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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
2
A writer pleads for workers to receive living wages despite . In Amarillo many struggle with relief programs, and contractors are urged to resist driving wages down to a dollar a day. The piece praises peaceful labor, calls out employers, and defends patriotism in work.
A collection of light anecdotes and reflections, including a parachute misadventure of five country boys with four chutes, a lesson on watered stock attributed to Daniel Drew, a Scotland anecdote about a loan request, and a Missouri farmer’s aging father.
The House approved the conference report on the Navy department appropriations bill totaling 315 million dollars and sent it to President Hoover for signature.
The Community Players present Robinson Crusoe, a one act comedy, at the Paramount Theater. Show times are 9 o clock on Thursday and Friday nights.
Invitation to a public program Thursday night by the Community Choral Club at Tenth Avenue Methodist Church. Emil F. Myers selects several numbers for the Amarillo College of Music. Performances by Boxwell Brothers quartet Pur loss quartet and Almo quartet are on the bill. Mayor Ross D. Rogers and Judge A. S. Bishop will give short talks.
A reader seeks a small white dog for a pet. J Olin Greeson from Summerfield, Texas, greets Tack at the Fat Stock Show and names his calf Tack. A Texas education report discusses a possible raise in compulsory schooling age to seven by 1930.
The four day Amarillo Exposition and Fat Stock Show opens Monday with livestock highlights including more 4-H entries for bees and pigs and a prized Hereford bull sale. Auto follies and the John T. Wortham Shows promise entertainment. A Rainbow Pageant of Progress with 300 Panhandle beauties is set for Monday at Municipal Auditorium with tickets a dollar.
March 4 reports show House members in conferences over selecting a new Democratic speaker. Burns of Tennessee reportedly lends support to Rainey for speaker and party leadership, with Tammany and big-city blocs advising. Hoover bids farewell at the White House as retirement looms.
The case in 47th District Court opened Thursday morning against Miguel Ramez charged with burglary of the Axtell Company plumbers on Grant Street on February 11. He is accused of taking five automobile tires.
Governors across the South and West impose or propose banking holidays to curb withdrawals. Louisiana halts public business through week’s end. New Orleans Cotton Exchange suspends futures and spot trading. Mississippi limits withdrawals. Nevada proclaims four days. Arizona and Oregon declare three-day bans. Kentucky imposes 5 percent withdrawal limits. Michigan extends a February 14 holiday. Maryland maintains day-to-day closure. Indiana varies by local conditions. Ohio considers raising withdrawal limits.
Amarillo police report several youths missing within days. Russell Wingo 14 of Meeker Oklahoma was last seen on a Rock Island freight train. Marvin Wallis disappeared at Melrose New Mexico. Harry Keith 14 from Amarillo remains unaccounted for. Le Roy Wingo telegraphed to watch for Russell. Authorities search ongoing with no trace yet.
Circle No 1 of Central Presbyterian Church hosts a tea Friday afternoon at 1410 Harrison Street at 3 o clock in the home of Mrs J T Green. The event showcases the church circle program and invites attendees.
Funeral services for Mrs J J Jordan 70 will be held Friday with time announced by Boxwell Brothers. The deceased resided at 216 West Sixteenth Avenue. Surviving are four daughters Ruth Jordan Amarillo Mrs W M Garrison Clovis NM Mrs Arthur McElroy Hale Center and Mrs Willie Pruitt Portales NM a son Henry Jordan Lordsburg NM and granddaughter Mrs Guy Bailey Hale Center.
Livestock prices show active hog trade with 8,000 head and direct hogs at 210. Cattle demand steady with calves and steers at around 4.00 to 6.75 per hundredweight. Separately, New York stock market softens on dividend news and banking limits, with mixed recoveries in key issues and techs after early declines.
A bold ad proclaims a planter selecting the cream of his crop for Lucky Strike. It touts carefully aged blends drawn from a reserve exceeding $100,000,000, highlighting the finest tobaccos the world can grow.
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