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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1931
Page
2
Telegram recounts fans debating a Sandies game in Pampa with talk of a married captain and bold predictions. The column adds local notes on telephones, rainfall, Farm Board payroll, Mellon oil and aluminum ties, moonshine signs, Harlem pool, Ford forecasts, health trends, and a humorous show quote.
David Sarnoff announced that all anti trust lawsuits against the Radio Corporation of America were dropped. The settlement grants the DeForest Company a license under RCA patents and rights to radio tube patents, with RCA and its partners General Electric Westinghouse AT&T and others sharing license rights.
In San Antonio Mrs. Mary Young sought police protection after Homer Edwards escaped from the state hospital at Rusk. Edwards, life term for murder in John W. Bradshaw’s March 1930 slaying, was co defendant with her husband Ernest Young. Bradshaw’s body was found in the Guadalupe River near Comfort, shot and dumped with stones.
Chicago police say two of three men shot at an enemy near Michigan Avenue and Monroe Street were Forsythe and Hunt, henchmen of Al Capone. They surrendered behind the Goodman Theater after tossing their pistols. Hunt claimed they were business men. Forsythe had been linked to a Tribune reporter slaying nearby days earlier.
The report lists multiple sentences: Arch B. Cox fined 500 dollars and six months for beer possession and sale. Blair and Jack Gardner each 500 dollars and six months for whiskey or beer tasks with penalties suspended. Leavenworth sentence for transporting a stolen car from Louisiana to Texas. Citizenship granted to six people as court adjourned. Verlie Brooks, Frank Brohrman, Dorothy Stephens, Albert Goetttle, Ture Hansson, and Constance Fanny Manly sworn in.
Phillips Petroleum stages a Tri State Fair parade led by division manager A M Hughes with 103 cars. The route ran from Third and Polk to Tenth Avenue and then to the Fair grounds. Mrs Frank Crews appeared as the "Phillips 66 Girl" on a Phillips truck.
A second venire of 40 men was summoned for today in the Jim Saffel case. Saffel, 52, a blacksmith, is charged with the slaying of Will Windham, a retired farmer. The trial began yesterday in district court after a special venire of 90 jurors was exhausted with only five selected.
A church fair at the north end of the Automobile building sells cold and hot drinks, sandwiches, pies, and refreshments with all proceeds to charity this winter. A pastor seeks a ride to McAlester or Oklahoma City for a revival, leaving Thursday or Friday. contact 1501 Pierce Street.
A reader letter notes the fall drought is so severe that hogs must be soaked. The writer contrasts promised dryness with actual conditions, urging attention to farming challenges in the community.
The Texas Highway Commission faced the heaviest bidding in its history as it seeks 3.5 to 4 million dollars in contracts. Auditors worked late to tabulate bids from projects across Navarro Matagordo Fisher Nolan Brazos Wood Upshur Val Verde McLennan Pecos Victoria Wheeler Runnels Tyler Van Zandt San Jacinto Refugio Dallas Cherokee Presidio Bastrop Falls Bell Williamson Counties with awards delayed to today or tomorrow.
Royal purple and white uniforms lead Tulsa High School Band as 60 cars march in the Fair Parade. The Happy Caravan from Swisher County broadcasts from WDAG at 7 30 this evening. Delegations from Panhandle White Deer Hereford and Dalhart arrive for Press Day and a concluding one oclock Panhandle close shop tomorrow.
Organization of classes for the first quarter occupied Amarillo College students during assembly hour. Sophomore officers include President Mike Landauer and Lucille Pipkin as vice president, Anna Ruth Denton secretary treasurer, Finis Mothershead reporter, Bob Cox sergeant at arms. Freshmen elected Bill Billigmeier president Lola Paso vice president Juanita Flowers secretary Bonnie Faye Bennett treasurer Toby Waggoner sergeant at arms Idell Durrett reporter.
The Amarillo health unit released a vital statistics report listing 29 deaths last month. Five were from heart attack, one from whooping cough, one from social disease, one from pneumonia, one from a motor vehicle accident, and one homicide.
City Commission to open bids for large quantities of material for the West Eighth Avenue viaduct and proposals on 15 paying projects. Bids to be tabulated and contracts awarded before adjournment. Meeting starts at 8 o clock at city hall.
Delegates from the U S and U S A branches of the Presbyterian Church arrive in Fort Worth for a joint synod meeting commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Texas. About 500 members are expected to attend across both branches.
Five people injured when the Waltzer ride on the midway jumped the track at the Tri State Fair. Mrs Schultz and Mrs Boulware among the injured were rushed to Northwest Hospital with a broken leg and serious bruises. An X ray showed no fracture for Mr and Mrs West. Officials ordered an immediate safety inspection before the ride can reopen.
Crowds assemble outside Gov Ross Sterling's office urging a special session on debt relief and mortgage recovery bills by Sen Frank Rawlings and Rep J F Greathouse. Senate actions include tax lien moratorium proposals delaying collection until 1933 but preserving interest.
Amarillo officials report August financials for the water works showing a net profit of 8 885 58 on total sales of 37 137 71. Operating expenses totaled 10 458 01 with fixed charges 17 471 45, yielding a net operating income of 26 669 20.
Barney McGanegal, 38, returned to Houston from Pueblo Colorado, tied to the death of John Cherris whose body was recovered from the Brazos River about three weeks earlier. A M Jenkins, charged with murder in the slayings of Mr and Mrs C A Jones, posted a 2500 dollar bond after a habeas corpus hearing.
Macdonald Lockwood drew a magnificent 13 spades in a single bridge hand in Portland but let nerves ruin the hand. He flipped all his cards on the table and shouted Look here, boys causing the game to be called.
The verse contrasts youth chasing fame and risk with middle age seeking peace beyond fortune. It notes how both phases face regrets and reassess past choices. Each pursues contentment in time, then, in later years, sits beneath a tree to consider how life could have been simpler.
Kansas City and Chicago markets show hogs mostly weak to 10 lower with mixed weights and steady to higher cattle, vealers and yearlings. Lambs firm, sheep steady as new cash trend, while New Orleans cotton and New York stocks trend higher on firmer demand and limited short selling.
A health notice warns readers that Athlete's Foot can severely disrupt life and spread if untreated. It describes symptoms between the toes and potential spread to soles, urging use of Moone's Emerald Oil sold by City Drug Stores and Fox Drug Co. with a money back guarantee.
Funeral services for Arthur H. Dunn 34 former World War veteran who died Sunday of a gunshot wound were held at 4 p m at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev Roy Snodgrass officiating Interment was in Memorial Park Cemetery Pallbearers included John Dinsmore Hugh Dinsmore Glen W Miller A E Williamson Joe Chambers and William Fraser Dunn had lived in Amarillo three years coming from Fort Smith Ark He is survived by his widow his mother two brothers and two sisters Also in Enid Oklahoma two unmasked men robbed Farmers State Bank at Waukomis nine miles south of Enid of about 300 shortly before noon.
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