Lollypops Gum and Cookie Time Reference
A playful line about earning a dime for treats like lollypops gum and cookies. The verse associates Mary with the gesture and echoes Edgar A Guest style from 1931.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1932
Page
2
A playful line about earning a dime for treats like lollypops gum and cookies. The verse associates Mary with the gesture and echoes Edgar A Guest style from 1931.
The Little Theater presents Sidney Howard three act drama The Silver Cord at McKinley School Auditorium at 8 pm with Eloise Gipson in the lead role and a cast including Paul Ellis Correlia Wolflin Patton Helen Mayer and Curtis Teal. Director William Russell promises a production surpassing prior efforts and repeats tomorrow night.
A writer argues against socialism and communism, praising the U S system and predicting failure of state subsidies. He urges Western farmers to unite politically to influence tariffs and eastern power, warning of fiscal collapse if welfare schemes spread and urging cautious, proven policy.
The letter argues coach Blair Cherry deserves support and salary from football crowds, not taxpayers, noting his success since arrival, the profits at Butler Field, and the city’s rising football prominence led by Amarillo, Lubbock, and Pampa. It references an upcoming News-Globe feature and a reprint of a Kansas City Star article on Communist Russia.
The Globe News requests shoelaces for its repair program. Shoes collected at 214 East Seventh Street lack usable laces. A gross of laces arrived from West Texas Shoe & Luggage Shop and a dozen from City Shoe Shop. Distribution starts Wednesday.
The piece recounts a U S Navy officer and his American wife abducted in Honolulu by native Hawaiians, the resulting murder of one attacker, and local calls for punishment of the four Americans. It argues for strong retaliation and warns of red propaganda endangering women, plus a plea to aid C S Shannon stranded with his family seeking a ride to Muskogee.
A reader writes to Tack about topics on grindings meal and flour, signaling interest in wider community writing. The letter references content found in Tack Letters on Page 3.
Honolulu reports that Lieut. Thomas Massie and four others linked to the Kahahawai death face a new grand jury today. Navy men Albert Jones and E. J. Lord are held or in custody. Prosecutors seek the death penalty. Massie waives federal court rights and opts for territorial trial.
The description touts a bicycle with a coaster brake and new synchro silent mesh transmission that makes reverse easy without gear stripping. It highlights minimal vibration due to a floating power engine cradle design, which secures the engine indirectly to the chassis.
Funeral services for 68 year old Mrs. Sallie Powell were held at Shamrock where she formerly lived. She died at her daughter Mrs. Bertha Hershon's home on Spring Street. Survivors include three other daughters Mrs. Atkinson Mrs. Badley and Mrs. Morgan, two sons H G Powell and J W Powell and 11 grandchildren.
Hanson Post of the American Legion and its Auxiliary announce a regular semi monthly social evening on Tuesday night at the Legion Home in Municipal Auditorium. Bridge will be played with gifts for winners and refreshments served. Ex service men and their families are invited per Adjutant Floyd Sloan.
Potentate Rue P. Parcells will host Uniform Bodies of the Masonic order at a Dutch Lunch tonight in the basement of Masonic Temple. The gathering begins at 6 30 o clock and plans for the coming year will be discussed.
Patricia Ann Robinson four-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon FE Robinson of 723 North Houston Street died in an Amarillo hospital after a short illness. Survived by two sisters Anita and Barbara Mae and California grandparents. Father manages United States Aerial Radio Station in East Amarillo. Body at Blackburn Funeral Home awaiting grandparents arrival.
Members of the Potter County Medical Society will meet Monday in the city hall commission chamber. Two papers will be read and the officers elected at the last meeting will preside for the first time. Dr J J Crume is president and Dr R R Swindell is secretary.
Borger State Bank, the city’s only bank, did not open today. A door note said affairs were placed in the hands of the banking commission for the best interests of depositors and stockholders. A. P. Berger, founder of the city, was its president.
Hogs 9,000 head with 170-210 lb tops at 4.00 while 230 lb hogs average lower. cattle 17,000 with killing classes down and stockers steady to lower. steers 1896 lb around 4.26, cows 3.50-25.00, vealers 4.00-7.50. sheep 18,000 lambs 25-50 lower, fed lambs to ship at 5.40, ewes 1.75-3.00.
A rally in rails steadied the New York stock market as early leases slipped 1 to 2 points in industrials and utilities. Santa Fe rose 3 points and Rock Island 2, with most rails up at least a point. U S Steel cut a 2% loss to a fraction, American Telephone and American Can recovered from sharp declines.
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