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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1936
Page
2
Forecast hints at possible rain and wind with drying spells this weekend in Amarillo. Smelter expansion employing 580 workers signals local job growth. Joe Dooley and Dr. Rube Parcells seek re election to the school board Saturday amid praise for fiscal prudence and administration.
Washington April 3 investigators halted public hearings on the Townsend old age pension movement after a hot tip. Chairman Bell of Missouri signaled no resumption for ten days while investigators focus on regional Townsend headquarters and the organization’s finances. Testimony by John Bloodsworth described the Townsend books as muddied and confused, a probe into a $1,700 Los Angeles mass meeting funds led by Robert E. Clements and Dr Townsend’s adviser Sheridan Downey.
Washington plans a $3.2 million private ocean to host three model basins near Cabin John Maryland. The Federal project aims to test ship shapes speed and performance with miniature battleships cruisers and seaplanes to aid naval and merchant shipping research.
The Vera Streta murder trial for slaying Dr. Fritz Gebhardt heads to a jury this afternoon. Prosecutor Miles M. O'Brien did not seek the death penalty or argue first degree murder. Streta admitted firing the shot in self defense during a long affair with Gebhardt.
David E. Cecil of Pampa reports first quarter postal receipts up seven to eight percent over last year for Pampa. DeGrassi notes Amarillo receipts gained just over nine percent. Figures were unofficial and mental.
The article explains a formal Wendel complaint not yet before the grand jury, delaying a no bill vote. The Mercer grand jury, acting independently, sought to delay Hauptmann’s execution by 48 hours to review new angles, but the governor later left no reprieve available.
A couple with three young children seeks employment opportunities. The wife is experienced in domestic tasks and childcare, the husband in yard work, and a teenage son lists cafe, yard, and farm work experience. They provide two addresses and request assistance finding work.
A middle aged, healthy applicant offers daytime labor for janitorial or watchman roles in town or out of town. He emphasizes readiness to take any available position and a willingness to work daily.
A boy found four new table legs discarded near 300 North Lamar Street after a car passed by last Tuesday at dusk. The owner should contact the address to reclaim the legs.
Miss Ballew daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Ballew 1500 Fillmore Street suffered minor scratches. Mrs Curran wife of Thomas P Curran president of Producers Utility Corp and secretary of Gibson Oil Company sustained a torn muscle and serious scratches. Mrs Robertson wife of Cullum Motor Company sales manager resides at 1219 Bowie Street.
The state organization wraps its three day convention with Dr. Edwin A Elliott from Texas Christian University delivering the Sunday morning address. Events include an Amarillo High School one act play the Perryton Minstrel show and performances by Bobby Baker Buddy Meyer and Bud Thompson. Registration opened at Central Presbyterian Church with a leaders conference led by L McNeil and Kenneth Mauldin delivering the president's annual address.
Buck Holman of Rocker Texas requests employment in road or construction labor and offers to provide references. He notes extensive house work experience and willingness to stay nights at 2508 North West Second Ave.
Edmund Lowe and his bride Mrs Rita Krone Kaufman honeymoon in New York after a secret Armonk wedding. Lowe 46 and Mrs Lowe 37 are from Beverly Hills and Lincoln Nebraska respectively. Lowe was previously married to Lilyan Tashman who died, and to Esther Miller.
State liquor control HQ warned Texans to buy only beer tomorrow amid school trustee elections. Hard liquor may not be sold, but beer is permitted. On general election days neither beer nor liquor may be sold. School trustee elections are local, not general under the law.
Police led by Chief W R McDowell and district inspector J T Willis raided a hotel on the eleventh floor, Room 1101, finding no illegal liquor. The sheriff warned that women patrons outnumber men and that grand jury action will follow as names are turned over. Police said bookmakers distribute race sheets around town.
The report outlines British diplomacy to enable Germany to settle the Franco-Soviet and Locarno differences through talks. Eden told Parliament that general staff plans would only be used if Nazi Germany attacks France or Belgium, with Britain promising consultative security measures in exchange for reciprocal assurances from France and Belgium.
Dunn& Bradstreet Weekly Trade Review reports a rise in retail and wholesale activity in the past week. Flood areas boosted consumer demand, lifting retail totals above 1930 comparisons and wholesale rates to their best since last fall.
The article asserts Germany may support Japan if Russia attacks, citing Tibetan minister Denpen Hsia on wartime alliances. It links Japan to Poland Estonia Lithuania Latvia Finland and hints Tibet as a future flash point with invasions aimed to outflank Russian forces in the Altai region. The narrative notes Tibet as a potential Belgium in an Asia wide conflict and predicts decisive battles around Lanchhwin and Ili of Kuldja in Turkestan.
The Italian army reports the season of little rains in the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands as operations continue. Ethiopian forces were repelled at Lake Aschangi with heavy losses on both sides. Haile Selassie is said to command from a hill with Ras Siyoum and Ras Kassa, while rumors of peace talks surface and funeral chants echo the night.
The Grand Lama in Himalayan Tibet portrays the Japan Russia war as starting now and extending 100 miles across Mongolia and Tibet. He says the clash will mirror Genghis Khan’s route from Manchuria to Budapest and end with a Japanese revolution. An alliance between Japan and Germany is cited as risible by Tibetan sources.
Rome reports that the first Italian troops have reached Lake Tana near the Blue Nile, after occupying Gondar 30 miles north of the lake. Mussolini vows British interests remain protected as Eritrean forces join the motorized column under Starace.
An advertisement offers a plainview Texas mail response for relief proof. Readers are invited to send name and address to M S T Department 104 for nonobligatory information.
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