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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1934
Page
2
The News Globe prints a flood of mail applauding Mother in Law Day with jokes from across the nation. Readers praise the idea while some urge caution, and Amarillo residents thread weather notes, dog quirks, and local chatter into a lively community column.
In the finest game paradise in the U S, privileges protected for 85 years cover four hundred thousand acres. Access is via a six hour drive from Amarillo. Limited numbers are available. Contact D C Reynolds or R F P Coon at 720 Oliver Eakle Ride, phone 2 1514.
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra plans a Thursday concert at 8 30 p m with guest artist Helen Fouts Cahoon head of the TCU voice department and Horace Jones a Royal Academy violinist. Mendelssohn Chorus will accompany the Soldier's Chorus from Tannhauser. Tickets 15 and 25 cents at City Drug Store with no reservations.
Mrs. Henry Hutchings 69 wife of State Adjutant General Henry Hutchings was found dead in bed at 6 45 this morning in Fort Worth Death likely around 6 o'clock Physicians noted she had been ill for about three months Mrs Hutchings daughter James said she had been resting well at 4 o'clock General Hutchings was in Austin and planned to come to Fort Worth today
The All-American Home by Black Mask Players closes the season Friday at the High School Auditorium. A double benefit for the Shirley Ann Grounds Educational Fund and the Sandie Pep Squad, with proceeds from tickets bought by Amarillo peace officers going to the funds. Jean Epperson stars. Show begins at 8:30 p.m. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
A Washington promise from 8 A. Cisler, general superintendent of the railway mail service, assures Amarillo that air mail service will start on the Kansas City to Los Angeles route as secondary lines are established. Mrs. Floyd Cooper, Amarillo postmaster, was informed and reminded that bids on privately owned delivery vehicles must reach Washington by 4 30 p.m. on March 15 for a four year period.
Rites for Bennie Fern Price 14 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben F Price 808 North Harrison Street will be held at the family home at 2 o clock Wednesday The services will be pronounced by Rev E R Foster of the Assembly of God Church Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery directed by Boxwell Brothers The child died last night at the family home Survived by parents two sisters Grace LeVerne and Mary Joe Price and two brothers Garland and Billy Gene Price
Survivors describe a deadly crash as the No. 1638 express derailed after plunging down an embankment in heavy snow. Debris trap by a diner, two cars buried under bricks, and bodies missing amid a tangled mass of steel. Detectives recover a wedding ring bearing 10-1607 and a handkerchief with initials H D W. Engineer W M Shaw and Fireman O C Douthitt listed missing.
Search lights flare around the Paramount as the Brown Derby Revue opens. Doubles of Greta Garbo Mae West and others arrive by luxury cars before the real stars enter. The film Six of a Kind stars Ruggles Boland Burns and Allen with two Thursday shows and multiple Friday performances.
Grand jury investigations focus on award of army contracts with scrutiny of links between Newbury Manufacturing Company Boston and trader Joseph Silverman. Harry H Woodring faced questioning aided by a diary kept by his secretary Mrs Kate Buckingham. Other witnesses include Robert Jackson and Ralph T O Neil.
A reader asks Tack to help locate his father. The letter requests assistance locating a missing parent and references Tack Letters pages for details. The message signals ongoing family search within the columns.
The Senate approved an amendment by Senator Goldsborough restoring former disability rates for service connected cases. It restores $100 monthly for total permanent disabilities and $150 for veterans who lost both eyes, plus $50 for dependents. An estimated 400 such cases existed, 25 in Maryland. The move follows a prior $25 cut by the economy act. Byrnes remained silent as the Steiner McCarran substitute passed without a roll call.
A leader criticized opponents and outlined 12 headline reforms for code authorities including cost reduction, uniform wages, equalizing area classifications, shorter hours and higher wages, anti monopoly protection, improved compliance methods, financing code administration, removing conflicting provisions, consumer and labor representation, uniform government representation, and dispute mechanisms. He warned against deceptive criticism and pledged broader review next week to secure public support for the Blue Eagle across industries.
Forty years ago women faced unequal treatment and sought independence through work. A new generation now views feminism as obsolete as they balance careers with marriage, while veterans policy shifts leave the burden of proof on the veteran and alter the economy act. Senator Byrnes watched as amendments passed, reshaping the plan endorsed after Roosevelt's start.
The storm left many New England communities cut off by heavy drifts and worsened food shortages in some Long Island villages. Eight deaths were reported in the New York City area. Tornadoes in the South caused widespread devastation in Alabama Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana. Bowdon Georgia with 1000 residents saw almost every house unroofed. High Point North Carolina a key manufacturing center lacked power and communications. Greensboro North Carolina utilities were crippled.
Capone on McNeil Island moved from trash pickup to kitchen work and joined the inmate radio committee. He studied Spanish through the Department of Education, became No. 9436, and sought transfer to Leavenworth to separate gang members. Two Capone gang members were in Kansas prison at the time.
Cotton opened active with near months down then rallied on short covering as stocks firmed. May 11.94 July 12.06 October 12.17 at noon. Kansas City livestock showed hogs 70 lower than Monday, cattle and calves mixed with steers 4.35 6.85, vealers 4.00 7.00, lambs strong to 10 higher and sheep steady.
A clipped passage notes the idea of women approaching the limits of their ambitions, suggesting they come nearer than any before to accomplishing what they truly desire. The text centers on aspiration and potential without detailing specific actions or individuals.
New York traders held a watchful stance with a dull session and a mild rally that failed to lift activity. Shares such as U S Smelting and American Smelting rose while Penney slipped. Case Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward gained, while several large names posted modest gains amid tentative strike settlement hopes in the auto plants at Toledo.
St Paul resident William H Fraser promotes Udga as a remedy for stomach ulcers and indigestion. He offers free samples to sufferers and notes a seven day trial box backed by a money back guarantee through City Drug Stores.
An old time ad touts Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as the ideal internal cold treatment. It promises to open the bowels, fight germs and fever, relieve headache and griping, and fortify the system. Sold by druggists for 30c and 50c. accept no substitute.
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