Drouth Hits Texas Crops And Livestock Hard
August reports show drought parching crops and ranges across 254 counties. Cotton and wheat losses mount while cattle buyers buy large herds for canning and relief programs expand.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1934
Page
9
Used Cars and Deals List from Frost Motor Co
A catalog of vehicles for sale includes 1933 Ford DeLuxe and 1933 Chevrolet Master Coach, 1931 LaSalle Deluxe Club Sedan, 1930 LaSalle Coupe, 1931 Buick 867 Sedan, 1931 Buick 8096 Victoria Coupe, 1941 Buick 665 Coupe, multiple Chevrolets and Fords, plus a 1953 Ford V-8 Tudor and 1980 Marquette Roadster. Walter Irvin Inc. is an authorized Ford dealer with Taylor at 2nd, phone 4315, listing prices such as $485 and $60 for various cars and a 1929 Chevrolet Coupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frost Motor CO
Tyler
Viggo
Plains Chevrolet CO
Taylor
Walter Irvin, Inc
FORD
Here Comes the Navy and Stingaree Ride the Screen
A Paramount film Here Comes the Navy stars James Cagney in a fast moving action picture not suited for children. Irene Dunne and Richard Dix headline Stingaree as a romantic tale set in 1870s Australia with lavish settings and strong supporting work. Will Rogers headlines David Harum at Texas, a horse trading banker character entertaining enough for repeat viewings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Navy
James Caeney
Stingaree
Richard Dix
Irene Dunn
Texas
David Harum
Will Rogers
Rialto
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
John Barrymore
Kerry King
Telestath Fair Grounds
Tri- State
the Navy
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Cagney
Hilda Bouverie
Miss Dunne
Dix
Mary Boland
Claude farmer C C Smothermon dies at 62
Charles C Smothermon a prominent Armstrong County farmer died at his home six miles south of Claude at 9 20 last night He is survived by his widow Ada and six sons W E Grady Charles Gardner Roy and Thurman Smotherman a sister Mrs J W Carlton of Chillicothe Texas Services will be held Tuesday morning at the Claude Methodist Church with Rev W A Hitchcock officiating He will be buried in the Claude cemetery under N S Griggs and Sons supervision
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Smothermon
Armstrong County
Claude
Ada Smotherman
Charles, Gardner
Roy
Thurman Smotherman
J. W. Carlton
Chillicothe
Texas
Methodist
Smotherman
W. A. Hitchcock
Stratford Methodist Church
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Deputy Lampe Heads Out On Business Trip
Deputy U. S. Marshal Bill Lampe departed early for a work trip visiting Mobeetie Wheeler Shamrock and Childress. He is scheduled to return tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bill Lampe
Mobeetie, Wheeler, Shamrock and Childress
Cattle Die Across Five Southeast Texas Counties
Cattlemen forecast starvation of thousands of head in Jefferson Chambers Liberty Orange and surrounding counties if cattle are not moved. Coastal salt spray from the Gulf storm damaged pastures floodwaters burned land and left livestock underweight. Federal aid is sought for drought relief amid ongoing emergency conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Dwight P. Reardan
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Houston
Reardan
Texas Relief Administration
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Neal Guy
Drouth
Washington
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Beaumont
U.P
Jefferson
Chambers
Liberty
Horton
Orange
Two Men Injured In Plane Crash At Gladewater
At Gladewater on August 6 a plane nosed into the ground from about 75 feet after a takeoff. Pilot Howard H. Pidgeon of Wilmington Ohio and passenger Charles Sherrard of Gladewater suffered broken legs and arms but were not burned. Hospital attendants predicted recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Howard H. Pidgeon
Wilmington
Ohio
Charles Sherrard
Eight Men Injured In Shell Refinery Gas Explosion
Eight men were burned in a gas explosion at the Shell Company refinery in Houston. Injured workers named include L. Jordan Pat Grimes Louis Cloutier F C Wagner Ralph Pemberton Bob Graham John Manning and J O Domask. Officials said gas fumes ignited by an undetermined cause produced the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
