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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1931
Page
2
Congressman Marvin Jones told Amarillo high school students that true progress is mental and spiritual, not mechanical, praising America’s rise in world politics over 145 years. He defended the Constitution and Bill of Rights and warned that government strength comes from responsible citizens and leaders.
State engineers estimate costs for a Panhandle highway push using caliche rural roads. Officials including Griggs Lampe and Johnson support a bond election to fund affordable all weather roads, urging early action and county participation to finish missing links. Judge Ely backs caliche options as practical and cost effective.
Building activities in Amarillo received a $10,000 boost Tuesday morning. The Magnolia Petroleum Company was granted a permit to erect a $10,000 service station at 600 Harrison Street. The brick 18 by 23 foot structure will have a metal roof and concrete foundation with completion aimed for January 3, 1932. Permits were also granted for the installation of 10 underground storage tanks at Sinclair stations in Amarillo.
Grit reports on a Thursday meeting of Booker teachers and citizens to raise funds for improving the Booker school playground and completing the year’s physical education program.
The Globe will award 25 free tickets to see Riders of the Purple Sage at the Amarillo Fair. Submit a pumpkin face drawing by 6 pm tomorrow to the Globe movie editor with name address and age. Top five entries win two tickets each. next 15 win one ticket. The film opens Thursday at the Fair with a midnight Halloween matinée Saturday.
Local players stage a fast moving comedy at the High School Auditorium for the Sandie Pep Squad fundraiser. The cast features a GermanIrish imposter plot with a Greek patriot and a newspaper reporter, ending as the law arrives and the impersonators are exposed.
Rural Potter County pupils will finish physical exams this week. All schools except Bushland have been tested by Amarillo Potter County Health Unit staff. Bushland pupils are scheduled Thursday and Friday. Dr Benjamin M Primer, unit director, left for the Panhandle Medical Society convention in Lubbock.
Police in Amarillo thwarted an old scheme dubbed the sailor oriental rug racket. Two men posing as recently discharged sailors sold oriental rugs at cut prices, claimed to be smuggled to dodge duties. They were detained for peddling without a license and ordered to leave town pending investigation.
The Friday noon benefit dinner at the Social Center of First Christian Church for Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gibson has been postponed indefinitely. The council aims to provide immediate financial assistance to save the couple’s home. The announcement came from Mrs. W E Tomlinson, president of the General Women’s Council.
An unidentified gunman shot Frank Jennings a 45 year old operator at the Texas and Pacific railroad round house as he arrived for work. Jennings was reported in critical condition.
The control of the field moved from the commission to Brig. Gen. Jacob F. Wolters after Governor Sterling issued the executive order placing authority in the National Guard in the field. Attorney General James V. Allred notes the change transferring command.
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a drop of 48,696 barrels per day in US crude oil output for the week ending October 24, totaling 2,380,174 bpd. Oklahoma fell to 482,110 bpd, East Texas to 400,289 bpd amid a state order, Kansas steady at 101,945 bpd, with mixed changes across regions and California down to 507,500 bpd.
Nine schools including Amarillo High Childress Quanah Friona Canyon Hereford Olton and Central Junior High plan to take part in the second annual Panhandle Speech Tournament to be held December 11 and 12 under Amarillo High School. Contests span debate extemporaneous speaking declamation dramatic reading oration and one act play with eliminations set for mid November.
The city commission will convene at 7:30 PM for routine business only. A zoning change application for 819-23 South Forest Street from apartment to retail is on the agenda, along with a report from Southwestern Public Service and bids to paint the water tower at Highth Avenue and Crockett Street. Mayor Ernest O. Thompson, back from a deer hunt, will preside.
About 30 truckers who quit last week returned to work on Highway No. 5 twelve miles north of Amarillo as contractors raised pay from 84 to 91 cents per load. Amarillo Truck Owners Association leader Co. F. Smith said the fight ended due to lack of local support and urgent financial need among members.
A discussion of wartime themes and leading thinkers critiques Russell Wells and Jeans. Wells argues religion arises from mathematical limits while Russell advocates a higher law. Brazil ships cheap coffee bricks to curb surplus amid bread lines and copper and cotton prices.
Grigsby Grunow Co shipped 10 000 radio sets this month in Chicago with an anticipated 12 000 for the period, as market optimism grows about renewed auto demand boosting trade. Don M. Compton notes the huge shipment could mark the company’s largest total.
Arthur A. Everts head of the Dallas jewelry firm will fill the pulpit of Dr. Roy Snodgrass at First Christian Church on Sunday delivering his tithing address Broke and the Way Out. The visit heads the November stewardship campaign and public is invited.
Kiwanis Club hosts Halloween parties at four Amarillo parks starting 7 PM with sack and three leg races. Children under 15 urged to bring their own equipment and enter. Howard Ferguson says prizes are secured for all event winners.
Amarillo motorists are urged by police to inspect brakes lights and windshield wipers as dark damp winter days raise hazard. The announcer also calls for citizen volunteers to report traffic violations and help prevent crashes.
H C Howard former assistant zone manager for Chevrolet Motor Company in San Antonio began duties as zone manager for Chevrolet in the Panhandle Plains territory. Headquarters will be in the Rule building, succeeding K M Chase who was transferred.
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show 4,500 and 6,500 head traded, with steady to lower prices. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep offered with top prices noted. New Orleans cotton opens softer on December to March contracts amid liquidation and weather tensions.
Market slight rally attempts fade as prices drift with December at 6.62 and March 6.44, amid cautious demand and expectations of a higher government estimate. Grain exports from the US rose to 4.909 million bushels last week, with wheat leading at 4.593 million, while rail stocks and utilities slipped on renewed selling.
Makers of Vicks VapoRub push a home plan for cold control featuring Vicks Nose Drops and VapoRub for throat and chest. The ad urges trial samples via druggists and a mail offer to receive Vicks Nose Drops and Cough Drops with a plan folder. Greensboro, N C is listed as the address for requests.
Sixteen Amarillo physicians are attending the Panhandle Medical Society convention opening today in Lubbock. Attendees include Dr. G. T. Vineyard, Dr. J. R. Rather, Dr. J. J. Crume, Dr. Louis K. Patton, Dr. Jason Robberson, Dr. Nan L. Gilkerson, Dr. Richard Keys, Dr. R. S. Killough, Dr. A. J. Streit, Dr. H. H. Larson, Dr. W. N. Lemmon, Dr. J. R. Lemmon, Dr. George L. Powers, Dr. R. R. Swindell, Dr. George M. Culira, and Dr. J. G. Wilbanks.
An advertisement proclaims Aspironal as the quickest safe remedy for colds and coughs, endorsed by authorities and the public. It promises two teaspoons in two minutes, with a two minute money back guarantee, and urges purchase at drug stores for sixty cents per bottle for adults and children.
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