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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1933
Page
2
A diaristic Amarillo page blends tributes to Seth Holman with local gossip and weather notes. It reports wheat price dips, plans for a city boxing series, unusual wildlife sightings, a horned rabbit, and a flooded Fifth Street photograph from 1915, all framed by a blunt midwestern tone.
An 18 year old Amarillo High School graduate seeks housekeeping work offering room and board for small wages. She has experience in a motherless home and asks interested parties to dial 8011. A reader adds a middle aged woman urgently seeking employment.
Desperate trio fights officers and escapes in a motor run about 20 miles north of Kansas City, 40 miles south of St. Joseph. Police warn all highways and chase routes as they search for Ivy Barrow and accomplices tied to the April 13 killings of Wes Harryman and Harry McGinnis in Joplin. A pardon for Ivy Barrow issued by the Texas governor is found in the fugitives’ vicinity.
The report links a fatal early battle to Hunsucker and a shotgun shootout that likely hit Deputy Jones at about 150 yards. Sheriff Bill Adams and Deputy Ramsey encountered the armed party upon their return from a scouting trip. Mrs. J C Moseley serves as Swisher County sheriff after her husband was slain pursuing robbers at a Happy filling station.
A mother and her brother carried a dead infant wrapped in a blanket to the edge of the city in a taxicab. After hitching rides with a motorist and a truck driver, the girl mother presented the body to undertaker J. E. Campbell in Blair. Campbell buried the child free of charge.
Amarillo editor and farm columnist for The News-Globe returned to Hereford in 1933 to manage The Brand as health failed. He wrote a few columns for Deaf Smith County before largely staying in bed due to anemia. Survived by Mrs. Holman and cousins. Funeral set for Friday at 4. Further arrangements in Friday's Amarillo ewe.
Abductors contacted the banker’s family and freed their captive fearing heart attacks. A demand letter for 100000 dollars was sent to Luer relatives. The Dice Box Kid was identified by Mrs. August Luer and arrested. Fitzgerald surrendered after pleading not guilty to a federal extortion charge and was jailed at Murphysboro Illinois. Police conducted further roundups until Norvell was taken into custody. he is a bondsman.
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a fast acting treatment to melt in and kill itch germs including rash tetter foot itch ringworm and eczema. It vows money back if it fails to work.
Coast Guard cutter Northland says Jimmy Mattern may have departed Anadyr for Nome in a Russian seaplane with Levanovsky aboard. No confirmation of landing yet and radio messages hint at a five hour thirty two minute Nome leg. The report follows his pursuit of the round-the-world record.
In Philadelphia on July 20 a real estate operator Frank A. McClatchy, 56, was shot in a failed kidnapping attempt. Investigators say Fitzgerald and Douglass and a friend aided Norvell in the vicinity of the Suez home the night of the seizure. Douglass is detained for questioning. McClatchy fought for life after a pair of attackers forced him into a sample house.
The cool shady spots and pool at Harding Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon drew Magnolia Petroleum Company and Bell Telephone Company employees for a Sunday outing. Guests enjoyed swimming fishing hiking picnicking and dancing for the gate admission.
In New York trading July 20, a broad wheat drop below 1 a bushel sparked a marketwide selloff. Shares fell from morning gains as renewed selling hit whiskey and distillery issues, with Allied Chemical and U S Steel among notable losers while metals also ceded earlier advances.
Anchorage reports Art Woodley and five passengers did not return from a short flight over Aniakchak crater in the Aleutians. Unsure engine trouble is suspected. amateur wireless stations relayed the missing status to U S signal corps today.
Three men robbed 88 year old George Lewis a Confederate veteran at his Glen Rose area home eight miles west of Fort Worth. Mrs Lewis 50 and her brother Will Teftoteller were pistol whipped, Mrs Lewis in serious condition. Sheriff expects early arrests.
London July 20 The dollar’s decline has not seriously affected British export trade so far. Financial Secretary to the Treasury Leslie Hore-Belisha told a House of Commons questioner today.
Physicians tout Purification as Nature’s foundation for health and urge a course of Calotabs to cleanse the system. Calotabs cleanse blood by stimulating the liver kidneys stomach and bowels. Trial package ten cents family package thirty five cents. All dealers.
New Orleans reports a volatile start with October at 11.28 down to 11.20 before recovering to 11.52, then to 11.71, only to fall again to 11.39 as wheat slid. Kansas City USDA prices show cattle and hog markets steady to strong with steers around 6.75 to 9.00, heifers near 4.75, and various weights listed for futures and cash trades.
The speaker urges action for workers and advocates a shift in industry practices. He states, Something has got to be done for these people, and he is determined to push that direction.
Members of the Association of Airport Managers arrive at English Field for the mid year convention hosted by Amarillo. Dallas official Preston Sneed leads a party and is joined by American Airways official R. Smith. Tulsa Tulsa Charles Short Harvey Sloan Fort Worth Bill Fuller Oklahoma City leaders Mayor Blinn City Manager Quinn Councilman Jacoby Fletcher attend.
Two bandits robbed the Pleasant Valley store late Wednesday night collecting $35. They fled in a motor car as descriptions were sent to the sheriff and Amarillo police.
The city issued a permit for a second mercantile building at Seventh Avenue and Taylor Street. Construction will start on 7046 Taylor Street by contractor W Frank Litle after completion of 700 Taylor Street near St Charles Apartments around September 20. Estimated cost is 6000 dollars for a used car market from the Charles Green estate.
Mrs. Carl McDowell of Pringle is reported recovering at St. Anthony's Hospital following a major operation Wednesday afternoon.
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