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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1932
Page
2
The writer recalls forecasting heavy rain in Amarillo on Tuesday, cites quick runoff, and jokes about quitting his weather column. He segments city finances, criticizing tax cuts that raised debt, and urges a return to nine councilors with better oversight. He notes a trout-raising effort in Moore County and reflects on local governance.
Amarillo public schools enact budget moves to balance 1932 finances. A $2.50 annual R O T C fee is set for cadets while the R O T C unit remains in the program. Coaching salaries are reduced, and the athletics department reorganization aims to curb expenses. The board also approves non interest bearing warrants to staff and borrows $25,000 to cover payroll, with $64,727 still to come from the state and $50,000 expected by September 1.
A special Globe News section will honor underwriters at the Texas Association of Insurance Agents convention in Amarillo June 9 and 10. Amarillo Insurance Exchange planned entertainment and logistics at Chamber of Commerce with attendees including John K. Boyce Henry Thomson George Williams Jeff M. Neely Rolla Cartwright Francher Upshaw Benton King L. E. Lyle D. W. Owen George Ordway Guy C. Saunders Howard Williams H. S. Richey and C. D. Regal.
The National Honor Society will hold its annual banquet in the high school cafeteria this evening. New members will be initiated at 7 30 in the school library with Hermon Pipkin as toastmaster. Tomorrow seniors dine with the Rotary Club and hold commencement at 8 30 in the Municipal Auditorium with Dr J M Gordon delivering the address.
Robert Earl Williams infant son of Mr and Mrs Dew E Williams of 2501 Mirror Street died early last night in an Amarillo hospital Funeral services will be announced by N S Griggs Son at the convenience of relatives The notice includes unrelated personal ads and requests for a pony and laborers with names and addresses.
A letter to Tack from a writer in the city mentions attending court and that special arrangements were made to reach the Tack letters feature on Page 16. The note references a Palisades Panhandle topic and the ongoing page discussion.
John Snider invites President Hoover to attend a barbecue in Amarillo at any time he chooses. Snider hosted a large National Press Club barbecue last Saturday with many lawmakers and officials present. Snider was introduced by Jesse Jones of Houston, board member of the reconstruction corporation.
The piece discusses Turkish censorship of suicide reports in Constantinople and the global reaction. It highlights Amelia Earhart Putnam's solo ocean flight setting a women's record, and a teen’s suicide after failing to become a pilot. It also notes Japanese Manchuria aggression, tax collection hardships, and Japan's need for Manchuria’s resources.
Frances Williams 48 wife of J R Williams Clayton rancher died this morning in an Amarillo hospital after a two month illness. Survived by husband son E W Williams Elesville N M and daughters Mrs Tony Spinelli Clayton and Mrs Jack Davis Dalhart. Member of Baptist Church. Body to lie in state at Griggs Funeral Chapel 7 to 8 then sent to Clayton for services.
A man robbed American National Bank in Apache of 2950 dollars after forcing the janitor to open the safe about 8 AM. The suspect, 25, 5 feet 8, about 170 pounds, fled as officers from Anadarko and nearby towns pursued. It was the twenty second Oklahoma bank robbery this year.
Firemen submit monthly insured unoccupied property reports to the state insurance commissioner after Amarillo completes a city wide survey. Fire Chief George B Cooper says J W Dickerson fire marshal led compilation with help from local agencies. First survey found some homes over insured.
William A. Blankenship 49 died at home on East Sixth Avenue and funeral services are set for Thursday. The body lies at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Survived by wife Lena son Earl and two brothers G W and J L Blankenship of Jerome Arizona.
Amarillo High School held its annual banquet at the Herring Hotel for 308 graduates among 315 attendees. Rev. Gaston Foote gave three happiness rules, urged faith amid depression, and praised the senior class as the best in the school's history. Kenneth Simmerman led the dance as master of ceremonies.
Jack Burgess of Borger whose case was reversed and remanded by the Appeals Court today is now in Potter County jail on a federal robbery charge for the Borger post office heist of November 1930 totaling 3200 dollars. The remanded case involves a 10 year sentence from Carson County for alleged hijacking of the Terry and Company store in Borger last October. He also faces an eight year theft sentence on appeal from Wichita Falls.
