Will Combat Dust Reports
John McCarty editor of the Amarillo News and new Chamber of Commerce director will chair a committee to counter exaggerated dust bowl reports. Representative Mahon discussed the issue after viewing a Washington news reel showing panhandle families fleeing by train and truck, and protested the exaggerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCarty
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Mahon
South Plains
Washington
Texas Panhandle
Congressional Record
Ch"an
McCarty
District School Elections Set for Six County Districts
Six of seven county districts vote next Saturday in school elections. Expiring terms listed: District 1 River Road W E Smith Ira Brown. District 2 Soney John Arnett. District 3 Masterson Allison Highland Park Roy Hill. District 4 Bushland E Pax ton. District 6 Brady Floyd Krabbe. District 7 Cliffside Ady R E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Road
W. E. Smith
Ira Brown
Soney
John Arnett
Masterson
Allison
Highland Park
Roy Hill
Bushland
E. ©. Paxton
Brady
Floyd Krabbe
Oan
Cliffside
Ady
R. E
Public hearing on zoning change for 200 South Florida St Amarillo
Notice to interested parties for a 7:30 PM April 21 1936 City Commission hearing in Amarillo to rezone Lot 6 Block 66 San Jacinto Heights from Residential to Retail for a grocery store. city secretary Leverne Calhoun signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Florida Street
City Commission
San Jacinto Heights
Amarillo
Leverne Calhoun
Texas
LZ-129 Takes Its Proud Place in Skies
Describes the LZ-129 Hindenburg airship at Friedrichshafen with 50 passenger capacity, four gondolas, and 4200 horsepower diesel engines. Notes crew of 40, luxury interiors, and expected American spectators while Dr. Hugo Eckener prepares to command. Also mentions Carl Hinton traveling to Washington to push highway gap closures in Texas federal program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Wth
Ernest A. Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Texas Federal Highway Gram
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Gibb Gilchrist
T. H. McDonald
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Hinton
Canyon Rotary Meeting Led by Phil Purdum
Amarillo Rotarians gave the Canyon Rotary Club program at its noon Tuesday meeting. Phil Purdum led the program with speakers Jimmy Farwell Jess Saunders Charles Crowe O W Wright Arthur Osgood Alson Meredith Horace Russell and John McCarty, with Lee Johnson presiding. Insects devour one tenth of the world's crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Canyon Rotary Club
Phil Purdum
Jimmy Farwell
Jess Saunders
Charles Crowe
O. W. Wright
Arthur Osgood
Alson Meredith
Horace Russell
John McCarty
Lee Johnson
The
Canyon Club
Realize a Brand New Recipe for Slimness in This Frock
A brisk guide to a slim daytime frock using straight line center panels and optional side ties. Pattern 2712 covers sizes 34 to 48 with 418 yards of fabric for size 36. Illustrated steps accompany pattern, and a pattern book offer is promoted by Anne Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
National medical society formed to fight rheumatism
Ottawa reports a new national medical society formed to wage a war on creaky bones in Canada. Headed by A. A. Fletcher of Toronto, the group will study methods of curing and controlling rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
U.P
Canada
A. A. Fletcher
Toronto
Monkey hanged by own action shocks Camden crowd
In Camden Arkansas a coroner expected to call the death accidental as a 14 year old monkey named Tag belonging to Arthur Rhodes apparently choked to death after hanging himself from a perch over a laundry boiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden, Ark
U.P
Arthur Rhodes
Prison physician must be skilled with scalpel and fists
Dr. Leo L. Stanley, resident physician at San Quentin, says the first requisite for a prison doctor is skill with a scalpel and the second is skill with his fists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Leo L. Stanley
San Quentin Penitentiary
Kiss Costs Five Dollars in Burlingame Car Incident
Mrs. Elmer Ratliff kissed her husband while driving in Burlingame California. The surprise caused her husband to lose control and the driver was fined five dollars for the disturbance and careless operation of the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingame
Cal
U.P
Elmer Ratliff
Ratliff
Tack Letter Continues Letter from Hereford Readers
A Dallas style exchange in the Panhandle letters page mocks Tack and Westerners while predicting a 1936 1938 Dallas Centennial. Two Dallasites from Hereford respond to Dudley K. Stewart of Pampa calling for humor and civility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Texas
Tack
Stewart
Pampa
Dallas
Dudley K. Stewart
Two Eggs Admission At Paramount Kiddie Matinee
A Kiwanis Paramount matinee Saturday will charge two eggs as admission. J P Harrison, the manager, says eggs will fund the Foster party in Ellwood Park on April 11. Thousands expected as the theater party for children fills the house. A short-subject bill is planned and eggs will be dyed in laundry vats. Eggs will be hidden in Ellwood Park the morning of the party with fifty prizes donated by Kiwanis members for the finders of lucky eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Theater
