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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1933
Page
2
A reader in Amarillo discusses local crime, politics, and a looming August 26 vote on beer legality. The column references drought fears, a Panhandle tornado, and national concerns about communism, urging law and order while noting differing regional beer sales and tests of alcohol content. The piece blends weather, agriculture, and social issues with personal anecdotes.
A married woman seeks a housekeeping job and wages from P. ZL Box 264. A young woman offers plain sewing quilting pillows bonnets for cash or bartered groceries second-hand goods at 310 East Fifth Avenue. A waitress housekeeper asks for work and notes flexibility for day week or hour.
Funeral services for Mrs. I G a Sebree Knorpp were set for 4 PM Monday at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr J T McClure officiating. Pallbearers included W M McCarty Fred Chamberlain H T Eldredge R H Apperson Thea Zweig and N B Norton. Burial was arranged in Litno Pantheon.
A prominent pianist, Esther Johnsson, daughter of B. V. Blackwell, returns from Europe after earning acclaim as a Mozart interpreter. She will perform Friday at the Municipal Auditorium, presented by the Philharmonic Orchestral Association. tickets go on sale Tuesday.
Amarillo and Potter County officers seized 1.75 by weight bottled beer labeled Century brewed in Trinidad Colo from a truck near the Canadian River. Tests would be run at the city health unit laboratory. Tivoli brand tested 3.2 in unofficial checks. Gathright, selling brewery beer openly, restricted Sunday sales, drawing praise from pastors amid ongoing reports of Colorado beer deliveries.
The US Court sentenced a 35 year old man named Youngblood to the limit of five years in Leavenworth for a stolen automobile case from Arkansas to Amarillo. He has a prior record including 18 months to Arkansas penitentiary, escapes, and multiple larceny and fraud terms. Judge Wilson warned future life sentence could be possible under some state court rules. Richard Flora Cummings, 21, pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of a stolen auto from San Pedro California to Amarillo on November 28 1932. The Michigan home mechanic, discharged from the Navy eight days before the offense, was sent to the boys federal reformatory at Chillicothe for one year with credit for over five months jail time.
The body of W. A. Holman, 35, of Coleman County, fatally injured when attempting to board a fast moving train, was sent by N. B. Griggs & Bons to his Valera home for services and burial. Death came about 12 hours after both legs were severed in the accident. Shock and blood loss caused death. Four daily air services are now operated between London and Paris.
Meneses and associates described obtaining arms from Mexico by schooners for destabilization in Cuba. They noted a courier network and the goal of seizing southern ports while a government commander reportedly warned of “vultures” in the area and seven deaths in the related incident.
Amarillo High School seniors and St. Marys Academy plan a commencement week fete tonight. The high school banquet is at 6 in the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom with Gilmore Nunn as principal speaker. The 8 pm play When Shakespeare Came to Town airs in St Marys Auditorium.
Amarillo hosts a Highway 11 meeting with an evening banquet at the Amarillo Hotel to start the convention activities. The event closes Tuesday noon with a barbecue at Tri-State Fair grounds. Committees announced by President Tompkins cover Credentials, Resolutions, Nominating, and Auditing. Clarendon contributes a 20 piece band directed by Gus B. Stephenson, arriving Monday and performing at the Globe News office and on air at 1 PM.
Funeral services for Jo Ann Broom a 2 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Broom of 1000 West Seventh Avenue were held at 1030 Monday morning at the home of L Brown 1207 South Lincoln Street with Dr G L Yates pastor in charge. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery under N B Griggs & Sons Funeral Home. She is survived by her parents a sister Vernelle and a brother Jack Leroy.
A head on automobile collision near Cisco killed drivers O. L. Tidwell, 40, and Clyde J. Broiles, 30, in the early hours yesterday. A German engineer claims to have built a radio controlled skyrocket intended to carry mail.
Hollywood’s party scene revives with cautious style as old lavishness gives way to modest gatherings. Cecil B De Mille and Mayfair soirees echo in memory while current spending centers on private dinners and bridgeless prizes. Market notes drift through trading plist, oil stocks rise mildly and mining shares inch higher as studios resume entertaining.
Geologists report Carbon Peak split last December with large cracks and avalanches. Explosions, rumblings, and gas emissions followed as one flank collapsed. Last night flames were observed, scientists citing a coal seam ignition beneath the mountain and warn it may continue to burn and eventually collapse.
Funeral services for A W Stalnaker stockman and farmer who died Saturday were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Griggs Chapel. Rev T D Sumrall and Dr R C Snodgrass officiated. Burial was in Llano Cemetery. Surviving are a son T W Stalnaker Amarillo a daughter Mrs J W Fisher Dallas and a brother and sister.
Kansas City livestock report shows hogs 6 000 head down 5 cents. top price 24.80 for 190 240 lb hogs. Cattle 9 000 head calves 1 500 steady to lower. steers good and choice 440 1500 head, vealers milk fed 4.00 4.50. stockers and feeders 5.00 6.50. Sheep 11 000 steady. native lambs top 87.50, Texas lambs 6.00, two year old Texas wethers 4.00 4.50. ewes and wethers quoted. NY financials mixed with cautious early gains.
This piece outlines osteopathy as a 40 year old profession with about 8 090 practitioners and six active schools led by a largest cohort over 800 students. It describes training, practice areas, safety, and philosophy, urging readers to consult osteopaths for authoritative information and viable readings.
The Globe News Pub Co Amarillo Texas invites readers to obtain a complimentary copy of a new Osteopathic Health Service bookset without cost or obligation. The notice requests the name and address of the recipient for mailing.
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