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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
2
A real Northeast blizzard intensifies with strong winds and a 20 degree drop in temperature before warming tomorrow. The piece notes prior storms, livestock risk, and compares to last year’s April blizzard. It also highlights a Milk Fund drive in Amarillo, raising about 575.71 dollars from many donors and organizations.
A sprawling column bundles editorials and gossip from 1940s Texas and beyond. Notes reference Pard dog food and horse meat myths, Dodge City film hype, and global figures from Chamberlain to Hitler. Scattered jokes, quotes, and local chatter mix with brief notices and ads.
Letter from Mobeetie Texas arguing against Joe Palooka marrying Ann Howe. Writer mocks Joe as dumb and homely, cites imagined risks to children and taxpayers, and insists the union should not occur. Ends with jumbled stray text.
A collage of curious items notes that Colombian natives called unripe gold platinum and discarded it in rivers. California says hotel food is service not sale. A Kansas City motorist fined double after a 75 mph test, and England US trade share totals 28 percent of world exports. Fairbanks Alaska lacks direct dial numbers, 50 readers scan 2,000 papers daily for subscribers.
Two Texans F R Hailes and J W Sanford of Austin ferried a new plane from Cincinnati to Austin. They flew low over a filling station in Paducah to ask directions, and an attendant used auto headlights to illuminate a landing space. The ship landed safely.
An aviation expert warns political meddling can ruin the aviation industry after noting long build time. Paris theater tax prompts retaliation with advertising bans, costing the city and nation about seven thousand dollars weekly. James Russell Lowell is cited on talent and genius.
A middle aged widow seeks private home work caring for aged people or light chores in a refined Christian home. She is unencumbered and available to relocate, requesting in person contact at 817 Louisiana Street or by phone 8954.
Park City mayor Charlie Priolo jokes about a leaking roof at his Pay Cash grocery on West Sixth Street. He offers twenty used wash tubs at a 20 percent discount to collect rain moisture while touting two major real estate developments. Priolo plans to display a pet groundhog this weekend and invites children to view it.
A chronology traces Albania from Roman era dominance to 1912 autonomy and 1914 occupation, detailing 1271 Sicilian kings in central Albania, 14th century native chiefs expelling invaders, 1431 Turkish incursions, 1760 Mehmed Bushati rallies clans, 1822 Bushati lineage toppled, 1912 autonomy seesawed by Italy Austria Hungary with Balkan allies, 1914 Italy Jugoslav forces, 1920 expulsions of Italians and withdrawals.
A chronology covers Albania from the 1920s to 1939. It notes regency abolition, Zogu’s seven year presidential rule, Paris 1926 border accord, 1926 insurrection and Italian mediation, the Tirana pact limiting interference, 1927 Italy Yugoslavia intrigues and a military pact with Albania, and Zogu’s 1928 proclamation as King Zog I, ending with an unresolved April 1939 item.
Yesterday storms brought heavy rain and hail across Dallas Tyler McKinney and Farmersville. Dallas recorded 2.31 inches and Oak Cliff saw window damage from hail and crushed vegetation. Tyler area reports 1.41 inches with winds and hail while Wichita Falls enjoyed a spared fruit crop and moisture aiding grain. Temperatures dipped to 26 at Dallas.
Wind and rainstorms across Texas damaged trees fences and barns in McKinney and caused structural damage to a McKinney area. A 4 12 inch downpour drenched Princeton east Collin County while Farmersville saw a lightning strike on a grade school with 300 pupils unharmed. Scattered showers near San Angelo offered little relief and Waco experienced a 40 mph dust laden wind hindering traffic.
An earlier promise of clear skies failed as visibility dropped to 500 feet over El Paso. Airfields were closed for landings and takeoffs and temperatures showed no appreciable change.
Secretary Cordell Hull warned that Japan has accumulated large stocks of American materials in Manchukuo for use in its undeclared war with China and for potential future operations.
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe inexpensive remedy for overburdened kidneys and irritated bladder. It urges purchasing the original from Haarlem, Holland, priced at 35 cents, claiming relief from backache puffy eyes nervousness and leg cramps as symptoms accompany kidney and bladder trouble.
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