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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
9
An array of car makes models years and a contact name with a phone reference appears in an old classified style listing. Names include JIM JENKINS and W H INGERTON with a telephone hint and a Tyler evening opening note.
Nicola Lee Nelson 29 wife of John R Nelson of 709 Forest Street Amarillo died early Sunday morning after nine years in the city. Survived by husband four sisters Misses Johnnie and Nita Pollan Mrs Lisle Restine and Mrs Harry Manson four brothers Edwin Pollan Bill Jack and Alger Pollan and her parents Mr and Mrs John R Pollan. Services at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel at 2 pm conducted by Rev H C Smith with pallbearers Bert Lester Elmer Strading Ollie Alston J A Laird M L Blohm and Carroll Westbrook. Burial Llano Cemetery.
Frances Louise Bailey of Quanah died in a local Amarillo hospital Sunday morning after surgical treatment begun weeks earlier. She was a niece of Rev. Robert C. Jones of Amarillo and survived by her parents two sisters Lorene Bettie Ruth and a brother Eldon. The body was sent to Quanah by N. B. Griggs and Sons and services were held at the Quanah Church of Christ with Rev. W. R. Swiney officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
Local auto wrecking business offers new and used stages and full cars and trucks with late model motors and power units. Contact at 201 N Fillmore phone 9604 for tractor bearings and related parts.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce urge all members to attend the work conference at the Capitol Hotel at noon today. The session is part of a 1936 37 program series led by Chairman Jack Cunningham with Tom Cotten set to preside at the Silver Grill Cafeteria on Tuesday.
Wanted Ford and Chevrolet autos from 1929 to 1932 capable of pulling axle deep mud. The writer, 14 miles out, seeks into town to see Mrs. Bradford at the Paramount Theatre. Contact Twaddel at 29-2151.
Mrs. B. J. Tidmore of Amarillo recounted a Kansas City trip interrupted by a wreck near Guthrie Oklahoma. The baggage coach plunged into the Cimarron River. two clerks were killed. Passengers escaped with minor injuries, aided by a porter. The Tidmores then drove home after a two and half hour wait and bus transfer.
A crystallized rail on a 200-foot Cimarron River trestle caused part of Santa Fe Train No. 5 Texas Ranger to derail near Guthrie Oklahoma. Two railway clerks Raymond McNulty and Leonard Guiff died. About 125 passengers were aboard and several sustained minor injuries.
Forty four advanced pupils will take parts in the tenth annual recital at Amarillo High School auditorium tonight at 7 45. The program features a 12 act lineup and a dramatization of Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 by senior students.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home for John N. Sanders of Amarillo who died at his home on Wichita Street Friday night. Survived by wife Betty four sons Earl Iford DeWitte all of Amarillo a son in the U S Army Johnnie at Fort William Henry Warren Wyoming two daughters Lindy and Jamita a brother James R. Sanders of Clovis and half brother Carl Evans of Muleshoe. Rev T D Sumrall will conduct the services after which the body will be moved to Newlin Texas for burial.
Four people fell from a capsized boat in rough Great Salt Lake water and were rescued by a county safety launch. Passengers named are Marlow Branagan sports writer Adrian Smith university student Miss Helen Woodnead nurse and Lynn Madsen all from Salt Lake City. Miss Woodnead suffered ill effects from the saline water while the others were unharmed.
A Transcontinental and Western Air flight carrying 15 people from New York to Chicago crashed near Chicago Municipal Airport, injuring at least five. Pilot W. L. Smith of Newark and Co Pilot George House of Columbus were aboard. hostess Grace Davidson also among the injured. All patients were taken to Holy Cross hospital.
May 31 report from Haskell Texas details a fatal car collision north of Weinert that killed Henry Hartsfield a Haskell farmer and W R Wood a Canadian dry goods clerk. Hartsfield died from neck injuries and Wood from the crash. Wood is to be buried in Canadian.
The recital celebrates Mrs Harmon's 11th year in Amarillo and her 25th as a dance instructor. The public is invited with no admission charge. Soloists include Jean Travis Ruth Coan Alpha Mae Stone Jean Tamberlain Amylee Travis Carleen Finklea Sharon Weatherby and Pat McDade.
A violent day ends with guards Fluitt and Walker killed and Hamilton abducted by Lindsly in the Percy Store area. Charlie McCory and other guards wounded but recovering. A captive guard recounts the pursuit and death of Lindele as details emerge from the incident.
A guard recounts his abduction by Lindsly on the Angola Francisville highway. They swapped clothes, hid in brush near Little Bayou Sara, and tried to double back toward a derrick where a car might be stolen. Lindsy was later shot and killed. the guard and others were rescued by highway patrol and hounds.
The article notes a commission to be chosen from the first three geographic districts of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Appointments would be made by the House speaker and lieutenant governor. The panel would elect a chairman, meet within thirty days after adjournment, and members would receive per diem pay.
Washington representative Zioncheck returns to public view in a subdued mood after a jail stay. The May 31 dispatch notes his restrained demeanor and ongoing political implications as he resumes duties.
Congressman Zioncheck spent two hours in jail then posted a 25 dollar bond after hurling bottles a typewriter and a suitcase of his bride s clothes from his apartment window. Mrs Zioncheck disappeared after 24 hours while Mrs Benjamin Scott Young, writer, remained in hospital for bruises and shock. His lawyer said no legal action decision yet.
Police press continuing hunt for Theile boy linked to Atlantic Investing Corp and Daniel Webster lineage. Miss Brooke says no ransom demands. chauffeur recalls normal mood after dropping him at an apartment in Pelham where tennis plans failed. Detectives monitor a Manhattan dime-a-dance hall. mother near collapse as relatives in Detroit Fort Brockton and Los Angeles are alerted.
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