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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1931
Page
2
Edgar A Guest counsels resilience after loss in a 1931 poem. The speaker urges immediate effort to recover from ruin, emphasizing endurance, courage, and practical resolve as life shifts from ease to challenge. The piece frames hardship as a test of character and will.
William Ly Young Stribling, a leading American heavyweight, paused for a chat with admirers at American Air Ways airport as his Travelair monoplane refueled. He planned a 12:30 departure to Wichita to face an unnamed fighter on October 19, with his entourage including Harry Burch Frank Simpson and Lewis Bruel.
Police said two Toledo gangsters Abe The Punk Lubitsky 23 and Norman Blatt 26 were killed when two cars halted at a traffic light as an out of town racketeers invasion unfolded. Harry Abrams 25 was wounded. Chief Louis Haas linked the shooting to Pete Licavoli led gang now under Detroit arrest in a separate case.
The Girl Scout Monthly Council will meet this afternoon at 5 in the Johnson building headquarters. Commissioner Mrs. C. E. Weymouth will preside and outline plans for fall activities. The second fall training session was held last night at Central Presbyterian Church with lectures by Mrs. W. B. Cowhurst and Miss Alice Mulkey.
Temple Robinson, Amarillo park executive, returns from a Toronto convention of the American Institute of Park Executives. He notes coal smoke hurts trees and vegetation in many cities, but Amarillo benefits from coal not being used for heat or power locally. Fort Worth also represented at the convention.
A collage of light remarks and local chatter includes a scathing weather forecast clash, quips about hitchhikers and Hoover, social plans from Old Tack’s Pep Squad, and a personal ad for a suitable home girl. The items reflect community humor, sports banter, and neighborhood notices in Amarillo.
The Amarillo city commission granted three paving petitions Tuesday night. Forest Street from Sixth Avenue to Line Avenue, Line Avenue from Forest Street to Belleview Street, and Hayden Street from Eleventh Avenue to Twelfth Avenue. The Line Avenue petitions included a school board letter promising joint paving if Line Avenue is paved to Belleview, with several local signatures on file.
Supplies of drinking water carried by air transports operating in and out of Amarillo were tested Wednesday by H. E. Hargis, state health official. Tests meet federal requirements for interstate travel and will be reported to the Public Health Service.
Beulah Pearl Wardlow died at 5:30 this morning in a local hospital. She was 23 and had lived in Amarillo about a year after moving from Oklahoma City. Survived by husband 8 F Wardlow and a three day old son Richard Sherman, she also leaves parents W E and Ellen Goff of Guthrie and Ponca City Oklahoma, two sisters L S Corey Enid and Vera Goff Ponca City. Funeral home Boxwell Brothers holds the body awaiting arrangements. The body will be sent to Guthrie for funeral services.
In Dallas Miss Frances Hightower 23 and her daughter Lillian May 4 were found dead in a bedroom. Justice Robert Ogden ruled Lillian May was shot by Frances Hightower who then killed herself. Hightower formerly used the surname Baker after separation from her husband.
A reader asks for a car ride to help a sick family member and offers a reward of goodwill. The message also promotes Pepper Martin for president and Will Rogers as vice president, inviting calls to 9786 for arrangements.
Colonel Tack answers reader questions about a recent radio row to prevent misunderstanding. The letter appearing on Page 3 discusses wording and intent to ensure accurate public communication.
The plan calls for forming a bankers corporation with at least 500 million dollars to rediscount assets not eligible at Federal Reserve banks. The New York Clearing House Association has pledged 150 million. Mellon says the rest can be raised. It also proposes banker committees to advance on assets of closed banks to release deposits, broader Fed liquidity, and a possible war finance style finance corporation.
New York stocks rose at the open on Hoover economic stabilization plans, with gains of 1 to 7 dollars per share, then slackened as the market paused for breath. Turnover in the first half hour reached about 700000 shares, nearly matching yesterday's early surge.
President Hoover plans to confer with real estate leaders at 2 PM on the mortgage emergency and to discuss government capital for farmers via the Federal land banks. The session highlighted partisan tension as Rep Garner signaled tough tactics if Democrats gain the House, while opposition formed to extending the German moratorium without Senate support.
