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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1938
Page
8
A decaying Park Avenue frame building once housing Gus Hill's Minstrels reflects a sunset of black touring troupes. Historic performers and songs are recalled as the structure, now vacant except for the grand hall, deteriorates with boarded windows and a Lincoln bust fading from view.
President Roosevelt presides over White House talks with fiscal advisers on financing new construction by private utilities to create jobs. Harry L. Hopkins cites relief needs for the coming year, testifying to use $1.25 billion to aid 2.8 million people through Feb 1, 1939. The Senate committee cites past relief outlays totaling $19.3 billion since 1933.
W A Askew head of Amarillo FHA better housing committee predicts a citywide construction surge peaking around 1942 or 1943. He cites better designed homes, easy financing, rising materials costs, and affordable interest rates aiding small builders.
AP reports Japanese forces defeat Chinese along the South Shantung front capturing Lini in southeastern Shantung while China admits loss of Hanchwang. In Spain Franco insurgents advance toward Tortosa Valencia and Castellon as Aranda’s troops push 12 miles on an 18 mile front near Alcala De Chivert. Franco proclaims civil war won in Zaragoza and vows further action against the government.
Government construction engineer Guy F Kuntze reports steady progress on the new postoffice with steel being set for the first floor slab and basement walls completed ready for waterproofing. He sees no delay risks if the current pace continues.
A .38 caliber pistol shell and a business card were analyzed as possible clues in the slaying of Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her daughter Nancy near Van Horn three weeks earlier. Troops under Col. I P Swift found the items 150 yards from the murder site.
William A. Van Duzer told the Greater New York Safety Council that electric energy drawn from the air could power three wheeled, radio controlled cars within 5 to 25 years. He described auto motors run by etheral waves and photoelectric cells to avoid red lights and control speed.
The state department approved the sale of 17 9 million cubic feet of helium to Germany but warned it may be of little military use beyond inflating observation balloons. Interior Secretary Ickes withholds approval citing security guarantees. Army experts say Germany would rely on bombers and scouts rather than dirigibles.
Gen. John J. Pershing travels by train from Tucson to New York for the Friday wedding of his son Warren to Miss Muriel Richards. Pershing, who was near death from a heart ailment two months earlier, made the trip to attend the ceremony.
In Syracuse New York curious visitors swarmed the Young home after a small image like Our Lady of Lourdes appeared on a living room ceiling three weeks ago. About 200 people visited yesterday as old carpets were laid to protect the floors from damage. Mrs Young said the home cannot become a public shrine and the visits must stop.
Cincinnati April 20 Jerome Dizzy Dean pitches his first Cubs game against the Reds as fans weigh if he is still one of baseball’s greats and if a pitcher can justify a quarter of a million dollar price. Wrigley paid 185000 cash plus three players valued at 65000 to acquire him from St. Louis. The trade signals Cubs aim to win NL and world titles this season.
Firemen answered a call to South Johnson Street for a baby with spasms. The physician stated the child had a stomach cramp, not a fire or inhalator emergency.
Five word sets identify the lone unrelated term in each group. 1 Sheridan Grant Sherman Gastronomy 2 Chancellorsville Cherokee Gettysburg Bull Run 3 Madison Washington Hamilton Jefferson 4 Lee Beauregard Longstreet Bosporus 5 Marathon Hull Morgenthau Wallace
The northeast Panhandle and a strip from Denver to Woodward Oklahoma recorded rain last night with Follett reporting 0.52 inch. Moisture was noted across the Panhandle but lighter falls and no additional moisture are expected. Cloudy cool today with late clearing, light north wind, lows near 49 then around 45 tonight.
Betty Jean Wortham five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs G L Wortham 1201 Johnson Street underwent surgery at Northwest Texas Hospital to remove a mirror from her stomach She has been in the hospital since Friday The mirror about the size of a fifty cent piece was lodged since Monday April a metal frame raised concerns of metal poisoning but attendants report she is recovering and doing well
The Amarillo Little Theater invites all who missed the first act of Love From a Stranger last night due to wind noise to attend tonight's closing performance at no charge. An audience of 700 applauded the show, which will be repeated tonight despite the earlier disturbance.
The Federal Housing Administration opens a district service office in the Amarillo Building Friday with T. J. Wagner in charge. The office will serve 26 Panhandle counties and handles financing details locally to speed home deals. Local officials say the move will stimulate home building and may add an insurance department if needed.
In San Francisco the Superior Court of Judge Timothy I. Fitzpatrick halted as attorneys conferred over a settlement. Eleven jurors left to consult physicians while juror Jesse Waterman, the twelfth, was diagnosed with mumps.
Dick Martin reports that Lewin Barringer of Philadelphia soared 210 air miles from Wichita Falls to Tulsa in a motorless flight, likely setting both distance and altitude records. The Panhandle Plains prove superior for soaring with five hour forty five minute flight under convection currents. Barringer, head of the Soaring Society of America, may have eclipsed the altitude record as his altimeter reached about 7500 feet.
A veteran journalist portrays life in war torn Shanghai from ru ined International Settlement to epidemics and economic ruin. She notes foreign and Chinese views, volunteer shortages, and the city’s strategic role as China’s gateway despite massive losses and disrupted trade.
Acting Governor Victor A. Meyers filed a special legislative session proclamation at 8 08 A M with the Secretary of State. A question rose whether it would be accepted as Governor Clarence Martin returned to Spokane and a newsman said Meyers was no longer acting governor. Meyers replied he knew it and filed the document to get it over with.
Plainview marks a busy Dairy Association day with Sudan taking top honors in Holstein and Jersey judging while Claude earns high marks in Jersey and overall standings. A pageant crowned Alice Joyce Baley of Kress queen and 298 cattle entered across four breeds as 64 cows continued production tests. Schools closed for the Plainview Day event, with a rodeo and horse show opening later and the dairy banquet addressed by C N Shepardson of the A and M dairy department.
Miss Mary Morgan Brown 63, longtime head of the speech department at West Texas State Teachers College, died in Canyon yesterday. Her body was sent to Uniontown, Alabama, today where she will be laid to rest. She had taught at the college since 1915.
Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 45. Thursday will be fair. West Texas sees little temperature change with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. New Mexico faces unsettled northwest areas, cooler southeast and south central parts, and a colder west on Thursday. Temperature extremes in the past 24 hours ranged from 49 to 64.
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday in eastern cities causing clocks to shift by one hour. The radio industry predicts widespread confusion as schedules and timetables must be adjusted across networks and time zones. Railroads, businesses, and audiences face scrambled programming and reaction as hours shift.
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