J. P. Harrison
Kiwanis Club
Ellwood Park
Paramount
Irreverent readers clash over Saturday column
A Texas reader condemns a humor column as ignorant while defending the paper and praising the authors. A separate notice seeks a clean colored girl or a white woman with a car for canvassing and a steady position at El Bianco Tourist Camp, with evening calls requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
el Bianco
Tire lock found near Amarillo spill of Ford V8 on highway
Horace L Hershey Jr of Springfield Colorado reports finding a spare tire lock for a Ford V8 on the highway north of Amarillo around noon Friday. He offers to return the lock to the owner and notes he is a 19 year old agronomist seeking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Horace L. Hershey Jr
Help Wanted and Lost Purse Notices in News Globe
A collection of classified notices includes a man seeking dairy farm and delivery work with references, a 16 year old girl seeking day or hour work with home at night, a lost black purse containing over $25 with reward, and a middle aged woman offering housekeeping services with references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Smith
Dial
A. L. Shinn
Farnsworth
Texas
Mrs William Hill Dies in Washington D C
Mrs William Hill mother of Mrs Maxwell Couper died in Washington D C recently. Mr and Mrs Couper formerly lived here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hill
Maxwell Couper
Washington, D. C
Couper
Illness Update and Garden Variety Local Items
Mrs G H Bryant of Texline is critically ill in St Anthony s Hospital after four weeks of treatment. A deer in Danbury Connecticut exhausted itself trying the shoe store door before being helped by police and a veterinarian. A reader seeks job references. Mary Harwell offers housework services from 211 Kentucky Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Bryant
Texline
Bryant
St. Anthony's Hospital
Danbury
Conn
Mary Harwell
Kentucky Street
Pickell to discuss weather effect on farm prices at Herring Hotel
J Ralph Pickell editor of The Round Up will discuss how weather affects farm product prices. He and associates will meet at the Herring Hotel at 7:30 Saturday evening. He is on his 24th annual wheat belt inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ralph Pickell
Pickell
Herring Hotel
Wheat Belt
Quebec seeks man with ideas to boost revenue
Premier Taschereau says the Quebec government seeks a man with ideas to increase revenue without raising taxes, filling a special niche in the hall of fame for solving one of its most pressing problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
U.P
Quebec
Taschereau
Moscow reports health gains as death drop and birth rise
The department of vital statistics cites improved health in Moscow with a 16.5 percent decrease in deaths in 1995 versus 1934 and an 18 percent increase in births, signaling better overall health conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.P
Department of Vital Statistics
Alaska Fire Official Receives Bend Honorary Membership
William N Neiderhauser assistant chief of the Juneau Alaska fire department visited Bend Oregon and demonstrated his firefighting skill so impressively that Bend fire department awarded him an honorary membership during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bend, Ore
William N Neiderhauser
Juneau, Alaska
Bend Fire Department
WTCC Membership Drive Nears Completion in Amarillo
Amarillo hosts the West Texas Chamber of Commerce drive aiming to top its quota by April 10. Jim Williams leads the campaign for Amarillo and the Panhandle district with directors Lawrence Hagg Tom Gallaher and Roy Cullum seeking a record as the WTCC convention arrives May 11 13 in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Williams
Oliver Kahle
Amarillo
Panhandle
Lawrence Hagg
Tom Gallaher
Roy Cullum
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Williams
WTCC
Blue Star Ointment Promises Quick Itch Relief
An advertising note for Blue Star Ointment claims to kill itch germs and treat rash tetter ringworm and eczema. It mentions applying the ointment and payment options, then notes failure of relief if not effective.
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John M’carty
Treasury
Berkeley
Calif
Bella F. Shelby
Benjamin F. Shelby
Lubbock
E. T. Putnam
Alabama Street
Jack Ater
Plymouth
Ford
News- Globe
Tyler Street
Kentucky
Chrysler
Toney Chisum, Inc
Polk
V& Meter
Brouzham
Cullum Motor Co
Tyler
Jack Johnson
Buchanan
Barringer Auto Parts
Tth
North Fillmore
American Auto Wrecking Inc
N. Fillmore
Mathes “Tire
City
Laree
Harley Davidson Motorcycle Co
West 30Th
Lincoln
GIVE
Rotary
Ry Anne Adams
Temple
Shirley Temple
Rangerettes
Hollywood
James V. Allred
Associated Press
the Panhandle
West Texas
West
Golden Sandies
McLean
M. P
North Roberts Street
North Fillmore Street
Ruth Clark
Charlie Chaplin
Lily Pons
Albert Einstein
New York Shoe Club
Alfred E. Smith
Hugh Johnson
Eighth Avenue
Polk Street
Paul E. Organ
Will Rogers
REX
Lalav Allians
Lionus
Reppert Lumber
Lloyd Snyder
OFOR
Midnite
John Roles
Dixie Lee
Ane Ey
Apear
Boris Karloff
RED River Wranglers
Tri-Way
Pierce ST
Roseland
Gene Coy
Fats Waller
Rosin
Warner
Teasdale
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