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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1936
Page
2
A long rambling weather column predicts a sequence of shifting sand storms and rising moisture, with optimism for general rains. It blends local sports notes about Wild Horse Mays and Bil Walker with brief entertainment and odd facts, including film and celebrity mentions, plus a lost dog notice and community curiosities.
Readers send quirky notes to Tack including strange purse tests and car travel hints. The page hints at a collection of letters from the thigh school build era, suggesting local concerns or humor.
In the Senate impeachment trial today the House prosecution showed that Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida recommended his former law partner Rankin for the federal bench in 1929. Rankin was a Hoover supporter. Defense counsel Frank P. Walsh objected, calling the move political and immaterial.
Mrs Irma Ferulli nine year old wife of G Umberto Ferulli reputed millionaire died after a fall from her fifth floor West End Avenue apartment. Detective Hagerty said she leaped from a bathroom window and died at Knickerbocker Hospital. Her husband daughter Ida and several servants were present. he offered no reason for the act.
Officers fired tear gas bombs to disperse strike sympathizers at Rockwood Hosiery Mills where about 300 of 400 workers walked out last week over a shift increase from eight to ten hours without pay raise. Ford Knox said only 51 workers entered the gates as the mill reopened after a week’s closure.
Speaker Burns forecast Presidential insistence on a revenue plan to meet Roosevelt's federal money needs. He did not specify the form of the insistence or how the House would raise the total, which Roosevelt estimated at 72 million dollars over three years and 620 million thereafter.
Lorenco Martines is jailed after a fatal shooting that killed 45 year old Maurilio De Anda near a dance hall in the Mexican colony. De Anda was shot twice with one bullet entering the left side. funeral services were planned for the afternoon.
President Roosevelt named Fay A PDesportes of South Carolina as minister to Guatemala and R Henry Norweb of Ohio as minister to Bolivia on April 13. Both appointments reflect ongoing U S diplomatic steps in Central and South America during the Roosevelt era.
Prank Burk appeared before Justice Bob Clark charged with failing to stop and render aid after a Sunday accident at Eleventh Avenue and Polk Street. Murray Elson sustained minor injuries. bond set at 500 dollars, police chief W R McDowell signed the complaint.
Gayle Tippett of Amarillo and Hubert Cole, once Sherman schoolmates, were together yesterday for Easter. Tippett learned Cole’s whereabouts from a county treasurer’s photo in The Amarillo Sunday News Globe. They visited church and recalled old boyhood swimming holes.
Grading has begun on Highway No. 178 west of Dumas with similar work planned on Highway No. 5 north of Hartley. State highway department orders the projects to provide all weather routes for Centennial visitors.
Reported improving Miss Farris Sears daughter of Mrs J M Sears of Kentucky is rapidly recovering from pneumonia and confined to Northwest Texas Hospital. Sears is a teacher in Panhandle schools.
The body of G. W. Boone 45 year old cafe employee is at N S Griggs and Sons chapel awaiting funeral arrangements. He died in a focal hospital as a victim of pneumonia early Sunday morning. He is survived by a son and a daughter. The report also notes that more than $3 500 000 were spent in controlling insect pests in the California citrus belt in 1.
Four West Texas College youths injured in a Saturday morning crash near Wildorado are hospitalized in North West Texas Hospital. Waggoner suffers fractures to left thigh and arm, Spratt has a serious neck injury and Hardin internal injuries. Waggoner and Hardin rested well Sunday night, Spratt restless. A fourth student received emergency treatment for minor bruises and a lacerated lip. The four are members of a college entertainment group.
Potter County has cashed approximately $40,000 in road and bridge warrants issued from car registration fees. Treasurer Hubert Cole said about $34,000 was paid in two days and roughly $20.00 in outstanding warrants remain redeemable.
Sam Houston Junior High School band under Stancil M. Bagwell will perform at San Jacinto Methodist Church basement Wednesday at 8 P M. The event showcases a school program for local residents.
The CCC CAMP near Amarillo was to be abandoned with veterans moved to Palo Duro but the order was rescinded after the federal government extended the program six months without cutting camp numbers.
War Department sources say Brig General Hagood submitted a formal retirement request less than a month ago and asked for suspension pending an interview with President Roosevelt. He meets the president during a Florida fishing trip, retires April 30, and succession follows at Governor's Island New York and Chicago.
Sheriff Jose N. Lucero of Dona Ana County and deputies joined El Paso police to arrest Borgeman Kendall Hayes and Brown. Hantsche Rau and Blansit were not found. Suspects were moved to Las Cruces before a habeas corpus writ could be filed. Attorneys secured release on $50 bonds for Las Cruces arraignments Friday.
James L. Dennis 17 died shortly before noon at his parents home 803 North Polk Street He had been an invalid for years His father works for the Texas Highway Department Survived by parents two brothers Raymond and Robert Kenneth a sister Mrs E W Burgess Boxwell Brothers funeral directors handling arrangements
The discussion centers on Makonnen as puppeted heir while Dessye may fall as Italian columns push toward the Ethiopian capital. Diplomats fear a broader Italy Britain clash over Mediterranean control, with both powers preparing for possible war to safeguard routes and positions.
The Supreme Court answered two questions in Gooch and Am brose Nix’s case involving kidnapping to prevent arrest. Gooch and Nix disarmed officers at a Paris Texas filling station on November 26 1934 and drove them across the state line to Snow Oklahoma before releasing them. Gooch awaits execution after a September 13 1935 date was set in Muskogee Oklahoma.
Slaying case notes a suspect with sandy brown hair versed in the social circle of Mr and Mrs Titterton. Miss Meyer recalls a man who visited her shop last Tuesday and arranged to be alone with her, paying 35 dollars toward a non existent style show at a Deal New Jersey country club and cashing a worthless 5 dollar check. He matched the description of a man who visited the Tittertons' building twice last week, and Countess Alice Hayes says the man tried to gain entry by claiming acquaintances there.
The article lists several driving offenses labeled as one third ticket items including failure to honk when passing, not yielding to right entering a intersection, passing on the right instead of the left, failing to signal turns, and passing a street car or train discharging passengers. It also mentions a so called poor man's airplane built in Germany costing about 800 dollars.
Constable J Walker Hunter, holder of a Centennial toy patent, reports New York toy makers are in their busy season ahead of Christmas. His toy depicts the Battle of San Jacinto.
An unidentified hay fever condition prompts belief that relief is impossible. Mr. R. O. Murphy of Stillwater Minnesota offers free explanations to anyone who writes for his name and address, urging timely treatment and prevention.
California Mayor Ross Roy leaves city hall Friday after a city commission meeting. Mrs Rogers has been in the state for some time.
Striking students returned to classes today after a plea from ousted superintendent W. T. Francisco. About 100 pupils gathered at a local store last week to protest his dismissal by the school board, then followed his appeal to resume their studies.
A discussion of how acids affect kidney function and how Cystex is promoted as a diuretic treatment. It cites kidney structure, common symptoms, and endorsements by Dr. C Straubensee and Dr. C J Roberts, noting wide international distribution and ingredient transparency.
Knox Company deposits $5,000 with Bank of America to guarantee a full refund if buyers are not completely satisfied after using Cystex. The ad claims quick kidney relief and urges testing the diuretic within guaranteed terms, or return the empty package for a full refund.
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