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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1936
Page
2
Mt Wilson California June 4 AP Saturn will tilt its 171000 mile ring system edge on to Earth for a few nights around June 30 allowing astronomers to study ring thickness estimated between 10 and 100 miles and the rotation period of Saturn about 10 hours 144 minutes. The event occurs only once in 29.5 years.
Vega June 3 Uncle Ben Freeman a 57 year old Oldham County courthouse custodian justice of the peace and jailer travels to the Fort Worth centennial celebration. He says he was born in Texas and his father was a friend of General Sam Houston. He has served 20 years at the courthouse and also acts as a deputy sheriff.
J W Bill Easter fell about twenty four feet from a windmill tower. Telephone wires and muddy ground broke his fall. He sustained a slight fracture and temporary partial paralysis but improved and left the hospital after several days.
Vienna, June 2. Prince Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg, a 36 year old storm center of Austrian politics, has a career built on wars, putches and political risk. Feared by opponents, he leads the heimwehr to crush socialists and chase Nazis from cover, while earning the nickname Prince Big Mouth for his blunt, sensational speeches. He battles socialism democracy and Hitler with fearless rhetoric and bold action.
Radio grid for KGNC outlines Friday schedule from 6:00 a m to 11:60 p m with programs and artists listed. It notes network broadcasts from New York the same day including D Leigh Colvin nomination events and various high school Town Meeting broadcasts and program shifts across WJZ NBC CBS and WEAF networks.
The narrator recalls beggars and odd characters on Amarillo streets. A blind man with pencils and strings earned nickels, seen as a gentleman yet rumored to use vile language at hotels. A deformed man and a wealthy rumor follow, then an old woman quietly earns more from street violin than the narrator in days.
Building permits issued in the first three days of June total $10,000 in expenditure. Among the permits is one for Magnolia Petroleum Company to erect a building at 749 North Fillmore Street Esti- ble.
Ogden Utah June 4 The state planning board reports game numbers threaten livestock. Deer in Utah rose from 11466 in 1920 to 100000 in 1934 per the last census, signaling a growing wildlife pressure on ranges.
Edmonton report states Alberta government widens sales tax to coffins and baby clothes, increasing costs for birth and death in the province. The two percent levy applies to both items, effective after the latest announcement.
A building permit was issued for a frame house at 2103 Monroe Street owned by H. S. Stephenson. Earlier records note a estimated building cost of 4,000 dollars for another project.
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a cure for itch rash tetter foot itch ringworm and eczema. It claims tested medicines kill itching and offers money back on first jar if relief is not obtained.
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