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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1931
Page
2
A rambling column from Panhandle Texas blends rumors of new auto-giros and air-minded dreams with weather jokes, local gossip, a furniture for a widow project, a lost handkerchief, a charity quilt fair, and small town sketches. It mentions St. Marys commencement, a Bible Bible and Berachah Home, and a quilt fair at 609 Polk Street.
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Robertson Rice 24 of Claude die d at a local hospital Monday evening will be held in Claude this afternoon at 3 oclock from the Baptist Church with Rev. B. W. Wilkins officiating. She is survived by her mother Wife. W. L. Rice. Pallbearers are Thurman Hay J E Johnson J A Everett Faulkner Bert Wooldridge and Davis. Flower girls are Fay Tucker Mrs T A Butt Annie May Henderson and May Johnson. The body was taken over land by WB S Griggs and Sons.
Death Tack Industry may some day take care of its wounded. Le gions of them are the men and women who through the small of their own are thrown out of work a certain number of days each year. See TAC LETTERS, Page 13.
In Lubbock Texas on May 26 the Associated Retail Creditmen of Texas and Retail Merchants Association held sessions as part of their annual convention. Officers and nominees were discussed and speeches by John R. Clark and others covered educational and prompt pay campaigns and installment credit topics.
County Commissioner M. L. Parker buys a single cylinder Jackson powered double shovel plus machinery for 4.85 to use at Fair Park. The item, described as old-time and practical, will be used to plow around trees and shrubs at the park.
Two Amarillo residents suffered injuries in separate Monday night traffic incidents. Jim Wing, proprietor of the Empire Cafe, struck a culvert while returning from Borger and remained at his apartment above the cafe as doctors planned X rays. Junior Roberts, 12, was struck by a truck at Third and Tennessee and rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital with severe cuts and bruises. The truck was driven by J. C. Burke of 202 Tennessee Street.
Gloria Swanson stars in Indiscreet as it ends its Mission engagement tonight. Up Pops the Devil follows on Wednesday. The Paramount comedy romance features Skeets Gallagher Stuart Erwin Carole Lombard Lilyan Tashman and Norman Foster in a Greenwich Village marriage dilemma tale.
Potter County Criminal District Court will be in session tomorrow with several cases slated for trial. The regular jury panel is excused until 9 a.m. tomorrow. Will Moore, charged with the slaying of Mont Moore of New Mexico, had his trial postponed until next Monday and the special venue was held over to the following week.
A message signed by Honduran rebel leader Ger Ladislao Santos and distributed by revolutionary sympathizers claims rebel forces captured Tela, a northern coast port. The Honduran high command said rebels were defeated at Los Palmas near Tela and driven into the surrounding hills.
The Globe presents a new subtractive cipher challenge in which each coded letter relates to the original by a simple mathematical rule. The key is hinted by the first three words and the prior solution verses about honoring parents. Readers are invited to decode the message using the described method.
The state of Soviet style instruction asks to write a subtractive key for a four character group codes. It requires noting the relationship of each code character to the original in its alphabetical sequence and deriving the key. This meta instruction frames a cryptic exercise rather than a news item.
Amarillo College will hold its commencement Wednesday night at 8 15 in Central Presbyterian Church replacing the college assembly room. Speaker Dr Frederick Eby head of Texas University philosophy of education will discuss junior colleges. High honors go to Miss Marjorie Milton with 29 A grades out of 30 possible.
Display at Fifth and Polk Streets showcases home made rugs crafted from gunny sacks under Miss Mary Sitton supervision. Demonstrates washing dying cutting edging and sewing steps. Instructions available from Miss Sitton at the Chamber of Commerce.
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs A W Evans of Gruver will be held in Gruver this afternoon at 4 oclock. The child died Monday night in a hospital. Burial arrangements and survivors include the grandparents Mr and Mrs W B Hart of Gruver.
Miss Ann Wortham aged 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs W B Wortham of Nacogdoches died in a hospital here from injuries suffered Sunday in an automobile accident near Appleby. She was the granddaughter of the late Col Louis J Wortham of Fort Worth a pioneer Texas publisher.
Otto Talbert, 27, killed his mother Mrs. Ann Briggs, 61, at their farm home near Claremore Oklahoma then shot himself and was in dangerous condition in a local hospital. Sister Mrs Minnie Crittenden said the quarrel prompted the killings and self-inflicted wound. Talbert had been ill and unable to work for three months.
