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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1932
Page
2
A long urgent warning argues crime, gangsters, and rising lawlessness threaten U.S. cities. The writer pins fears on kidnappings of wealthy and poor alike, cites Lindbergh case fears, and calls for decisive action to stop criminal networks spreading from New York to Amarillo and beyond.
Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico pupils converge on Amarillo for the three day Panhandle Music Festival. About 1000 participants compete in contests with a massed band concert featuring 500 instruments and two renowned judges. The Rose Maiden Cantata and Harald Kreutzberg dancers cap events at the Senior High School auditorium with free admission by reservation.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p m from the San Jacinto Methodist Church for G T Cap Davis 48 who died of a heart attack. Rev Gaston Foote and two other pastors officiated with active pallbearers and many honorary mourners. Burial followed in Llano cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons. Survivors include wife two sons C T Davis Jr Jesse Coble Davis three daughters Mrs H M Miller Martha Genelle Davis two brothers T R Davis and E H Davis a sister Mrs J H Holbert and other relatives.
Record attendance is expected tomorrow night at St Andrew's Episcopal Church club dinner. Motion pictures of the Holy Land will be shown for the Lenten program. Miss Daffin Lowry will give a brief introductory talk about her trip through the Holy Land.
A town letter thanks Gray County organizers for a pie supper funds drive at McKinzie hall with free dancing and a potato race. The writer regrets missing Tulsa Father and Son banquet and invites a St. Patrick's Day Shoe Fund dance at the Athletic Club, calling it the biggest event in the Southwest.
Dear Old Tack reads Mrs W C's March 9 letter and river of sympathy toward her, with praise for her sentiment. The page notes readers' letters and response in Tack section.
Harold Kreutzberg and troupe perform Friday at the high school auditorium under Amarillo Artist Course auspices. The act, praised for precise technique and expressive art, targets music teachers and students attending the Panhandle Music Festival. Tickets range from 1 to 2.50 at Amarillo College of Music.
Former Governor Pat M. Neff issues a prepared statement opposing the railroad commission majority ruling against contract cotton trucks. He argues the decision relies on three points and that adequate service and bridge conditions are not universal. Neff contends cotton loads pose no greater traffic danger than other freight.
Jimmie Joy 27 year old bandleader promises a lively show at the Nat for three hours of dancing under the Tri State Fair Association. Admission one dollar a couple with fifty cents for extra ladies. Amplifiers installed to project sound nationwide guests from Lubbock Plainview Pampa and North Plains towns expected.
The excerpt argues for easier credit and national focus on domestic needs over foreign loans. It notes Washington warned leaders to avoid foreign entanglements and to attend to American business, contrasting with postwar lending to Europe and England.
Texas city officials and Mayor Ernest O Thompson push an amendment after a taxi cab rate dispute. The ordinance defines taxis as for hire over 10 cents per person per trip and requires licensing bonding fare meters and public liability insurance to protect passengers and the public.
Eastman pursued the dry plate process after abandoning wet plates on a trip to Mackinac. His long experiments yielded the dry film method and vast profits. He reportedly planned for death, giving away between 75 and 100 million, while Thomas Hargreave estimated Eastman’s fortune at 15 to 20 million, and in 1925 he spoke of a fade out as he retired.
Texas Highway Commission reassigns Collingsworth County from the Amarillo district. The county has no bond issues or paving work, so the move required no personnel changes. About 70 miles shift from the division. 1,100 miles remain with most roads already paved or under construction.
Preliminary talks at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention in El Paso reveal split views on a proposed federal sales tax. Alpine official Joe D. Jackson urged endorsement of farm board activities by resolution while noting wool and mohair growers benefited from federal aid. Governor Sterling was to speak amid arrival of Governor Fierro of Chihuahua by plane.
Police say Max Phillips information may link kidnapers to the Berg case as examination proceeds. Mysterious ads signed Jassie surface in New York papers amid Lindbergh kidnap intrigue. John Smith is questioned again and moved to Richard Patterson Jr. for further inquiry.
Representative Snell of New York after a White House conference with President Hoover predicted the House would pass the billion-dollar revenue bill before the end of next week. He said the tax bill would not be revised upward despite potential declines in income taxes.
Miller faces two robbery indictments in district court after being identified by grocer W F Zimmerman as the man who held him up in December 1930. Zimmerman testified Miller took $25 after a ride into town, later allegedly robbing the store at 214 East Twenty second avenue.
Gerald Wheeler a 15 year old boy disappeared March 9 from a Topeka Kansas children's home and left a note saying he was bound for Amarillo Amarillo police have been notified by Helen M Shirk secretary to the home superintendent Gerald is tall for his age with brown eyes and curly brown hair
A poem explains piece work pay where a worker is paid per finished bolt or item. It contrasts time wages with earnings by output, describing fixed scales for tasks like fire, bread and meat, and shoes for winter, illustrating how labor is valued in cents and dollars by the amount produced.
The Amarillo market lists grain quotes for Wheat No 1 hard 86 cents per cwt, oats 20 cents per bushel, barley 22 cents per bushel. Kansas City and Chicago livestock reports show hogs steady to higher with top $4.40, cattle steady, lambs up to 7.60, and prices across feeds and vealers in mixed ranges. New York stock letters report rail selling pressures easing then reversing with several large issues down, Kreuger lines and industry notes on financing and market mood.
Judge L. Gough, a noted leader in cooperative marketing, will speak on the Wheat Situation at the Amarillo Real Estate Board luncheon tomorrow noon at the Capitol Hotel. The Bonnie Lassies will perform songs and dances during the event.
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