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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
6
Galveston June 15. Percy Heard of Houston was elected to lead the Texas Officers Union. He assumes duties as chief in a move signaling regional collaboration among law enforcement leaders.
Harriett Holman twelve year old daughter of Legionnaire and Mrs Buck Holman won the Legion Auxiliary essay contest. The winner was announced Wednesday night at flag ceremonies by Hanson Post in Legion Hall. Clyde Scott of Soney received honorable mention. Maj E A Simpson gave the principal address as patriotic representations were presented. John Mead arranged the program with invocation by Rev Gaston Foote a band concert salute to the colors and other features.
Annual picnic and frolic of the Amarillo Lodge of the Security Benefit Association will be held at the Gordon-Cummings ranch on Tierra Blanca creek southwest of Canyon next Sunday. At noon a basket dinner will be served, each family to bring one. In the afternoon prize contests and a bathing beauty contest and parade will be filmed and shown at lodge social evenings. The Security Benefit has a membership of more than 1500 with families, promising a major summer event.
At the close of the annual convention yesterday the City Marshals and Police Chiefs Union of Texas elected officers. R D Thorp of Austin was named first vice president, C W Trammell of Dallas second vice president, L G Phares of Austin third vice president, George A Smith of Dallas re elected secretary treasurer, and N D Cone of Gonzales renamed sergeant at arms. Dallas was chosen for the 1934 meeting.
Joseph P. Read of Chicago testified in federal court that he offered to finance his sister in buying National City Bank shares for Charles F. Mitchell. He recalled meeting Mrs Mitchell in Chicago on November 12 and 13, 1929 and suggested 5 000 to 10 000 shares. Read stated his net worth then around 10 million and described current holdings. He described urging further purchase in December 1929 as Mitchell sold 13 300 shares to his wife, the government arguing the sale was to insulate income losses.
Philadelphia June 15 Harry Graisvery was brought before a magistrate after police seized liquor at his home. He claimed he had just moved in last week and that the former tenant must have left the liquor. The magistrate held him for a further hearing.
A North Carolina pharmacist developed B C a blend to tackle many headache causes. Sold in 10c and 25c packages the formula claims relief in minutes and also eases muscular pains colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs.
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