This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
2
A recount of a lively auditorium gathering led by Mayor Thompson in Amarillo with praise for civic deed and job creation. The piece blends social notes, quirky local tales, and calls to support a new Publix theater, plus short essays on wheat prices and political hints for 1931.
The Panhandle Auto Club notes road conditions from Amarillo to Fort Worth via Wichita Falls on U S 870 and to Oklahoma City on U S 66, to Roswell on U S 346, to Tucumcari on U S 66, to Higgins on U S 60, to Clayton on U S 285, to Horger on the Oilfield Highway, and to Lubbock on U S 385 with paved routes. The club HQ operates from the chamber of commerce.
A Missouri reader scolds a local paper for misprints and bias with sharp comments about Hoover and Smith. The letter defends Hoover’s era, critiques party mudslinging, and urges better spelling and accuracy in journalism. The writer contrasts prosperity during Wilson’s time with later war and contracts.
Piles are caused by poor blood circulation in the lower bowel and weak bowel walls. An internal medicine called Hemroid is claimed to stimulate circulation and strengthen tissues. The city druggist offers Hemroid with a moneyback guarantee if it fails to end pile misery.
A brief Amarillo note lists numerous residents and tradespeople performing housework painting pruning and electrical tasks as a silver lining appears during a brief storm of unemployment. The community mobilizes with over five hundred committee men sweeping away gloom.
The Federated Women’s clubs back a plan urging each member to guarantee one day of work monthly and recruit five others. Amarillo community groups, employers, and 688 volunteers from six committees organize house-to-house calls to place every job seeker in permanent work. Reverend Dr. R. Thomson and Jim Galeke headline the drive, framing it as a practical effort to ease unemployment rather than charity.
Italian seaplanes attempting a 1 cent Transatlantic flight to Natal Brazil suffered a deadly tragedy. One plane crashed during takeoff killing a mechanic and injuring two crew. A second craft caught fire at sea, killing four. Two replacements then perished after crossing the equator near Fernando de Noronha.
Amarillo leaders push a public works plan to boost prosperity, led by S A L Morgan and Central Labor Union officials. W W Finch notes that spreading work doubles returns, while J C Mytinger from Wichita Falls cites a successful comparable effort. Mayor Ernest O. Thompson presided, stressing action and long term effort with music from local bands and thanks to Mrs S E Fish for civic leadership.
The third segment airs at 9 30 tonight on Station WDAG to aid the Loyalty To Amarillo drive. It features vocal and piano numbers, talks by Mrs E H Gipson and Rolla Townsend, with Hiram Snane from the Bladder as an added guest. Lumber firms join a loan plan to help homeowners remodel amid low prices and available financing to ease unemployment.
A robbery report notes the bandit, described as five feet ten, about 25, 160 pounds, wearing a blue serge suit and black hair. Both Williams and Zimmerman say they could identify him, with Zimmerman adding he is getting well acquainted with the suspect.
In New York on January 8 a police cordon surrounded city hall as Communists prepared to stage a hunger march to highlight unemployment. Meetings were set across Manhattan with a planned joint gathering at city hall. extra police monitored compliance with permit rules. Similar actions were expected in the Bronx and Brooklyn with Borough Hall as the target.
Detectives recount how Chaplin the actress and Carpentier were cornered by two gunmen in a Bronx playhouse area as they entered a car. The chauffeur Frank was forced inside and driven off while others subdued the passengers. The trio were later dropped off. jewelry and cash were taken, car recovered six hours later.
A police reporter Lingle was slain amid Chicago gang activity after uncovering gang dealings. A three man committee led by Charles Rathbun investigated the crime, linking it to gang politics and rackets. Brothers, arrested for Lingle’s murder, is identified as the killer with authorities noting ongoing investigations into broader police gangster ties.
Late wire reports the Supreme Court granted a postponement in a case about whether the Railroad Commission can prescribe distances between wells. Solon sues widow Enid Douthitt after she shot a U S Commissioner in court. she is in Fort Supply asylum. The Interstate Commerce Commission denied Abilene and Eastern Railway authority for a Abilene Cross Plains line while scheduling a hearing for Abilene and Southern Railway for a new line in Texas.
Melba Fern Lovelady 10 day old daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Lovelady 2430 Northeast Third Avenue died at 140 this morning at the family home services to be held at 10 o clock Friday morning from the N
Programs listed for WEAF and connected stations include Kate Smith and Rudy Vallee at 7 p m, WJZ evening plays The Curse and a salon orchestra with James Melton at 7 30, General Tom Thumb birthday party, Merle Alcock at 8 30, Jouett Shouse from Springfield at 9, and a St Louis Lutheran choir and string ensemble on the WABC chain at 9.
Milt Taggart leads the orchestra in the Red Room of the Amarillo Hotel from 6:30 to 7. WDAG presents Chevrolet Chronicles from 8:30 to 9. Mayor’s Loyalty Program airs from 9:30 to 10.
Rev J C Sisemore of Tabernacle Baptist Church will officiate the funeral. Pallbearers include Lewis Plunkett John Tarance Raymond Martin Sam Farris. Burial will be in Liano Cemetery.
Kansas City and Fort Worth stockyards show mixed cattle and hog activity with mostly steady to lower prices. Hogs in Kansas City mostly down, top quotes around 7.75 while cattle show steady to weak demand. Fort Worth hogs steady to higher, cattle steady with varied price ranges for steers and cows. Cotton futures in New York opened steady with slight advances and fluctuating near month contracts throughout the session.
A Dallas mother praises California Fig Syrup for her child Wanda Greathouse, claiming quick relief from constipation, improved appetite, and better spirits. The ad touts the syrup as a trusted remedy used for colds, upset stomachs, headaches, and weak bowels, endorsed by physicians. The genuine product carries the California name and is sold in all drugstores.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle prescription for bowel regulation in children and adults. It claims rapid full bowel action, relief from feverishness and biliousness, improved appetite and digestion, and cites a physician with a record of birth case success. It urges purchase at drug stores.
Edgar A. Guest reflects on constant improvement through invention and invention over time. He notes how progress replaces old methods with newer, better plans and never-ending effort by thinkers and workers to refine life. New ideas supplant the old as humanity grows.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.