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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1938
Page
1
A fragmented passage outlines sharp wartime shifts and nationalist movements. It references Farouk, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Germany, and Russia as powers in flux. Mentions arms, money, and a push toward rearmament amid brewing international strain.
AP outlines 1938 prospects across business, finance, aviation, politics, fashion, science, and film. It notes a possible early economic rise, housing and tax changes, new air and television ambitions, and ongoing international tensions shaping a volatile year.
The report notes prices under 1937 levels, with possible exceptions for alfalfa and clover seed. Agricultural exports may exceed recent years due to foreign supplies. More prime slaughter cattle are expected to be marketed early next year as grain supplies rise, likely pulling prices downward.
Federal agents charged Robert Horne and George Spernak with murder by drowning for killing Jack Morgan during a December voyage aboard the yacht Aaffe off the Mexican west coast. The case outlines Morgan’s deadly takeover and Faulding’s death, while Morgan’s wife and other crew members faced various detentions.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Amarillo, a numbered time near noon and afternoon hours, with scattered codes and letters. Content is garbled and lacks clear event or person details to identify a specific news item.
The Potter County grand jury urged Amarillo to close night hot spots at midnight and ban beer and liquor sales after 11:59 pm until 7 am daily. It called for strict enforcement with a dedicated police squad to inspect dance halls and for arrestees to be jailed or held on bond.
Shorty Yarbrough, owner of Rancho Grande Cafe at 1008 Arthur Street, found a bottle of doped beer Thursday. He noticed two men trying to get a 19 or 20 year old girl to drink it, prompting police interest and the arrest of a Mexican man on a vagrancy charge. A grand jury also urged liquor license reforms including citizen scrutiny by a five-member county committee for annual license approvals.
Five Amarilloans posted bail bonds of 2000 dollars each on felony indictments returned yesterday by the grand jury over alleged gambling operations in the city. Named are J. C. Hallmark George Johnson Quint Thompson J. C. Jones and Red Craig. Hallmark and Johnson face charges of keeping a gambling house permitting gaming and keeping a gaming table. Craig Jones and Thompson face similar counts. Sheriff Bill Adams said two more warrants will be served in connection with the gambling indictments.
J. B. Oliver, 74, longtime Texas utilities figure, died in a Los Angeles hospital of pneumonia. His body will arrive in Dallas Monday for services planned Monday or Tuesday, with burial in Rusk beside his wife.
Mr and Mrs Jim Ragland of Austin identified the body of their seven year old son Richard found in the Colorado river near Smithville. The drowning occurred near Austin on Sunday December 19. An Austin undertaker arranged funeral details.
Washington December 31 1934 President Roosevelt slashed the price of silver in the United States from 71.57 to 64.64 cents per ounce tonight. The reduction affects silver mines and other mines producing silver as a by product in a dozen Western states. These mines employ about 400 900 persons. Western congressmen had expected no change since April 24 1935 and warned lower prices would render many mines unprofitable.
Texas railroads failed to obtain a temporary restraining order against a 25 percent freight rate cut on livestock feed in 39 counties. District Judge Roy C. Archer scheduled a Jan. 10 hearing on the injunction bid while testimony on the feed shortage and drought conditions continues.
Gipsy Smith, world famed evangelist, is due in Amarillo today from California to begin a two week mission at Municipal Auditorium. Local committees, led by Bishop E Cecil Seaman, plan a large platform and 390 voice choir while loudspeakers are installed. He will address Amarillo High students Tuesday and attend a joint meeting.
Washington reports prominent Democrats and business spokesmen denouncing attacks on concentrated wealth and urging a cooperative presidential message to Congress next Monday. Roosevelt defends not labeling all wealth as malefactors while others defend cooperation to end the business slump.
F Molina Campos from Argentina arrives in Houston in search of genuine cowboys after declaring gauchos have disappeared from the Pampas. He plans to visit San Antonio and King Ranch, hoping to paint a Texas cowboy if a real subject can be found. If not, he might travel to Mexico for new material.
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