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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1937
Page
3
New Texas laws from the 45th legislature take effect 90 days after adjournment, with disputes over exact dates. A stricter driving license law for new drivers, a state dog law tied to local option votes, and a license requirement for second hand oil field equipment are among changes, plus a Dallas County restricted secret societies act.
Amarillo Truckmen conclude Motor Transportation Week with an 8:30 pm banquet at the Amarillo Hotel following a 2 pm parade through the business district. Henry English of Lufkin heads the Texas Motor Transportation Association as main speaker. Bill Boyce oversees ceremonies. other speakers include Mark Marshall T R C Dallas Tilden Childs and Frank Johnson. An orchestra will provide music. R M Brown leads parade arrangements. Ben Andis presides local group. Clyde Bassett treasurer-secretary.
In hot weather digestion slows and symptoms include gas belching nausea dizziness and sluggish bowels. Calotabs promise relief as an improved calomel tablet with salts. trial package ten cents and family pack twenty five cents at drug stores.
In San Antonio the Knights of Columbus enter day two of their 15th international convention amid a diplomatic flare caused by Archbishop Drossaerts accusing Mexico’s government of religious oppression. Acting Consul Quinones urged dialogue with Mexican prelates as delegates planned secret conferences and sightseer excursions.
A delegation of at least 25 Hanson Post members will attend the State American Legion Convention in San Angelo starting Saturday afternoon. Plans for the motorcade were set at the last meeting. Mr and Mrs Wil M Benton will depart tomorrow with Mrs Benton as state Auxiliary president. Amarillans will leave early Saturday. Delegates include retiring commander Sam Page and new commander S F Rose, George Broome, and Floyd Sloan.
Port Orford in Curry County reinterred Ralph J Summers one of nine men who fought Indians at Battle Rock in 1881. Summers burial now rests in a crypt carved of rock atop the rock. The project honors the men who endured sand and sun glare in the desert.
The Amarillo city commission introduced a first reading ordinance granting privilege to extend industrial tracks by the Santa Fe along the Johnson Grant alley from Second to Third Avenue and east of Pierce Street between Thirtieth and Thirty first Avenues. A concrete loading dock may be built by Amarillo Hardware at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street.
Nearly a score of Texas radiologists will join the Fifth International Congress of Radiology in Chicago September 13 to 17. Dr John H Vaughan of Amarillo is listed among attendees. The program at the Palmer House features extensive X ray and radium science exhibits with participants from 30 nations and four continents.
The Tri-State Fair Grounds will open offices soon, likely Monday, to handle concessionaires exhibitors and those seeking space for commercial displays. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee is a major early buyer in power machinery. Daily broadcasts planned from the Allis-Chalmers booths as the crystal celebration nears. Catalogs listing over $20 000 in cash premiums will be released early next week.
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