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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1934
Page
2
New York stock traders held back as Congress refused to quit per schedule and Washington developments remained uncertain. Dullness marked the session with few price changes across leading equities while grains and commodities provided limited support.
The Amarillo community mourns Judge Crudgington, a respected neighbor and pioneer. The column urges property holders to hold assets amid expectations of an oil driven revival in Amarillo and surrounding towns, with deep drilling planned by Oxnard, English, Phillips in Moore County, and Humble nearby.
Proceedings in the Court of Civil Appeals Seventh District Amarillo today include motions and rehearings in cases with multiple parties and reversals or remands. Notable items cover Texas Employers Association, Western Union Telegraph Co, Commercial Investment Trust, Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank, and Citizens National Bank with various outcomes and submissions postponed or set for later.
The Adkisson & Gunn Tire Co of Amarillo Borger and Pampa begins a new 8 15 to 8 20 morning radio segment with Dev Thatcher delivering rhymed continuities. The show features musical selections weather reports and Goodyear G3 tire promotion claiming longer life and safety.
A reader asks for homes for three Persian kittens and provides the contact 1306 Johnson Street. The page also notes a request to correspond with girls, inviting readers to see Tack letters on Page 8.
Negro leaders in Amarillo plan one of the largest June Teenth observances in years with sermons by Rev. F C V Ford of San Antonio and talks by Mayor Ross D. Rogers and Rev M K Curry. The event opens at Bones Park at 1 30 and continues to the Municipal Auditorium with 20 cent admission for adults and 10 cents for children. White attendance is invited.
Clarence Willmering of 9400 Taylor Street reported a burglary last night with losses valued between 1200 and 1400 dollars. Intruders forced entry by tearing off a screen and prying the window. loot included seven suits, 15 shirts, a 12 gauge shotgun, a .38 pistol, a lady's watch, 18 bed sheets, shoes and silverware. Willmering offers a 100 dollar reward for return of property and 50 dollars for conviction of burglars. The home was found with doors open and the house in disarray between 8:30 and 11:30 o'clock.
Rev J S Huckabee opened a revival at San Jacinto Methodist Church with 8 30 p m evening services and a full choir. Young people are urged to attend nightly at 8 and morning meetings run 10 o clock Tuesday through Friday with additional sessions. WOODWARD HEADED HERE BIG SPRING June 18 P Sen Walter Woodward visits West Texas after a campaign stop in which he plans to tour Lamesa To hoka Lubbock Littlefield Levelland Plainview and Amarillo into Friday.
Pollard recounts that an $8,000 claim was reduced from $8,000 to $5,000 after a San Antonio contact sold stamps. He says a client sought immunity and blamed Pollard, who declined further representation. The client planned to consult the district attorney, who allegedly offered no immunity. Pollard estimates $4,000 in fees may be owed. Carlos Specht of the cigaret tax division declined to comment until Comptroller Sheppard returns.
Mrs Harry Paver recalls her husband ignoring interruptions while concentrating on a legal tangle. Mrs Homer Cummings notes her husband’s rapid accumulation of honorary degrees. Since Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt became first lady she has traveled 33000 miles through 28 states.
Jack Dempsey Floyd nine year old son of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd was baptized at First Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Dr J Frank Norris spoke to five thousand people as newsreel cameras rolled. Floyd seeks a traditional life for his son while the father remains believed to hide in Oklahoma. Mrs Floyd arrived with her son and plans Fort Worth as their home.
Mrs. Mattie Lula Frazier 54 wife of J. R. Frazier operator of the Frazier Fruit Market died at the family home 713 North Tyler Street at 2 15 this morning. She had recovered from a prior automobile accident but died of a heart attack. Funeral services likely at 11 tomorrow morning from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Survivors include daughter Mrs G V Hollis Amarillo two sons Albert and George Frazier Amarillo and her father Wm J Newcom Dallas.
A 47th District Court jury found W. C. Knox of Memphis guilty of forgery and sentenced him to three years in the state penitentiary at Huntsville. The trial opened Friday afternoon and concluded Saturday morning.
John Crudgington died at his home yesterday at 12 15 pm. He was born in 1859 in Roane County Tennessee and moved with his family to Texas at age 11. He served as Stephens County judge and later practiced law in Amarillo. He was a two term Texas legislator 1914 1918 and supported statewide prohibition. He was survived by his wife six children and several siblings.
Police connect the Stalkup and Brown trio to a string of robberies across Texas and Oklahoma. Brown’s signed confession details truck and store robberies and ties Virgil Stalkup to previous Texas penitentiary escapes as Sequoyah County officers seek links to a recent death of C. N. Nunn, Democratic candidate for president of the State Board of Agriculture.
Ky Laffoon of Denver moved four strokes ahead of Lighthorse Harry Cooper of Chicago after 18 holes in the Western Open playoff. He was five under par for the first nine holes as the duel for the title continued at the Country Club of Peoria.
Edward K. Russell, candidate for governor, will speak in Tyler tonight and continue with stops in Marshall Palestine Corsicana and Greenville through Friday. He will address audiences in each city as part of a statewide campaign swing.
Kansas City daily livestock trade shows gains in hogs 18 to 25 cents higher with top 4.65 for choice porkers. Cattle and calves strong in some classes with steers good and choice 450 to 900 pounds around 5.75 to 9.50 per hundredweight. sheep and lambs steady to slightly lower amid mixed demand. New Orleans cotton opens fairly active with steady tone. July around 11.95, October 12.18, December 12.28 amid hurricane and rain crop signals.
Advertisements tout a 35cent box of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to cleanse kidneys and bladder, claim swift results, and reduce symptoms like getting up at night, backache, moist palms, leg cramps, and puffiness.
Advert reads Feen a mint laxative gum for elderly users. It promises quick even distribution through chewing, avoiding stomach upset and delay in relief. Available at druggists 15 and 25 cents.
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