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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
2
The writer pleads for a farm mortgage moratorium and criticizes pressure from implement dealers while farmers store wheat to weather low prices. He argues for extending relief and credit rather than punishing farmers, notes market volatility, and recalls rural hardships and local anecdotes.
Advice from Old Tack urges farmers to avoid town spending and heavy debt. He warns credit harms both farm and city folks and urges self-reliance, home production, and frugal living as hard times persist in the plains.
Dr. Ira F. Key, pastor of Polk Street Methodist Church, will deliver a sermon at 8 PM Sunday titled Is It Wrong To Play Bridge. He will present the Methodist church position in an unbiased discussion and invite all members with questions about the stance. Special music is planned for the service.
The text notes farmers struggling to sell crops, resorting to self-sufficiency, and a flyer seeking a sample case owned by Bernard Brands with a $2 reward for its return. It also reports Old Tack planning a Colorado vacation funded by writing income, personnel changes at The News Globe, and introduces area figures like Lillie London, Gertrude London, Coralee Ansley, Mrs. Hal Culver, and Jack Rathbun with small local notes on a newsstand venture.
A letter proposes a plan where relief agencies receive donated cheap wheat from farmers. Elevators provide handling and mills grind it into flour for accredited relief groups. The idea aims to boost domestic relief, publicizing the effort and increasing wheat use while avoiding hunger and unrest.
Fort Worth daily reports Eugene W. McMurray, condemned to 50 years in prison for murder, has a pending motion for a new trial before the criminal district court.
The article notes a couple who gathered in Grand Saline Texas where they were born and later moved to Edgewood Texas. They returned twelve years later in Maysville Oklahoma to visit family friends and secretly flew to a Texas town for their wedding.
In Breman Germany on June 26 two pilots Otto Hillig and Holger Horns failed to reach Copenhagen from America after an exhausting leg to Krefeld. Hillig inhaled gasoline fumes while attempting to rest and staff confusion over metric liters led to fuel miscalculation. They turned back toward Bremen but darkness prevented continuing the flight.
June 26 Paris reports that an American reply to the Hoover war debts proposal was delivered to French Foreign Minister Briand at noon. Secretary Mellon, in Paris, urged France to discuss the issues with the ambassador and the U.S. treasury secretary, noting U.S. sacrifices far surpass those asked of any power.
An inch surface casing set in the top 300 feet triggered pressure that formed a crater around the well. A gas and oil gusher near Gladewater, uncontrolled for about 48 hours, was capped late yesterday. Another wild well at Gladewater was brought under control in 15 minutes.
Amarillo fire department saw a pickup in activity after several quiet days with multiple calls. The first alarm Thursday came from Elmer Martin Grocery at 1400 North Fillmore Street at 4 50 PM, with little damage reported.
Rev. Joseph 8. Flacks, mission worker and Bible teacher, leads a revival at the First Fundamentalist Church. He will deliver a sermon tonight titled Burial of the Gentile's National and the Resurrection of Israel, a message given to over 4,000 in Los Angeles. Services begin at 8 15 each night.
Railroads challenged the Trinity River barge plan arguing Dallas and Fort Worth exaggerated tonnage needs. They presented evidence they could move four times current rail cargo to Gulf and North Texas, noting Panhandle rates on federal barge shipments remain higher than rail. They warned the project would mainly benefit Dallas and Fort Worth while harming other Texas cities and raise rail rates elsewhere. The Panhandle, a major grain hub, ships at least 125 million tons annually with over 12 000 carloads wheat inspected last year, underscoring regional shipping considerations.
The piece reflects on Arletta, a Norman peasant girl and William’s mother, noting her role alongside William the Conqueror at Hastings. It contrasts public fame of leaders with neglected names of their mothers. It also quotes Dr. Robert M. Hutchins urging more education and ends with a health ad for Amazone Water.
Funeral services for Emma Mae Ferrell, 51, were held this morning at Boxwell Funeral Chapel with Rev. G L Yates officiating. She leaves sisters Minnie Jane and F A McGee of Kingman Arizona, Anna Walker of Yucca Arizona, husband J Ferrell, and is buried at Memorial Park.
The Potter County Commissioners Court sits as a board of tax equalization. Few property owners who failed to render taxes appeared. The court believes citizens have confidence in its valuation work. The commission will fix property values to the best of its ability and taxes will be due accordingly.
Tack announces a carnival party in Amarillo inviting all youths under 16. Clip the newspaper coupon to ride or see carnival attractions Saturday afternoon.Join in for a big time with friends and family.
A communal poem in verse asks for steady fair play on the course. The speaker seeks dependable conduct, courage, and friendship over rivalry, hoping to be reckoned with among fellow golfers as life is faced with good humor and perseverance.
Hogs and cattle prices mixed across Chicago and Fort Worth with gains in hogs at Chicago and declines at Fort Worth. Cotton and stock market news follow, with New Orleans futures rising on debt talk and U.S. stock indices advancing on cheerful Paris and Washington signals.
Free barbecue swimming camping and wood for fires offered for a Crippled Children's Council Fourth of July at Harding Ranch Texas. Prize money of 2000, concerts, dances and games for up to 15000 attendees with tickets 50 cents adults 25 cents children. Dawn sunrise dance at Devil's Kitchen and evening dance by Old Gray Mare orchestra.
Delegates from Fort Worth to Daingerfield planned changes to forms and accounting systems to fit modern methods. The group endorsed a two half receipt system and proposed full year receipts when two receipts per assessment are impractical. The banquet featured Black Mask Players performances and guest introductions at the Herring Hotel with WDAG broadcast.
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