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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1931
Page
7
Chicago and Cook County move toward imminent financial collapse as bankers meet with County Treasurer McDonough and Mayor Anton Cermak warns the city is broke. They urge rapid actions to cut expenses and seek legislation to stabilize finances.
Rewards totaling 1500 dollars are posted for the capture of the three bandits who robbed the First National Bank of Santa Rosa New Mexico on May 12. Amarillo police have received notices of the rewards and descriptions of the suspects. One third of the reward comes from the New Mexico Bankers Association and the American Surety Company and the American Employers Insurance Company each add 500 dollars.
Minnie Lee Bechtel aged 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Bechtel 608 Louisiana Amarillo died in a local hospital after brief illness Surviving are her parents four brothers and four sisters J B Bechtel Jr David Roy Hubert Amarillo Mrs Wilson Norman Big Spring Mrs Cc B Garner Laneta Mozelle Amarillo Services set for San Jacinto Methodist Church at 4 pm Wednesday Rev W P Garvin officiating Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery under Blackburn Funeral Home direction
Provision is being made for day and night unloading facilities at the Burrus Panhandle elevator in Amarillo a 2 100 000 bushel plant to be ready to receive grain by June 15 J R Jones is manager of the elevator Work on the third unit has started and facilities are being installed to handle harvest rush.
Miss John Willis McMurry, 17 year old valedictorian, died from accidental buckshot wounds suffered at home in Wink Texas. Funeral services planned. Her father is an oil operator.
W A Pratt of Cumminsville Nebraska writes he suffered 20 years with a stomach ulcer. After using Von's Pink Tablets his soreness vanished in days and he could eat normally. He worked again and remained free of trouble for two years. Hundreds report relief from ulcers and related ailments with quick results and no diet or operation. Free booklet offered by Omaha Yon Co. 663 Keeline Bldg Omaha Neb. Ads.
Two senior honor graduates Nell Collins and Ruth Virginia Perdue will perform in The Goose Hangs High this Friday at 8 pm in the Senior High School Auditorium directed by Miss Lela Crossett. Admission is 35 and 50 cents with tickets on sale from cast members.
Robert Lee McDaniel, 63, a retired farmer, died at 8 o'clock this morning at his home at 304 North Pierce Street. He is survived by his widow Bittie Jane, five sons P. R. and Earl McDaniel of Amarillo, Allie and Lee McDaniel of Goule Oklahoma, Bert McDaniel of Rice Texas, three daughters Mrs Ella Nelson of Amarillo, Mrs Stella Taylor of El Dorado Oklahoma, and Mrs Nevada Glispie of Enis Texas. The body is in state at Boxwell Brothers' chapel pending arrangements.
The ad lists dress patterns for girls in sizes 1 2 4 6 8 years and ladies in chest sizes 38 to 62. It details fabric yardage for long and short sleeves, lace insertion, bias binding, and belt or pocket contrast. Prices are 15 cents per pattern, with a request for stamps to obtain the Summer 1931 fashions book from News and Globe, Brooklyn.
Memorial Day had its inception in Columbus, Georgia nearly 65 years ago. On April 26, 1866, Mrs. … organized the initial observance, which grew into a nationwide annual homage to the dead.
The Potter County grand jury meets tomorrow morning after a one week recess. About 30 indictments have been returned and many other matters await handling, with a full week of activity anticipated. Foreman is J. N. Beasley and secretary C. R. McAfee.
Wellington Sheriff Claude McKinney of Collingsworth County visits Amarillo on business and holds a Tuesday conference with Police Chief W. R. McDowell. He reports that everything is quiet in his county from a peace officer's standpoint.
John Tyler of Columbus organized a group to form a Ladies Memorial Association and pledge to annually wreath the graves of the martyred dead. Four Southern states Georgia Florida Mississippi and Alabama still observe Memorial Day on April 26. Alabama was first to observe and New York first to make it a legal holiday. First ceremony at Linwood cemetery, with vows to perpetuate the custom. The movement grew across the South and then North, aided by Gen John A Logan's 1868 order for posts to honor dead comrades, shaping the holiday pattern.
Paris reports Fringe pushes fashion appeal with beaded fringe detailing on evening gowns and two inch fringe at skirt hems on sports skirts, signaling a renewed focus on decorative trim in contemporary style.
The notice lists state differences for Memorial Day observance with North and South Carolina on May 10 and Louisiana on June 3. It references April 26 as part of the exceptions and mentions other unspecified states observing on the traditional date.
Florence Reed proclaims age is how old she looks, not how old she is, and credits Lux Toilet Soap with keeping her complexion youthful. The essay highlights stars from stage and screen relying on Lux to maintain smooth, radiant skin and urges readers to order several cakes.
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