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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1933
Page
2
A reader letter recounts Pampa prospects against Amarillo Sandies with claims of weak new players and potential broadcast plans. It quotes local druggist G T Hunkapillar and editorials on Kirksville College pride, past games, gangster news, and Russia peasants struggles with famine and Soviet grain exports of 15 million tons.
A long column argues that millions died from famine amid alleged Communist grain exports and factory spending on weapons. It warns against radicalism, praises American prosperity, and urges cautious adherence to the Constitution. Weather notes mix with local civic concerns and a dispute over high school band uniforms and transportation.
A Texas community in Amarillo urges calm and cooperation to resolve a high school band uniforms controversy. A local church leader appeals for a nonconfrontational approach to aid the school and share the burden of restoring harmony.
Amarillo NRA compliance board members meet this afternoon to consider complaints or reports of alleged code violations. Roy Cullum, chairman, presides after returning from a 10 day business trip. Other members include C R Jack Sears Chester P Bordwell Paul Edquist W S Norman Mrs J M O'Brien and Cleo Clayton. NRA general council meeting is set for Wednesday afternoon.
Quay County New Mexico officers control Bob Brady and Jim Clark, alleged escaped convicts. Brady, wounded during a Friday night escape attempt, faces a federal charge over the Kansas City machine gun slayings and awaits an arriving U S marshal. Clark is not linked to the Kansas City case and has not been identified in the Frederick Oklahoma bank robbery. Kansas authorities have not spoken on Clark or his return.
Knights Templar from the Panhandle meet in Amarillo for an all day instruction session led by Past Grand Commander T. M. Bartley of Waco. The morning program at the Masonic Temple included a round table and Bartley’s talk, with the day closing as two candidates receive the degree of commander. W E Ferguson, commander of Amarillo Commandery No. 42, provided the update.
Amarillo high school band led a parade through the business district to mark Fire Prevention Week. Banners on fire trucks urged to clean premises and prevent fires. Rolla Cartwright assisted mayor’s committee and city manager H R Smith joined the event.
The line Absence makes the heart grow fonder appears in Thomas Haynes Bayly s Isle of Beauty as a noted quotation.
Minnie Lee Aleskin presented a varied drama recital at the Playhouse of the Amarillo Conservatory of Musical Arts. The enlarged stage with new lighting heightened the charm as she performed multiple dialect pieces and dances. Beckie Reeder Arnold accompanied on piano.
In Kansas City a crowded courtroom saw a handcuffed man face a hostile crowd of women. He smiled as proceedings began amid pushy spectators. Separately at Leavenworth prison, Thomas L. Marion Grover C Bevill and 32 others arrived to begin sentences for aiding the Urschel kidnapper during a Dallas jail escape.
Fort Worth held funeral rites at 11 this morning for Mrs Bell Blakey Gallaher 79 widow of Dr J W Gallaher and mother of T B Gallaher Amarillo railway official. She died Monday morning after visiting her son in Fort Worth survived by five daughters in Texas Fort Worth Big Spring Dallas and Los Angeles.
Last tribute was paid to Benjamin Lowrey 55 at 2 30 pm from Wayside Methodist Church. Interment followed in Wayside Cemetery with Blackburn-Shaw in charge. An early Wayside citizen he died Monday morning at a local hospital. survivors include two daughters D T Northcut and Billie Lou Lowrey of Silverton, two sons Monroe and Dick Lowrey of Silverton, two brothers Lewland Lowrey of Dallas and Allen Lowrey of Florida, and two sisters Mrs Leon Phillips of Shreveport Ia and Mrs Lillie Reeves of Little Rock Ark.
City commissioners plan routine business at the regular weekly meeting set for 8 oclock Tuesday night. City Manager H R Smith said only police reports and minor details remain for action and a public hearing on the fiscal year budget is set for two weeks hence. John A Connolly 76 a pioneer in Oklahoma oil fields with four brothers died after a long illness. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce reports 63000 school buses in use in the United States.
The New Orleans market opened easier as Bombay market troubles pressured futures. December and March dipped early before modest recovery from short covering, then slipped again on hedge selling. Market quiet with Columbia Day holiday approaching and prices hovering near the day’s highs later in the morning.
Florida voters decide whether to become the 33rd state to repeal the 18th Amendment or oppose it. Postmaster General Farley urged repeal, predicting a two to one Florida majority, while Governor Shultz urged Floridians to fulfill the Democratic pledge and vote for repeal to hasten prosperity.
Sissom, jailed, was found beside his father’s grave in Amarillo area. Survived by mother Mrs. A C West of Canyon, a brother and sister. Sissom lived at 412 East Thirteenth Avenue with sister and brother-in-law. He recently worked as timekeeper on a Texas Highway Department project after prior roles at Southwestern Public Service, Russell Stationery, and Swift & Company. He had lived in Amarillo ten years.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers will travel to San Antonio October 16 18 for the Texas League of Municipalities meeting. He is set to address the session on aiding cities in the coming year. Col Ernest O Thompson former Amarillo mayor now on the Railroad Commission program will discuss Public Utilities regulation.
Amarillo fire marshal Ed Spann warned during Fire Prevention Week about the danger of oily dust rags and mops. He cited spontaneous combustion in linseed oil and paints, urged metal cans with lids, and advised proper storage in fire resistant linings or washing and air drying to prevent home and building fires. A false alarm from Eighth Avenue and Johnson Street sparked the discussion.
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