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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1933
Page
5
Florida voters must study a three group ballot for the October 10 referendum on repealing the 18th Amendment. Group A lists 67 pro repeal candidates, Group B has eight drys, and Group C about 60 unpledged. Secretary Gray ordered 600000 ballots for 1275 precincts, with expected turnout between 200000 and 950000 votes.
Leopold Moser a former business man who chose a quiet life after the Franco Prussian War and later died at 84 in Dallas. He was raised with Paul von Hindenburg who later became German president. Funeral rites were to be observed today with his two sons and three daughters of Dallas at the bier.
Advertises Blue Star Ointment to relieve eczema itching ring worm tetter and rash. Claims quick absorption and germ killing action with skin healing results and no burning or stinging. Presented as a tested medicine for sensitive skin conditions.
Fluor counterbalanced storage batteries, distributed in Texas and New Mexico by General Auto Supply Company, attract growing dealer and user interest. Horace Gooch Jr says large operators value high capacity and long life from this precision built unit, noting counterbalancing yields stability and quick starting. The Fluor Storage Battery Company Ltd operates under Fluor Corporation Ltd, active nationwide since 1890.
Scout leaders from the Amarillo Area will gather at 8 tonight at St Andrew's Episcopal Church. Discussion centers on dividing the area into four districts with one outside Amarillo to reduce intra-area competition and keep most contests within each district. Sea Scout Ship Fightin' Bob will host the leaders.
Funeral rites for Harry M. Brown former president of the Amarillo Gas Company are set for 4 o clock this afternoon at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Rev R Thomson of Central Presbyterian Church will officiate with pallbearers A W Oberste Theodore Pichios Walter C Irvin Dr Sam K Broyles R A Ford and L P Montgomery. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Brown died Friday at a local hospital. His son Marshall Brown a law student in New York arrived Amarillo Monday.
Amarillo Rotarians led by past presidents return to school for a five week program. About 25 students in four groups meet weekly at the Amarillo Hotel, Herring Hotel, and Allen Farley home to study Rotary. Instruction includes papers, notebooks, and exams with 103 Rotary questions to earn a certificate.
Fifteen Rotarians met at the Herring Hotel for the Amarillo College Rotary class session. Dr J Francis Brown was chosen secretary from an old college notebook bearing fraternity initials. Members introduced full names, business classifications, and places of business as part of the course data.
The article records multiple sections with names of instructors and pupils at various hotels and homes, noting a session secretary and roomed locations. It warns twilight hours as the most dangerous for auto and pedestrian activity due to poor light conditions.
Rankin, Oct. 9. J. W. Hill, the first of three men charged in the George Berry killing at McCamey on July 27, was sentenced to 35 years after being convicted yesterday. Laula Hutchinson and George Laferty are held in Upton County awaiting further action.
In a homicide case the county jail kept the defendants awaiting trial as each man’s counsel sought to prove another was the actual killer. Be was struck by an automobile and Hill testified Hutchinson was Berry’s assailant.
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