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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1931
Page
2
A Monday morning blaze on Van Buren Street caused 750 in damage and exposed a large whiskey cache in a south apartment. Firefighters found the kitchen burning and two cases of half gallon jars of liquor. federal agents joined the investigation with local authorities.
Non jury cases began in Potter County court at law as Judge E C Nelson resumed his bench after ten weeks illness. He said court business would be light this week and he feels able to handle work. Earlier Judge Nelson underwent operation and Judge W J Flesher ruled on questions during his absence while Nelson recuperated at home for three weeks.
A nine year old boy in Cleveland was revived for 20 minutes after being pronounced dead. Doctors reported the heart had stopped and a throat injury was treated with massage. He lived a further 20 minutes before dying again from respiratory paralysis.
Rescue teams unable to reach six men trapped by a Saturday night explosion at the West End Coal Company mine in Mocanaqua Pennsylvania. Hope of survivors ended after rescuers failed to hear any signal yesterday.
Chairman James C. Stone of the Federal Farm Board said discussions with Pierre du Pasquierer of the Laval mission aim to establish international credit for selling American wheat and cotton to France and possibly other European nations.
The U S Supreme Court upheld North Carolina's law requiring a license tax of 50 dollars for each store in excess of one owned by a single operator. The ruling marked approval of the chain store tax as a valid state license fee.
The Swedish merchant marine total gross income for 1930 is finally set at 296.1 million kronor, down 9 percent from 1929’s 323.9 million. Heavy freight transport led the decline, falling by 27.206 million kronor.
Out of work A N Ward and his wife left Los Angeles to seek gold. They set up a sluice box in the Last Chance mining district and, with a miner’s help, soon banked gold dust totaling 264 dollars.
An owl swooped from a nest in an orchard and lightly injured four children of Austin Hicks of Breau when they climbed an apple tree nearby. The incident occurred in Bristol England as the bird defended its nesting site.
Dear Tack I recommend that all persons wishing to help the unemployed situation take down the notices from See Tack Letters Page 7.
Madame Clairbert praised Amarillo for its Canyon and Auditorium. Reporter notes the city’s enthusiasm for art as Clairbert rehearsed and prepared for a Chicago Civic Opera appearance. Season tickets promote savings. tonight’s concert at 8 15 pm offers $1 to $3 seats with tickets at the box office.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the appeal by western railroads against an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that lowered grain and grain products rates in the western district.
In Astoria Oregon a dull wood like taste in the citys drinking water is blamed on leaves falling into streams feeding the reservoir.
Seiberling eluded Harvey B. Stout and arrived from Denver for a breakfast with Panhandle and New Mexico dealers hosted by Cockrell Lokey. Ross D. Rogers praised Amarillo’s resources in carbon black and natural gas while stressing cotton. Seiberling signs a nine week 20,000 mile Farming First tour and questions cotton, wheat, and cattle prices amid regulatory doubts.
Mc Fadden testified that a bullet passing through Miss Samuelson’s heart matched the slug embedded in Ruth Judd’s hand. He said Judd shot the girl twice and may have supported the body with her left hand while firing the final shot with her right. He suggested the bullet looked spent after striking the hand. He predicted Mrs. Judd would be brought back to Phoenix soon despite defense efforts.
Local observance of National Girl Scout Week began with Church Day and continued through the week. Rev. Roy C. Snodgrass preached to about 150 Scouts and guests at First Christian Church. The PK Preachers' Kids quartet performed, and today features club demonstrations and a scout sing hosted by WDAG with Forty girls singing songs of scouts from nations. Alice Mulkey, local director, will announce the program.
Bright weather and a full day of events drew a Sunday crowd at the Texas State Fair, lifting the 1931 total to 685 378 surpassing last year’s 675 327. Sunday attendance reached 86 148 versus 26 442 on the closing Sunday in 1930.
County judges were asked to name county chairmen for the state campaign against unemployment. Letters suggesting a public spirited citizen be named in each county were sent by Secretary R B Gragg of the governor's committee. If local committees already exist they should become adjuncts of the state committee.
Jefferson Ohio October 26 Jay E Orford 40 an auto dealer beat his 18 month old baby to death with a club seriously wounded his wife then shot himself to death at his home A second son Norman 13 escaped through a window as a stove toppled in the struggle and ignited the house
Cadet Richard B. Sheridan from Georgia lay in an artificial lung in New Haven as doctors and visiting nerve specialists treat him after a neck fracture in the Army West Point at Yale game. His condition remained critical and paralysis is expected even if he survives.
George Jackson, an Aiken County farmer, surrendered at his home after a nationwide posse hunted him for killing six relatives and wounding another. His 11 year old daughter Lula aided the escape before authorities moved him to Columbia for safekeeping. Victims named Hamp Jackson 52 Hayes Jackson 61 Mrs Carl Jackson 46 Melvin Jackson 28 Bill Jackson 22 Herman Jackson 30.
Funeral services for Q. V. Morrison, who died Saturday at his daughter's home in East Amarillo, will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Polk Street Methodist Church with Rev. Ira F. Key officiating. Burial will follow in a local cemetery. The body lies in state at son A. R. Morrison's home, 1919 Lincoln Street, from 3 p.m. today until 3 p.m. tomorrow.
The State Railroad Commission in Austin began deliberations on regulating motor trucks under contract after rejecting further delay. The hearing set rules and rates to govern trucking operations within the state.
A dense listing of radio programs across networks NBC and WJZ includes Lumber Jacks, Goldbergs, Parade of States, Coon-Sanders Orchestra, Bing Crosby, and many more. It notes co‑carried stations and alternate affiliate lists, with time slots from 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM and multiple regional repeats.
A brief fable-like verse notes a king bird scaring a crow despite the crow's bigger size. The crow flees as the king bird circles above, highlighting how even small rivals can disrupt the mighty. The piece, attributed to Edgar A. Guest, contrasts human vanity with tiny adversaries.
Market briefs cover Kansas City hogs and cattle losses, Chicago hogs and cattle price shifts, New Orleans cotton easing with ginning results, and New York stocks sliding in quiet trading with selective declines across major names. Includes figures for hogs cattle lambs and cotton.
Gov. Henry Caulfield rejected the hunger march demand as a violation of petition rights. About 300 unemployed protesters marched through Jefferson City, flanked by officers, shouting for relief while police watched to prevent violence. The group, ragged and unkempt, paused for impromptu speeches as attempts to sing the Internationale failed.
The column contrasts Cyprus unrest with Britain's Empire and a looming world flight by Mussolini's Balbo. It notes Cyprus history, fears of imperial collapse, and envisions a future with Italian air power circling the globe. Insights from Standard Statistics VP MM H Sloan and banker Gates W. McGarrah frame a shaken markets mood.
Soldiers en route from Dallas to Oklahoma City receive a dispatch from Governor William H. Murray directing John McDonald to muster 30 men and secure the free Red River bridge area. The order, to keep the toll bridge open, signals a rapid militia deployment amid mounting tension in the region.
A short health note promotes cascara candy cascarets as a quick gentle laxative. Overnight use is claimed to ease constipation, clear the tongue, reduce biliousness and headaches, and restore appetite and energy. Repeats for two or three nights to clear waste. boxes sold in drugstores.
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