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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1931
Page
2
A column mix of political talk and social notes discusses Brewers from Milwaukee and elsewhere possibly amassing barley to support beer production. It covers Prohibition politics, enforcement, and a forecast of continuing dry policies, plus assorted local anecdotes on weather, health, and community life.
Preparation of the sub grade for Highway 66 from the Potter County line to Groom is underway with concrete pouring planned around October 1. Dirt work from Larson line to Marymere farm continues. the old 70 foot bridge on Highway 5 over Amarillo Creek will be replaced by a 170 foot steel and concrete structure about six feet taller. Detours exceed two miles, traffic shifts eight miles north from the Potter County courthouse to Western Avenue, and Colonel Oscar A. Seward aims to complete all construction by year’s end.
Bandits robbed Oliver Turned filling station of Walter Irvin Paint & Body Works of 15 dollars. A chase followed when police confronted Wiley Oliver in a car. hand and gear injuries occurred to officers Robertson and McDuffee. Oliver jailed, whiskey seized, federal agents took over. Separate arrest of Ronald Ott for liquor. Anson trial underway for Bill Johnson charged with murder in Parker slaying based on yesterday testimony.
A blaze at the Texas and Pacific Railway yards in Dallas destroyed a car barn and 21 box cars. Three firemen were overcome by heat and smoke. Loss was estimated at 40000 dollars.
A reader requests transport assistance for an ailing mother unable to recover. Names and phone numbers are given for contact, and a letter from a student explains the need to reach T. W. C. in Fort Worth this week from Clarendon.
Letter to Tack from farmers about a dispute on the Farm Board. Mentions wheat prices from 60 to 90 cents and references Tack Letters on page 10. Local reader correspondence highlights community tension over agricultural policy.
A neighbor republic south of the border celebrates a holiday. the cipher hides a non English term. The note notes a 20 minute per day decoding pace and warns about the tricky foreign word.
The American Legion Auxiliary leads a bean canning drive at the Legion Home to aid the Community Chest. They also voted to sponsor a 15 act vaudeville show on October 14 and installed new officers with Mrs. M. L. Fuller as president and a slate of regional committee chairs.
The piece contrasts Gandhi’s India with British policy, cites the Belize hurricane and Jesuit losses, and reflects on faith and science guiding humanity. It recalls earthquakes challenging faith and laments the old view of a vengeful deity while suggesting laws govern the cosmos.
The Amarillo Lions Club brings a male five years and a female eighteen months to Potter County Zoo from Oklahoma City. H. M. Campbell Lincoln Park Zoo superintendent accompanied the cats to ensure safe delivery and acclimation to their new home.
All school principals in Amarillo will gather with Superintendent W. A. McIntosh at 4 30 this afternoon in the high school building. The meeting aims to straighten opening enrollment and organize a campaign to seek aid for needy children of school age. Aaron L Block hosts his mother Mrs A L Block of New Orleans Louisiana as his guest.
Black Mask players stage The Late Mrs Tut a fast paced comedy directed by Dr. R. P. Parcells at the High School Auditorium Friday. An Englishman brings a mummy to a girls finishing school as uninvited visitors and romance collide with a sharp local newspaper twist. Sandie Pep squad backs the show and supports football delegation trips and uniforms.
Miss Jennie Ritchie of West Texas State Teachers College visited Amarillo Monday while recuperating from illness. Willie Wiley, Amarillo Hotel, visits at sister’s Shamrock home. E E Ezell and wife guest of Killoughs in Wichita Falls. Cartwright returns from Fort Worth visit. Allen of Van Buren Street in Hereford on business. Mrs Westbrook returns from Dallas visit. Robert Kendrick of Plainview in the city on business. Thelma Fern Buckley leaves for Duncan Oklahoma to attend school. J H Clark family plans Fort Worth move.
Mathers led the acquittal of Clara Smith Hamon in the killing of Jake Hamon, Oklahoma oilman and politician. The Griffith sisters, teachers from Tonkawa, were found slain near Tonkawa last winter in a brutal double murder. A vest button matched a vest from Quinn, a former Missouri convict, tying him to the case after a large manhunt.
Funeral services for Vincent Herman McDowell infant son of Mr and Mrs Herman E McDowell were set for 3 pm at the Blackburn Funeral Chapel. Rev E G Fincher of Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church officiated. Burial was to follow in Llano Cemetery.