The roster of participants at last night's White House conference includes President Hoover Secretary Mellon Under-Secretary Mills Eugene Meyer and Walter Newton with Republican and Democratic senators and representatives from multiple states. The report notes cotton markets reflecting a general advance amid favorable White House credit proposals.
Ottawa reports that Jimmy Doolittle plans a one day air trip visiting three countries likely starting Monday. He would breakfast here then lunch in Washington D C and dinner in a Mexican city. Meekins announced a 2400 mile speed flight from Ottawa to an unnamed Mexican destination. Ogilvie Forbes of Canada previously flew Canada to Mexico on a private cruise.
Police reported a burglary at Plains Plumbing Company's office 1500 West Sixth Avenue. A safe was pried open during Tuesday night break in, with only 6 dollars in cash and a 3 dollar Burgess Lumber Company check, No. 8648, taken. papers scattered. S. O. Callahan Jr. identified the check.
High officials report a break in the Canton Cantonese insurgent negotiation stalemate. Insurgent leaders allegedly agree to waive demands blocking settlement, including removal of Chiang Kai-Shek and the elimination of T. V. Soong from the Nanking administration.
In early trading today cotton futures climbed as stocks firmed, with December contracts advancing 22 points to 6.02. Profit-taking and hedge selling from higher prices pulled the market back 12 to 14 points from the day’s best, despite a gain of over $1 a bale in the first hour.
Paramount Studios reveals a $2 million program signaling confidence in a return to business normalcy. Nine picture companies are active on stages, eight more ready to begin this month. New York studios film two features while Joinville France and Elstree England studios operate at capacity on multilingual pictures.
Galveston reports imported labor used to break the dock strike as 3,000 longshoremen in four gulf ports protest wage cuts. The Galveston maritime committee ferried 220 workers from Holston to waterfront barracks under heavy police guard. Corpus Christi notes a mob of 18 Negro longshoremen attacked a non union dock worker. five were arrested and others fled as police investigated the incident amid the wage dispute.
S. E. Griffis was fined 250 by a district court jury on an aggravated assault verdict tied to a clash with W. H. Wallace, owner of the Angelus Tailor Shop. Wallace said Griffis struck him on the face, causing the loss of sight in one eye. The altercation occurred August 14 and a not guilty verdict was denied.
Clyde Pangborn criticized Ambassador Forbes at a banquet for not helping after Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr were arrested in Japan for flying over fortified areas. Pangborn implied the ambassador avoided aiding them, suggesting golf kept Forbes from acting. The fliers were detained and fined in Tokyo after leaving New York.
Austin reports the Texas Woman's Christian Temperance Union began officer elections with no apparent contest. Mrs Claude De Van Watts of Austin is expected to be re elected to a tenth term as president after the group accepted her recommendations. Dr Mary Harris Armor of Georgia spoke to the convention yesterday.
A Los Angeles inventor introduces automatic emergency brakes for cars that remain inoperative unless the regular brakes function and the system is engaged by pressing a valve button.
Grain prices list No 1 hard wheat and Kaffir oats barley with US market notes. Kansas City hogs and cattle show gains and steady to strong trends while Chicago hogs and cattle rise modestly. New Orleans cotton opens firm on Hoover plan with profit taking later. New York stocks pause after early gains as major issues move narrowly.
The article notes Thomas A Edison nearing decline with five children nearby and doctors reporting he slept better, yet his sleep deprivation has weakened his nerve system. Pope Pius inquires about his health, while John Eyre Sharpe thanks Catholic messages. Optimism is shown by Stitch McCarthy after beating Spero in a local election.
Amarillo officials added the Texas Tuberculosis Prevention Association to its list of prospective conventions. O V Vernon invited Dr Elva A Wright to hold the meeting in Amarillo next spring concurrently with the State Medical Association session, citing mutual benefit for both groups.
Tax Assessor H. E. Kinkead works on the 1931 county and state rolls and will turn them over to Tax Collector J. W. Collins within ten days. The rolls are late by about a month due to delays in fixing the new rate by the State automatic tax board.
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