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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1932
Page
2
A reflective voice extols Solomon’s line This too shall pass away to comfort readers amid boom bust cycles and modern pressures. It urges patience, resilience, and belief in better days ahead while noting work and wealth ebb and flow across eras.
Senator Clarence Dillon cites his firm placing 1491 million dollars abroad with steady commissions while U S bonds show few defaults. He warns readers against foreign O P M ventures, contrasting with government bans on lottery tickets for Irish hospitals and urging protection of citizens from foreign bonds.
Mineral Wells Texas Jan 7 open forum discussions at the Texas Laundry Owners Association convention covered trade topics. Labor Commissioner R B Grage praised members for fair treatment of their employer amid the current low mood.
In a reader inquiry to the daily column Dear Old Tack, the writer asks how to cook a sand hill crane. The response references Tack letters on Page lb, indicating uncertainty or continuation.
Congressional Democrats press economic priorities led by Robinson and Garner. They expect harmony and oppose making prohibition a party issue, preferring to address repeal or modification only if raised at the national convention.
Father James R. Cox, leading about 10,000 jobless, presented a resolution to Congress demanding immediate federal aid. The document warns of bloody uprisings if hardships persist and calls for $5 billion in public works, state and city relief, farm assistance, and higher taxes on the wealthy. President Hoover to meet Cox at noon with two companions.
Mrs Jessie N Ross county probation officer urged Amarillo residents to donate quilt scraps and clothing to her sewing campaign. She employs six women from needy families at 10 cents an hour to piece quilts and overhaul clothing for charity. More material is needed to keep work flowing and keep women employed. Citizens were asked to offer home mending work with pay from individuals.
Intruders smashed a window at Phillips Petroleum Co service station No 451 on Polk Street Wednesday night. They unlatch ed a window and found the cash register left open after closing, but no loot was recovered. Police were notified Thursday of the attempted burglary.
The Black Mask Players will stage Be lieve Me Xantippe at the high school auditorium on Saturday night. Amarillo Chamber of Commerce sponsors the show with proceeds to buy uniforms for Amarillo College and municipal band. Cast features Ridgeway Zelly and Jean Epperson in lead roles.
Amarillo city officials report only a few 1932 dog tags issued as of Thursday. Proof of rabies vaccination within three months is required before licenses are issued. Licenses cost one and two dollars, lowest rate for male dogs.
In Amarillo Little Theater second production this season, Mrs. Phelps plays the domineering mother who resists her sons marrying. Mrs Gipson, longtime supporter, recalls her grandmother role in The Ship. The Silver Cord opens Monday and Tuesday at McKinley School auditorium with tickets at City Drug 517 Polk Street on Saturday.
The speaker argues teachers spend equal time in preparation and should be seen as not overpaid. He notes summer teaching costs at neighboring colleges reach at least 100 dollars per month and emphasizes teachers do not receive paid vacations during the school year. Salaries should reflect year round support, not just the nine month term.
E W Gillenwater, manager of J M Radford Grocery in Memphis, lost $104 in cash and about $400 in checks when three men halted his car near Swearingen School while en route from Wellington to Memphis. He was forced to sign the checks. one assailant was described as very tall.
Troy Love of Amarillo was indicted on charges of possession of a still in violation of state liquor laws. He was jailed in Potter County with bond set at 2000 dollars by District Judge Henry S. Bishop after his early Thursday arrest, tied to a suit confiscation by Constable Howard Elliott weeks earlier.
Vital statistics of Amarillo and Potter County for 1931 are not yet complete. The health unit director, chief registrar, is compiling births and deaths for the year. The forthcoming 1931 report will be the most comprehensive issued for the area.
In Dallas on January 7 a makeshift “help yourself” liquor party formed on Kaufman road after a car crash. Two men fled after their coupe overturned a parked truck and spilt liquor from many fruit jars. Motorists stopped, grabbed jars, then fled. officers arrived and collected the remaining liquor.