W.P
Shell Company
L. Jordan
Pat Grimes
Louis Cloutier
F. C. Wagener
Ralph Pemberton
Bob Graham
John Manning
J. O. Domask
Boy Cables for Marks He Gets Them
Denver reports Oscar Malo paid 1000 dollars to cable German marks under a son abroad misinterpretation. Kenneth Malo in Munich sent urgent instruction to send marks, the money was sent for school marks. The son did not return the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Oscar Malo
Kenneth
Munich
Germany
Malo
Workmen File Damage Suits Over Elevator Blast
Two suits totaling 40 741 05 were filed in the 108th District Court against Central Grain and Elevator Company Inc over an April 20 explosion at the elevator on 2801 South Buchanan Street. Santa Fe railroad employees Charles Lee Matthews and N G Shoaf claim permanent disability from burns and injuries. Matthews seeks 20 301 05 and Shoaf 20 350. The blast, likely grain dust, tore the elevator’s upper section and started a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
108Th District
Central Grain and Elevator Company, Inc
Charles FE. Matthews
N. G. Shonf
Santa Fe Railroad
Matthews
Shoaf
South
Buchanan Street
Panhandle Army Officers Attend Sam Houston Camp
Panhandle reserve officers attend the annual reserve corps encampment at Fort Sam Houston. Major George A. Corbin, the Panhandle district contact, said about 300 reserve officers are in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Sam Houston
U. S. Army Reserve
Reserve Corps
Fort Sam Houston
George A. Corbin
Episcopal Clergy Recognized and Church Lectures Highlight North Texas
Recognition comes for four Mission clergy in the North Texas district led by Bishop E. C. Seaman. Rev Newton C. Smith of Amarillo hosts his son Newt C. Smith and Carl Mill in town. Lectures are planned by Rev P Walter Henckell and Rev W H Martin with Rev Warwick Aiken invited to Chicago for Bible League talks. Special confirmation at St Andrew's for W O Livermore. The birch tree bug note closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Church
District of
North Texas
E. C. Seamen
Newton C. Smith
Amarillo
Panhandle
Newt C. Smith
Texas Tech
Carl Mill
Shanghai
China
Smith
Evergreen Episcopal Conference On
Seaman
P. Walter Henckell
Dalhart
W. H. Martin
Big Spring
Denver
Warwick Aiken
Plainview
Chicago
Bible League of
Evanston
Dwight J. Moody
Mr. Aiken
All Saints Episcopal Chapel
Canyon
Katharine
Pnaemonia
St. Andrew's Church
W. O. Livermore
Altus
Oklo
J. E. Kalb
FP. A. Poster
Cumberland University Law School
Nashville
Tenn
Firemen Declare Old Sol Merely Shot the Works
In Omaha on August 6 a farm fireworks display exploded in a shack storing $1,000 worth of fireworks. The blast occurred during H. K. Paulsen’s 66th birthday, drawing about 1,000 onlookers while firefighters blamed the sun for the wild display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol
Omaha
Neb
H. K
Recruits Leave for Wyoming Fort
Two recruits for infantry service left here last night for Fort Francis E. Warren in Cheyenne Wyoming and two more will leave tonight for the same post according to berichten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Army Infantry Service
Fort Francis F. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Constipation Remedy Promises Breakthrough After 30 Years
A testimonial from Aliee Burns claims Adlerika cured decades of constipation and sour stomach. The ad cites drug firms Pox Drug Co. and City Drug Stores as distributors. The user reads like a classic medical advertisement touting a miracle cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlerika
Aliee
Pox Drug Co
City Drug Stores
Army seeks high school and college men in Denver district
Recruiting notes indicate Alma Espey Clarendon Thomas Porterfield Abernathy left last night while Ben Griffin Wheeler and D W Murphy Amarillo depart tonight. The Panhandle’s Denver district lists many vacancies in infantry field artillery engineering and medical corps with Sergeant Porsythe stressing demand for educated recruits. The Army described attractive post assignments and emphasis on graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Panhandle
Forsythe
Army
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