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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1931
Page
2
Local speaker blasts Texas contractors importing Black workers for Panhandle road work. He cites rising taxes, wage abuse, and dismal living conditions while officials promise investigations and appeals for Texas and home-grown labor, urging immediate corrective action.
A reader recounts local woes with taxes and home loss near Amarillo while urging support for neighbors like J G McCaffree who faces eviction. He promotes the upcoming Tri State Fair and laments state politics, praises community resilience, and shares small town anecdotes and gifts from readers.
A 8 minute par clue presents a 120-letter message in triple groups about a key event causing Britain to worry. The text notes yesterday’s solution MOYLE AND ALLEN ARE ALL SET TO NTINUE THEIR TRI, hinting at a parallel transposition with a new device.
The writer notes home remedies for digestive distress and an alkaline remedy offered by Mrs. J P Tomberlin from Blackstone Beauty Shoppe. Washington reports delay on naming the Amarillo airship as the George Washington bid is discussed, while Marvin Jones vows to continue the fight. The Junior Welfare League announces a big Tri State Fair booth opening Saturday, aiding undernourished children with a milk drive totaling 1,500 quarts at last month’s baby clinic.
Mrs. Wy Allen reports lost keys on a six key ring with two door keys two car keys and two other keys between Alabama Street and Carolina Street on Sixth Avenue. A reward is offered at 14 Alabama Street phone 17583.
A reader asks for work as a cook, housekeeper, and child care provider. She has two girls ages 2 and 3 and is willing to move to another town or rural area for the season. She requests a place to stay this winter and provides contact at 408 Johnson Street.
A reader at 202 South Johnson Street asks Tack for help to travel to Tulsa Oklahoma with someone headed there. He has relatives to stay with but no money for room and board and seeks assistance. The letter cites prior remarks in The Dallas News September 5 about Coin Harvey and his finance school.
The Black Mask Players present The Late Mrs Tut a witty farce with Grace Rye Ridgeway Zelley Christine Dyche Edna Kirby Tom Lumpkin Sam Gathright and Dr. R P Parcells delivering polished performances proving a strong season opener for the troupe.
Oklahoma City reports a state wide drive by 40 000 cotton growers to prevent planting cotton on the same tract in two consecutive years. A. E. Robs of the Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association announced the plan to set up three optional polls and place government inspectors in 15 cities.
Charles W. White, 76, longtime proprietor of a grocery at 417 Northwest Eighth Street, has returned to Amarillo after a 53 year absence from his High Point North Carolina home. He left in 1877 seeking fortune, traveled through the western states, worked in real estate insurance cattle and mercantile fields, came to Amarillo in 1926 during the oil boom, and received a big welcome in High Point before resettling here.
Amarillo College’s new $6,000 gymnasium was accepted yesterday by a committee of school board members and will open for use early next week. It includes a regulation basketball court, six rooms, dressing rooms and an office. Dressing rooms will have wire baskets as lockers for physical education students. President B. E. Masters says most college social activities will now be held in the gymnasium.
Prohibition agents and sheriff's deputies found 37 gallons of orphan whisky in an abandoned car in the 700 block of West Sixteenth Avenue. Remainder dumped into a sewer. only evidence kept. Investigators seek car owner.
Gladewater Texas workers cleared debris around the No 1 Mollie Finn oil well to allow water from a wet well to flow and aid firefighters in quelling the blaze.
Hampton authorities tied a motive to the drowning of Jenny Graham King wife of Professor Elisha Kent Kane of the University of Tennessee. Coroner Vanderslice said letters signed Betty Dodd from New York implied a third party urged Kane to remove his wife. The couple were at Grand View Beach when Jenny Kane drowned on September 11.
Johnnie G. Vines and his wife Davie of Plainview were freed on bonds of 1500 each after arraignment in Lubbock and transfer to Amarillo. They face charges of counterfeiting and passing bogus ten dollar bills at Olton Lamb County. Also jailed on similar charges, Mack Ward and Ray Munday were arraigned and granted 1000 bonds each.
C A Pierle of Canyon seeks 25000 from Amarillo truck operator C H Espy for injuries to his daughter Ida Martha Pierle from a rear collision on the Canyon highway July 23 1930. The accident occurred about eight miles south of Amarillo and left the girl cut and bruised. Pierle, a chemistry instructor at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, filed the suit yesterday.
Amarillo dry cleaners will close at noon Monday as members of the local association attend the Tri State Fair and celebrate Amarillo Day. They urged customers to have any cleaning or pressing finished before noon.
George Foster, son of Mr and Mrs Frank H Foster of 2207 San Jacinto Street, was slightly injured when he ran in front of an eastbound car driven by Miss Martha Kroenbeck on West Sixth Avenue. Attendants at North west Texas Hospital reported the minor injuries on Friday. Mrs J H Cross and Mrs J C Cross returned from Jonesboro Arkansas where they visited relatives.
A humorous monologue where a crow mocks a golfer and the speaker’s wounded pride. The bird laughs from the trees at a missed two foot putt and the vanity of men, ending with the crow declaring a preference for life among pines.
Hogs and cattle prices move mixed with steady to higher spars, in Kansas City and Chicago bids. Hogs traded mostly steady with top 5.60 for choice 200-240 lb, sow and feeder ranges listed. cattle and veal prices shown by weight and class. sheep market active with lambs and ewes noted. Also cotton futures drift in New Orleans with hedge selling pressures. New York stocks slump on ex-dividend and market weakness. Local notices include Amarillo and Lubbock visits by residents.
Owen D. Young leads a Hoover relief committee to mobilize public and private funds for winter relief. The New Yorker heads national appeal Oct 19 to Nov 25 to support local drives, with members including Pierre Du Pont Fred Fisher Henry M Robinson and Walter Teagle.
American aviators Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen report they will resume the trans pacific flight from Navarin Island to Nome as weather permits. They described a 34 hour storm trek from Sabishiro Beach and a forced landing on an uninhabited island before refueling near Cape Navarin.
An American critic asserts Americans must not imitate Britain’s old methods amid a global slump. He calls U S policies blundering and wasteful, noting unemployment and hunger while praising British efficiency in car output sparking a clash over leadership and practical plans.
The Potter County chamber of commerce resolves to cooperate with county commissioners to secure a higher wage scale for workers on Highway No 5. The note mentions wage protests at the camp charging 90 cents to $1 daily for meals and a large number of African American laborers from East Texas. Also listed are chamber officers and directors. Additionally, Miss Arlene Donnell Groom is staying with Mr Edna Gundrun, and the Moore couple announce the birth of daughter Minnie Lou.
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