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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1930
Page
2
A long column of humorous and philosophical snippets from Amarillo, mixing jokes about marriage and weather with reflections on friendship and wealth. The piece recaps a light weekly mood, mentions a dog named Tack and a neighbor, and includes brief vignettes about garden produce in winter and social scenes at a revival meeting.
Community Christmas Cheer Committee sponsors a World War picture at the Auditorium November 17 18 19 to raise funds for the needy. Tickets cost 15 cents for children and 80 cents for adults with proceeds aiding Amarillo’s poor. sales at Gibson Drug Store.
Pan American Airways and Imperial Airways discuss a transatlantic air service with a tentative three day schedule. May Woods-Humphrey and Juan Trippe will negotiate an international agreement for New York Bermuda flights using 3000 mile range seaplanes. Base airports to be built in Bermuda after government approvals.
The Dornier DO-X left Southampton water bound for Bordeaux as it continues toward Lisbon and a trans Atlantic leg to New York. Eleven passengers boarded at 9 30 a m delaying takeoff while Lady Grace Drummond-Hay and Karl Von Wiegand tried to reach the craft by motor boat. The planned route covers about 410 miles to Bordeaux.
A hillside farmer speaks to his mule named Bill in a reflective monologue about labor and partnership. The speaker compares their work, noting he plows with two legs while the mule does so with four, and wonders who truly benefits from their toil. He describes crop harvests, rent shares, and family needs as he divides the crop after sharing with the landowner and others. He ends with a plaintive line about fairness to Bill.
The convention approved a $12,000 yearly plan drafted by Carr Collins and H L Kokernot to build a foundation of Baptist colleges and hospitals. Bonded debt fell to $750,000 as the budget neared $522,406 with extra offerings. Baylor fundraising seeks $200,000 to retire $350,000 in debt, with $50,000 already raised and a $75,000 conditional gift.
A cold front from Canada moved eastward bringing a sharp 20 degree drop in a few hours. Snow covered Montana with Great Falls recording the low at 15 above zero as the weather bureau forecast continued snowfall and lower temperatures.
Police reported Thursday night burglaries at two Amarillo restaurants. At the Blue Light cafe 617 B East Fourth Avenue proprietor R J Vaughan said a cash register three cartons of cigarettes and chewing gum were taken with loss about 75 dollars. At Mack's case or the O K Lunch 314 Taylor Street only food was stolen.
D K Martin a San Antonio figure appointed to fill a vacancy on the state highway commission is in Amarillo for the Baptist convention. He inspected the North Fillmore Street underpass site and endorsed a subway at the railroad crossing used by three state highways. Amarillo seeks state aid. plans are ready though construction awaits the highway commission decision.
Dr J Frank Norris a Fundamentalist preacher holds a revival at a tabernacle corner Ninth and Van Buren Streets He announces Friday night subject Under the Rim of the Cup or My Twenty One Years Experience in Fort Worth More than 100 000 copies of this address have been printed and distributed recently
The report from the committee on religious literature condemns secular press as unwholesome for youth and calls for evangelism through pulpits and print. The convention endorses enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and opposes efforts to repeal or weaken it.
Coach Blair Cherry reveals new starting five for the SANDIESthe Tigers with three changes. Line Captain Mike Montgomery remains injured. Bill Allen is ill and out. Scanlan is also out. The lineup features Conaley and Floyd at ends, Meaders and Estes at tackles, Foster and Talbot at guards, Glass at center, Fowler at quarterback, Hancock and Dunaway at halfbacks, and Bufkin at fullback.
A concise guide asserts a strong ad must make people see read understand believe and want the product. It emphasizes five essential effects all must be achieved for success.
Miss Margaret Kennedy age 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Kennedy of 508 Pierce Street was killed in an automobile accident at Norfolk Virginia on Thursday. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon with arrangements pending. She had been employed by the Bell Tailoring Company and had recently arrived in Virginia from Amarillo after leaving October 27 to spend the winter with relatives. She is survived by her parents two sisters and two brothers.
William E. Gilkerson age 75 died today at his daughter Mrs. D. O. Kretz home in Higgins. He had lived in Higgins 23 years and was a Methodist and W C W lodge member. Survived by four sons and seven daughters, a brother and a sister. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home has the body.
Amarillo city government payroll runs about 40000 dollars monthly for all departments. City employees are paid twice monthly on the first and fifteenth.
The article outlines a planned blind tour by Mr. Thompson using a De Soto roadster. Willis H. Thompson, president of Franklin Amarillo Company, is to verify the car’s showroom status. The event includes a finish at the reconditioned car showroom at Ninth and Polk and a blindfolded ride around the block with attempts to locate a crowd’s attractive woman.
Globe News building at Sixth and Fillmore hosts a multi stop vehicle demonstration led by Hayward Thompson. The event includes blindfold experiments, prize milk, car showrooms, and a tour of dealerships and service stations from noon to 1 p.m.
A promotional route features EK. FE. Mauldin's Dairy gift prize and Gibson Oil Gibson Blue gasoline. Dr L M Black hosts safety lesson at Fowler's Brake Service with a Jumbo brake testing display. Thompson's lecture concludes the exhibit while Boxwell Brothers Ambulance follows the route for public viewing.
An official source notes tentative plans for a monster rally in Washington near the opening of the new Congress in December. About 18 city organizations are expected to participate to show dry members there is dry support and to hearten the movement.
A tense exchange unfolds with a player accusing a caddie of laziness and spoiling his shot while the caddie retorts that a fellow golfer is inept, cheats, and unfit to play at the club. The dialogue reveals friction between on course performance and staff conduct.
The committee discussed the forthcoming World Conference of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Toronto Canada on January 8 and 8. Fifteen hundred women from the national WCTU will attend.
The Johnson School carnival originally set for Friday night has been postponed to a later date next week, officials announced Friday morning.
Fort Worth markets show hogs steady with truck prices up to .76 and sow prices 7.00 to 7.50 while cattle mostly steady though slaughter steers and fat yearlings scarce. Sheep steady with fat lambs at 6.50. New Orleans and New York cotton futures drift after early losses, with December around 11.00 to 11.14 in New York and 10.98 to 11.14 noted at noon.
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