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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1933
Page
2
A local column mixes weather chatter about scattered showers and a dry year with humorous notes on Amarillo life. The piece recalls a hotel liquor quip, a 15 puppy litter, and amusing local anecdotes from Canyon to East Eighth Street. It comments on publicity, advertising, and regional pride while noting Roosevelt and a European prince union rumor.
The piece contrasts old practice of rich Americans sending daughters to foreign nobility with the recent shift toward sensible choices. It ridicules Miss Hutton for stepping out of line and jokes about punishment. A joke about a dog and a pun follows. A note on widespread praying for rain and gritty water ends the excerpt.
Chicago July 5 Teachers at the National Education Association convention heard that future teachers must be educated individuals. H L Donovan president of Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College Richmond Ky warned of a new age valuing human worth over material wealth and that 25 percent of elementary teachers are half educated. He proposed four years of college training with laboratory school facilities for the lowest rank teachers.
Driscoll declines state banking commissioner offer after being named by former Governor Ferguson. He wires that his current business connections prevent acceptance, while thanking supporters in the banking community for their endorsement and noting his absence from the banking field.
FORT WORTH July 5 John Box former Congressman from Jacksonville will serve as chairman of the state strategy committee which will act in an advisory capacity to the United Forces For Prohibition Rev W R White state secretary announced here today Other members are Cullen F Thomas and Thomas B Love Dallas and Dan Moody and W A Keeling Austin Others will be named later The committee will function in an advisory capacity during the dry campaign preceding the August 26 voting on the Eighteenth Amendment and on the legalization of beer in Texas.
John Collier arrived in Albuquerque on July 5 as the new administrator of Indian affairs. In the Pueblo of Domingo he was first introduced to New Mexico Indians a decade ago as a private citizen. More than 150 delegates from 18 pueblos welcomed him at an all pueblo council meeting and urged cooperation for his administration.
W Pi Duffield Smith of the Dallas Better Business Bureau described a ring of women who use subtly worded phone calls to stir wives to suspect husbands of infidelity. They pressure wives to pay for alleged proof, and even avoid payment but still cause seeds of suspicion leading to broken homes.
The New York Board of Trade reports a broad uptrend in 100 cities with gains in employment payrolls wages industrial output wholesale and retail sales postal receipts bank clearings gas use and telephone activity. Percy Magnus cites the recovery as decisive, with some setbacks possible but no lasting dip, noting widespread improvements in railroads and open railroad shops.
Five Amarillo residents were injured when their car overturned Tuesday near Portales New Mexico. Mrs Rose McCullum and her son Dan her daughter Waverly Miss Virginia Davis and R C Runnells sustained injuries though none was seriously hurt. The McCullums lived at 900 Jackson Street. The driver was blinded by oncoming headlights on a dangerous curve.
In Corsicana Texas on July 4 Maury Hughes Dallas chairman of the Texas Democratic executive committee and J Frank Norris Fort Worth Baptist minister voiced opposing stances on prohibition at an American Legion program Hughes called the 18th Amendment politically economically and morally wrong while Norris warned repeal would bring back the saloon He also claimed youths drink less now than before prohibition and cited criminal profits from enforcement.
Adjutant Floyd L Sloan of Hanson Post announces the American Legion semi monthly meeting will be held Wednesday night at the Legion hall in the Municipal Auditorium. The regular meeting was postponed due to the holiday. Ernest Archambeau first vice commander will preside and reports from Hanson Post delegates to the 5th division session at Odessa will be heard.
Jack Landers, son of C. M. Landers of 1110 North Johnson Street, was injured when he struck a match near a gas tank. He had been in Northwest Texas Hospital and returned home after recovering sufficiently on Wednesday. He said the fumes exploded after he checked an apparently empty faceline tank.
A. P. W. L. Hay, a prominent Sherman attorney who came from McKinney 38 years ago, died suddenly yesterday and will be buried today.
A five carload Oriental silk train ran from Clovis New Mexico to Waynoka Oklahoma on the Santa Fe Plains division. The run covered 310 miles in four hours fifty minutes actual moving time yielding 62 mph moving speed and 56.4 mph average from departure to arrival. Conductor C B Roberts and Engineer C A Cadwallader supervised the shipment.
American circles report President Roosevelt urged a stabilized monetary standard for the world economic conference through Secretary Hull. The plan envisions a flexible dollar measure to aid business and allow committees to work toward fixed values for the dollar and pound, possibly via Geneva. The idea may be an international currency concept, not immediate circulation.
A review notes five dry states Colorado Idaho Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma may keep prohibition if repeal fails. Senate split votes point to 12 states with mixed sentiment while 15 show support for repeal and 36 ratifications needed to remove prohibition from the constitution. Alabama Arizona Florida Georgia Louisiana Maine Montana Missouri New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Washington are cited among supporting states.
