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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1933
Page
2
Old Tack laments neglect of cattlemen amid drought and falling cattle prices. He jokes about bologna market speculation and envisions a monument of a triumphant Hereford bull, then shifts to local anecdotes and weather, capping with restaurant notes and community chatter.
The Spiritual Psychic Science Club at 1019 Johnson Street hosts an ice cream social at 8 o clock Friday evening. Sponsored by the Ladies Sunflower Club, home made ice cream and cake will be served. A musical program will be offered to friends and the public. Henry Clay and Webster are cited as great orators.
Federal and local authorities step up actions after Walter McGee is sentenced to death for the Kansas City kidnapping of Mary McElrory. The prosecution seeks the same penalty for George McGee and Clarence Click. In Leominster mass postal inspectors investigate threats to Wachusett Shirt Factory executives demanding higher wages. Police guard homes of threatened officials.
Rush faces heavy criticism of the recovery plan yet defends the program as working. General Johnson expresses strong optimism about the undertaking and says no major clash between capital and labor will occur. He notes a new era with an economic design, new rules, and cooperation between parties.
Gov. Miriam A Ferguson telegraphed Hugh Johnson administrator of the National Recovery Act that the Texas Legislature would meet in a special session within the next two months. She said there is no current plan for a session before the August 26 special election when Texans will vote on repeal of the prohibition amendment 3.2 beer legalization and a $20 000 000 unemployment relief bond issue.
A former governor announces a touring campaign promoting repeal and the state relief bond issue. He will speak for repeal and the bond, contrasting his methods with Senator Sheppard’s as he prepares an itinerant schedule to reach most people.
The ink of World War I is blamed for lawlessness and a harsh mood, with figures like Maj. Gen. John F. O’Ryan and Governor Lehman tied to postwar politics. The piece questions whether wartime events shaped elections and crime, citing a mayoral bid and a kidnapping death sentence as war-connected outcomes.
Bryant Lasiter, 12, and A. J. Fain, 8, are missing from Quanah. Amarillo police request help in locating the boys. Dr. Paul Sanger, the Yukon Oklahoma physician, is also being sought to be told of a death message. he is reportedly on a motor tour and scheduled to pass through Amarillo.
A letter from Edgar Pickett of Hereford seeks a ride to Denver with a driver to handle flats and transport to spend a few days with musical friends in session. The note requests a driver who can return home each night.
A readers letter depicts a domestic worker concerned about care roles and household duties. The writer addresses Tack with a plea for help, emphasizing misunderstandings about responsibilities and seeking guidance from Bee in the community.
Aaron Sapiro a New York attorney indicted in Chicago on racket conspiracy charges will fight extradition and seek an Illinois governor led open extradition hearing. His counsel David P. Seigel asked for August 11 to request the governor and the state investigation.
Bonnie Jean Green a 12 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Green of 14 miles northeast of Dalhart died in a local hospital Friday morning after being brought in Thursday afternoon for a throat infection The body was sent to Dalhart Friday morning by Boxwell Brothers
The Amarillo post office will begin distributing NRA insignia on August 1 to those presenting a signed slip stating they have adjusted hours and wages per the President's re employment agreement. The agreement sets a minimum wage of 14 dollars weekly for city workers, with 30 to 40 cent hourly minimums depending on prior rates. Officials report rumors of government checks are unfounded.
Texas Grand Opera Association led by Mrs. John Wesley Graham eyes Aida at the Worlds Fair with inviting prospects from St Louis Mexico City Kansas City Wichita New Orleans and Shreveport Gov Miriam A Ferguson and former Gov James E Ferguson rumored to lead caravans. Outdoor Soldier Field Chicago to stage the event amid volunteer performers while others consider touring offers. Funeral and burial notices follow for Calbert with services in a Methodist Church and burial at Dalhart Memorial Park Cemetery. Inmates of penal institutions show low high school education levels at an estimated rate under twenty percent.
Livestock at Kansas City: hogs 2 500 head steady to higher top 4.45 per cwt for 200-250 lb, cattle and calves mixed with prices near 5.25 to 6.78 for steers, cows up to 13.76, lambs steady to higher with good quality 90 lb lambs around 27.76. Cotton in New Orleans opens quiet. prices slip early with October near 10.79 and December 11.00, later firming to 10.83 and 11.04 before easing again amid weather and boll weevil concerns.
Amarillo friends report O V Vernon, formerly secretary of the Board of City Development, has resigned as Phoenix chamber of commerce secretary after a nervous breakdown. He began in 1932, was re elected for a second year, and is now visiting relatives in Itasca Texas with his family.
E C Harshbarger 66 year old tailor who lived at 407 Van Buren Street died at a local hospital at 10 o'clock this morning. He had resided in Amarillo seven years coming from Iowa. Survived by widow Anna and four children Elberta Buchanan Raton New Mexico C P Harshbarger Colorado Springs Colo and Francis and John Harshbarger Amarillo. Body held at Griggs Funeral Chapel pending arrival of relatives.
Prohibition leaders will occupy pulpits in Amarillo on Sunday to oppose the 18th Amendment repeal. A mass meeting at the Municipal Auditorium is scheduled for 3 PM with speakers Judge B. D. Sartin and Dr. H. P. Dunlop among others. The prohibition caravan tours the 31st Texas Senate district by auto, with multiple church appearances by Sartin, Crouch, and Corbin.
The second Amarillo Area Boy Scouts archery meet begins at 9 am Saturday at the Scout range Twenty-eighth Avenue and Lip scomb Street. Archery expert W. W. Rusk, formerly of Denver, will judge events with assistance from Walter Mellor Damon Blake and Floyde Garwood. Forty individual scouts and teams have entered.
City water department investigator Bill Lofgren spotted a four leaf clover in Ellwood Park on Friday morning and soon gathered five four leaf clovers and two five leaf clovers. A clothes suit was made in three hours and four minutes from a 1931 Yorkshire shearer.
An old advertisement promotes Rigo's KILL-KO insecticide as a fast, affordable solution for roaches flies mosquitoes and other pests. It touts the product as time tested and highly effective containing pyrethrum flower powder.
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