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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1933
Page
2
Local weather forecast predicts no heavy rain this week with dry spells through Friday. A reader launches into a wide takedown of nudist magazines, calling the movement crazy and urging publishers jailed. The letter riffs on beans with rocks, fair weather jokes, a 75 cent glove reward, and a strip poker anecdote from a nudist camp.
Justice agents recovered 73250 of the 200000 Urschel ransom and arrested Cass Coleman near Coleman Texas. Langford Ramsey said George Kelly sent him to Colemans to claim part of the ransom. Kelly claimed to gain 75000 from the payoff, Harvey Bailey got 75000, other money split among lesser participants. Kelly and Kathryn Kelly were arraigned on Urschel kidnapping charges with bonds set at 100000 each. Kelly vowed to fight extradition as police move to Oklahoma City by air.
Reported riot continuations describe three splintered groups with Sheriff Charles Neel of Corydon, Ind. still held by four captives and two released victims found later. A rural anecdote contrasts counting cattle by legs versus heads as authorities urge plans to vote next Saturday on city leadership.
A letter to Tack from L H Schulte of Happy Texas asks for job help as a truck driver. He can handle kegs or cases and is willing to work on road or as a tractor grader man. The note appears amid political notices and ad content on charter advertising.
Donkey baseball returns with a Pampa versus Clarendon Shriners showdown set for 8 15 p m at the Pair Grounds. Last night Amarillo’s team routed Pampa as bucking and balking produced laughs and a near-miss homer by Buckingham while O Brien’s wild ride ended with an out at first.
In a frontier memoir, Mr. Dyer recalls building a two room Palo Duro Canyon home after five months delay as winter snows and scarce supplies tested the party. The herd included 1 450 cattle branded A T and 120 DY cattle linked to family ownership.
Newark anxiously watches a $5,000,000 market building gesture after a garage firm eviction. Mayor O'Brien flips on stock taxes blaming brokers for a lack of local patriotism amid a tense local campaign. Fiscal adviser Samuel Untermeyer says he backtracked to avoid a $30,000,000 tax loss. Joseph V. McKee may enter the mayoral race, per Herald-Tribune notes.
Hale County farmer Day received a gold medal and $150 for balanced farming as roughly 30 contestants finished the Panhandle contest. May, Green and others won cash prizes with silver medals, scoring 936, 930 and 927 points from 1000. The competition spans 17 Panhandle counties amid low prices and drought.
Judge Gough presides as eight T-Anchor cowboys and leaders gather. Lowndes named president with a slate of officers including Mrs. John McKnight and J. Barak Michener. Readings, music, and tributes mark the Old Settlers Association gathering with notes on its oldest and youngest members.
White Deer resident J H Red Morris and Norman W Shep pard of Borger face conspiracy charges with others to steal and sell cars across state lines. John Herron White testified he arranged affidavits and licenses to move hot cars, while Hutchinson County officials aided the sting and identified the stolen vehicle tied to Dr L V Baker of Elk City Oklahoma.
A prowler broke in through a rear window and stole three diamond rings and a watch from Miss Georgie Kirkman and her mother at 312 South Pierce Street. One stone weighed over a carat. The incident occurred while the women read in the front part of the house.
Wednesday marks the deadline for absentee voting in Amarillo's charter change election of Saturday. Ballots may be cast at the office of the secretary treasurer in the city hall by qualified voters who expect to be absent Saturday.
Sam Dill, owner of the circus at the Tri State Fair, reported Tuesday afternoon a new sedan stolen from the Herring Hotel parking lot. He and his wife had entered the hotel when a bellhop said a man drove off in the car. Dill lamented this was the fourth car theft in two years.
Kansas City hogs and cattle showed mixed gains with steady to higher prices. New Orleans cotton opened steady and fluctuated with short-covering rally later. New York stock market faced a bear tone as inflationary enthusiasm waned and commodities softened while the dollar strengthened.
Fair- County captured all champion prizes in the Poland China division as J D Tinsley judged horticulture and agricultural exhibits in the morning. Zahn brothers of Haskell Texas led honors with prizes spread among northern Panhandle counties and New Mexico as delegations from Clarendon Claude Goodnight Hedley Memphis Estelline Turkey Silverton Quitaque Can yon Happy Tulsa joined the day’s festivities.
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