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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
2
New York report from Times Square at dawn describes a changed city mood with sparse traffic and quiet streets. The piece notes faded electric displays, weary workers, and a Mexican artist sketching patrons, while observers remark on cultural shifts around El Toreador and new Latino and Caribbean influence uptown and on Broadway.
Major General George Van Horn Moseley testified before the Dies Committee for five hours arguing a Jewish led Communist revolution threatens the United States and urging presidential use of the army to quell it. He praised the German American Bund and said its Washington birthday gathering was patriotic. He clashed with lawmakers over presenting a lengthy thesis on the revolt, which the panel allowed for tomorrow.
An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate two pints of bile flow daily for digestion and overall well being. It warns that blocked bile causes gas, constipation, sour feeling, and poor mood, urging readers to insist on the pills by name.
Hobbs police investigate theft of about $600 worth of golf gear from Hobbs Country Club during a Monday night dance. The report notes two unrelated facts about Lake Chad's area in dry and rainy seasons.
The era of strict competition fades as Harlem embraces jazz, jam, and jive. El Toreador remains only a ghost of a name while the neighborhood shifts from quiet streets to lively culture and fried chicken as a staple.
In Clovis on Monday afternoon 12 year old George Patterson son of Mr and Mrs Joe K Patterson was firing a 22 rifle when he missed his target. He dropped the gun and it discharged striking him in the head. The bullet passed through from left to right. Doctors said Tuesday he had a good chance to live. The Pattersons live four miles south of Clovis.
Chief of Detectives John J. Grosch defended using third degree methods to force legal admissions in organized crime cases. He said he would resign only if required to stop and urged business leaders and jurors to support his approach to curb crime in New Orleans.
National Park Service preserves inscribed rock at El Morro New Mexico with mould transfer methods described on KOB radio at 9 30 tonight. Robert Budilong will translate inscriptions by Oaate and De Vargas and recount Camel Corps exploits. Inscription Rock linked to Southwestern history draws Coronado Cuarto Centennial visitors in 1940.
In El Paso May 31 UPI attorneys for Dr. Morris Fishbein challenged in federal court the medical formula used by Dr. Asa Brunson to treat tuberculosis. Brunson seeks $50,000 in libel damages from the AMA journal editor. A Chicago chemist testified the formula contained 95 percent mineral oil and five percent aromatic agents. Judge Boynton reserved ruling on Brunson’s disclosure request and a defense motion for directed verdict.
In Austin on May 31 the controversial fair trade act hung just shy of a first order on the Senate calendar as Senator Weaver Moore of Houston kept the floor in an all day speech. The measure would authorize contracts between manufacturers and merchants to fix minimum retail prices on trademarked articles and delay action on a newspaper notice publication bill.
New York May 31 Carlos G Garcia 45 year old sugar importer and president of Garcia Sugars Corporation was arrested on charges he stole 1070427 using fictitious sugar warehouse receipts. His books show loans secured by receipts and about 90 percent were faked to cover losses from sugar futures and contract repudiations.
Texas Supreme Court holds a voter must pay city poll tax to qualify as legal voter. The ruling answers a certified question from an appellate court in a bond election case in Callahan County. The decision interprets state constitutional and legal requirements for voting eligibility.
The fragment cites a legal requirement to qualify as a voter and references Poppaea the roman empress who reportedly bathed in milk from white asses. The passage blends legal text with a historical myth image.
An advertisement featuring a non irritant deodorant claims to control perspiration and odor with a new spiroconant formula. The copy emphasizes gentle cleansing without irritation and markets lasting freshness for daily use.
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