02 Aug 1937
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1937
Page
1
A parade of short items from Texas towns includes a Pampa girl with a jibe at a scampa, a Dallas drunk unable to spell his own name, and a Beaumont officer amused by a boy with a stolen revolver. Heat in the stratosphere puzzles scientists, while Graham reports ice on a gas pipe after a heat surge. Pieces note a peaches can trick, a Fort Worth songwriter’s Broadway check, and Columbus 1492 Rediscovered in 1937.
A brief note recalls a method to alloy tungsten without melting by mixing powders with copper and nickel. It contrasts the ancient Esmeraldas peoples heating gold with platinum-like results and mentions a Texas town loss of a horse buggy fleet and a tornado incident sparing two men and four horses.
Japanese forces push deeper into Chinese territory around Peiping and Tientsin tightening control of the area. Reports claim Chinese resistance around North China’s two main cities is crushed while Chinese central troops are watched along rail lines for a potential national-scale resurgence.
El Centro California reports coroner's jury verdict that Fred W. Simmons aged 40, hatchery owner, shot and killed Dr. O L Webster aged 37 in the Seventh Day Adventist Church yesterday and then died by his own actions.
In Blackshear Georgia a youth told his parents he saved money for the tobacco season and did not reveal the deposit location. The family car broke down and investigators found $51.50 in coins in the gas tank, most in fifty cent pieces.
Insurgent forces under Generalisimo Francisco Franco widened a strategic wedge in eastern Spain near the Teruel Cuenca Valencia corridor. The communique says four villages Toril Masegoso Arroyo Frio and Valdecuenca were captured as the right and left wings advance while militiamen surrender in the Universales mountains.
In Oslo on August 1 five Norwegian flyers were killed when a plane crashed into the harbor. Among the deceased was Chris Braa who accompanied Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on Antarctic expeditions and pilot Arild Wideroee, a leading Norwegian aviator. The cause of the crash is not yet known.
Gus W. Thomasson district director announced a manpower cut under the economy drive. The corps of 11 area engineers for 12 counties was reduced to eight for 14 counties after Denton and Cooke counties were added to the Dallas District in the Texas reorganization.
In Montfaucon France Aug 1 a grand memorial to the American first army victory in the Meuse Argonne offensive was dedicated on Lorraine soil. President Roosevelt via radio pledged ongoing faith in democracy. Dignitaries Pershing Petain and French official Albert le Brun joined in the ceremony as about six thousand Americans and French attendees observed the tribute.
A morning blaze in Wichita Falls damaged Allison's Drug Store and adjacent shops in the business district. The fire caused about 250000 in losses with 40000 in fixtures and 60000 in stock at the drug store, plus 100000 for the building destroyed. Firemen battled the three hour blaze with insurance plans guiding rebuilding. Cause suspected as a short in the air conditioning or electrical system.
Governor James V. Allred named a Carson County parole board with Weldon L. Boyles as temporary chairman and John F. Weatherly and Jim McCaskey as members. The system spans 214 counties and reports low revocation of clemency with about six percent having clemency revoked.
Init ial plans for a municipal auditorium costing $60,000 were discussed in Clovis at a meeting of city county and civic leaders called by the Woman's Club civic committee. The project would seat about 3,000 and hinges on county deed of half a block west of the courthouse and on revenue to repay a city revenue bond.
Residents of Cotton Center 14 miles southwest of here plan a $40,000 gymnasium on the site of the J. Frank Norfleet ranch to honor the Hale County rancher detective. A Friday meeting August 13 will feature Dr. J. A. Hill of West Texas State College and other Texans as speakers. The gym will be funded in part by federal funds.
Constable D. R. Childress was charged with murder after the slaying of Jeff McClellan about 38 at McClellan’s home. Childress said the shot was in self defense during resisting arrest. Bond set at $1000 as the Red River County grand jury convenes in Clarksville.
The regular term of the Deaf Smith County district court will open here Monday with Judge Reese Tatum on the bench.
The piece contrasts Higgins laboring between buckboards and modern shops on Main Street with new stores and paved streets. It highlights Bill Bradley and Charlie Rynearson, talks of cattle drives, Santa Fe Railroad origins in 1886, and Higgins as a thriving Panhandle market town with a strong school and planned band.
In a House clash over wage policy two rival camps brace for a tough confrontation. Sources describe mounting pressure from labor unions and business groups as lawmakers edge toward a vote amid rising costs and political maneuvering.
An Amarillo delegation led by Mayor Ross Rogers will leave the Amarillo Hotel at 10 a m Tuesday to attend Stratford Day in Stratford. The group includes Howard Boxwell Jim Reynolds W R Phumphrey Cal Farley Dutch Mantel and others with two days of rodeo airplane rides and dances scheduled August 2 and 3.
Leonard Damron, 35, former Mobility resident, was killed early today on the Mack Lancaster gun lot in Leon ard. Bob Martin, night watchman, said Damron and an unidentified companion threw bricks at him. a brick struck Martin. Damron’s body to be sent to Stamford for burial.
Governor James V. Allred appointed Dr. C. W. Butler Jr. of Crockett and F. D. Benyer Chesnult of Kenedy to the State Prison Board, joining W. A. Paddock of Houston and J. B. H. Holderby of Fort Worth. Dr. S. M. Lister of Houston was reappointed. Board terms run six years with several expirations in 1939 and 1941.
Four people died when a Stinson aircraft crashed two miles northwest of Littlefield. Pilot O W Simms Jr railroad conductor of Slaton Tex and passengers R A Baxter Wellington Tex Vernie Hawkins Littlefield farmer Orville Taber Littlefield farmer were killed. The crash ended with the motor stopping before impact and wreckage buried the victims.
The National Labor Relations Board charges Weirton Steel Company with terrorism against the workers organizing committee and six further acts harming self organization. A hearing is set for August 9 in New Cumberland West Virginia. The board cites hatchet gang acts and espionage, 279 firings for union activity, discharges and adverse re hires, plus illegal support for two company unions via funds.
Donald Hart Moreman 17 died after diving into shallow water at Palo Duro Park during a family reunion. He suffered a broken neck and pinched spinal cord, was taken to Amarillo hospital, operated on, and died at 5 30 p m. The Moreman family, about 80 relatives from New Mexico and Texas, witnessed the accident as swimmers were in the water near the last crossing. He yelled for help as his father reached him before the ambulance arrived.
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