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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1932
Page
2
Easter services drew crowded pews as Dr. Thomsen praised devotion and practicality. The piece notes lilies presented for Mrs. Nobles, fond reflections on local leaders, and a running column of personal puzzles and town talk in Amarillo.
Elimination contests begin at Bushland School with nine county schools participating across scholastic subjects plus track tennis and volleyball. Tonight at 8 pm debates declamation and extemporaneous speeches in the district courthouse room. Principal T C Isreal notes higher participation and county leadership.
Liubo Payvitchevich, who traveled to America years ago, is credited with bringing American songs and sports references to Danilovgrad. Now dances end with Home Sweet Home and crowds recite Casey at the Bat after each celebration.
The Federal Council of Churches denounces the Catholic stance on mixed religious marriages as intolerable. The report, approved in March, notes Vatican rules require children of such marriages be raised Catholic under penalties including annulment, exclusion from church activities, and possible excommunication.
Public and private welfare groups are urged to report immediately on families aided so the St. Louis Red Cross chapter can request flour from Farm Board wheat. National totals and three month needs will be compiled to avoid duplicate aid and arrange carload shipments at government expense.
An all Panhandle rally will organize a Ferguson for Governor club in Amarillo on Saturday April 23. A petition with 200 signatures was sent to Mrs Ferguson inviting her and Jim to attend. Amarillo committee members include Lee P. Pierson G G McBrayer John H McCracken Julius Dorenfield J Van Steenweck and H Meers. A women’s committee is forming and signatures last Friday pledged support to the Ferguson candidacy against corporate control of government.
Amarillo and Potter County women are invited to hear Mrs J A Hill of Canyon speak at 10 o clock Tuesday in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herting Hotel. Mrs Hill is president of the Seventh District Federation of Women s Clubs and will deliver a special message. Mrs S E Fish urges federated club presidents to attend by 9 30 to greet her. A noon informal luncheon may be arranged to allow discussions with Mrs Hill.
A family of five led by Leo Cassavaughn perished in a blaze that trapped them in their sleep at Flinton near Napanee Ontario. The victims include Leo his wife and three children. Firefighters found the house fully engulfed and could not save the occupants.
County officers arrested 14 Negroes in a dice game last night. This morning four pleaded guilty to gaming and five were released on bail after a justice court session.
The excerpt debates US budget balancing amid crime and corruption while noting Mexican bandits being shot by a government opposed to banditry. It references bank lending, fiat money, and a historical view of beauty trends with teeth coloring, contrasting Western and non western savage practices and referencing Westermarck and Reclus.
Easter attendance broke records across Amarillo churches with full houses at services and Sunday school. In several churches capacity crowds led to turnaways as Sunday school and youth meetings posted un surpassed figures, attributed to fair weather and the season.
The Amarillo Little Theater hosts a 6 30 PM dinner at Central Presbyterian Church. Ladies of the church serve supper and the meeting aims to cast the new play Lady Wide Mears Fan and discuss revising the organization constitution and by laws. Members and spouses are invited.
Only routine business is on the schedule for the city commission on Tuesday night. An abattoir ordinance introduced March 18 may be passed at the next meeting but details remain uncertain. The ordinance was delayed last Tuesday night at the request of two slaughterhouse operators seeking time to dispose of stock.
Amarillo Knights of Columbus begin a week long celebration with a dinner dance at 8 pm in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel honoring the organization’s Golden Anniversary. Speakers include J E Langley Rev E A Robberson and W D Walsh hosts and Bonnie Lassies Orchestra to perform. The event will be broadcast locally as part of a nationwide 600000 member observance with Supreme Knight Martin H Carmody to speak at 11 30 pm EST.
Concrete pouring on Federal Highway 66 seven miles east of Amarillo along the Rock Island line will restart this week under Leo Stoakes Highway Construction Co. The 7.4 mile stretch should be finished by early June with 20 workers currently on site and 75 to 100 more to be hired as work accelerates. Materials unload at Royal Station as crews prepare ground and machinery.
The first lecture of a Girl Scouting training course will be held tonight at Polk Street Methodist Church at 7 49 oclock. Miss Daffin Lowry, local director, will conduct the session discussing Scouting principles. Upcoming lectures are set for Tuesday and Thursday evenings with a final talk at Ellwood Park Saturday afternoon. New leaders and mothers are invited.
Hogs at Kansas City up to 4.15 for 180 280 pounds with varied prices across weights. Cattle and sheep trades mixed as killing classes hold steady while stockers and feeders rise. Chicago reports similar steady to weak trends with hogs 4.45 4.60 for 140 210 pounds and cattle prices easing somewhat. Cotton in New Orleans weak at the open on Saturday with initial losses amid stock and wheat declines.
The article notes mixed trading with a brief rally in May July and October cotton futures but overall declines from the prior close. May 6 83 July 6 48 October 6 67 and later 24 25 points down from the close as stop loss orders appeared. The session ends quieter near noon.
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