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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1932
Page
2
Readable fragments describe a inebriated man causing a scene at a railroad station as he attempts to buy a ticket to Dallas and is shut down by a crowd. The column then shifts to local political chatter about sheriff candidates and preacher opinions on prohibition with notes on missing dogs and a Miami High School invite.
Reader expresses support for bringing woodpeckers to the plains to control insects and urges wider interest in the idea. The tone is hopeful and promotional for this proposed natural pest solution.
First session of a four day Play School for rural residents begins at 10 a m Tuesday in Amarillo High School gymnasium. It follows an earlier recreation training period and will be led by J Stuart Knapp director of the government recreation bureau from Washington. Eight rural community representatives from five Panhandle counties attend along with interested participants from Carson Gray Hempill Wheeler and Potter counties.
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America plans to stay clear of the birth control controversy after a qualified approval was considered. The Blue Book lists recommendations for the general assembly to meet later this month in Denver. A report on Marriage Divorce and Remarriage was rejected and replaced by a brief chapter on the Solemnization of Marriage.
Funeral services for 40 year old Harry N Harper foreman at Lydick Roofing will be held Tuesday at 3 pm at First Baptist with Dr G L Yates officiating. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. Harper died Sunday from injuries suffered in a Saturday night crash at Twenty sixth Avenue and Taylor Street.
A grand jury probes oil theft from a 5200-well Texas field spanning 3000 square miles. Alleged schemes move oil to storage tanks and rail cars, even refineries such as Chalumette Louisiana. Charged include Gladewater T and P station agent M C Torbert, deputy supervisors Pax Grey and others, plus lease operators.
Three national guardsmen under Col. L S Davidson acted as decoys for weeks and gained access to the oil theft ring. They learned secret well lines and daily oil quantities, aiding investigators. Davidson and District Attorney John E Taylor voiced confidence in the troopers' information.
Six members of farm families near Marshfield Wisconsin died when their car was demolished at a rural grade crossing by a Soo Line passenger train on its first Chicago to Minneapolis run. Mrs Riemer and Mr Riemer with two children were killed along with another Riemer couple. One child was fatally injured.
The annual Music Memory contests in Amarillo schools begin Thursday under music supervisor Miss Ventura Smith. The event expands to four divisions fourth fifth sixth and seventh grades with over 500 entries last year and a record 146 perfect scores. The Tyler school fourth year team previously won, aiming for a permanent loving cup awarded by the Council of Parents and Teachers.
Mrs. Jewell Thurmond Prather, 23, wife of Glenn Prather of Borger, died last night in an Amarillo hospital. Survived by husband, daughter Betty Jewell 4, and parents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thurmond of Borger. Body at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home pending arrangements.
Police in Amarillo conducted a weekend sweep of vagrants filling the city jail with alleged vagrants. One arrestee called himself a first class knob-knocker in court, denying the vagrant label. Officers said the group carried burglary tools and one man faced transfer to county authorities on a charge of attempted criminal assault.
Trial of Jack Murven Wayne Vernon and Floyd Scott charged with robbery with firearms began in 47th district court. Murven and Vernon pleaded guilty Scott pleaded not guilty. State witness L Jinkins testified about a March robbery near a Helium plant. The trio were arrested in Tucumcari New Mexico and believed from Missouri.
The U S court session includes Alfred Crager and Arnold Davis as assistant attorneys with the grand jury. J A Feagin is court reporter and G B Buckley deputy clerk. Bailiffs J P Little and Mr Harper, and assistants from the attorney general's office and U S marshals attend. A 19 member grand jury and 25 veniremen from 20 northern Panhandle counties are listed. DOJ agents Col Oursler and Louis Howell join, with secretary Mattie Gordon and Emily Loving Wilson. Liquor conspiracy cases, centerfeiting, mail fraud and interstate auto theft are expected to shape the term.
Police used itching powder and hoses to disperse a 200 person nude parade by the Doukhobors at Thrums. A total of 117 participants were jailed for parading nude, with one woman hospitalized after being trampled. The detainees await arraignment on a charge carrying up to three years imprisonment.
