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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
4
Advertising copy for pattern 2280 by Anne Adams offers a three piece summer frock with scarf detail. Includes yardage needs for sizes 14 to 20 and 32 to 40, price 15 cents per pattern, 25 cents for catalog and pattern, mail to Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept Texas.
City officials indicate the special election date for Amarillo’s mayor depends on Colonel Ernest C. Thompson’s resignation, expected June 4. If resignation occurs by Tuesday night, the call could come this week with voting between June 6 and June 16. otherwise, polls could be set between June 10 and June 20.
A hearing on the proposed Sixteenth Avenue improvement between Van Buren and Washington Streets is set after last Tuesday night’s meeting was canceled due to two commission members being out of the city.
In a crime solving effort the city of Edinburgh Scotland dispatched prints of 104 persons to Scotland Yard in London last year as part of cross city investigation.
Roses and spirea decorated the Easum home at 2032 Hayden Street where the Gloom Chasers Club met Tuesday afternoon. High score in bridge went to Mrs Dan Vaughn, the gag prize to Mrs Fred Franks, and Mrs Paul Noland received the galloping prize. Special guest Mrs John Canes of Denver attended with members Mrs Fred Ross, Mrs Burr Shane, Mrs George Cates, Mrs Dan Vaughn and Mrs Milburn Easum.
Paris reports cyclamen as a new fashionable shade described as a pinkish mauve deeper than orchid. It appears mainly in evening frocks with fabrics like cycla men transparent velvet and cape wraps worn closely about the figure.
Piano pupils of Miss Ruby Ford will be presented in a varied recital at Pleasant Valley Christian Church this evening at 8 15 o clock. Participants include Jeanne Collier Dargas Collier Evelyn Rose Allene Gann Peggy Jean Baker Elaine Baker Betty Jo Baker Clyne Cowart and Mrs Tom Withers. Guest artists Geraldine Warner and Floyd Oliver will perform.
Patchwork berets in black red and white captivate the younger crowd in Paris as ensembles pair with matching scarves. The Amarillo Conservatory of Musical Arts hosts an annual class ensemble at First Baptist Church tonight with prizes awarded. Two young pianists Peggy ean Love and Elizabeth Guide perform Saturday at 3 pm at 1500 Polk Street. Grace Elaine Puckett 8 performs an acrobatic dance at a recital at 2030 Hayden Street. Mr and Mrs A K Webster host guests including Ed Beanland Kenneth Beanland and others. Horton Burk and family head to Brownwood for Howard Payne College summer term. Bonita Study Club meeting postponed at Masonic Temple.
Dave Derden's school of music presents an orchestra feature for the T. Newton Hill Bible Class for men at Mission Theater Sunday morning. Regular song and devotional exercises begin at 9 45 o'clock. The orchestra plays as the class convenes. H A Shaw and Miss Doris Shaw lead devotion. Judge W E Gee and Dr R C Snodgrass conduct the lesson.
Doris Stevens former Mrs Dudley Field Malone is nominated for membership in the American Institute of International Law, to fill the vacated Elihu Root seat, becoming the first woman named to the board. Also notes a June Carthage College reunion host family, a new evening coiffure, Edith Mae Pennington evangelist status, Jenny Lind memory, Queen Mary garden work, Fraulein Stressmann as DC X purser, Bertha Ortell's $500 marriage tax idea, Patricia Harris recital details, and Rainbow Girls bake sale plans.
L. J. Tabor of Columbus Ohio Master of the National Grange spent two days in the Texas Panhandle en route from California to Washington. He praised Marvin Jones and outlined Grange goals lifting commodity prices securing farm stability and rural organization. He noted over 3000 Granges and more than 800000 dues paying members and hoped to expand in Texas.
In Santa Fe de Bogota Colombia Charles Glass highlights emerald mining along with diamonds and quartz sluicing. He notes Colombia’s dual Atlantic and Pacific ports and vast variety of landscapes and climates, yet laments slow progress and lingering colonial atmosphere.
An advertisement promotes Capuchine as a liquid remedy for women with headaches backaches and periodic pains. It claims almost instant relief and soothing nerve comfort. Available at drug stores in single dose or 10 30 and 60 cent sizes.
A North Carolina pharmacist developed a blend of several ingredients to relieve most headaches in minutes. The combination, sold as B. C. in 10¢ and 25¢ packages, also eases muscular aches, colds, neuralgia, reduces fever, and calms a distressed nervous system without opiates or habit forming drugs.
Revolutionary upheaval and rugged landscapes slow infrastructure. Mountain barriers, river rapids, and spongey soils force phased road builds with long settling layers before asphalt. From Balboa to Colombia the Pan American Highway faces unsolved engineering hurdles amid a new go after it spirit and growing oil investment.
The article notes aviation as the practical link for Colombia, shortening trips from weeks to hours, with the Panama Canal bringing closer access to American Atlantic ports and western Europe. Radio broadcasts inform about jobs and education by radio could resemble Mexican efforts, potentially shaping a unified national identity.
Burglars broke a glass window to enter the Panhandle Lumber Company retail office at 1707 West Seventh Avenue and stole $14.30 in cash. Police reported no other burglaries early today.
Treasury records show May 25 receipts of 62.723 million dollars and expenditures of 70.966 million, leaving a balance of 434.637 million. Customs duties collected for 25 days in May totaled 14.926 million dollars.
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