Representatives of Great Southern Life Insurance, new owners of the Goodnight ranch near Palo Duro Canyon, left to survey the property. They gave no definite decision on disposal of the ranch or its herd of 245 buffalo. The herd was started by Col. Charles Goodnight in 1878 to save calves from hide hunters. Panhandle residents had campaigned to save the herd and possibly buy the ranch as a game preserve amid news of its sale to mortgage holders.
Detours persist between Channing and Four Corners and between Dumas and Stratford while roads like Federal 66 and Highway No. 5 to Wichita Falls remain passable. A snow storm expands westward from the Texas Panhandle, isolating residents in Mono Basin and stranding hundreds as search efforts continue for a missing 22 year old farmer near Plainville Kansas.
Police in Amarillo rounded up alleged counterfeiters as DoJ operatives join the investigation. Federal charges are pending and expected within 24 hours. Witnesses described melting metal into half dollars while officers found pots of molten metal at an Amarillo home. Counterfeiting evidence was found though molds were not located.
Independent petroleum producers, led by R. B. Brown and Wirt Franklin, push for an oil tariff in Washington. They confer with Oklahoma Senator Thomas after holidays, weighing methods to advance the tariff amid broader tariff disputes and pending economic programs.
Berlin January 7 Chancellor Bruening met Adolf Hitler militant NS leader this evening in a conference to discuss this year's presidential elections and other pressing political matters.
A Dallas man and two Black residents were injured while a Fort Worth highway collision near Handley left a 39-year-old woman dead. Tom Herron sustained a broken ankle and lacerations as the wreck occurred last night on the Dallas Fort Worth highway.
Secretary Adams of the navy department said that new disorders on the islands may cause the February fleet maneuvers near Hawaii to be cancelled. He cited ongoing disturbances as a factor in reconsidering upcoming naval exercises and noted the situation as a potential cause for postponement.
A short verse by Edgar A. Guest from 1931 explores the paradox of human labor. It contrasts the joy of rest with the pull of duty and the longing to work once free from toil, noting the strange pull of work and rest across cycles of life and vacation.
Markets activity spans Amarillo grain prices and Kansas City and Chicago livestock, with hogs steady to higher then cattle and sheep trading uneven. New Orleans cotton opened firm on strong Liverpool cues but slipped later as holidays approached, while the New York stock letter noted gains in rails and several blue chip issues amid firming sentiment.
Amarillo Girl Scouts voted to rename Camp Amaryllis to Camp Kiwanis in recognition of the Kiwanis Club’s assistance. The camp, about 10 miles west of the city, will have a resident keeper funded by the club to protect property and ensure girls’ safety. Kiwanis support dated back to 1930 with remodeling funds and continued through 1931. 1932 leadership changes within the Girl Scout committee and Kiwanis Club include Oswin McCarty as chair and a new slate replacing earlier members.
Police say Lester R. Giles, arrested after a high speed chase, faces two pending prison terms. One is a one year sentence for liquor law violation in Midland, just affirmed on appeal. The other is five years for hijacking a theater in Eastland. appeal pending. A burglary kit and firearms were recovered from Giles car.
James Kennedy alias F R Hamilton was arrested after a brief chase on slippery pavement and charged in Justice J W Minters court with possession and transportation of liquor. He had not been arraigned by noon and is held in the county jail after information filed by Assistant District Attorney Grady Hazelwood.
Potter County schools have not been delayed by the 15 inch snowfall that covered the county for three days. County school superintendent Miss Laura V Hamner announced attendance remained normal despite the weather.
Testimony began today in Sherman Texas in the murder case of Wiley Green charged with killing Assistant District Attorney J Q Adamsson last September in a courthouse square shooting. Adamsson was struck by a bullet fired by Green at another farmer.
Dayton resident Mrs Betty Luedeke shares her use of Kruschen weight loss salts. She claims she shed ten pounds in seven days and endorses taking a half teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast. The ad notes a four week bottle is affordable and offers a money back guarantee if not convinced.
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