Amarillo shows a vacant jail with three inmates released last Friday after drunkenness charges. Desks report many wanderers arriving nightly on trains seeking food or work, while Judge Wheeler plans a lecture on proper entry for the solicitous guests at police headquarters.
The Texas Democratic convention backed 368 delegates, favored Jed Adams for national committeeman, re elected Clara Driscoll Sevier as committeewoman, and supported paying the soldier bonus. It also adopted a resolution barring Negroes from Democratic primaries by restricting membership to white electors.
Mineral Wells Texas delegates total 49 votes at the Republican convention to renominate President Hoover. The state convention praised Hoover's leadership during the economic crisis and endorsed a protective tariff including a tariff on oil. John W. Philp praised the President as a fighter. The gathering opposed canceling war debts and commended R B Creager and the state Republican organization.
The article notes former officials Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil leases, and a law punishing witnesses who refuse to testify abroad. Blackmer was summoned for Continental Trading Company dealings, ignored the summons, and had $100,000 in liberty bonds seized and a $60,000 fine imposed.
Proceedings in the Court of Civil Appeal Seventh District at Amarillo show motions overruled in General Contract Purchase versus O W Sumner and others, profits from strikes, several rehearings affirmed reversed and remanded, appeals dismissed and submissions noted for City of Canadian and Prairie Oil & Gas Company et al with multiple originating counties.
The San Jacinto Methodist Church sponsors a free singing festival in the church auditorium Thursday at 7 30 p m. Community singing and performances by the Girls Quartet Santa Fe Quartet Stamps Trio and Matron s Quartet highlight the program with ice cream and cake sales by the Wesley Friendship Class in the basement.
The executive boards of the Mc Kinley, San Jacinto and Margaret Wills Parent-Teachers Associations meet at the San Jacinto Auditorium at 9 30 Thursday morning to plan the annual summer round up for preschool children. Committees will be formed and arrangements made for mandatory physical exams for entrants next September.
Dairies in Amarillo will receive excellent ratings after an inspection tour by state health official Herb Hargis. The health unit prepares the report at city hall, with copies sent to federal authorities. Hargis returned from Plainview where another dairy inspection occurred.
United Press reports reveal a nepotism issue in the Idaho Republican primary as Senator John Thomas faces criticism for employing his daughter Mary Thomas and sister Mollie Yount on the Senate payroll at 2200 dollars a year. The pattern echoes broader concerns over family payrolls and misuse of government funds.
Panhandle osteopaths will present difficult cases in a free clinic at Amarillo General Hospital this Saturday led by Dr H C Wallace of Wichita Kansas president of the American Osteopathic College of Surgeons. Fifty or more osteopaths from Panhandle cities expected.
Drebon Smith, 21, held on murder charges after a gun battle over hogs left Fay Thornton, 18, dead and Thornton’s father wounded. Smith says he acted in self defense when they fired at him during a hog trespass incident in the Thornton corn fields. Marilyn Miller has been hospitalized in Hollywood for an infected tooth and is reported to be responding well.
Grain bids from Amarillo show No 1 hard wheat at 87 to 134 with oats and barley steady. Kansas City hogs and cattle trade weak to steady with top hogs near 2.95 and steers around 6.25 for yearlings. Chicago market follows, hogs steady to lower, cattle strong for fed weighty steers, veal and stockers mixed. New Orleans cotton opens ease with July near 5.68 and October 5.82. later slight rebound but overall weaker.
Poem extols quiet bravery in daily duties and neighborly acts. It contrasts wartime valor with steadfast, practical virtue of meeting present needs and supporting others through work and duty.
The stock market resumed its slide with utilities food tobacco and rail shares dropping. American Tobacco firms slipped to new lows while American Telephone fell to its lowest since 1907. Electric Power and Light rose on dividend hopes as a few industrials held up.
Advertisement for B. C. headache and nerve relief detailing a pharmacist made formula. Claims rapid effect within minutes for headaches muscular aches colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without narcotics. Available in 10¢ and 25¢ packages at drugstores.
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