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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
2
A rambling April Fools tribute laments seriousness, praises humor, and notes a dust storm in a light weather vignette. The piece includes a reader letter from Athens Tennessee and a playful verse about Texas with humorous, fantastical images.
A reader shares tales from Texas and beyond including a tame Tulsa shipped coyote kept illegal as a pet, plant timing hints for spring gardens, and miscellaneous vignettes. Notes on the Kaiser’s letters, Boston horse laws, Liberia voting, and early U.S. patent signatories add a collage of oddities.
Robert M. Miller, 23, a Boy Scout executive, returned to Saf ford Armona with his brother George and Deputy Sheriff Thornton Coleman after a week hiding at a hotel following a quarrel tied to a kidnapping hoax. Miller would not discuss future plans.
The Bureau of Air Commerce is building new type radio beam stations to aid navigation for the nation’s airways. Seven stations are planned to operate before mid-summer, including five along the Nashville Washington airway and sites at Enterprise Utah and Mullan Pass Idaho near recent fatal airline crashes.
Balladettes and Balladors of Amarillo College present a thug style dance tonight in the gym starting at 9. Carlton Seales and his orchestra will provide music. Students and alumni are invited. Proceeds help cover travel expenses for the group competing in San Antonio on April 8 in a state singing contest.
In a special session the Potter County Commission approves $23 back pay for the assistant to the county hide and animal inspector for work before the current pay agreement. They also authorize purchasing 400 baby chicks for the county farm at about $9.50 per hundred under current prices, requested by farm superintendent Buck Crawford for low-cost care at the farm.
Col Zack Miller leaves the 101 ranch at Ponca City after surrendering the home to a U.S. deputy marshal. The once famed show place becomes property of a life insurance company as officials seek a possible job for him.
Funeral services for William Thomas Pedigo 687 who died Wednesday afternoon in a local hospital are pending. The body is held at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Pedigo, a carpenter, is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Jack Green of Seattle Washington a son James Pedigo of Sayre Oklahoma and a sister Mrs Raymond Hughes of Bloomington Indiana
Fort Worth reports a deathless March with no traffic fatalities for the first time in four years. Officials credited improved safety measures and enforcement after reviewing citywide data through April 1.
In Austin on April 1 Rep H L McKee of Port Arthur introduces a bill for compulsory fingerprinting of all school children. The measure cites the New London disaster where 427 pupils and teachers died and limits fingerprint use to accident identification, forbidding its use in criminal cases.
Frank Orsban a 63 year old hobo from Santa Ana California was found to be sole beneficiary of his uncle John Orshan’s estate worth over 100000 dollars. He had wandered California for 27 years and finally learned of the fortune in Fort Wayne Indiana after detectives tracked him since 1935. He boarded a train to claim the inheritance on April Fools Day.
New London on April 1 natural gas from a utility line warned survivors of the London school explosion as classes resumed for the first time since the disaster of March 18. Gas from an oil company's residue line was blamed for the blast. students returned for registration earlier this week and heat came from fires among debris.
Robert Fechner announced the operation of 72 Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Texas with a reduction of five camps over the next three months. The camps to be operated include private projects at Lindale Waco Pflugerville Bartlett Bogalia Amarillo Brownwood Marshall Kaufman Mesquite Waxahachie and Fabens.
Six hundred students at Oklahoma A. and M. College moved into eight tents after two campus buildings were deemed unsafe and ordered removed. Sawdust floors and gas heaters replaced classrooms as music arts English and history courses relocated. The state Senate approved a $500000 appropriation for two new buildings.
Police said Fox Drug No. 7 on Line Avenue reported a burglary this morning. A $35 cache of currency was found hidden in an electric ice cream freezer. coins remained in the cash register and checks were not taken. The burglar alarm system was not connected.
Dr Parran warns life rate from life- style illnesses is eclipsed by heart disease linked to syphilis. He notes no general cure exists but cases improve with treatment and longer life. progress in reducing heart disease hinges on eradicating syphilis, a major heart ailment cause.
Detectives found a gun in the suspect's quarters near his daughter's residence and plan to charge Gedeon with a Sullivan law firearms felony. He claimed no knowledge of the murders as authorities described the slain wife, daughter, and Byrnes. The bodies showed strangulation and sexual abuse, with Byrnes killed by a needle like instrument. Gedeon remained in custody pending location verification of a brown suit.
Miss Davidson reported a Wednesday license total of 25 000 dollars and warned the final count could rise. She said the office will stay open until midnight as deputies work long hours with no extra help in the automobile licensing rush.
A playful drawing among a dozen widows at a gathering ends in disappointment as the dentist fails to arrive to court the prize. Mrs. Stull announces the event off due to the dentist’s tooth pulling, lamenting the loss of a hoped for match and delaying further attempts for at least a day.
An advertisement offers a free no obligation bottle of Lymphol and full particulars to readers via mail. It claims the product helps reducible ruptures and allows normal work regardless of rupture size or prior truss use, with no money risk and urges writing to W S Rice Inc 946 W Main St Adams NY.
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