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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1931
Page
2
A 1931 Edgar A. Guest piece satirically questions if a husband is a heavenly gift. It contrasts typical wife expectations with the idea of a flawless spouse and ends with a quip about the professor’s error, suggesting heaven sent may not apply.
Hanson Post will select Legion delegates for the state convention in El Paso next month at 8 o clock tonight. American Legion Auxiliary delegates also will be named at the auditorium. The convention runs August 23 to 26 with about three thousand members expected. Amarillo plans a full Hilton Hotel floor and may charter a special train. T M Montgomery will preside, and Mrs M L Fuller will lead the auxiliary meeting.
A mob of more than 100 looted eight Sonora ranches near Nogales on a Sunday. Rancher Guillermo Mascarenas said the violence stemmed from Chinese labor, with losses totaling about 12 000 pesos ($5 000) in money supplies and ranch produce. Chinese workers fled as authorities moved. The Chinese consul reported that five of the eight ranches employed some Chinese farmers.
Changes to the city water department took effect Tuesday with no personnel shifts. Meter readers and outside staff now report to City Engineer E N Stanley, while the office staff remain under City Auditor W H Winterhaler. The move aims to prevent duplication as the system runs two plants. The McDonald plant near here is testing, while the Paro plant will continue to operate with lower demand.
Oil price prospects vary with talk of restoring old price schedules by week and by Septem ber 1. National crude output fell to about 2.23 million barrels daily as Oklahoma City field shutdowns and mid continent price pressures reduced production. gains in East Texas offset declines in East Central Texas and Oklahoma.
Workmen have cut pavement on Fifth Avenue toward the new courthouse to install a ditch for electric line cables. This morning crews moved to Fillmore Street at the Court square southeast corner. Huge cables will connect to Public Service power and light lines just west of the alley.
The commission plans routine business at noon and opens a council session at 8 PM. North Houston Street 1 paving from Wichita Street to Northeast Eighth Avenue awaits formal acceptance per engineer E N Stanley certificate.
A reader urges the community to form a plan with the Parent and Teachers Association to clothe schoolgirls in cotton uniforms. The letter suggests white for seniors, blue and white or blue stripes for younger students to reduce expense and laundry, boosting cotton use and bread production.
The five act operetta Heaven Bound Pageant featuring negro spirituals and plantation melodies will be performed at 8:30 PM at the Municipal Auditorium. The 75 person local cast includes fort Worth director R Strickland who is brought to Amarillo to stage the production. Tickets are on sale at Corner Drug Store Second and Harrison. A section of the auditorium is reserved for white spectators.
The piece notes rising crime under prohibition and calls it less relevant to 1932 politics. It reports United Fruit plans two new liners with Mrs. Hoover dedicating them using ancient Mayan vases of water from Caribbean trade partners. A quip endures about superstitions and a health tonic ad.
Definite word reached Albuquerque shortly before noon that a distinguished New Mexico contingent will accompany the Indian delegation to Amarillo. United States Senator Sam Bratton Congressman Dennis Chavez former Governor R C Dillon and Mayor Clyde Tingley will attend. Gov Arthur Seligman plans to join unless unavoidable business keeps him home.
Two inmates escaped from the Stinnett county jail by sliding down a blanket rope from a third floor cell. Six other prisoners refused to participate. The escapees were Bert Meredith, indicted for forgery, and Lloyd Williams, indicted for store robbery.
San Francisco July 21. Consolidation of Rio Grande Oil Tidewater Associated Oil and Sinclair Consolidated Oil is being negotiated by Harry F Sinclair chairman after talks with William F Humphreys president of Associated in Del Monte.
About one third of the 5000 bushels of charity wheat had been donated by noon for winter free flour relief. Donations include 100 bushels from Lester Stone and Mrs. M. D. Oliver-Eakle. Great West Mill & Elevator Co. provides free storage and milling. Mason King of the chamber will coordinate transfers from donor bins to the mill. Call 2-3211 to contribute.
In Austin on July 21 the Texas Senate passed a resolution urging Gov. Ross Sterling to submit conservation of human lives on the highways to a special session. The measure, 18 to 0, backs a drivers license bill as a potential remedy though some leaders doubt it would pass both chambers. Senator George Purl of Dallas authored the resolution and cited constituent support. Senator Walter Woodul opposed, arguing the bill unlikely to clear both houses in a special session.
Hearings show all concerned costs and that current spot prices are so low that railroads could be reproduced today for less than original costs. In 1930 spot prices would have added nearly 200 million dollars to reproduction costs.
The William H. Bush estate valued around 5 million dollars will be divided among half brother James A. Bush of Amarillo and Bush's two sons William H. and J. J. The will provides one third to the widow and two thirds of the Chicago home to daughters Emaline and Caroline. The estate includes 130000 acres west of Amarillo in Potter and Randall Counties with several charitable bequests to Illinois and New York institutions.
W L Corley died after leaping from the Lake Worth bridge while trying to escape officers who pursued him on charges of stealing automobile accessories. The incident occurred late last night in Fort Worth.
A suit in equity over oil land lease contracts in the Panhandle, involving more than 5000 dollars, is heard in the U S district court before Perry B Pearson as special master. Ed Hoover Jr of Canadian sues The Gibson Oil Corporation of Indiana seeking an accounting on numerous accounts from 1926 to 1928, with Dan Hoover and lawyers Shannon Oschner Fifer and McGrath on the case. Court reporter James A Fagan covered the proceedings, which began Monday and were to continue through Wednesday.
The Chamber of Commerce and Great West Mill and Elevator petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to cancel or suspend restrictions in the new grain rates to California Arizona and parts of New Mexico transit routes. They argue westbound Panhandle Texas rates are unreasonably high and Amarillo should be grouped with Eastern Colorado and New Mexico.
A Texas free bridge over the Red River between Denison and Durant stalls after a governor called conference. Loy says Sterling and Johnson want to pay the toll per contract while Ely and Allred oppose this, leaving no clear path forward.
The North Fillmore Street subway could open July 30, two days ahead of schedule. officials plan a brief dedicatory ceremony similar to last fall’s East Third Avenue opening. Crews work day and night as the huge structure nears completion with paving two thirds done and concrete pours for the north approach underway.
Polk Street Methodist Church will hold its annual picnic tonight at the Girl Scout camp site three miles north of the helium plant. Members meet at the church at 6 30 this evening with an entertainment program to follow supper.
The market report covers Kansas City and Chicago livestock, with hogs and cattle pricing across weights and classes, plus New Orleans cotton and New York stocks showing modest gains. Wheat oats barley and other grains trade in uneven, varied ranges as traders digest daily developments.
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