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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1933
Page
2
A rambled column mixes wartime talk of European arms, cattle prices, and Armistice Day crowds with local notes on weather lore from jackrabbits and cows. It mocks relief funding swings, political corruption, and Amarillo grievances while lampooning sensational headlines and public mood.
A reader asks Tack to print a letter offering quilting and tacking services. The writer wonders if someone needs quilting work or comforts tacked and requests publication for help.
Mrs Mattie Frame 72 a longtime Amarillo resident since 1925 died at 530 AM Friday at her son C G Frame 2800 Cleveland St Survived by son W H Frame of Toppenish Washington She was a Methodist and funeral services set for 2 PM Saturday at Griggs Chapel Rev E B Fincher to officiate Pallbearers named and interment in Llano Cemetery
El Paso Texas Oct 20 County Judge Joseph McGill temporarily withheld granting the beer sales permit for Union Bottling Company to see if the firm will sell more soda pop than beer. The plant lies within 100 feet of a church. If beer is principal business the permit is disallowed. if soda pop is dominant the permit may be granted.
An agreed settlement was reached out of court in the federal court litigation of Lawrence Griffith, receiver, against Ed R. Mayer and others. Mayer formerly served as president of the Johnson Ranch Royalty Company, of which Griffith is receiver, with the hearing having begun in federal court Thursday.
Five homes in Amarillo are under quarantine for scarlet fever as reported by Dr. B. M. Primer unit director. The cases are scattered across parts of the city and the health unit director says there is no occasion for alarm.
Four men linked to a Bronx insurance ring were convicted of first degree murder for attempting to kill Michael Malloy in a scheme run through Marino’s bar. They tried poison liquor, sardine sandwiches, tumbling Malloy with a taxi, and finally gas in his mouth, totaling the insured sums.
At a Dallas gathering Governor Ferguson and her husband occupied box seats. Rogers joked about the Ferguson Carter incidents and breakfast invitations while praising allies and inviting strong support. He urged big people to stay united as the interurban departure toward Fort Worth loomed.
In Watertown Massachusetts District Judge Michael J Connolly refused to forfeit a washboiler seized in a police raid tied to alleged bathtub gin production. He ruled the boiler not ipso facto an illegal alcohol instrument and could serve domestic uses such as bathing the baby or boiling clothes.
Jackie Coogan, now a college sophomore at Santa Clara, reviews recent talkies in the student publication Santa Claran. He dismisses Crime of the Century and Peg o My Heart, admires College Humor, singles out Voltaire and Gold Diggers, notes Arliss as Arthur Voltaire, and praises Bing Crosby's acting close to his singing.
Treasury data for October 18 report receipts of 189.7 million and expenditures of 212.2 million leaving a net balance of 1.03 million. Customs receipts for the month total 18.97 million. Fiscal year to date receipts are 866.11 million with expenditures at 1.23 billion including 349.15 million for emergency relief, resulting in a deficit of 366. TAN. 745.48
A drunken Darnall traveling to the courthouse was implicated in a park crash. Roy Holton of Pringle testified he nearly witnessed the accident and saw Darnall veer across the road to strike Lissom who was on his own side.
Ted Patton, a white youth convicted of killing his boyhood chum, and Charlie Dumas, a black man who pleaded guilty to assaulting a white girl, were executed by electric chair in McAlester Oklahoma. Patton remained unrepentant, while Dumas expressed readiness to die and denied racial motives.
Paul Trudel was sentenced to six months in jail in Montreal after RCMP seized a carload of counterfeit coins. Evidence showed he used finer, more silver in his coins than the Royal Canadian Mint, making his spurious currency resemble legal tender more closely.
In Havana on October 20 reports said the ABC radical society threatens to split from President Ramon Grau San Martin’s regime amid labor unrest and malaria in Havana. ABC offshoot ABCR withdraws support, while Nationalistas refuse involvement in the government.
Randolph Field personnel greeted Garner and Farley who then visited Dodd Field Fort Sam Houston and the Alamo in a split second schedule. Maj Gen Hagood Danforth and others joined the official party for a 20 minute Second Division review at Fort Sam Houston before a Plaza Hotel luncheon.
In Beverly Massachusetts on October 20 thieves dug and packed four bushels of potatoes from Edward Morgan's garden by night. They were interrupted before finishing and left the harvest in burlap bags.
Houston Texas Oct 20 The back to the land movement gains new support in Texas from oil millionaire J S Cullinan who heads the Community Homestead Association. He is authorized to seek 2 500 000 from the federal government to fund subsistence homesteads with a 25 member advisory committee including one representative from each congressional district and four at large. Houston will be the headquarters.
Lois W. Lau rel described Stan Laurel as a sorrowful husband, saying his conduct brought her anguish at home. Superior Judge Walter S. Gates granted a divorce decree based on the testimony of witness parting their martial ties.
Durant Oklahoma’s Glenn Strange a former police officer and wrestler says Primo Carnera’s championship will end soon. Strange recalls 1930 exhibition with Carnera where he outweighed and outboxed him, noting Carnera’s slow speed but heavy punch.
In New Orleans cotton held steady with a slight advance in later months as stocks recovered and weekly mistakings rose to 413 000 bales. December and March futures climbed to 9.24 and 9.44, while early losses persisted for October. Kansas City hogs and cattle traded firm with top hogs at 4 25, feeder values steady. cattle and calves showed varied but stable ranges, with lambs trading near 7.00 or higher in a light market.
With Thursday night’s departure of a large Panhandle youth contingent, recruiting has been suspended at Amarillo police headquarters for the Civilian Conservation Corps. Nearly 50 more youths are to enroll next week, and those examined were certified by county welfare administrators.
The first nine Wall Street brokers subpoenaed by the Pecora inquiry were due to appear today at Chase National Bank, with the investigation paused to hear further Cuban loan notes. Whitney's refusal led to summonses as Pecora planned to bring all brokers before the committee, while Aldrich of Chase suggested overseeing the broader probe.
The Veterans Administration reports only about 40 percent of a cross section of presumptive disability cases remain eligible for continued benefits. Brigadier General Frank L. Hines asked President Roosevelt to extend the October 31 deadline to finish reviewing the remaining cases, which would allow 15 percent of former pay to continue past October 31. Estimates place total presumptive cases around 53,000 with wide state variations in disallowance rates.
State war rants totaling 1 567 174 dollars are being sent this week to public schools in payment of 1 per capita on the state apportionment of 16 for each scholastic. There will remain 2 50 per capita due the schools.
Amarillo mayor Ross D. Rogers will return Saturday after attending the Texas League of Municipalities convention in San Antonio. He met with the Public Works Administration office in Fort Worth regarding Amarillo's loan application during the trip. He was listed on the San Antonio program.
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