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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1931
Page
3
Dean of Men A R Warnock reports Penn State students show a mature shift in campus life. Hazing has ended, enrollment rose, and the all college scholastic average last semester reached a multi year high as students engage with major adult world issues.
Fire of undetermined origin damaged the Checker Front stores Texas Tobacco Company and Marks Grain Company warehouses in Austin. Loss on buildings and contents is placed at $75,000.
Summary notes a 1927 era sports comeback by Jack Dempsey with the long count against Tunney, front page chatter about crime and poison killings, Transpacific flier routes through Amarillo, Lindbergh flights, and ongoing debates on armaments, bank robberies, Teapot Dome, farm relief, and weather described as fair and cool.
Jimmie the office boy kicked over a file and found three Globe issues from August 28 1927 September 28 1927 and October 28 1927. The clipping shows air field headquarters in Amarillo airways bus transportation a traffic crash and tax cuts echoed then and now. The September 28 1927 item continues the comparison.
Corpus Christi Texas October 26 One boy was killed and two others were believed fatally injured when a motorcycle carrying six youths crashed into an automobile near Kingsville. Tiff Northcutt 17 driver of the motorcycle was killed. Alex Schkade 14 Theron Reed 12 Raymond Jones 14 D P Lynch Jr 14 Robert Northcutt 19 and R E Menn were injured. Schkade and Reed suffered broken arms and legs and other severe injuries. Menn the automobile driver was thrown through the windshield.
Joe Newton, 66, a Lewisville farmer, was killed when an automobile struck him on a highway near Denton yesterday as he walked across the road.
The Chicago Great Western earned its first dividend since 1919, $2 a share for 1931, under Patrick H. Joyce who tightened control. The line modernized with scrapped old equipment, 36 new locomotives costing about $6 million, and bolstered roadbeds to cut repair costs. A Nevada Boulder Dam blast story closes the item.
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co promotes an accident policy paying up to 100 a month for 24 months for disability and 1000 for deaths, cost under a day at 3.50 yearly. Over 86,000 insured already. Ages 10 to 70 eligible. Send no money and request free inspection within 10 days. No exam required. Limited time offer.
The ad promotes Chesterfield cigarettes highlighting mildness smoothness and satisfaction. It claims premium leaf curing blending and cross blending by trained specialists. It notes pure cigarette paper moisture resistance and three large factories in Richmond Durham and San Francisco.
The George Washington Memorial Bridge, the world’s largest suspension span costing 60 million dollars and claiming 14 lives during construction, was ceremoniously dedicated Sunday afternoon and will open to pedestrians tonight.
Trains and Sunday vehicles will move over the new route for the first time signaling a milestone in the project. The unveiling marks progress toward scheduled service.
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