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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1933
Page
3
A local department store reports busy preparations for a big birthday celebration. Merchandise buying campaigns tied to the spring banking moratorium have been added to stock, with display arrangements underway for the event.
Lawrence Westbrook, director of the Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission, cites an attorney general opinion limiting Park Board authority. He says emergency conservation work remains under his commission with three phases forestry soil erosion and park work. He urges adequate funds and maintenance plans for parks and CCC camps. A hitchhiker, 11-year-old Lucy Bailey, was brought home by her father after seven miles of hitchhiking to visit her grandmother near Greenville.
Secretary of Interior Eduardo Vasconcelos told UPI that more than 1,000,000 Mexicans have repatriated from the United States in two years. He cited poverty and job shortages in California Arizona and Texas as the main causes. In other news Missouri reports its 1933-34 first semester enrollment as the smallest in a decade.
Alabama's school system will receive 4,003,758 dollars from the state for maintenance during the current year.
The American Legion Special to A Century of Progress in Chicago offers night cruises access to major attractions rooms at top hotels and hotel apartments plus convention entry. Two rates chair car 40.85 and Pullman 62.50 with a 10 deposit to Floyd L. Sloan Hanson Post adjutant to reserve. Train departs Amarillo September 30 returning a week later.
In the co ed mode we thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and flowered offerings during the sickness and death of our dear little girl Priscilla Ann Blair. Mr and Mrs F L Blair express appreciation.
Gen. R. F. E. Wood, president of Sears, Roebuck & Company, delivers the 47th anniversary message signaling hopeful signs of an incoming upturn. He notes the national economy's improving pace and the impact of the retail code, including a $5,000,000 annual cost, while Amarillo hosts the celebration with added staff and festivities.
Home room mothers for Sanborn school were selected and began a drive for members of the Parent-Teacher association under the direction of Mrs. Fred Kemp. Every patron will be invited to attend meetings while the club reorganizes to meet weekly. Names include Mrs. Edward Watson Mrs. Dollie Williams Mrs. Earl Grover Mrs. Elmer Greathouse Mrs. W. E. George Mrs. F. E. Marshall Mrs. W.S. Bury Mrs. George Ficke Mrs. W. F. Curtis Mrs. R. C. Andrews Mrs. R. S. Branum Mrs. A. G. Ray and Mrs. V. M. Giles.
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