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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1933
Page
3
Horace Russell of Russell Stationery Company explains a $20 gold piece could be buried and later melted to fetch over $30 under the government stabilization policy. He notes buyers would have to prove the coin was mined to sell at the higher price.
Cecil Thornbrugh, a southwestern desperado, was held at the state penitentiary for safekeeping after fatally shooting Benjamin J. Davidson, a 53-year-old black night jailer, during an attempted jail escape at Shawnee County. Threats of mob violence prompted transfer to Lansing penitentiary. he faces federal trial in Kansas City next week for a post office robbery.
Discussion of take-out bids in bridge, focusing on lower-rank take-outs and later support. Explains when invitational sequences arise, how to handle responses, and strategies for spades and no trump contracts with various hand shapes.
English paper reprints a Manchester clipping showing Constable H Elliott of Amarillo Texas using discarded car license plates as shingles for a chicken house. The caption notes the plates attracted tax authorities and calls the structure a motor patrolman’s nightmare.
The column lauds Jacksonville as a future Florida hub like San Francisco, praising municipal light and power ownership to cut taxes, and highlighting civic leaders such as City Commissioner Acosta and publisher John H. Perry. It touts Roosevelt era port improvements, canal projects, and a brisk, energetic local press propelled by a young newsroom.
Jacksonville is lively as federal funds arrive for public works, with weekly spending of 1.5 million dollars and a 250 thousand dollar payroll. The scene near Glen St Mary shows two cheerful men removing bristles from hog carcasses as a white hog hangs from a tree, a festive moment amid seasonal trees and moss.
A family gathers in a red lined oxford setting beside a black frame cabin as neighbors watch the hogs set for their winter slaughter. Women children and elders are seated inside the orchard enclosure while the line of pigs is readied for processing.
The passage discusses how a four card strong hand should be headed by top honors to be biddable. It notes the decision between a raise and one or two no trumps based on distribution. It suggests a strong suit with A K Qx and outlines a two diamond bid over one spade with the responder needing Sp xx Bis. x x Sp Kxxx Hts Qx x.
A vivid scene depicts a white pig hanging its head in a colored man’s orchard, provoking a tense discussion on appetites and social boundaries. The fragment hints at cultural tensions and personal choices without resolving them.
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