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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1933
Page
8
Classified advertising rates information informs readers how to place ads by phone. The notice directs to call 6262 for want ads and details are summarized through a brief, generic rate guide.
President Wilson announced control of all continental railroads six days after Christmas 1917 to prosecute the war. A director general was appointed, and control would end in March 1920 when rates and property values were set by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The 1920 Transportation Act aimed for fair returns. 1920 wage awards influenced rate decisions. 1929 saw record freight, but 1930 profits fell. Wages, employment, and rate adjustments followed, with ongoing calls for rate relief to boost industry. The piece also previews Earl Carroll's Vanities at the Municipal Auditorium in Amarillo with star-studded revue aimed at all audiences.
The item lists staff moves across Denver and Fort Worth railroads, new train service assignments, a veteran cross tie in Mississippi, railcar repairs in Chicago and Northwestern activity, and critical views on government subsidies to barge lines and sea-trains. It notes Folio-era transportation quirks, including open car preferences and a humorous aside about a shotgun and fences.
Police and local residents in Rock Island Moline and Davenport Iowa search for kidnapers who killed 22 year old Rose Gendler and dumped her sack wrapped body in Rock River A ransom note demanding $2000 was found under the door of her mother and step father's home after the murder
The body of Mrs. Mary E Agey 79 who died Monday in a local hospital was sent by Blackburn Funeral Home Wednesday to Clarion Pennsylvania for burial. Mrs Agey came to Amarillo last October from Pittsburgh and had lived with her son W M Agey at 1232 Bonham Street since.
The Lustige Kolner Zeitung in Cologne quotes a joke about marriage in which a wife asks if her husband talks in his sleep and the reply says he only smiles. The remark presents a playful marital tension attributed to a German humor newspaper.
Notice to all interested parties announces two public hearings before the City Commission at City Hall on January 10 1933 at 7 30 P M to consider changing 12 Johnson Street from First to Second Manufacturing District for a foundry use. City Secretary LeVerne Calhoun Amarillo Texas December 21 1932.
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