Carlsbad Cavern excursion. The Missouri and North Arkansas receiver seeks a $1,000,000 loan from the RFC for Joplin to Helena line reconstruction.
Citizens note Union Air Lines operates a fast 119 mph route from Seattle to San Diego with eleven daily outbound flights. The schedule lets travelers cover the Pacific coast in daylight, saving nearly two days versus surface transport. An Albuquerque to Kansas City mail plane flew 778 miles at 31 miles per minute with Ted Hereford piloting. The piece also references labor reports and early Pullman cars, ending with a quirky ad line about a Diagnosis and Dry Diet Drug Store.
Mrs Agnes Lyne argues that every child holds unseen possibilities and creative impulses. Early criticism and overhelping can crush imagination, so parents should show honest interest or praise to encourage dialogue about a child’s work.
The body of Peter Rollis age 44 a cook at the Golden Bear Cafe who died Monday morning after a brief illness will be sent tonight to Vernon where services will be held Wednesday Surviving are a widow and four children George Robert Lee Peter Jr and Pauline
Garden tool makers promote rubber toothed rakes designed to minimize lawn damage. The new design aims to reduce turf tearing while gathering leaves and debris from yards.
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