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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1933
Page
2
A reader asks Tack for help finding winter lodging for a friend in West Frankfort or nearby St. Louis, noting no place to stay this season and requesting assistance published on Page 8.
Heavy clouds drenched sections of the Panhandle last night with scattered rainfall. White Deer reported up to one inch between 5 and 6 pm, while 4 to 5 pm showers between Hereford and Canyon muddied roads for hours. Gentry northwest of Amarillo saw light rain. Rock Island lines had none. Cooler, clear weather forecast for Amarillo tonight and Thursday.
The Amarillo Band Parents Association led by president S Braunig asks the school board and athletic committee to provide proper uniforms and safe transportation for the Amarillo High School Band. They accuse the district of neglect, cite lack of athletic fund support since 1931, and urge a benefit football game on November 24 to raise funds, noting recent efforts by local theater groups to aid the band.
Kathryn Urschel testified that Kelly woke her at 4:30 in the morning on July 23 and described delivering a man to the Arkansas line. She recalled threats and an impression of a crime involving Urschel’s abduction, with family members unsettled at the Shannon farm and later traveling to Minneapolis and other cities as the case developed.
Amarillo records Fire Prevention Week with demonstrations of spontaneous combustion and wiring in local schools led by Assistant Fire Chief Chester Moore and fire marshal Ed Span. Forest Hill and McKinley School hosts feature speakers while Rolla Cartwright heads the mayor's observance committee. Government buys 12,500 trucks for the forestation army, with an average under $599 per unit.
A nationwide flame of labor unrest spans New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Indiana and Arizona with 70000 silk workers 75000 coal miners and 1500 foundry workers striking. Police and troops stood by in several cases while negotiations and federal board mediation loom.
Ad touts Cystex as a fast acting kidney and bladder relief medicine. It claims to remove acids and wastes in minutes, reduce night awakenings and nerve pain, with a money back guarantee and availability through druggists.
New Orleans cotton opened dull with small gains on short covering before a holiday. December futures hovered near 9.49, March around 9.65, but noon prices slipped as hedge selling emerged, with December at 9.49 and March at 9.59, down from yesterday. In Kansas City, hogs and cattle traded unevenly, with steers near 6.75 and hogs up to 4.75, while New York stocks and other markets closed for Columbus Day, leaving desks deserted.
Central Presbyterian Church will start Church Night a new weekly mid week service. It begins at 6 15 with a community meal patrons bring their own food. After the meal attendees are divided into five age groups led by department leaders. Meetings start at 7 and run every Wednesday for six weeks.
An important business session of the Patrons' Club of Amarillo College will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the college. It will be one of the most important meetings of the year and all members should be present, said Mrs. R J Parson, publicity chairman.
J R Morris received a five year penitentiary sentence for theft of about 825 dollars in diamonds from the J A Kirkman home. Latham Walker and Glenn Brazil were convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property and each given 10 days in jail plus costs. Holmes of Pampa had a statutory charge dismissed after two hung juries. the case also involves a 17 or 18 year old Amarillo girl. Trial of Beauty Brown on felony clothes theft began.
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