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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1939
Page
7
More than 55 reservations were received for the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen Appreciation Banquet at Amarillo Hotel Blue Room Friday at 6 30 pm. Invitations go to state and national dignitaries and to county city officials as the club grows toward a record attendance.
The Bureau of Entomology receives 60 of 100 Plymouth pickups from Toney Chisum Inc for the five state grasshopper suppression in Amarillo. Seventy six trucks have been delivered. 24 remain and will be issued tomorrow to move poison from mixing bases to field crews under John M. Landrum and William A. Ohls.
Amarillo High School vocational and distributed occupations students will hold their annual banquet at the Amarillo Hotel with guest speakers James R. D. Eddy state director of industrial education and Rake straw regional agent of the U S Office of Education. Employers of the students will also be guests of honor.
Announcement names Gus Watson as representative for Miles Bivins handling sale of Bivins Addition homesites. Watson comes from Fenner and Beane and moved to Amarillo in 1935 from Fort Worth to represent the owners directly.
The Amarillo Globe reports Panhandle recruits are favored by the U S Army. Sgt R A Jackson notes Major F A Byrne praises Panhandle men as superior in every respect. Enlistment inquiries urged at the Amarillo Recruiting Station in the post office building.
Funeral services for Mrs J H Stowe 42 of River Road were held at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel with Rev Roy A Kemp of Central Baptist Church officiating Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under Griggs direction Mrs Stowe had lived in the area four years Survived by husband two daughters a son two sisters two brothers and her mother from Floydada
European leaders grapple with the Roosevelt peace message as Britain and other powers weigh response. Goering meets Mussolini while Tokyo coordinates with Berlin and Rome on axis strategy. Markets slip with U S Steel and GM among decliners as Rotary leader Barnes urges tolerance for people amid rising nationalism.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority reveals an all-time safety record for winter airline operations. From Dec 21, 1938 to Mar 20, 1939 domestic lines logged 64,081,025 passenger miles per passenger fatality with only one fatal accident. Transcontinental and major north south lines flew 50,000,000 passenger miles without a single forced landing.
Boy Scouts of Claude held a memorial program at Camp William Warner honoring pioneers who started Scouting in the Panhandle. Dr. W. A. Warner, founder of Scouting in the region, organized Troop No. 17 in Claude on May 30, 1912 and several Amarillo leaders received honorary Troop 17 memberships.
E. E. Reynolds, veteran of Alcatraz and Sing Sing, was sent to the Huntsville penitentiary to serve 99 years for attacking a 13 year old Amarillo girl after his case was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Sheriff Bill Adams escorted him after the mandate arrived. Reynolds had previously attempted to break from Potter County jail and has a long FBI noted crime record since 1916 as an army deserter.
The Amarillo Art Center and Ben Carlton Mead School of Art present a free showing of Broadstroke Drawing by Arthur L. Guptil. The 8 PM screenings Tuesday and Wednesday in Room 1, Johnson Building invite former Mead students and art teachers to attend, with limited seating for walk-ins. The film showcases square crayon drawing techniques and aims to inspire creative fun.
The campaign argues a $100 million cut rests on misrepresentation and lies. Lasser accuses the House appropriations committee of reporting $69 million in WPA savings while denying need for $50 million more. He says removing 30,000 aliens from WPA did not save money as citizens replaced them.
Boston reports Dr. Paul Popenoe of the Los Angeles institute of family relations says Western women should move to find husbands. He notes a shortage of marriageable women in the West and many suitable men seeking settle down. He mentions a "last frontier" waiting for Massachusetts women.
Sam Houston Junior High School band parents will meet this evening at 7 30 at the Sam Houston School, announced by president O D Thompson yesterday.
Preliminary estimates indicate a substantial rise in miles flown per accident among private pilots as air travel expands. The data suggest improved safety or efficiency per mile, though the increase in total miles flown may offset gains.
Lt Kreml advocates three E's engineering education enforcement taught in Camp Mabry school. Mayor Rogers backs a city safety plan with a National Safety Council traffic survey. Public Safety Dept cooperates as Texas tolls drop nationwide and in state last year.
An old promotional note endorses Ice Mint as a quick soothing remedy for itching and irritation from piles. It claims fast relief, reduced pain, and faster healing of raw sores, urging readers to buy at drugstores due to low cost.
TWA announced record spring air traffic for March with 6,007,567 passenger miles flown, marking a 70 percent increase over prior figures. The release highlights the airline's surge in transit demand and expanding route activity.
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