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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1931
Page
2
In a rambling Amarillo column Old Tack laments a sore back and defends public notes while forecasting late fall rain and defending his publishing choices. He cites subscriber complaints and a need to protect the paper’s finances, noting 135 families depend on his papers and offering a dog reward.
The account describes a field picking challenge near McLean with 50 witnesses, as a reporter claims to have picked 20 pounds of cotton in a morning session amid rain. The tale includes praise and taunts about the effort and cleanliness of the harvest.
In Amarillo a hard fought game between the Yannigans and Panhandle High School at Butler Field is expected Friday afternoon. The Young Men's Bible class of the First Baptist Church sponsors the event with proceeds split between charity and the Community Chest.
The public may attend tonight's voice contest at Amarillo College of Music at 8 o clock to hear about 20 local singers in a preliminary contest. Six will be chosen by a local jury to sing for Madame Clare Clairbert, who performs here Monday night. The winner earns a one year scholarship under Lester F. Aldrich. Clairbert, 28, trained in Brussels and recently debuted in San Francisco in La Traviata.
No trace found of Coy Devol a 14 year old Clovis New Mexico schoolboy who disappeared last Thursday Amarillo police were asked Tuesday night to aid in the search by A R Devoll Clovis salesman and father Coy said to a younger brother I am going to catch a freight train for Amarillo and head for the cotton patches
Hope waning doctors were puzzled by rare dangerous symptoms in Borger and Amarillo as J A Alspach and his wife died within hours. Mrs Alspach rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital where she died at seven yesterday morning. J A Alspach arrived from Kieffer Oklahoma, leaving two sisters Mrs Hyde of Ohio and Mrs Porter of South Dakota. Griggs chapel will handle funeral arrangements.
The writer notes many landowners avoid picking cotton though labor shortages exist on wheat farms. He praises McLean residents for their kindness, recalls meeting Coach Odus Mitchell and Pampa figures, and describes a lively day in the cotton fields with locals and visitors joining in despite critics.
A writer praises Blair Cherry and the Sandies of Pampa after a memorable Amarillo game. He notes Harvester support from Hunkapillar Martindale Best and Notre Dame scout Henry Ansley, credits Mitchell as coach, and praises the team, fans, and local figures while predicting a Sandies win over Lubbock.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected a rehearing in the case of Alfred Jackson for the murder of Zlisa Penson in Bexar County and denied an application for a second rehearing for Tra McKee who was sentenced to death in Dawson County for the murder of W. R. Billingsley.
Funeral services for Ralph P. Church a 63 year old Amarillo resident will be held Thursday at 3 PM from the Hamilton home. The El Paso native died Tuesday after a county truck struck him as he stepped from a street car. He had worked with the LE Ranch near Chan ning and later in smelting in Arizona and Old Mexico. Survivors include brothers in law I P and W E Farwell of Dalhart and father in law C H Farwell. Burial will be in Llano cemetery Blackburns Funeral Home in charge.
The piece criticizes nations resisting League orders with defiance. It cites Japan digging in Manchuria, Mexico and Spain facing religious clashes, and violence against church symbols at Tlapacoyan. It notes Rockefeller Jr. funding a $160,000 Pocantico Hills school, with half contributed by him.
Rev H J McKinnell, a retired minister from Darlington Ind, defends his daughter Winnie Ruth Judd amid California murder suspicions. He says the 25 year old never showed discord, asks for faith in her innocence while awaiting further developments.
Moscow remains an observer with no public policy on Japan and China in Manchuria. Despite clear interest in the Japanese occupation of southern Manchuria, official Russian stance has not been announced, though economic interests could be affected.
Inasmuch as everyone appeals to you when in need of help I presume I will have to do likewise.
Poem reflects on returning workers facing hard times after prosperous past. It laments luck, laziness, and excess, urging renewed effort and discipline. The piece marks a 1931 copyright by Edgar A. Guest and contrasts past ease with current industrial struggle.
The Amarillo markets show wheat and oats values, Kansas City hogs and cattle trading steady with various top prices noted. Chicago and New Orleans livestock and cotton futures move with fluctuating gains and losses as traders react to market openings and weather signals.
New York stock market opened with a sharp decline after the railroad ruling but trading was only moderately active and the list recovered from early lows. Rail issues led losses of up to 8 points before settling, with U S Steel and major names slipping before stabilizing.
Corpus Christi was selected as the 1932 convention city and Jal D Arcy of Fort Worth was elected president of the Texas Association of Real Estate Boards at its annual session closing Tuesday. Officers include W A Wakefield and W W Fisher as vice presidents along with other directors. Amarillo's W H Brymer won the silver loving cup for his address on city progress and its grain market status in the Panhandle with expanding gas pipelines.
President Hoover sent a cordial wireless welcome to French Premier Laval as he neared the United States. The greeting mirrored the tone used for Prime Minister MacDonald two years earlier and stressed hopes for stronger Franco American cooperation for the world’s good.
Wichita Falls Oct. 31 A bullet from Ted Nodurft s body tied to a pistol like Richard Johnston s revolver on trial for Nodurft s murder Ballistics expert C M Reber testified officers described the arrest chase through downtown Johnston was captured in a wholesale grocery store Posttict Attorney Sam Spence said he would close the states case with Johnston s alleged confession witnessed by a district judge
Proceedings in the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin list multiple affirmations and reforms. Several defendants from Smith Harris Trinity Dawson Fannin and Houston are named with outcomes including affirmed judgments altered and cases dismissed. Additional entries note injunction refusals and a motion rehearing leave being overruled.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen adjourned at Big Spring Texas after selecting Temple as the 1932 meeting place. J L Holloway of Cleburne was reelected state chairman with J L Rutherford of Teague as vice chairman and J L Steadham of Fort Worth as secretary treasurer.
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