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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1932
Page
2
In a sprawling column, readers hear a wild theory that Capone would be released to locate the Lindbergh baby for a grand gesture and a pardon push to Hoover. The piece notes political chatter and public fascination with a sensational plan amid Prohibition-era intrigue.
Potter County commissioners sold the entire 25000 dollar issue of court house equipment warrants. Most sold at 95 with various buyers including Berger Manufacturing Co at 95 plus accrued interest and others at 95 or 100. Warrant amounts ranged 1000 to 9000 dollars, with maturities in 1934 and 1935.
J. D. Jackson Alpine, Joe T. Sneed Jr. Amarillo, W. P. H. McFadden Beaumont, W. T. Coble Amarillo, A. E. Gates Laredo, BE. D. Henry San Antonio, V. V. Parr Spur, Julian Bivins Amarillo reelected. Officials and governors spoke at ceremonies. Amarillo with mayor Ernest O Thompson and others bids for the next convention while Fort Worth and Houston seek the meeting.
Election judges report thousands of Republicans switched to the Democratic ballot amid the Roosevelt Murray contest. In Fargo, 5,943 Republicans requested ballots but only 1,?18 backed presidential choices with 4,088 abstaining. 671 voted Coxey and 1,218 Prance.
The writer praises new football rules reducing roughness and protecting kickers and passers, predicting more kickoff returns for touchdowns and a cleaner game next season. He notes Amarillo fans will likely approve changes as players adapt to the open field style. Also mentions Mr and Mrs Lyvers moving to New Orleans and hopes they return. A lost purse notice requests return for a $3 reward, describing a brown hand tooled purse with contents and addresses to reclaim it.
Letter writer muses on laws being odd and humorous, remarking that some are funny. The note appears on Tack Letters page 3, reflecting a playful, opinionated tone about legal matters.
The Amarillo Little Theater presents The Men's Husband by Robert E. Sherwood next Tuesday and Wednesday. It marks the fourth Little Theater production this season and features Fred Young as General Northrup and Major G C A Grover as King Eric VII in a witty political farce set in a northern European kingdom.
Austin March 16. Jack Cullum Amarillo Usworker must serve five years in prison for criminal assault on a 12 year old Amarillo girl. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Wednesday denying rehearing for O J Foster of Potter County who had his four year sentence affirmed on a theft conviction.
Austin March 16 proceedings list affirmations for Manley Stinson Brewer Ingram Marino Landrum Ramirez Skeeter Pendergrass Girdner Vance Brightman Arais Cullum Herrick Davis Shackelford Lopez. reversals for Hunter Comer Burke Stages Knudson Fooshee Perkins Foster Brown West Gaskin and Castoria. some rehearing denials and dismissals as requested.
Miss Mary Sitton county demonstration agent conducted demonstrations at Bushland on creating dressing tables from orange crates for bedrooms. Similar sessions are planned for River Road Masterson and Highland Park with a yard improvement contest in Soncy later this afternoon as part of the competition closing in late April.
Lawrence Latta a 33 year old man was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife Estelle Latta 25 at their Del Rio apartment He was released on bond set at 1700 dollars today and remained at liberty.
Old Tack plans to attend the St Patrick’s Day Dance at the Amarillo Athletic Club tomorrow night for the Shoe Fund. He will lead the Grand March and present Amarillo’s prettiest colleen with the prize. Wee Willie Upchurch and his Vice Versa Birds provide music. Les Nurmie’s new dancing show The Shamrock Revue will entertain during intermission. Fifty cents per person admission. Dancing starts at 7.00.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, amid a party line clash over the revised world court protocol, summoned Secretary Stimson to present views. Democrats Pittman and Lewis offered resolutions as questions mount over whether the protocol preserves the Senate reservations of 1926 requiring consent before advisory opinions affect the United States.
The seventh annual style show and motor exhibit kicks off tonight with two bands providing music. Dave Derden's concert band and his junior band directed by Mrs. Derden will perform at each style show, entertaining thousands from Amarillo and surrounding trade areas. The event, held with local merchants and dealers, offers a pre Easter spectacle that costs nothing to attend.
Sixteen applications seeking loans totaling 4800 have been filed with federal supervisor W. H. Fendley for the 50 million dollar emergency farm loan program. Most applicants are Deaf Smith County farmers. Checks may reach recipients by week’s end. two $100 Treasury checks have already been received for Farwell and Palmer counties men. Counties served include Potter Oldham Deaf Smith Randall Parmer and Castro.
Washington March 16 The Commerce Department reports a favorable February trade balance of $24,000,000. Exports reached $158,000,000 while imports totaled $131,000,000 for the month.
Tax collectors reported 1931 incomes in Amarillo were up to 1930 levels as the 1931 filing deadline neared. The last day crowd matched last year, with many paying prior year taxes. Final figures on filers and totals were released, with payments sent to Dallas for forwarding to Washington.
The piece discusses Adolf Hitler’s potential reelection, looming Germany France tensions, and conflicts in Manchuria involving Japan and Russia. It notes violence in Korea photographs, Kreuger stock activity, and Captain Lindbergh’s vigil with his wife over their missing child. It comments on wartime atrocities and public fear.
Benjamin Franklin Postlehwait a 42 year old drilling contractor of White Deer died at St Anthony's hospital after a brief illness. He moved to White Deer from Dean West Virginia last September and is survived by his widow Hazel his parents Mr and Mrs L W Postlehwait of Dean WV and two brothers Charles Wileyville WV and Walter McPherson Kansas The body is at Boxwell Brothers Chapel and will be taken to Panhandle for viewing at Stone Mortuary before funeral arrangements.
Mrs. F. M. Lefforge of 1404 Jackson Street travels to Blackwell Oklahoma for the funeral of her mother Mrs N D Kistler who died early Monday and will be buried this afternoon. Mrs Kistler was well known locally having visited the Lefforge and Kistler families at 2218 Hughes Street.
In Amarillo a jury was chosen for the case of Dr H A Waller a dentist charged with theft from a person. The trial paused due to the absence of prosecuting witness Mrs A J Scott whose complaint alleges her false teeth were taken. The selection began this morning and testimony was to start this afternoon.
A poem-like prayer asks for practical poise over flair as golfers face tense moments. The speaker seeks steady play and avoid costly holes, hoping for partnership harmony and composure in scoring.
Investigators trace Lightfoot household after two servants disappear. A precrime trip to New Brunswick, a mud covered car, a missing chisel and lumber, and a ransom note using the German word gut point to a staged abduction. The couple’s identities and past reside claims remain inconsistent.
Kansas City and New Orleans reports show cattle and hogs trading with prices mostly steady to down. Cattle slaughter and feeder classes weak to steady, hogs 10 15 cents lower, lambs bid lower. cotton futures rally then cooled as exports rise and major stocks slip.
Stanley G. Crandall, paroled convict linked to the 1923 Alexander case, was released from suspicion in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping inquiry in Rochester New York. He cooperated with police and offered help in the search, saying he could provide information as it comes to him.
A. J. Greene of Borger entered the bank and was placed in the vault by bandits who then locked it. Mrs. Newsome, cashier's wife, found the vault closed with seven prisoners released. Despite highway patrols, the seven escapees vanished, and Greene reported no car waiting when he entered.
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