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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1931
Page
2
An outspoken weather predictor boasts a flawless streak claiming rain within a week after telling 2000 Morse residents of coming showers. He notes his accuracy spans from light drizzles to heavy downpours and cites a quarter inch rain on Wednesday.
Beaumont May 20 Two men were injured last night in a blaze at Spindle Top oil field that threatened extensive damage. A 2 inch gas pipe feeding engines caught fire from a shorted wire, spreading over nearly an acre before control. Pumper Robert Johnson jumped into a slush pit to escape flames and is in serious condition. Fellow worker J C Nelson sustained a back injury while fleeing the flames. The fire started when a walking beam fell across the pipe at Yount Lee McFadden No 56.
Early sessions saw pleas of guilty in U S Court. Brown of Canyon received suspended sentence for possessing whiskey, while Morales and Pedigo faced fines of 500 dollars for liquor offenses. Young of Amarillo paid 25 dollars for whiskey possession and Johnstone was fined 500 dollars for possession.
Five contracts to furnish pipe valves meters and fittings for the city gas line were awarded Tuesday night totaling more than 4000 dollars. Morrow-Thomas won the low bid 3764 for 10000 feet of pipe and Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company supplied one meter for 186.80. Clowe & Cowan won two gate and plug valve contracts with bids 40.10 and 320.40. Morrison Supply Company won eight six and five eighths inch couplings for 44.40.
The Amarillo city commission bought more than $600 of pool equipment for City Section Park. Morrow-Thomas won the contract to furnish two slides and two diving boards. One slide costs $376.80, the other $126, and the diving boards bid is $169.60. The pool is being built north of the incinerator.
A personal advice letter opens with a 31 year age request from a tall single man seeking correspondence with single women or widows. He provides height weight and skin details and notes his hope to appear in good clothes. He promises no reply to critics and points readers to Tack Letters on page 15.
Tickets for the Black Mask players at McKinley School go on sale at City Drug Store on Polk Street. The three one act plays One Must Eat The Memento and Curses What a Night headline Country Store night hosted by the PTA with merchandise prizes. Ridgeway Zelley directs.
James E. Creighton arrested in Joplin Mo is suspected of aiding a $27,000 Hastings National Bank robbery and a Canyon First National Bank robbery of more than $13,000. Authorities say he confessed to a Webb City slaying and is sought with Jim Thomas. Velma Creighton is bonded as an Hastings job participant.
Wertz, president, states the city plans to acquire the gas plant by purchase or condemnation but will defer negotiations for a price until residents vote on a municipally owned gas plant. He notes severing the city distribution system would cause substantial damages affecting existing facilities and contracts.
Witnesses say Erwin Wilkerson shot at Dan Cobb during a bet dispute at the Boston Hat Shop 410 Polk Street. Cobb was uninjured. the bullet lodged in the rear of the shop. Wilkerson was arrested on a charge of attempt to kill. The incident occurred about 9:40 A.M.
Two patrons at the Blue Band cafe on Harrison Street fled with the cash register after grabbing it from the counter. The thieves, described as one short and one tall, escaped in an old model sedan. Local authorities note Denmark bans artificial leather in imported shoes.
A request to publish the proposed municipal gas rates is granted. The schedule lists charges for gas usage in feet with tiered rates from 25 cents for the first 30,000 feet to 7 cents for all over 1,000,000 feet, plus a 10 percent discount for payment within 10 days.
A Tuesday night fire at the McCarty Motor Company warehouse at 737 North Fillmore Street destroyed the 140 by 120 foot frame structure. About 40 cars were lost and a gasoline-driven explosion damaged Metzger Dairies and a nearby residence. Investigators probed origin as losses exceed 36000 with insurance unsure on car value. The fire occurred shortly before 10 PM and engulfed the building, with roof and walls caving in within minutes.
A columnist argues about government relief versus direct cash to families, criticizing reliance on charitable agencies and urging prosperity. It cites deficits, the value of feeding people over feeding institutions, and mentions wealth hoarding by bankers and policy kings as needing income tax action.
The Senior and Junior classes presented a Civil War era comedy drama The Threads of Destiny in the High School auditorium. Cast included Zita Keller as Fanny, Victoria Alonzo as George Washington Johnson, Marie Tennison as Betty Montgomery, Betty Zelley as a Montgomery cousin, and Peyton Bailey portrayed by Amose Irvin.
Livestock prices climbed in Kansas City and Chicago with hogs rising up to 10 cents and cattle mixed. Calves and yearlings showed firm to weak prices while sheep and lamb markets remained active. cotton and stock market news also noted amid favorable cables and weather.
A poem reflecting on how hardships fade with time and success. It contrasts past struggles with present comfort, noting people forget enduring storms once they reach a safe home and settle into ease. The speaker suggests future perspectives soften current regrets.
Globe Indemnity Company asks Potter County district court to set aside the Industrial Accident Board award for Robert Hector Gray Jr. The board granted $20 weekly for 360 weeks, starting last December. The First National Bank of Amarillo is named as a party. Gray died with others when his plane crashed near Amarillo.
Elmer L. Naugle of Somerset Pennsylvania, about 55, died this morning at a local hotel while en route home. A Spanish American War veteran, he had recently been dismissed from a health institute in California and had been in the city about ten days. The body rests at Griggs & Sons Funeral Chapel awaiting word from relatives in Somerset.
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