Funeral arrangements for Stanley Ross Bradford a 44 year old automobile mechanic who died yesterday at his home 504 Madison Street are undetermined. The body lies at N S Griggs and Sons funeral home. Survivors include his widow Iska Bradford a son John Ross three brothers C V and L H Bradford Amarillo C S Bradford Delaware Ohio and a sister Bertha Bradford Cleveland Ohio. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the IOOF lodge.
Fire started by burning trash damaged a shed at 1713 Lincoln Street at 3 55 A M. Firemen reported the loss as small. Amarillo fire department answered 31 alarms last month. largest loss so far was at The Louie on Polk Street.
Graf Zeppelin began its fourth commercial flight of the season to Pernambuco, Brazil, at 5 A M today marking another milestone in post war air service from Friedrichshafen.
John L. Sullivan sent twenty five dollars from Dallas to support the Washington barbecue fund, the farthest cash pledge so far. Donations exceed one thousand dollars with more than one thousand promised, as Avery Rush and Mason King report readiness for the Crystal ballroom event at the Herring Hotel. Col Ernest O Thompson donates the ballroom and Jesse's Melody Maids provide music to aid the fund.
The article discusses a machine gun voice from the sky, speaking in various languages to frighten tribes. It describes possible future land creation from volcanic activity and rising sea levels, a rising coast in South America, and the idea of lifting earth’s crust to add billions of acres of land. It envisions careful science to balance land and water and notes vast oceanic water to cover the globe.
Mrs. Pat Malone and Mrs. Gil Lockard will face Mr. and Mrs. George Shannon in the Junior Welfare League contract tournament final Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the Elks Club. Malone Lockard beat Mrs. Eldridge Hoover. Shannons beat Dr. B F Jones Buford Avery. Spectators pay 25 cents. proceeds aid the children's free clinic maintenance fund.
Amarillo adopts a long ordinance regulating slaughter and meat sales. Only Pinkney Packing Co meets the new requirements, tied to a Houston model approved by federal inspectors. The measure, urged by the Panhandle Livestock Association, targets health and cattle theft prevention.
Patrick Guheen 64 died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 9 AM Tuesday from N B Griggs and Sons Chapel. Pallbearers include Spencer Taylor John Hayman Marx Baer Otto Helphingstein and H A Hertner. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by widow a brother John Guheen Amarillo two sisters Mrs W O Thompson Hot Springs NM and Miss Kate Guheen Amarillo.
A short verse emphasizes unity with family to endure wind and weather, poverty and pain. It extols shared burdens, collective love, and mutual support as the path to inner strength and the courage to face the future unafraid.
Kansas City and Chicago livestock quotes show hogs steady to down, cattle and sheep mixed with loads of ranges in prices. Cotton futures weakened and New York stocks drifted lower as investors weighed carrier reorganization and Standard Oil dividends.
An association named Trans Air Trane and partners including United Founders United Gas Corp and United Lt Pw announces collaboration on energy and transportation projects. The group aims to advance daylighting and power transmission initiatives across multiple regions.
Charges of criminal assault filed against Homer H. Holden 42 of Medford Oklahoma held in Amarillo city jail since Saturday. He is to be arraigned today before Justice G Landis. The complaint was signed by the father of a 10 year old girl.
Amarillo marks National Music Week with a Kiwanis Club noon feature and a Harmony Club radio broadcast from 7 to 730 PM on KGRS. The week includes concerts at Paramount Theater Polk Street Methodist Church and Municipal Auditorium, plus recitals by Mrs J W Akin and a Philharmonic Orchestra program. Mayor Ernest O Thompson issued the proclamation.
The Great West Mill and Elevator Company began milling about 129000 pounds of flour for Amarillo charity cases using Federal Farm Board wheat. Milling should finish by Wednesday under Mrs. Jessie N. Ross of the Peter County Red Cross Chapter, with strict welfare approvals and inspections.
Walter H. Fendley, division inspector, said no word from the Dallas regional office on extending crop loan applications. The original deadline was Saturday night, but 103 applications totaling about $25,000 arrived by morning mail and will be considered.
An ad touts Capudine as quick relief for nervous headaches and nerve pains. It claims the liquid form soothes tense nerves, contains no opiates, won t upset the stomach, and works faster than tablets or powders, with 10 30 and 60 cent sizes and dosing at fountains.
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