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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1935
Page
2
A speaker laments the death of Will Rogers, praising his common sense and generosity. He recalls Rogers as beloved nationally, his Alaska flight tragedies, Broadway years, and his planned visit to Amarillo for a crippled children's fund. The writer expresses shock and grief for the nation.
A reader signs a letter to Tack seeking advice and explains a difficult personal situation. The note requests guidance and support from the Tack column, indicating distress and a desire for constructive feedback.
Roosevelt learns of Rogers and Post anxieties as aviation plans target Point Barrow. Brower, the Arctic king, runs a Barrow trading post and whaling station. Weather woes and engine troubles threaten a landing in fog bound Arctic waters.
A crowded listing shows KGNC airtime Friday night into Sunday with a mix of music, sports, news, and devotion. Highlights include The Three Serv Girls, Dinner Dance Music, Globe-News Sports, World Review, Texas League Final, and a host of live broadcasts from 6:00 AM through 6:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday.
Dallas reports a Texas Industrial Commission minority calls for new laws broadening district court power to issue injunctions in labor disputes. The measure targets unlawful employer pressures on union membership and endorses peaceable picketing with limited, nonintimidating action.
Ranger Sgt Sid Kelso warned saloon keepers and bootleggers to close up as he planned raids on liquor shops. He ordered liquor disposed by noon and said authorities will be strict in Houston and Galveston, promising ongoing closures and no temporary reopenings.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened lower then recovered to near prior levels with October at 11.18 rising to 11.20 and December 11.02, March 1994 and May 19.91. Kansas City livestock market showed hogs 1,500 head trading steady to 1% lower, cattle and calves steady, sheep and lambs steady with native lambs 8.75 to 9.00 and Texas yearlings around 6.00.
Mrs. Tom McSpadden, aged sister of Will Rogers, bears up stoically after learning of Rogers and Wiley Post’s deaths in an Alaska crash. She recalls a prior grave illness and notes no contact with family since the tragedy broke. Jimmy Rogers has gone to Maine to join Mary Rogers and their mother.
Four members of Wiley Post's family in Dallas learned of Post and Rogers deaths. Grandmother CC Post aged 95, brother L Byron Post, sister Mrs Tvin A Junelle, and uncle 8 H Post expressed bitter grief. Both Post and Rogers were popular figures in Dallas.
Maysville Oklahoma mourns the death of famed flyer Wiley Post. Friends are delivering news to his parents Mr and Mrs W F Post on their Garvin County farm. Publisher William Fo Showen of the Maysville News notes burial plans not yet decided but memorial services are expected at a future date.
Mrs Marjorie Junell sister of Wiley Post, learned today of her brothers death in a plane crash in Alaska. She initially doubted the report and pleaded for verification. Biron Post, Wiley’s brother, was also overcome with grief and unable to speak.
The late father of Mrs Wiley Post expresses that the death of his son in law and sister in law is seen as Providence. He notes the trip home from a concert tour and describes the return to Ponca City as guiding events. Family members, including Mr and Mrs Paul, prepared to assist and share consoling plans.
Three former Texas governors visited Will Rogers at the Governor’s Mansion and expressed deep regret over his accidental death with Wiley Post. James Ferguson Miriam Ferguson Don Moody recalled Rogers as a brilliant man and a friend.
Pan American Airways four motor clipper left a coral lagoon at San Island Midway Islands at 9 21 P S T bound for Wilkes Island Wake group about 1490 miles westward the flight announced today.
Representatives of the Methodist Episcopal Church Eighth and South and the Methodist Protestant Church approved a plan to merge into one church. The plan must be ratified by each church confere nce next May and in 1938. It covers about 8,000,000 members and over a billion dollars in property. The new church would be the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
F C Hall an Oklahoma City oilman who helped sponsor Wiley Post’s globe circling flight in 1931 offered his new airplane to the dead flyer’s widows to fly to Alaska and bring back the body.
Texas relief clients dropped to 745000 in July from 1112000 in July 1934, based on an average of 4.7 persons per case. Total cases 158506, the lowest since April 1934. Relief Director Adam Johnson attributed the decline largely to better business conditions rather than seasonable work, with cotton picking not yet rising enough to affect totals, expected to peak in September.
In Williamson County near Beaukiss on the Allen farm two men died after a turkey feud turned violent. Pink Rolff was killed and Jones Allen fatally wounded. Jones Allen died later, with Hugh Allen describing events and accusations of turkey theft.
Former President Herbert Hoover says the deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in a plane crash are a terrible shock and a loss to Americans he has long admired. He praises their pioneer spirit and accomplishments and expresses deep personal sorrow.
Report from Athens says sixty Albanian government troops and rebels clashed 40 to 50 miles south of Tirana as rebels moved toward the capital. Two government leaders Djelal Aracitas and Colonel Gliiardi were reported killed, though questions arose over Colonel Gliardi’s identity with Brigadier General Leon Gagliardi killed yesterday. Verlazzi’s home, leader of one faction, is heavily guarded.
Oklahoma Governor FE S Marland expresses deep regret over the deaths of two prominent men in an Alaskan plane crash near Rogers. He calls it a world and state loss, praising their leadership and offering sympathy to their families and the nation.
Dun and Bradstreet reports weekly business survey finds increases replace customary declines for this season with retail gains modestly up from last week and wholesale activity strongest as buyers refresh depleted inventories and place long-postponed orders amid rising market.
Gatesville Texas August 164 Mrs Fthel Johnson of Dallas testified she did not kill her son Joe Dean Blankenship or his wife Bernice Davenport Blankenship during her trial for the alleged slaying of her daughter-in-law The charge to kill her son was dismissed She denied the accusations stating she would not have done it for any amount of money and seemed emotional on the stand
Washington dispatch says Col. Charles A. Lindbergh may pilot a mission to Alaska to supervise the return of the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who perished in a plane crash, as advised.
Thor Solberg nears the completion of a North Atlantic crossing as his seaplane lands at Thorshavn in the Faroe Islands at 1 P M GM T Today he pushes toward the final leg of the voyage.
Hollywood reels after the sudden death of aviators Will Rogers and Wiley Post in Alaska. Twentieth Century Fox executive Darryl Zanuck was too shocked to comment. Thirty of North Carolina's fifty senators are lawyers.
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