The Treasury cut the interest on government deposits from 1 percent to 0.5 percent per year, effective June 1. The move aims to aid the economy as banks cut rates on deposits and affects about $100 million held by banks nationwide plus special depository balances from government securities transactions.
Train service on the Fort Worth and Denver line between Amarillo and Denver will improve by one hour with a new schedule beginning Sunday. Travel times between Amarillo and Dallas shorten. No 7 northbound arrives earlier, No 1 and No 2 adjust arrival/departure times, and No 8 moves to an 8 15 departure after 6 20 arrival.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Luebking 64 who died Monday in a local hospital will be at 3 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church conducted by Rev G L Yates with Rev J C Sise assisting Pallbearers are T M Bruner J M Cook W H Fuqua Arthur Osgood Lester Stone and W E Goodloe Burial will be in Llano Cemetery under N B Griggs & Sons direction She is survived by her husband Fred Luebking two brothers C G Fetchner St Louis and William Fetchner Dallas and two sisters Mrs Jordan Brown Sayre Okla and Mrs J W Armstrong Hartley
D Barrett Eastman 53 real estate dealer died at his home 937 Grand avenue at 9 this morning. He leaves a widow and four sons named George Raymond Burton and D B Eastman Jr all of California also four stepchildren of Amarillo a brother Fred Eastman Omaha Neb and a sister Mrs M Sparks Denver Colo A short funeral will be at Griggs Funeral Chapel 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist After services the body will be sent to Denver Wednesday evening with the family accompanying.
A blaze at 3:30 a m damaged Gulf Refining Company's service station at 748 North Fillmore and Eighth Avenue. Hymies Café next door, run by Henry Walters, suffered smoke damage. Fire Chief George B Cooper said the fire likely started from an overheated gas stove in the station. damage estimates were not yet available.
Mrs Olive K Dixon travels to Dodge City Kansas to attend the unveiling of a monument honoring pioneer citizens. Dedication exercises for a new park are scheduled the same day. She was invited by the Chamber of Commerce and the Dodge City Historical Society to participate.
In Galveston on May 26 police sought a 28 year old former mess boy from the steamship Mayan charged with stealing $1000 from the ship’s safe. Captain C R Kertell found the theft upon returning to the vessel after a weekend away. The Mayan sailed Monday without the mess boy and the money.
A. Gronholan bootmaker for Beck Brothers, struck by a car three weeks ago, was discharged from the hospital this morning. He suffered a broken arm and minor facial and bodily bruises and is much improved.
A poem fragment ponders the first person who discovered laughter in humanity's early days. It asks who first faced the ills of life with merriment, seeking the moment when reason and mirth emerged together. The verse muses on a foundational act of finding humor within sorrow.
A reflective verse reflecting on vanity and humor as nations rise and fall. The speaker, gazing into a crystal pool, questions whether his appearance pleases others and finds solace in laughter to ease life’s ills. Edgar A Guest.
Hogs and cattle prices shift across major markets with U. S. D. A. reports showing mixed declines and steady to weak trends in Kansas City and Chicago. New Orleans cotton opens softer as stocks rally later. New York stocks drift after a graft inquiry news.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce plans a delegation for Moore County and North Plains as the first all passenger train service to Dumas opens. The special departs Amarillo at 10:00 arrives Dumas 11:50 and returns at 4:30 reaching Amarillo 6:20. Round trip fare is 2 dollars.
The column argues that environment cannot alter inherited limits from ancestors citing Frederick the Great and Newton. It notes Pope Pius XII condemning modern economic ills and praising science while criticizing socialism and communism. Mussolini’s horse mishap is described with light humor and a warning about safety.
Parker warns in East Texas district that current conditions threaten to end proration, implying severe consequences if it continues. He asserts inevitable disruption and potential disastrous results if policy persists.
J L Maddox chairman of the committee to choose a site for a large depot for Transcontinental and Western Air Inc was expected in Amarillo Tuesday if he arrived as planned from Los Angeles. He was not on the morning east bound plane. Amarillo has submitted a bid for the depot and his visit is highly anticipated.
The law firm Madden Adkins Pipkins Keffer relocated from the Amarillo Building to suite 903 in the Fisk Medical and Professional Building. Members include Wales Madden H L Adkins Herman Pipkin and Charles Keffer. Former offices were suite 809 in the Amarillo Building.
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