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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
5
Amarillo’s Darrell Webb, blind, operates a stand in the post office lobby selling cigars and magazines. He says shoplifters won’t steal from a blind man and notes his books balance. Magazines rarely disappear and only one Life magazine has been lost. Robbing his stand is a federal offense.
Land transfers list multiple warranty deeds including Johnston to Treadgill and Barfield to Jewell with prices. Vehicle registrations show Plymouth models and Fords to Grant Evans Gardner and others. District Court entries include divorces McBride vs McBride and Patton vs Patton.
A three day kitten in a University of Chicago tree defied police fire and AS.C.P. help until Michael Osmolski a newsboy climbed the tree and saved the animal. The cat meowed from the fork while responders tried nets nooses and catnip to no avail.
Federal officials said the administration may approve an extra 400 million dollars for farm subsidies to support grower income and both domestic use and export of surpluses. A 250 million addition would fund parity payments and 150 million for surplus disposal, with 500 million already allotted for soil conservation.
Chairman Jones of Amarillo and the agriculture committee expressed confidence the House would reverse itself and approve the parity payments bill, signaling a shift in fate for the aid package.
In Alameda California hotel manager Carl Zoller explains to local residents why a magnolia tree in the hotel grounds was cut down. He cites the tree as dead and a danger to passersby, while townspeople express indignation over the removal.
Officials announce a new celestial navigation course at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The program is led by Lieut. Commander Julian L. Woodruff, U. S. N. R. F.
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