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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1931
Page
2
A financial expert counsels universal spending as the path out of a low mood, while another speaker calls the money source a foolish question. The piece contrasts European fears of U.S. upheaval with Amarillo residents hoarding supplies and media debates on socialism and Hoover.
Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor told Chicago Labor Day crowd that six million are unemployed, about 30 million lack food or shelter, and that capital and employers have offered no remedies. He urged adoption of Boston recommendations for shorter workweek, public works, and universal old age pensions to relieve hardship this winter.
In Amarillo Texas a longtime LX Ranch resident describes chasing coyotes as a wild free life with hard work, solitude, and self reliance. He says the coyote provides bread and butter clothing and thrills, and notes his fascination with the animal in his dugout.
John S. McKnight has started curb and gutter installation on a three block Carolina Street project from Line Avenue to the Rock Island right-of-way. The paving job is the only active construction in Amarillo, with grading begun about a week ago. Two blocks are notably long.
Bart Cooper of Edgewood, unable to pay, offers home canned peaches tomatoes beans and potatoes to Baylor Hospital in Dallas as payment for treatment. Bryce Twitty accepts the plan and a community delegation prepares more produce to cover the care.
A reader writes from Amarillo about finances for college and asks Tack for help. The letter hints at school money woes and a wish to work this winter to save for future studies. A Globe fishing column response recalls bass stories and possible misreports from readers.
A letter to an esteemed Colonel praises his push against the Federal Farm Board while noting the writer’s amusement and cautious approval. The author hints at a spirited political clash and loyalty to agricultural policy.
The piece contrasts a New York police sweep with a thought experiment about a single officer listing 125 speakeasies, notes the Mercantile State Bank of Philadelphia liquidating after two robberies, and critiques disbursement monitoring amid unemployment. It cites Otto H. Kahn and Staten Island relief funds, then discusses Whisky taxes in Britain versus bootlegging profits in America and the impact of prohibition on demand.
The zoning appeal board approved a permit for a tourist camp at 1002 A North Fillmore Street issued to John P. Schroeder. The camp, costing about 6000 dollars, will have seven stucco cottages built by Coe Parks Lumber Company, with completion slated for November 15. It is the appeal board’s first approval since zoning took effect in Amarillo and the second case ever heard.
In Santiago on September 8 the Chilean government opened a wide inquiry into the mutiny that seized the fighting fleet bases for a week. More than 2,700 sailors and petty officers on the flagship La Torre cruiser O Higgins seven destroyers and five submarines were implicated. Troops held Talcahuano Valparaiso and Coquimbo during the uprising with Communists named as alleged inspirers.
In San Antonio on the Austin road a late yesterday crash left Mrs. W. B. Ackerman, 40, dead and three other women injured. Dorothy Ackerman, 16, and Mrs. J. Rodgers with Miss Bertha Rodgers were among the injured.
Judge Gordon B. McGuire overruled a motion for a change of venue in the J. A. Bonds murder case. Bonds, a former state highway employee, is charged with killing J. A. White a Brownfield grocer who was shot while seated in a Brownfield case on April 5.
A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City was summoned to consider mail fraud charges against Co. C. Julian and several associates and employees amid other cases. Officials indicated no report would be released until Thursday.
Nearly 600 Texas National Guardsmen evacuated and 120 troops with 32 officers remained to enforce a railroad commission proration order as East Texas oil wells were allowed to flow again. Production on resumed first day reached 262 825 barrels from 1648 wells while 13 violations were reported and sent to authorities.
The article notes growing agitation for modifying Prohibition with beer and wine, but President Hoover shows no sign of public response. Some close advisers are privately sympathetic, though Hoover reportedly maintains his view that proponents’ arguments are illogical and fail to meet realities.
Eunice Ely, 17, shot herself in the abdomen to avoid going to Woodward High School in Cincinnati. Surgeons said she probably would die. Before losing consciousness she told her brother and warned her parents she preferred death to attending classes. The girl's father, Leslie Ely, is a World War I veteran in a Dayton hospital.
Three young Ouimet children Irene four Noella three and Paul two died in a house fire in Marlboro Massachusetts. Firefighter reports say Louis Ouimet lit an oil stove around 4 AM then left for farm duties leaving the home to burn.
Oklahoma Governor W H Murray predicts a New Yorker would not win the Democratic nomination and saysEasterners misunderstand the western voice. He telegrams William Allen White in Emporia inviting lunch at Murray House with Senator Al Nichols as acting secretary and offers to pay the bill.
A poem by Edgar A. Guest from 1931 argues life offers no gifts and success depends on personal courage and choices. It asserts each person controls learning, earning, and fate through effort, risk, and resolve.
Wheat and oats quotes fall into a muted session while Kansas City and Chicago hogs cattle and lambs show uneven moves. Cotton in New Orleans slips after hedge selling. New York stocks open heavy with major declines across blue chips and rail issues.
The 1931 National Air Races in Cleveland closed with Lowell Bayles of Springfield Massachusetts winning the Thompson Trophy at 236 mph in the Gee Bee. Maj James H Doolittle, aiming for a land plane world record, faced engine trouble after moving into second place.
Final estimate from ginnings shows 13 932 000 bales with 565 160 bales ginned today versus 1 879 919 last year. Market movement is slow due to crop lateness, signaling farmers delaying sales.
Jerry Hurt, 24, longtime KGRS announcer in Amarillo, died last Friday in Ardmore Oklahoma after a two week illness. He joined KGRS in August last year and had prior radio work with KTSA San Antonio and KGKO Wichita Falls. He owned half of KGMP Elk City Oklahoma and was regarded as one of the Southwest’s best announcers by Southwestern Broadcasting Corporation.
The city commission postpones its weekly session from Tuesday to Wednesday as Mayor Ernest O. Thompson is away in Oklahoma City extending an invitation for a Kiwanis convention. Tax refund recommendations from the city assessor and tax collector are the main items on the limited agenda.
Potter County criminal district court resumed sessions this morning after Labor Day. The petit jury was empaneled and trials were set to begin. The grand jury will not meet until Thursday and will handle investigations then.
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