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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1932
Page
2
An Amarillo reader recounts predicting a light snowfall despite a forecast of continued snow. He cites observations from neighbors and local talk, notes large flakes but light accumulation when winds shift south, and warns of heavier snows with north winds. Reader humor and local editor jibe mix with pleas for shoe fund support.
Chicago January 26 Ten unions voted on a 215 million pay slice for two million railway workers. Executives withheld results until all union votes and the nine presidents rail committee receipt. Carriers offered to stabilize employment by pursuing full time job guarantees and separate road negotiations while pursuing concessions.
Funeral services were held in Fort Worth for Mrs. Emma Alexander 73 widow of state senator D. M. Alexander who died yesterday after illness since her husband's death Survivors include six sisters from Amarillo Snyder Morse and other Texan towns with long familial ties reflected in the list of names reported.
Walter Richard Free 59 of 1614 Lincoln Street died at 5 this morning in a local hospital. He is survived by son Elmer and two daughters Mrs. E. H. Coleman and Mrs. C. A. Cotlin, all of Amarillo. A trucker, he came from Erick Oklahoma five years ago and was a member of the I O O F. The body is at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
The body of Myrtle Weatherhead 47 proprietress of the Western Hotel 405 East Tenth Avenue who died Sunday of a heart attack was sent by N S Griggs & Sons to Redfield Iowa for services and burial She was stricken ill while walking to church and died shortly afterward.
Beginning Monday February 1 the River Road School bus will discontinue side trips It will not leave the paved highway on any regular trips after February 1 The bus also serves pupils attending school in Amarillo the management announced
Dear Tack, I need a job badly to support my wife and mother. I am capable of holding down sev... The letter appears on Tack Letters Page 10 seeking employment and indicating pressing family needs.
A compilation of warranty deeds transferring numerous parcels in Wichita and surrounding areas. Entries show grantors, grantees, lot and block numbers, subdivision names, and sale prices ranging from $10 to $1800. Notable transfers include Fidelity Union, Farm & Home, Raymond Britt, Miles Realty, and others across North Hills and Original Town areas.
Mrs. H. D. Grimes of Claude was chosen as the outstanding personality among those who sent handwriting samples to graphologist Lorne A Milne for News Globe readers analysis. Honorable mention went to several individuals from Cana dian Perryton Texline Washburn Stratford Canadian Dalhart Carlsbad Amarillo with notes on character traits.
Portales will host an elimination tournament to pick a contestant for the Panhandle Hog Calling contest at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show. February 29 to March 3 entries are accepted, with Mason King of the Chamber of Commerce announcing the event. Pot ter County plans a similar contest within three weeks, offering $100 for first, $50 for second and $25 for third.
Martha Sell eight day old daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Sell died at 5 pm yesterday at 1717 Lincoln Street Funeral services were to be held at 4 pm today at the family home conducted by Rev J F Johnson pastor of Glenwood Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery under N S Griggs Sons direction
Chic Sale, famed for old man roles and author of The Specialist, spoke to the Panhandle Dental Society in Amarillo Monday night before leaving by train for an engagement in Pittsburgh.
A cruising police car was showered with glass by a bomb explosion that damaged the Blue Lantern cafe operated by William Roy, recently elected commander of a local American Legion Post. The interior was wrecked.
The piece notes the death of Paul M. Warburg of Kuhn Loeb is a serious loss to American finance and the Federal Reserve Bank's planning. It then reviews global unrest from a Dartmoor prison rebellion to Russia's five year plan, Soviet influence, and foreign actions against revolutions in Central America and Europe. It closes with commentary on war fatigue and influenza.
A three weeks old baby girl found on a San Antonio church pew was in care today of priests at San Fernando Cathedral. The well dressed infant slept contentedly, with a pink and white blanket bearing a note signed Heartbroken Mother appealing to Mrs Annie Kelley to provide for the child and save her from the orphan's home. A bundle of extra clothing lay beside the infant.
City manager Bill Durham said only routine business remains and a regular weekly session may not be held. Decision on tonight's meeting was not finalized Monday afternoon.
Paving on Madison Street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Avenues was halted after a Monday morning start by the city engineering department due to an afternoon storm. The project covers a 600 foot long by 16 foot wide old track bed. Governor Sterling said he would travel to San Antonio for the opening session of the American National Livestock Association convention.
Kansas City and Chicago bids show cattle calves and sheep trading unevenly. Prices strengthen for fed steers and yearlings while lambs and hogs vary. cotton in New Orleans opens steady with early gains and later slight declines amid hedge selling and stock-market moves.
A verse about a dissatisfied soldier who longs to be elsewhere ends with a heavenly transfer joke. The second item reports cautious stock trading in New York on January 26, with U S Steel dividend worries and railway wage talks shaping sentiment.
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