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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1936
Page
2
The piece blends forecast thunderstorm chances and heavy rain with memories of old storms and humor about wind, a goat offer to Maverick Club, wooden shoes from Denmark, and light local observations about TV, keyholes, snoring poems, and Rip Ole Tack Week.
A collage of quirky observations and jokes, including myths about insects, commentary on weather and traffic, and tall tales from the Liars' Club. Notable snippets mention Mohammed Toghlak, 150 million year old rocks, a joke about a two‑headed dog, and historical oddities about Jenny Lind and elections.
A collage of quick tales and facts touches on price debates in New York bakers’ history, vitamin content comparisons, early American strikes, patent hospital admissions, Cleveland’s naming, Communist party dues, a grand gum chewer, static elimination in radios, Grover Cleveland quotes, a mind reader’s quip, global safety matches, historical debt per capita, car ownership ratios, a distant Hudson’s Bay auditor tour, peanuts versus nuts, and a Virginia school study noting 4 percent primary-level mental deficiency.
A fragment from a letters page mentions Nosey Joe, an ebony colored pet bull dog, lost two or three times and retrieved, with reference to See Letters Page 3 for more. The garbled text suggests a reader correspondence style note.
Two Borger men Lloyd Pollard and Willie Aubrey were jailed on federal counts for possession of 36 gallons of non taxed liquor. Bond set at 500 dollars by U S Commissioner Mary K Harty remains unpaid. The raid increases Potter County federal prisoners to eight, with four serving sentences and others awaiting trial.
President Roosevelt reviewed Rexford Tugwell’s report noting the administration has just begun to expand drought relief. The Resettlement Administration is directing direct grants of 18.50 monthly in the Dakotas Montana and Wyoming and efforts shift to other states with drought counties designated by the agriculture department.
Dr. Ann Roy DeFoe said nursery rhymes will stay light for a few days after Emilie sobbed at Old Mother Hubbard. Nurses read to the Dionne quintuplets as bacon served for breakfast.
About $10,000 would be the cost to install a storm sewer on Jackson Street between Thirteenth and Sixteenth Avenues. The estimate was submitted to the city commission after property owners petitioned for the sewer to curb overflows at Sixteenth Avenue. A decision on the proposal is delayed pending final city budget approval.
In Montreal observers note two Siamese twin Guppy fish as the summer’s top catches among veteran anglers on Quebec waters. The joined pair appears to be thriving and attracting attention at the display site.
Shafter California authorities pursue a jail escapee who fled with the jail door in hand. They emphasize recovering both the man and the removed door, underscoring the unusual breach at the facility.
Three Standard Oil Company executives surrendered at the U.S. marshal's office in Chicago and were fingerprinted in the lockup. Edward G. Seubert Allan Jackson and Edward J. Bullock, all vice presidents or president of subsidiaries, were held on $5,000 bond each for arraignment August 14 in Madison indictments alleging Sherman antitrust violations.
Two Soviet airmen Sigismund Levanevsky and Victor Levchenko depart from Los Angeles bound for Moscow in a 10 000 mile polar route via Alaska. They aim to study serological conditions affecting northern flight while presenting like American students in dress and appearance.
Deputy Sheriff Ivy Wilkinson brought Amador Villasenor to prison from El Paso after a Mexican national using the alias Lee Hyson was indicted for theft of two suits from J C Penney valued over 50 dollars. He was arrested, released on 750 dollars bond, and later detained by Federal Immigration in El Paso while serving a five day sentence for immigration violations.
The ghost town of Frisco Utah once a 1875 boom town with 5000 residents and 100000000 in silver now stands vacant. Stringed instruments in general are chiefly of Asiatic origin, mentioned in Sanskrit writings of antiquity.
A V Robertson and Company advertised as accountants and auditors offering tax counseling and related services with Oliver Eakle listed as part of the firm.
The treasury announced a general revenue warrant call of 931 162 81 leaving a deficit of 9 087 672 49. Warrants up to 119 462 issued to March 16 1936 were included. No pension warrants were called. Pension fund deficit listed at 4 998 472 04.
Property owners asked the Amarillo city commission to revise zoning maps to permit more retail business. Two petitions, from Stanley Zimmerman at 2700 Grant Street and J E Roberson at 1006 North East Bright Avenue, were presented and will be advertised for public hearing. Each petitioner agreed to bear hearing costs.
Captain M. L. Berry of the Panhandle district leads patrol activity this week at the Texas Centennial in Dallas. Other patrol members manage routine district office matters from headquarters in the Potter County courthouse.
Burkett Paper Company salesman Ben Ansley III is ill with influenza and confined to his home at 312 West Seventeenth Avenue after several days of sickness.
Col Ernest Thompson, chairman of the Railroad Commission, announced he will begin his runoff bid for re election with a Saturday night address at 8 on the courthouse square in Waco.
Conservation Service officials from Colorado Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and the Panhandle Plains meet in Denver for a two day conference in the Federal Building. G G Smith of Washington chief fiscal officer leads the session with H H Finnell regional director and Shane McCarthy of Washington in charge of procurement and contracts attending.
Charles T. McCutcheon, discharged city bacteriologist, testified he was coerced into joining a Black Legion secret society three years ago. He said he was terrified as a high official questioned him about infecting milk and cottage cheese to target Jews and other "class enemies." He described mistaking an invitation for a political meeting when visiting a basement with a friend.
Mrs Thelma Williams mother of Juanita Williams seven year old pupil at St Marys Academy sues Emma Hicks Yellow Cab Company for 4000 damages and 150 hospital expenses after a winter accident in Amarillo. Juanita riding from 1112 Buchanan Street to school suffered cuts bruises and loss of two front teeth.
Kansas City health advertises a doctor’s rupture treatment offering a free $3.50 truss with a 30 day trial. If ineffective, the patient keeps the $3.40 truss. The offer invites ruptured men and women to write FE O Koch at 1471 Koch Ride, 2006 Main St, Kansas City Mo.
Mary Lou Atkins 11 of Borger died in Fort Worth as she crossed a street after a softball game. The truck driver, a 17 year old Borger youth, was charged with failure to stop and give aid after being arrested nearby.
Bids to supply tax receipts tax roll paper and a typewriter were opened Tuesday night. The commission will consider the sealed proposals Thursday morning.
H. W. Galbraith, Amarillo businessman and civic leader, is reported much better this afternoon after several days at home at 1710 Polk Street. He previously suffered severe pains in his shoulder and chest.
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