Search then cleared her propeller and made safety inside the Delaware breakwater with the third of her barges. The barge Brunswick, towed by the tug Caleen, broke in half. The Caleen tried to recover half the wrecked barge but soon was in distress. Coast guard boat Galatea stood by as the barge Bates broke up in pounding seas. Tug Nassau and other tows sought aid by wireless but could not be found after hours of search. The charge Baldrick also was missing after an appeal for help.
July 5 report says MILK deliverer Al J. Hellman was shot by R Joseph Pardo a 65 year old off duty watchman who mistook him for a burglar. Pardo claimed he warned the man and fired when Hellman ran toward the car.
London July 5 The Princess Royal Mary Countess of Harewood has canceled all engagements. Officials say there is no reason other than she must rest at her London home. Mary is the daughter of King George VI and Queen Mary of England.
Patrons may travel on a grand Chicago tour that includes two Lake Michigan cruises and tours of A Century of Progress. The Palmer House in downtown Chicago serves as lodging with affordable meals. The $67.50 price from Amarillo covers shared lower berths or single upper berths, and souvenir admission includes Fort Dearborn replica entry.
Frank Boyer was freed on $1,000 bond after a raid on a still in the Pleasant Valley community. Charged with liquor law violation and possessing a still, he allegedly ran the operation seized Monday night. Officers found the still and 250 bottles of beer. Boyer surrendered Wednesday morning in Pottinger court.
Mrs. Winnie Bailey, 54, died at 5:30 AM in a local hospital after a brief illness. She had lived in Amarillo 17 years, belonged to Polk Street Methodist Church, and resided with her mother Mrs. C. F. Ashford and sister Mrs. W. H. Crawford at 912 Harri. Survived by five sons Ballard, Marvin, Errick, Jess, John Ford, and Mark, all of Amarillo, a daughter Miss Josie A. Bailey of Amarillo, and sister and brother J. A. Ashford. The body rested at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. funeral services likely Thursday.
Gov. Miriam A Ferguson announces C. G. Krueger of Bellville as appointee to the commission aiding the state Court of Criminal Appeals. He will replace Judge George Calhoun of Austin. No banking commissioner named yet. Resignation of James Shaw not received. Krueger, longtime Democrat and former state House candidate, lost to Rep. Fritz Englehard.
J Ben Crutz of the Dallas Chamber reports an unnamed Mexican brewer and distiller is ready to establish a 2,000,000 brewery in Dallas if Texas votes for beer. Crutz said data on industrial property costs and utility and tax rates were requested before a final decision.
Oklahoma Governor Murray denounces Judge Pollock's $168,000 toll bridge verdict as unconstitutional and voids payment while in office. He argues the ruling violates the U.S. Constitution and asserts the judgment has no jurisdiction and will not be obeyed or paid unless a future legislature appropriates funds.
E. G. Harforg aged 83 swam the Missouri River at Falls City Nebraska to demonstrate his skill, paddling through a treacherous midstream eddy. The crossing occurred yesterday as the river ran more than half a mile wide at the crossing point.
New Orleans cotton markets opened weak as gains of 9 to 10 points gave way to declines of 21 to 28 points amid rain prospects from a gulf disturbance off Texas. October fell to 10.42 and December to 10.60, with late trading showing renewed lows before brief rallies from short covering.
Curtis Locke, held in Potter County jail, faces arraignment on auto theft and driving while intoxicated charges. Police say he stole a car owned by Earl Fuqua and Bill McSpadden after a chase through East Amarillo, wrecking the vehicle near Fifth and Polk Street. He asked to speak with the owners. A companion youth, also arrested, faced a drunkenness charge.
A. A. Price, father of seven year old Howard Calvin Price killed when struck by Mrs. Jessie Slaner’s car near Hobart Oklahoma, says reports wrong. He claims Slaner did not carry the boy to hospital, that bystanders instead carried him to the hospital, and cites C. M. Stanley of Denver as the one who transported him.
Six people died violently in Texas during the July Fourth holiday. Everett Crowder was shot at Coleman after an argument. murder charges were filed against Fayette Miller. Mont Adams, known as the Cotton King, was shot and wounded at Tyler. Ben Taylor surrendered. Geraldine Gordon White, seven, was accidentally killed at Buckholts while playing with a pistol. Rudolph Lonsford died when a car overturned near Giddings, and William Allen was fatally injured in a crash near Terrell. Paul Nolan, thirty six, drowned in Lake Worth while swimming from a drifting row boat.
Europe commentary notes Great Britain doubts the efficacy of monetary policy alone to restore prosperity. Skeptical of Roosevelt, Britain questions tying the pound to the gold standard, uncertainty over U.S. goals, and the distant, fluctuating direction of American policy. Credit expansion seen as a possible cure, not just policy.
Klutch markets a denture cushion that stabilizes the plate for a snug fit, preventing rocking and chafing. The ad promises normal eating and speaking as with natural teeth and lists 25c and 60c box prices at drug stores.
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