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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1932
Page
4
The extended time for the final merchandise prizes in the $4,000 amateur Ad Writing Contest is extended to 6 oclock Saturday. Seventh period closes then with postmarked letters judged by the seventh committee. April 3 ends the 10 week run with grand prizes and special prizes announced.
In El Paso on March 16 the Southwestern Rationalist Association conducted a funeral for Albert A. Voruz as he demanded no clergy or religious rites. T. A. Hutchins read a secular service with no prayers or music, stating beliefs after death matter less than the mystery of existence.
The Texas Board of Education calls a conference with college presidents registrars deans and other higher learning representatives to discuss expense reductions at state supported schools. The meeting April 21 in Fort Worth will review eliminating unnecessary courses and reducing duplications with invitation extended to Board of Control members. The board also recommends biennial budgets for state institutions.
The body of George Berg age 38 from Galveston was held in Corpus Christi pending funeral plans after an auto crash near here. Berg, a United States engineering corps inspector, was returning from Aransas Pass when his car skidded off the highway and overturned. another man in the vehicle was unhurt.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the Pullman Company may not charge extra for a sleeping berth occupied by two persons in a single berth. The decision, issued in Washington, applies to passengers sharing a berth and seeks to prevent double pricing in rail car accommodations.
Violinist Fritz Kreisler says Americans no longer seek music on radio. In New York he notes men switch on the set at rise and work to jazz while music follows the servant maid through the day. He fears excess destroys music and may leave people unable to work without noise.
Certificate states Am American Life Insurance Company Amarillo Texas complied with Texas laws to do business here for year ending February 28 1933. Issued March 9 1932 by W A Tarver Chairman of the Board with official seal at Austin.
London March 16. Imperial Airways routes across Continental and Dominion services logged 1,510,867 miles in 1931. The fleet carried 30,581 passengers and 1,664,970 pounds of mail and freight, up 24 and 31 percent respectively from 1930.
Fort Worth Garner-for-President Club invites William G. McAdoo to address the city either Friday or Saturday. McAdoo, former Treasury secretary under Wilson, is due in San Antonio today and Houston tomorrow and is expected to reply by tomorrow.
Bishop H. A. Boaz of Houston will be principal speaker at a week long revival at Polk Street Methodist Church from Sunday through Easter Sunday. Daily services at 10 in the morning and 7 45 in the evening invite the public and Amarillo Methodist members. Also notes Mrs Nellie J Gill of Columbus Ohio has ridden 75000 miles piloting her motorcycle.
A North Carolina pharmacist developed a blend of ingredients to relieve almost any headache in minutes. Sold as B. C. in 10c and 25c packages, it is said to ease violent headaches, muscular pains, colds, and neuralgia without opiates, narcotics, or habit forming drugs.
In Selma North Carolina Miss Anne Noble says a handkerchief over 100 years old belonged to her great grandmother Anne Stephens who married in 1825 and came from Scotland. The relic remains well preserved with Bethaven resident Topping once claiming to own the state’s oldest handkerchief. Air mail flights began in Indiana at Evansville in 1912.
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