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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1938
Page
2
The Chamber of Commerce coordinates a citywide grasshopper survey to map infestation and plan poisoning. Residents are asked to report the extent of hopper problems by address to aid poison distribution, with free poison available at Tri-State Fair grounds poultry building.
Francisco Lozano, a Lesrulla farmer, delivered the season’s first bale at Rio Grande City marking the fourth time he has produced the first bale in recent years. The bale weighed 473 pounds from 1,700 pounds of seed cotton. record earlier in 1921 was Ernest Matz of San Benito with a May 21 bale.
One day old Caroline Hickard, daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Hickard, will be laid to rest after primeval services at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home at 10 39 this morning. Emnett Galloway to conduct. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. The infant's death occurred yesterday morning in a local hospital.
Evangelist William F. McPherson, a 18 year veteran of preaching, began a 20 day revival at the Assembly of God Church located at 900 North Pierce Street on Tuesday.
The annual Sacred Heart Altar Society card party is tonight at 8 in Cathedral Hall 1110 Washington Street with auction and bridge games. Home made cakes prizes by merchants and parish members. admission 50 cents per player. Reservations to 4479.
Last rites for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rittenberry a prominent Amarillo woman who died at her home on 2114 Hughes Street will be held at 10 30 this morning in Blackburn Shaw Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include two sons E F Rittenberry and C B Rittenberry of Amarillo a daughter Ellen Rittenberry of Dallas four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Dr M M Stephens was elected president of the Borger Chamber of Commerce by 15 newly elected directors. He succeeds E E Schneider. Officers include R C Mauldin as first vice president Carl Barber as second vice president and S Wayne O Keefe as treasurer. Stephens will preside at the next luncheon and outlined two program plans for the year.
The Musica Will present a Ballard recital on Wednesday June 1 at 8 15 PM in the Playhouse Arts Conservatory Oils featuring Lucille Palmer and a piano program. The closing of the spring term will be marked with pupils including Bob Hales Veeda Wales Addison Appleby Dean Caldwell Alice Lee Gist Jerry Josey Harriet Ann Mount Billy Jake Nugent Lynn O Brien Charles Osgood Jo Ann Simpson Gaynor VanShaw Martha VanShaw Dale Wright Natalie Wright Allyne Walker Davis and Maurene.
A California man providing passenger agent services for the Santa Catatine Island transportation firm appears in this item. Details remain fragmentary, with names and affiliations partially obscured by OCR errors.
Walter W. Head gave Eagle Scout awards to Dale Foreman Alton Martin J B Martin and John Tom Miller at a Court of Honor in Municipal Auditorium Amarillo Area Council president Guy McSwain and Scout executives attended. Head spoke on Scout Oath laws and citizenship highlighting religious training and parental example.
Herbert H. Sears, a 25 year old Californian, returned from Spain eight months after joining the Loyalist International Brigade. He says he deserted with three others after imprisonment for refusing to embrace communism, endured hunger and front line duty with hand grenades, and witnessed a brutal 60 mile retreat. Sears recounts aid by American consul and British transport, and notes illicit shipments of American arms to the Loyalists across the French border.
Joseph D. Burwell will address the Ama rillo Hotel club room at 7 30 in a free public talk on The Development of Credit Information and Its Relationship to the Credit Sale. Presented by the Retail Merchants Association and Retail Credit Bureaus of Texas, the session is open to area businesspeople.
New Rochelle New York May 31 investigators said the discovery of 12 year old Peter Levine’s body provided clues to the killer while forensic tests continued. Police noted possible predeath dumping and planned grappling for remains as investigators pressed the probe. Murray Levine the boy’s father had offered a 30000 dollar ransom and said the case was now in police hands.
Bazooka Burns, motion picture actor and radio comedian Bob Burns, and his wife paused briefly in Amarillo yesterday. They were traveling to Los Angeles via TWA.
A massive earth slippage near Los Angeles at 12 35 A M disturbed a million homes but left the area largely undamaged. Authorities reported no major structural failures and searched for aftershocks as residents assessed minor cracks and tremors.
Fourty five Texans representing state bodies colleges and farm groups visited Washington to urge establishing a cotton laboratory in Texas under the 1938 farm act. They met with Assistant Secretary Jardine and other agriculture officials and lunched with the Texas congressional delegation led by Senators Morris Sheppard and Tom Connally and Rep. Richard Kleberg. They will present their views to Secretary Wallace the next day.
Cincinnati police said a year-old former newsboy Lindberg Heist alias Trent confessed to the stabbing death of Shirley Ann Woodburn a six year old girl. Heist described luring her into woods near her home, knocking her down with tin and stabbing her as others identified him from a muddy clothes description. The girl’s body was found buried in weeds and mud shortly before noon yesterday.
Services for Kathleen Estess small daughter of Mr and Mrs Morris Lee Estess of 4247 West Twelfth Avenue will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Dr R Thomson pastor of Centre Presbyterian Church will officiate. burial in Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers: Sidney Brown J M Polock H H Hutson J W Elliott.
Funeral services for John Alvin Bennett 72 are pending the arrival of relatives. The body is in care of N. S. Griggs & Sons. Mr. Bennett died at his home 607 Parker Street at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. He was a retired farmer and had resided in Amarillo 13 months.
Globe reports of Mrs. Sarah Womack of Lorenzo dying from shock after telegram about her son W B Womack of Amarillo proved false. Mrs Womack did suffer shock but is recovering. Relatives said W B Womack, a Santa Fe Railway employee, died Monday afternoon at his home. The body is with N S Griggs & Sons pending funeral plans.
H C Wilborn of Amarillo was elected senior counselor of Amarillo Council No 22 of the United Commercial Travelers. Other officers named include T R Ratcliff, B Williams, M K Young, E M Benesch, W Van Landingham, F S Davis, W B Allen, and W D DeGrassi. The group plans monthly luncheons and offers accident insurance and low rate death policies for salesmen.
Members of the 40 and 8 of Hanson Post of the American Legion will hold a dance at Legion Hall in the Municipal Auditorium Saturday night from 9 30 to 12 36. It will be the last dance of the season. Legionnaires and their friends are invited. Admission is 1 dollar per couple.
Twilight League managers are asked to gather at the C. M. Williams Company tonight at 7 30 for a meeting chaired by league president Don West. The session will address questions that arose during two weeks of play.
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