A bandit attempting a hold up at the East Side Bank of Commerce in Kansas City was shot in the side and disabled. Assistant cashier Raymond Ramsey was wounded in the arm. The bandit, identified as W. H. Joy of Stallings Missouri, was chased from the bank by a motorcycle patrolman and felled after an exchange of gunfire.
At the 60th general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Denver, Bishop Michael Bolton Furse of St. Albans urged action against rising availability of contraceptives and divorce, warning it threatens Christian parenthood and the moral standard across Europe and America. He cited Russia’s anti God campaign and urged nations to uphold Christian duties in guiding children.
Johnnie G. Vines and his wife Davie Vines were moved from Plainview to Lubbock and jailed on federal counts of possessing and passing three counterfeit ten dollar Federal Reserve notes. They pleaded not guilty and await grand jury action. bonds set at $1500 each.
During Constitutional Week Amarillo lawyers deliver addresses at Sanborn School Pleasant Valley McKinley Junior High and Amarillo College auditorium Judge Hal C Randolph to speak tomorrow at 11 am Esther McCrory and Lone Star CAR chapters sponsor a musical program Public invited W A Palmer to speak at Sam Houston School at 10 am Third installment of the United States Constitution to run daily in the Amarillo News tomorrow.
Members of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce highway committee led by Bill Lampie and Potter County roads boosters plan a Plainview celebration for Hale County's new paved highway network. The event starts at 2 PM on the courthouse lawn with invited speakers under Grady Shipp's direction.
Hanson Post of the American Legion voted 25 dollars from its service fund to buy school supplies for students who cannot afford them. The meeting also discussed student employment at Amarillo College, noting nearly 100 placements. A resolution thanked organizations that aided the state convention’s success.
Park Avenue editor Lloyd Smith aged 30 and managing editor of the magazine Fortune committed suicide by leaping from the 23rd floor of a fashionable Fifth Avenue apartment to a nearby eight story building. Smith was a Princeton graduate noted as socially prominent.
A narrator notes a quiet, fair day contrasting with a neighbor's sorrow as life continues beside personal loss. The piece reflects on peace, memory, and the contrast between private grief and public calm.
Hogs 3,000 head, prices 5.00 to 5.60 for various weights with top 5.60 on 200-240 lb. cattle 8,500 head, calves 600, killing classes slow and weak, steers 600-1500 lb 6.50 to 9.35, heifers 550-850 lb 6.25 to 9.00, cows 3.50 to 6.25, vealers and stockers mixed. lambs about 25 cents lower with top 6.50 for shippers.
Alma Jean Graham aged 16 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Graham of 1620 North Hayes Street, died at 3 this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital. Burial likely Thursday afternoon at Kirkland. Body in care of N. B. Griggs Funeral Home pending arrangements.
E M Avery who moved to Amarillo from Fort Worth organized a public speaking class for Rotary members. The class met Tuesday night and elected Bill Smith as president, C T Crowe as vice president, James H McCormick as secretary, and Harve Allen as time keeper. Avery already teaches a Lions Club class.
Harold Gatty and Wiley Post, known for circumnavigating the globe, visited Amarillo briefly aboard Winni Mac. Frank Hawks in the Travel Air Mystery Ship Texaco 13 waited longer, accompanying his mother on a westbound convoy before leaving English Field for Los Angeles.
Boy Scout Troop 11 presents a forestry merit badge exhibit at the Tri-State Fair. Members studied trees in the New Mexico mountains and Panhandle, collecting items of local interest. Scoutmaster D A Nicholas and Temple Robinson, city forester, aided the effort with information and support.
Motions granted and overruled in the Seventh District Civil Appeals Court at Amarillo with cases including Zurich General Accident v Thompson. A L Robertson v Hood. T W Woodward v Commerce Farm Credit. Capitol Hotel Co v Rittenberry rehearing. plus affirmations and dismissals such as City of Amarillo v Ware and Sault Board of School Trustees v Berry et al. Submitted cases include Morton J Smith v Chipley et al and others from multiple counties.
A delegation from Amarillo asked the city commission to pass a detailed fire hazard ordinance. Harry Meyers said the measure, backed by the National Fire Underwriters Association, is already adopted in many Texas cities and should be an emergency action. The proposal was referred to the corporation counsel for review, with a potential introduction next Tuesday night. The group included Joe Bob McClure, Russell N. Fowler, Fred Cowie, Marion Kohler and Roy Collier.
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