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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
2
A rambling column mixes heat wave recollections with jokes about knocking on doors and a playful quarrel with Tex Thorn ton over weather manipulation. It weaves in anecdotes about plover and wood ducks, a secretary at the Texas Insane Asylum, and snippets of local gossip, plus miscellaneous observations on society, birds, and odd facts.
Florence Holmes, a negro woman, had bond set at $5,000 after being jailed in Potter County on charges of slaying Juanita Dottson, a fellow resident. The shooting occurred at 200 Madison Street in a colored apartment building during an argument over a ball used by the children. Juanita died en route to the hospital. Witnesses included F. C. Green, a minister, Raymond Hudson, Dec Stromite, and Helene Smith.
Two paving lien suits filed in Randall County District Court allege street and gutter work done in 1930 in the Lindsay Edgefield and Palo Duro Additions south Amarillo. Willmering and Mullen of Amarillo seek 727.71 plus 300 in legal fees in one case with defendants including John P Mathis and others. In the second suit Carson Lake Oil and Gas Co is sued with Wells Faulkner as president and W Birge as secretary, with 600 plus 200 legal fees claimed.
Lambie Co of Amarillo was awarded a $19,823 contract by the State Board of Control for the second unit of the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum on the West Texas State College campus in Canyon. The building’s basement was excavated as a Works Progress Administration project, funded by a $25,000 Texas Centennial grant to the society.
Albert A. Robbins, serving 25 years as the finger man in the Leon Gleckman kidnapping, works on a portable canned cold camp refrigerator while in prison. He claims to have a practical thermo cold design for hunters and travelers and has presented plans to the state pardon board with a commutation request.
Plans for Father Charles Coughlin Dr Francis E Townsend and Rev Gerald L Smith to lead a nationwide speaking tour for the new Union Party presidential ticket fell apart as the National Union for Social Justice met in Cleveland for its first convention.
Hollywood reports beauty alone won a screen contract for Janice Jarratt twenty one year old Texas Centennial queen and former New York model. She faced no screen test before a movie camera but studio heads will assess her acting potential while she begins on the Universal lot.
Reforma authorities report Lauro Rocha Mexico's noted rebel leader ready to surrender today. Gen. Andres Figueroa with war department officials left Guadalajara for Tecolotlan Los Altos where Rocha operates. In recent defeats Rocha's forces suffered heavy losses with eight rebels killed near Arandas.
Voters who moved since January 1 can still vote in the coming election or visit the county tax assessor-collector to update precinct numbers on tax receipts or exemptions. Many lost votes in the last election due to missing transfers. Monday is the final day to make transfers.
In Brookline Massachusetts the Gannon family pet squirrel named Fuzzy crawled into a bass horn. Attempts to coax it out failed until rescuers used a gasoline fume method to flush the animal from the instrument.
City and county officers investigated a Tuesday hijacking at a Phillips Service Station where Howard Cook, an employee, was robbed of 34 dollars. A man and a woman driving a car and asking for Texline forced him to surrender cash and ride 10 miles into the country before leaving him to walk back. He saved 15 dollars of the station money and four of his own. the rest was in the cash drawer.
Resettlement Administration district supervisors from five states converge for the first hand drought condition reports in a regional rehabilitation conference. Officials plan to map the region's drought program after presentations and study new loan types including emergency crop and feed loans and subsistence grants for gravest needs.
Aug 13 report notes meters on Salt Lake City's busiest streets. Frederick Brown, 80, tied his horse on Main Street for a nickel an hour, while most motorists used free street parking. The first day yielded overstay fines, nickels, and four slugs amid a few motorists testing the limit.
M Foster of 3406 Hayden Street was slightly injured when a taxicab and a heavy sedan collided at 26th Avenue and Fillmore Street Wednesday night. The cab overturned three times and was nearly demolished. Foster suffered a cut on his right leg. Taxi driver Paul Harmon and sedan driver Stanley Zimmerman escaped unharmed.
Tuesday marks the final day for absentee ballots in the second Democratic primary. Ballots must reach the county clerk at least three days before election day, with August 22 set as the date. Potter County Clerk W E Blackburn notes slow requests, only 200 applications filed by noon, limited to those out of town on election day.
The 108th Civil District Court will open for an 11 week fall term next Monday. Judge W E Gee Deputy Sheriff Milt Cunningham and District Clerk Ben Smith drew veniremen from the jury wheel this morning. Gee will call the docket Monday and set cases at that time.
Raymond E Johnson surrendered to police and confessed to fatally slashing his former Japanese girlfriend actress Michi Takaoka with a butcher knife in Los Angeles.
Bryan man Frank Cox twenty three died from injuries after a Sunday crash when a truck left the highway and struck a lumber company office. His body was sent to Fort Worth for burial.
Barbara Stanwyck stars as Annie Oakley in a Western frontier life story shown today at the Texas theater. Preston Foster supports in the cast.
Surveyors from Minnesota and Michigan focus on four small islands Susie Lucille Brick and Belle Rose west of Isle Royale to settle a long dispute. Michigan now asserts ownership while land records prove inconclusive and Minnesota claim rests on unwritten law.
John M. Kennedy aged 52 died after being stricken unloading a car of lumber in the heat. The death was attributed to extreme temperatures. Kennedy was survived by his widow.
One man trapped in a well on T. B. Patch farm near Sowers is freed after a tense night. Rescue teams used a gasoline powered pump to supply food and warm drinks while the victim remained conscious and hopeful. He and his son reported the incident at dawn. The text notes the term Raster derives from the Saxon goddess Eastre.
The text cites a viral infection route via the ob factory nerve and references a U S Supreme Court ruling on news rights enduring until commercial value ends. It also notes changes in average collar size and a comment on male head size. The passage blends disparate topics without a coherent narrative.
A widow in mid life seeks honest employment in Amarillo after 17 years in the city. She offers excellent references and asks for any suitable job.
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