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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1933
Page
3
The report shows total valuation for 1932 and 1933 with shifts in real and personal property, noting a 20.6 percent decrease in assessed value from 1932 to 1933. It details general operating expenses for the 1933 34 fiscal year and confirms a reduced budget by the commission.
City officials present a 1933 34 budget showing a 20.6 percent drop in assessed valuation from 32 33 to 33 34 and a 40.5 percent reduction in total operating and sinking fund expenses. The plan refunds maturities over three years while maintaining a tax rate of one dollar per hundred assessed valuation, based on an 80 percent 1933 tax collection. The rate will be fixed within 30 days after budget filing and public hearing.
A dense record of transfers and notices shows J F P Craig et ux selling lots in Madden and N Heights Additions to Mabel B Tuckness and others between 1932 and 1933 for amounts from 2350 to 485 dollars. The list includes deeds to several parcels, names of buyers, and multiple automotive trades and manufacturers.
The article reports Mexican scientists uncovering the tomb of the god Xolotl, an aged priest buried with gold and jewels. It notes the belief in his insanity and divine possession, alongside a survey of various ancient worships from cats to dollars in modern times.
FE. E. Chamness, new district school superintendent, will visit Amarillo Saturday per Miss Laura V. Hamner Potter County superintendent. County teachers are urged to meet him at 2:30 PM in the courthouse offices, with a regular county teachers meeting at 10:00 AM that morning.
Black Maskers opened at the High School auditorium with The Ninth Guest by Owen Davis. The four act mystery held the audience to the end as the cast included Grace Rye Darrell Jackson Virgie Ballew Allen Clark Deei Eaton Regene Weatherby Ridgeway Zelley Aubrey Jackson Rue Paula Parcells and Frank Hardman. Meanwhile Chicago Cubs president William L. Veeck was reported improved after being diagnosed with leukemia.
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