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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
2
A reflective piece blends personal woes over watermelon allergy with humorous anecdotes. It cites medical dismissals, a five dollar reward offer, mentions President Hoover, and weaves in tales of a landlord and a circus escape. It also touches on Texas mortgage moratorium fears, debt hoarding, and banker consultations as cash constraints strain daily life.
E R Murr and Sid Harper, suspended Amarillo motorcycle officers, face murder charges in the Panhandle death of Cecil Marion Elston. The Potter County grand jury adjourned without action and will reconvene September 29. Both officers were released on $5,000 bonds after arraignment following the July 29 shooting at Hall's ranch.
The reader reports a sequence of events from bank notes to a proposed moratorium, mentions farm grain storage, and describes tensions over wheat, paper shortages, and contractor wages. Old Tack, state politics, and a call to action on highway labor laws frame a broader critique of economic strain in Amarillo and state government.
Dr J R Wrather was elected president of the Hospital Staff of St. Anthony's Hospital at a board meeting last night. Dr D H Loving was named secretary. They succeed Dr Richard Keys and Dr J R Lemmon. Wrather, practicing in Amarillo 28 years, is former president of Potter County and Panhandle Medical Societies.
In remarks about U S policy and India’s economy Gandhi praised prohibition as a sign of U S courage. He warned of failing if the experiment collapses but called it a model for other nations while noting India’s absence of public houses and the burden of foreign domination on its economy.
Out of town visitors to the Tri State Fair may use the courtesy booth in the Merchants Building maintained by the Amarillo Jobbers & Manufacturers Association with the chamber of commerce. Desks chairs free telephone stationery and a stenographer will be provided at no charge. Merchants from the territory can call their Amarillo jobbers without traveling to town. The booth will be open at all hours.
Funeral services for Boss Rider aged 25 were held at Blackburn Chapel after he died Tuesday night from a fall from a Fort Worth and Denver train. Burial is in Llano Cemetery. Survived by father J. H. Rider of Allison and three brothers and five sisters listed as H F Rider J P Rider W A Rider and several sisters in Allison Birds Brownwood and O'Donnell.
The Amarillo School Board will hold two meetings this evening. At 7.00 PM at Amarillo College President B. E. Masters will attend. At 8.00 PM at the high school Superintendent W. A. McIntosh will preside.
Leo Joyce of 2210 Buchanan Street seeks the return of a green Sheaffer fountain pen with white specks and engraved gold name. He offers a reward and believes it was misplaced on Pierce Street between 19th and 3rd Avenue near his school work.
A reader asks Tack to investigate a family in apparent need of assistance, suggesting the case deserves further inquiry. The note hints at a factual report in progress and references letters to the page.
Rev. T. D. Sumrall of Happy is named pastor of the Fundamentalist Baptist Church on Ninth Avenue and Van Buren Street in Fort Worth. Board members expect his acceptance. Dr. J. Frank Norris, Fort Worth evangelist, announced the news during services.
The South Carolina Senate approved on final reading the bill to prohibit cotton growing in 1932 by a 21 to 13 vote and sent it to the House. Governor Bryant urged Louisiana to stand fast on cotton relief actions and warned he could repeal the statute by January 15, 1932 if states did not concur.
Oklahoma City officials report Gov. William H. Murray began drafting two bills to ease the cotton and wheat industries. The plan centers on acreage reduction and a production control board. The proposal won unanimous backing from a conference of more than 500 county representatives.
Members of the Amarillo Insurance Exchange will close their offices Monday at 12 30 for the Tri State Fair. George S Williams of Williams Boyce Agency says all firms with a general line must close and every employee including owners will attend the fair grounds.
R. E. Bob Wheeler has been named employment agent for the Tri-State Fair. He will oversee all hiring at the fairgrounds offices and invites job seekers to contact him as he has full charge of employment. Wheeler previously served in the same role last year.
Enrollment at Amarillo Business College remains practically normal for the season, with a diverse student body from Panhandle towns and from Oklahoma and New Mexico. Miss Elsie Bell enrolls, while local business figures and visitors attend Presbyterian meetings and pursue travel for work. Notable moves include Miss Elizabeth Shikany to the Amarillo Hotel for the winter and Veronica Shelby entering St John’s Hospital nursing program in St Louis.
Amarillo water records show meters in service rose from 9 340 on April 15 last year to 9 368 on April 15 this year and climbed to 9 783 by end of June this year. Rate exceeded one per day, with May and June adding more than two per day.
Forty eight seniors aged 70 to 88 attended a free matinee of Will Rogers' "Young as You Feel" at the Mission Theater after clipping coupons from The Globe. The group, many longtime Panhandle residents, praised the program and noted it marked many as their first watched film in years as the run closed tomorrow night.
In Ironwood Michigan a Minneapolis traveling salesman named Ted Moyle snatched a newspaper from a stranger in a hotel lobby then explained with a broad smile that he was Moyle, brother of Don Moyle the missing aviator. The event followed news that Don Moyle was safe, found in a transpacific air rescue.
Judge Hal C. Randolph of the Court of Civil Appeals spoke to Amarillo College students urging study of the Constitution. The program included performances by Esther McCrory Chapter D A R and Lone Star Chapter CAR with musical numbers. Other speakers addressed Sam Houston School Price Memorial College and Central High School tomorrow morning.
Phillips Petroleum will close all 24 stations Monday at noon for Amarillo Day at the Tri-State Fair. Company general manager A M Hughes says employees will assemble at 1 PM at the Rule Building and march as a group to the fairgrounds. Bill Lampe chairs the reception committee and has arranged a motorcycle escort for the Phillips parade.
Officers and directors of the Texas U S 66 Highway Association will be elected at its annual meeting in Amarillo at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon. J W Knorpp of Groom is president and W W Chilton of Amarillo is secretary manager. Attending besides delegates are Charles H Thompson of El Reno Okla president of the national association and R A Singletary chairman of the Good Roads Committee of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.
Work starts today on the Amarillo schools exhibit for the Tri State Fair to be housed in the former automobile exhibit building. C M Rogers leads the high school division and Miss Annie McDonald oversees elementary displays. principals and committees will assemble the displays at the grounds this afternoon.
Building permits issued in Amarillo in the first eight months of the year have already surpassed totals of the previous two years. City officials report the current year nears 2.5 million dollars with prospects for another record. Historical totals show 1928 at 2,906,174. 1929 at 1,845,021. last year at 1,843,146.
A speaker laments a great loss he cannot see beyond a mountain he built of woe. An old gray man appears, noting the blessings the speaker has had and urging gratitude for joys he never knew, while the barren summit looms above.
Kansas City and Chicago livestock totals show hogs and cattle trading steady to slightly lower amid moderate demand. New Orleans cotton opening softer on weather and Texas acreage concerns, while New York stocks recover from early losses as major names pare declines.
In Las Vegas New Mexico Jim Poe alleged bootlegger lies near death from bullet wounds after a gun battle with Police Chief He Cifre following the killing of Ralph Hamby a Plainview Texas informer for federal agents. Poe waited outside United States Commissioner Ogles office and shot Hamby three times as he left. Hamby died minutes later. Chief Cifre returned fire wounding Poe twice.
An Amarillo education program for merchants sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association with the National Retail Credit Association starts October 1. Open to all merchants in Amarillo, the course will be led by B. F. Beach and covers topics on credit in store organization, originating credits, installment business, and legal remedies.
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