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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
3
General Electric in East Cleveland unveils a steam light bulb that jets steam from a copper coil to light a cigarette. The device, about the size of a large house lamp, uses welding of metal to glass and features metal seals at both ends. It also enables instant steam sterilization at lower temperatures for health use.
James C. Yancey independent oil geologist who forecast Texas findings died after injuries from a Fairfield auto crash at age 63. native of Carlinville Ill he mapped oil fields in California and Texas and helped form a major California company in 1908. Survived by widow Mrs Mary McSpadden Yancey mother Mrs Belle Bryant Yancey and two sisters. Funeral services set for 5 PM tomorrow.
The Dalhart editorial visit highlights striking yucca and cactus displays west of Dalhart around Memorial Day. Rail workers sustain a strong boom with cantaloupe shipments, maintenance projects, and 422 cars of pipe for Liberal Kansas gas fields. Local leaders like H E McMullen and Jerry Carroll report growing activity and optimism for crops and infrastructure.
F C Quarles and W A Fisk surveyed fields from Texhoma to Boise City and beyond finding heavy rain and mud in the Panhandle and improved moisture in New Mexico. Quarles says raw crop prospects look best in years though wheat is scarce with some wheat to be grown near Hartley and Dumas. Northeastern New Mexico shows better bean crop prospects with planting underway. Farmers plan summer fallow instead of row crops.
O H Finch, a Dalhart rancher and former University of Kansas 440 yard dash record holder, served as mayor twice and held roles as bank director and community figure.
An Amarillo Daily News pattern feature promotes Marian Martin 9869 as a stylish easy-to-sew shirtfrock. It highlights a yoke skirt design, bright cotton fabrics, and a diagrammed Lew Chart for home sewers. Order details include sizes 14 through 40 and pattern book availability.
Dalhart residents share views on crop moisture and prospects with J. R. Fox praising strong farmland when prepared. Local figures like J. S. McAnary Eck Brown Cecil Johnson and others comment on farming, banking, and community life amid trains, harvests, and graduation stories.
Secretary Morgenthaus appeal cites a $2 050 754 400 peacetime loan with 600 million in 15 18 year bonds at 2 percent and 400 million in five year notes at 1 percent. Exchanges offered for maturing 1 and 31 percent notes. Debt rises to 32 643 000 000 with cash balance 2 389 000 000.
Paris faced a new wave of protests as Leon Blum announced plans for a 40 hour work week. Thousands of workers, many encamped at metal factories, hoped the move would avert further strikes and allow a holiday. Independent settlements reduced numbers but unsettled authorities.
Mrs. Evelyn Stanford Searcy aged 23 wife of Dr. R. M. Searcy died after a two weeks illness in a Bryan hospital Texas She was the daughter of J E Stanford Nashville Tenn editor of the Southern Agriculturist Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow.
Northwest Texas hospital in Amarillo is noted last year. Everett Balls struggles with talking amid threat trouble. Dalhart Gas Co reports need for many new meters under manager O E Duggins. Ed Bishop rises as Texan columnist and Albert Law edits his paper. Rita Blanca lake overflow rises 38 inches deeper, sand bag crews respond. Elmer Elliott elected Lions District Governor. hotel sign reads Here's Elmer. Dalhart Cemetery Association under Mrs Dave Childers plans a tag day as mourners visit graves. Writer recalls his mother and the town’s cemeteries as a measure of community.
The News editor and his wife boarded the 7 26 train Friday with only two sandwiches and candy for supper while chatting with Lee Griffith, a News subscription agent. Mrs Colquitt and Jimmy Mahoney joined for an on board lunch despite no time to eat earlier.
A dozen horsemen reached 8,000-foot Horse Ridge near Lost Creek Canyon Morgan to locate Major Howard Stark’s crashed plane. The wreckage was found on its back in near 30-below-zero January cold with no sign of Stark, and rescuers planned to wait for better weather. Reck, a Salt Lake City reporter, cited a damaged left wing and the gasoline shutoff as factors in the wreck.
Dallas taxi strike ends after five days as drivers and operators agree to arbitration for wage differences. Extra cars were cut from service to boost trips, with the settlement led by J S Myers and F E Nichols. Arbitration board to be formed with two striker picks, two operator picks and a fifth chosen by the four. Verdict expected in about two weeks. One company resumes, hiring Fort Worth drivers who refuse to operate.
Federal Housing Administrator Stewart McDonald outlined a plan to move industrial workers from urban areas to small one to two acre garden homes outside city limits. He said no federal grants would be used and the program would rely on expanded FHA mortgage insurance and lender support. An educational campaign to promote the advantages of such homes would accompany the policy.
Pope Pius XI marked his 79th birthday in Vatican City and denounced Communism and its false prophets. He urged vigilance against union with truth and falsehood as Catholic delegates from 22 nations offered salutations. A solemn Mass in St Peters drew about 40,000 pilgrims from around the world.
Hollywood star Toni Lanier warns American girls against hula dancing after a Hawaiian holiday. She says hula dancing makes calves bulge and barefoot dancing slows leg development, advocating healthier, more leg conscious women. The piece also notes oxy acetylene flame reaches about six thousand degrees Fahrenheit.
Ernest O Thompson of Amarillo chairs the State Railroad Commission and campaigns for re election. He will crown the Jacksonville Tomato Festival queen after visits to Tyler and Kilgore on railroad business. He then attends Austin hearings and speaks at a Jasper centennial celebration.
A large peaceful picket gathered in front of the cab stand as striking drivers demanded one third of receipts from fares. No violence occurred during the protest.
In Galveston on Memorial Day Governor James V. Allred told Texas City listeners that wealth as well as men should be drafted if another war arises. He urged using profits from World War for defense and proposed government control of munitions production to prevent future war profits. The speech echoed the theme that the World War was in vain without lessons learned. Meanwhile two San Angelo brothers bought four oxen for spring plowing but struggled to find suitable yokes.
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