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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1930
Page
2
A collage of confessions and observations on unemployment and social experiment plans, urban mishaps, a car accident involving R. M. Nash and Wales Madden Jr, a fur theft warning, advice on unemployment insurance inquiries, and warnings about predatory matrimonial schemes. The narrator notes hunger, humor, and a nostalgic call to old panhandle days while detailing local incidents and solicitations.
Mayor Col Ernest O Thompson announced a proposed city limits extension to include Tri-State fairgrounds Sunset Park Addition and Southwestern Public Service Company property to gain police power at the fairgrounds and ensure power generation within the city. The plan would also extend street-paving payment terms and simplify ordinance publication, with Sunset Park Addition petition showing 85 percent support.
Federal Prohibition Director Amos W. Woodcock allowed ad campaigns for a grape juice concentrate that can be turned into wine for home use, noting no interference as long as it is not sold as an intoxicant. Milwaukee residents show strong interest as party politics and wet dry tensions shape the election's interpretation.
Ill band member seeks temporary employment after several responsible positions with major firms. She is skilled in office tasks, alert, efficient, and highly recommended. Available for several weeks. eager to work and dependable. Please call 6843 if you can offer a short assignment.
A resident laments high unemployment in Amarillo citing firemen painting fire stations while union painters struggle to find work. The writer criticizes city management and a mayor newly appointed to an unemployment committee, urging action.
W H Fuqua welcomed pastors and delegates to Amarillo as the Texas Baptist Convention opened. He praised the city’s growth from a desert town to a thriving center of about 50 000, urged finance for religious programs, and urged seeking wisdom and spiritual progress alongside modern development. He urged pride in schools and churches and predicted expanded influence of Godly organizations.
The Amarillo convention opens with Dr. W. Marshall Craig preaching But We Preach Christ as 2,000 attend in the auditorium. Delegates total 805 with hundreds more in town. tours of local churches are planned. Dr. Johnson from Mars Hill, N C, will speak on stewardship at an 8 pm mass meeting and Friday morning sessions.
B M King and Curtis Damron were fined after arrest for stealing a hat from the E D Green Clothing Store at 403A Taylor Street. Ed Green reported catching Damien with the hat hidden under his coat and police booked the pair before transferring them to county custody.
Louie Turner pleaded guilty in Judge Bishop's criminal court to forging checks at a local drug store. He was sentenced to five years suspended in the state penitentiary after indictment by the Potter County grand jury in August.
A civic appeal promises visitors that Amarillo has already been turned over to them and that residents will host and serve in every way. Churches, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Board of City Development vow travelers will meet no strangers and can enjoy Amarillo through its hospitable citizens.
Funeral services for John B Ratliff who died in a local hospital Tuesday will be held at 2 p m Thursday from the family home 212 Sunset Terrace Rev Robert C Jones pastor of the Church of Christ will officiate Pallbearers are Joe Killough C C Loving W S Roberts Clyde Farmer A B Jones and H L Adkins Burial will be in Llano Cemetery under N S Griggs Sons direction He survived by his widow two daughters Mrs J T Arledge Fort Worth and Mrs W B Gunn Amarillo his father M L Ratliff Stamford five brothers L D Ratliff Haskell W H Dallas E S Oklahoma City C S Stamford B E Ada Okla and three sisters Mrs Roy Lang Lockney Mrs W W Campbell Canton and Mrs J E Jeffress Amarillo He was employed with Noble Brothers Grocery Co and formerly city salesman for Waples Platter Grocery Co.
October relief funds exceed last year as hundreds lose work and migrate to Amarillo. Eighty new families join Welfare Association caseload, many from other states. Salvation Army and Welfare Association provide clothing groceries meals and lodging without charge, aided by Community Chest contributions. Captain R McNeiland leads Amarillo post as charity workers urge continued private support to avert worsening privation.
A terse reflection argues that no college leader sees value in curbing the trend of profitable imitation of bullfighting, noting that today’s event or mindset has already surpassed prior concerns and calls for restraint remains unspoken.
A thief broke into Harry Holland men's store at 510 Polk Street Tuesday night and fled with two and a half dozen pairs of socks, a pair of trousers, and $10. Entry was gained by breaking a door and prying open an inside safe door. authorities discovered the loss Wednesday.
The Panhandle Poultry Association will meet Thursday night November 13 at 7 o'clock. The session is scheduled at the Chamber of Commerce per officers' announcement.
Railway Commission of Texas will hold hearings tomorrow and Friday at the Amarillo Hotel on applications for truck line permits and transfers. Panel includes Pat Neff as chairman, with Mark Marshall C V Terrell and Lon A Smith arriving or expected. Applicants include H H Reike Amarillo to the state line, W S Newell Amarillo to Higgins, H L Fulks Amarillo to Friona, R M Brown Amarillo to Farwell, and Turner and Melton for further lines.
Red Cross solicitors are urged to finish work and report to headquarters as Potter County chapters keep taking memberships beyond the official close. Fred H. Gallo, Roll Call chairman, says hundreds have joined and several units have yet to start soliciting in offices. The drive officially ended on November 11 but is extended to allow districts busy with Armistice Day and Baptist Convention to submit memberships before the Community Chest drive begins Monday.
A jury was selected and testimony began today in the Horace Wells liquor case. Wells is charged with violating the liquor law after authorities found 195 gallons of liquor on a farm north of the Municipal Golf course. The case includes requests for route permits and transfers connected to a Amarillo to state line line.
Prices for all grades of Pennsylvania crude oil were reduced 15 cents a barrel by leading purchasing agencies in Pittsburgh, marking the lowest levels since November 5, 1915. The new prices show Pennsylvania grades in various lines ranging from 2.15 to 1.45 and Alleghany Crude at 2.15 in New York.
Hogs at Kansas City 8,000 head mostly lower with top $8.65. cattle and calves light trade, buyers wary as weights vary. Chicago figures show 28,000 hogs and 10,000 cattle with standstill trend and mixed declines. lambs and sheep also softer across markets, fat lambs slow but clean gains in some classes.
Fort Worth and East St Louis market notes show hogs and cattle prices varied, with hogs down 50 to 60 cents on truck hogs at Fort Worth, top $9.00, sows down. cattle movement dull with slaughter steers and yearlings mostly steady. beef and veal prices mixed. Sheep stable with fat yearlings around $5.00 and lambs around $6.00. New York cotton opened steady with December trading up to 10.98 amid active covering.
A reflective verse contrasts a thrifty, honest man with clever peers who chase shortcuts to fortune. The steady, modest life remains prosperous while others’ schemes fail, and marriage vows crumble under pride. The moral favors decency and old-fashioned ways over rapid wealth.
In New Orleans cotton opened quiet with early gains of 12 to 16 points as Liverpool prices rose following New York. December hit 10.95 and March 11.84 before easing to end near the lows amid stock market weakness and hedge selling. Chicago wheat surged on anticipated delivery requirements, with December up after opening unchanged to fractional gains. corn struggled to rally as markets digested supply signals.
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