05 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1938
Page
1
A playful, disjointed clipping blends jokes about a noisy life and a Newark court case where Domenick Sena deflects a chicken’s fate with quirky dialogue as Judge Bianco presides. The page also notes Neptune the shipboard cat roaming between Washington and Norfolk and a Texas family’s naming quandary.
Palo Duro Creek surged from heavy North Panhandle rains and overflowed its banks north of Spearman. Four Hansford County homes flooded as a bridge and embankments washed away on the Spearman-Grover road. Waters subsided but a second rise was feared as more rain fell in Spearman Morse and Panhandle.
Partly cloudy to unsettled conditions with local showers in the west and north portions Monday. Warmer in the north portion Monday.
Mrs William R Meeks, 55, was found after a 56 hour kidnaping ordeal and $15000 ransom claim. Bert Foster a trucker found her walking near Sheridan 13 miles from her home and brought her back. District Attorney Lloyd Hewitt said two men led the abduction and fled with the money.
Amarillo merchants prepare for Dollar Day with stocked shelves of sturdy fall and winter apparel and school goods for Johnny and Mary. Tomorrow prices drop on a wide range of items as housewives seek real values to outfit the entire family. Russell Stationery Co.
New Jersey couple in a 1904 Oldsmobile completed 6852 miles with only two flats and no major motor trouble on a cross country run from New Jersey to California and Mexico. George C. Green and his wife drove the one cylinder car with top speed about 30 mph and fuel efficiency about 30 mpg.
AP reports the 1939 dust bowl area has dwindled to about 16 million acres from earlier projections. Soil Conservator H H Finnell says control is nearer, with rain-led map redraws and hope for a greener southwest by next spring. In Hereford, farmer Joe Evans, once high-wheat entrepreneur, adapts via irrigation and diversified crops to weather the drought.
A Royal Air Force plane crashed in the Edmonton area, killing ten people including the pilot Sergeant S R Morris and injuring 18 others. The aircraft struck a house, ignited flames, and exploded after bystanders attempted rescue, with debris scattered across the neighborhood and several houses damaged.
Tony Sevier of Los Angeles wins the Grove race and a $12,000 prize after completing 200 miles at 250.886 mph on a 10 mile closed course in Cleveland. Arthur C. Chester, from Cleveland, battles back from trouble to finish second and claim $5,000, despite windshield glare from burned oil and a near miss on a pylon.
Sydney reports a shortage of house maids after a survey shows 107 housewives scrambling to hire a model house maid. To attract domestic help, families formed an afternoon club for their maids that is self-governing and allows maid entertainment and self-service cooking and washing.
Adolf Hitler will enter Nurnberg to preside over the Nazi party congress with Austria joining greater Germany and the Sudeten German issue dominating discussions. About 500000 Nazis and hundreds of thousands of visitors expected as eight days of speeches and displays unfold.
Jack Hyland known as Skates and his bride Pauline wed at Waco on a honeymoon trip by roller skates. They met in a Coropus Christi rink after Hyland finished a round the world skating trip. They plan another voyage by ship and roller skates.
President Roosevelt opened a southern Maryland political sortie near Laidlaw's Ferry promoting a $3,350,000 Potomac River bridge from Morgantown to Dahlgren to aid national defense. Rep. David J. Lewis stood beside him as the trip supported Lewis' bid to unseat Sen. Millard E. Tydings. crowds of several hundred heard the discussion of border defense and improved eastern communications.
Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band will perform daily concerts before Beutler Brothers rodeo at the Tri State Fair. Rodeo acts Beutler Brothers have also been booked amid high demand and added seating. W. Lee O Daniel to lead the grand entry on opening day.
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