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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1936
Page
2
Weather notes a stubborn heat spell with little wind and scarce rain. Local headlines mention heat refugees, Dallas temperatures reaching 113 in the shade, and advice from readers on staying cool. Clips of light humor, daily life observations, and social chatter fill the page alongside weather updates and quirky facts.
Editor W H Graham of the State Line Tribune defends Palmer County against Potter County debt claims over the Hamlin trial. He asserts Potter owes Palmer about eight hundred dollars and criticizes Amarillo for the affair, urging reimbursement and accountability. The letter also notes other residents discuss placards and local gossip tied to the Hamlin case.
Scarborough Ontario reports Andy Thompson of Bendale, a farmer, issued a challenge to Canadian farmers after producing a rye stalk six feet three inches tall. He aims to prove his crop could set a national height record and invites competitors to test the claim.
In Yreka California an enterprising salesman who peddled iron nuggets dipped in brass as gold was sentenced to six months in jail after the resumption of intensive mine gleanings spurred a new fraud industry.
State College Pa U P registrar William Hoffman announced 1651 applications for admission to the freshman class at Pennsylvania State College a new high mark surpassing 1929 when 1394 sought admission Sir Hubert Wilkins the British explorer is said to have designed another submarine for travel under ice.
Gay Giant height one foot one inch with brown hair and blue eyes. Marriage and divorce details suggest a sensational social item. Names mentioned include Archibald Alexander Leach and Virginia Cherrille Beontinually.
A federal court hearing considered reorganization of the Amarillo Hotel Company owners of the Amarillo and Herring hotels. Plans included cutting interest to five percent with four percent cumulative, renewing notes, and paying delinquent taxes via a new mortgage under 77-B. Creditors would be classified and plan tentatively approved, subject to later creditor consent. The Hering Estate and mortgagees opposed immediate approval, asking operating plans before court action.
In Copenhagen on August 11 Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Dr. Alexis Carrel presented their artificial heart to the International Congress of Experimental Cytology. Ten scientists at a time viewed the device operating on a thyroid gland while the pair explained its mechanism to the audience.
Houston Bridges 22 was buried standing up for more than nine hours in a 20 foot well on the C. L. Cave farm near Rotan. Crews used a mud pump and rope to recover his body after exhaustive attempts.
A mouse leaped onto a steering wheel in Old Saybrook Connecticut causing Frank M. Nettleton and two summer residents to be injured slightly. The driver lost control and the car rammed into a highway fence.
New Orleans scene features Prince Alexis Obolensky 21 learning American business methods while working in a building supply factory. He intends to drop his title, cites a girlfriend loss to bogus aristocracy, and recalls Ellis Island encounters. He highlights cultural lessons from refugees and admires plain American practicality.
AP reports forest fires across seven states seeing progress as officials call the crisis past and hope for a shower. Minnesota and Wisconsin deploy about 23,000 personnel including COC boys and volunteers, with fires still burning in Michigan Idaho Washington Wyoming and California. The death toll rises with Bert Zink and Lester Brundum among the deceased. a dozen injured in a smoky Bennett Wisconsin crash.
Hollywood, Aug 11 Helen Chandler the American actress now in England urged police to spare no expense in locating her invalid mother Mrs Frances Chandler who has been missing for six weeks. Mrs Chandler disappeared from the Hollywood home June 25 after withdrawing 100 dollars from a bank account. The British Empire coverage note appears in the same column.
August 11 report from Chicago states Rep Clif ford R Hope of Garden City Kansas was named director of the Republican national committee s farm division Arthur M Curtis assistant to the committee chairman announced the appointment at the time
Birds respond strongly to light cycles, waking at dawn and nesting with the first signs of darkness, showing high sensitivity to environmental light shifts.
May youth dies from gunshot wounds as coroner's inquest led by Justice of Peace C. W. Carder declares death was self captured. The victim, living with Mr. May in Hobbs, leaves behind parents and four sisters and a brother. Funeral plans pending at N. B. Griggs and Sons chapel.
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