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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
9
Mrs. M. C. Bedell of Wichita Falls Texas reports severe gas indigestion and constipation for years. After using Gly-Cas she experiences regular bowels better sleep reduced nerves and improved meals. Gly-Cas sold by Pax Drug Co and local druggists in nearby towns.
Charles Elmer Smith, 56, of Harrisburg Illinois, traveling to New Mexico for health, died on a bus near the Amarillo outskirts this morning. Driver W C Estes said Smith appeared ill, moved from seat to seat, and died after crossing the aisle as the bus neared the airport.
Smith felt fine and said so before dying. The body was taken to Griggs and Sons. Relatives in Harrisburg notified. Justice of the Peace Carder ruled death from natural causes. Smith, born 1886 per social security card, suffered from asthma and headed to Hagerman NM for climate relief. He had 65 cents. Arrangements await relatives' word.
Dor tis Landers Hess directs Tom Sawyer to be presented in the Horace Mann School auditorium on Friday May 3 at 8 15 p m Billie Bethune publicity chair announces the Coou ette Club sponsors proceeds fund supplies for the new Veterans Hospital The play has been staged in Amarillo Pam pa and is one of the citys most successful productions adapted from the book by Hess
An ordinance regulating the parking and selling of loads of produce on Amarillo streets became effective today. The city commission previously approved it to reduce a traffic hazard. Large loads of feed parked near intersections were said to obstruct motorists’ views.
Port Arthur April 18 John Henry Pilgrim 21 was cleaning a concrete mixer when a coworker started the machine. He clung to the blades as it whirled him around sustaining only a few bruises.
In Detroit on April 18 a woman who befriended a beggar injured in an alley fight six years ago learned he had died and left her eleven thousand dollars.
Woodmen of World will hold their regular meeting tomorrow at 1 0 C F hall 312 Fast Fifth Avenue. The drill team of Camp No 502 will conduct an initiation during the session.
Jim Shelton aged 46 a New Mexico resident and not related to Amarillo cattleman James Shelton died at 10 o clock this morning in the Veterans hospital. He was brought from Santa Fe after injuries in a recent accident. The widow and a sister are en route to Amarillo and the body rests at Boxwell Brothers chapel.
Attorneys for D H Byrd and Jack Prost Dallas oil men under mail fraud indictment in connection with alleged Yigging of stock in a Sonora Mexico gold mining company conferred today with Assistant U S District Attorney Earl Hurley.
Orville Bullington labels Roosevelt the swaggering captain of a pirate crew and accuses the New Deal of stealing initiative and self respect while urging electing leaders who were somebody before and will be somebody after. He warns the government is hostile to business and calls for a middle road administration to revive American prosperity.
Markets grain quotations furnished by Penner and Beane note firm sentiment in stocker and feeder classes with Colorado fed steers at 10.50 to 10.75 and heifers at 10.15 while smaller lots of medium to good cattle and canners trade around 4.00 to 6.75. A public luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel Blue and Gold room drew 580 attendees with 100 more unable to secure tickets as a youth speech referenced inheriting the national debt and urging a youth representative in the White House.
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