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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
2
A reader forecasts more rain in the Texas Panhandle within 24 hours and reflects on Will Rogers, Coolidge, and pacifism. The piece laments war risks, urges self defense, distrusts pacifists, and warns of a future dictatorship if current policies continue.
Oklahoma Congressman P L Gassaway announces a rift with Governor Marland over federal projects and district autonomy. He vows not to tolerate meddling by the governor and his commissions, signaling a clash within the state’s New Deal alignment. Gassaway represents Oklahoma’s fourth district.
The forecast from the U S Weather Bureau predicts possible cooling showers this afternoon and tomorrow across the Panhandle north and west sections, sweeping in from eastern and north central New Mexico. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with local showers and cooler temperatures. The day's high reached 90 degrees at noon, not expected to exceed yesterday's 92.
In Minneapolis the Strut wear Knitting Company factory, closed last Friday by a labor disturbance, reopened today as several hundred pickets confronted a police guard of 70. An officer fired into the air to disperse the crowd. clubs and fists followed briefly. One employee escorting girls inside reportedly struck by a rock.
The House today brought up the amended Cressey Will to establish a railroad pension system replacing that outlawed by the Supreme Court.
Fort Myers Florida August 1940 O J Hall superintendent of the Marianna Groves and Marianna Light and Power Company was found dead near the city limits his head blown to bits Magistrate John Ro West ruled the man killed himself by placing dynamite in his mouth and lighting the fuse the widow and one son survive
Fragmented OCR reads as a reader letter about trades or bets and mentions lost comforts and a person named Tray with a small amount $5.32. It is unclear but appears to be a humorous or confused sports related note. The piece references Team A and Tack and a buyer or dealer but lacks clear context or dates.
A detailed Tuesday schedule lists KGNC programming from morning through evening, including News Commentary Lifebouy Music Ozzie Nels Waltz Time Dinner Dance Sports Re id Musical Moments Baseball Broadcast and various daily features. The listing also shows time blocks for Farm Hour Grain Markets Reveille Morning Varieties Luncheon Musicale and other shows with hosts and topics.
Two Hartley County farmers, C. R. Wiseman and Earl Smith, were released to home confinement after arraignment on federal liquor law violations. They face grand jury proceedings next month as agents seized multiple stills and mash from Wiseman’s Channing area farm.
A tropical disturbance of moderate intensity centers about 400 miles northeast of Turks Island and moves northwest toward the Caribbean. The U S Weather Bureau cautions vessels along the disturbance path, and unofficially it appears unlikely to reach the U S mainland.
Cotten urges Ama rillo to enroll not less than 2000 members in the local Confederate Veterans camp to justify entertaining veterans. The city pledges to feed and house guests over four days, with Junior Welfare League backing a broad membership drive to support Sons of Confederate Veterans. The campaign begins Thursday with 120 women assisting in the effort.
A garbled fragment notes a radio stunt by Fowler and Yada involving a rebroadcast on standard waves. The passage hints at traffic law violations and a broadcast risk, with responders frightened by the noise and imitators. The text is incoherent but implies a potentially regular stunt.
The Birdbrand Cowboys, five troubadours of the range, will appear in Amarillo on August 20 and 22 with a full cowboy outfit and a repertoire including Round Up Time in Texas and Home On the Range. The group broadcasts on WFAA-WBAP Mondays and Tuesdays at 11:15 A.M. and features instruments such as fiddle banjo guitar accordion and harmonica.
A sea lion named Oscar was spotted cruising around the government pier area during a Nanling expedition. Authorities pursued the pilfering sea creature as it chased fish near the Mihigan nets and considered exhibiting Oscar at the Jaral son exhibit. Local observers report curious behavior and a lighthearted mood as the animal interacted with boats and fishermen.
An unclear OCR fragment from New Orleans dated August 17 references a race or event with garbled names and phrases. It mentions Semmes Watnetes, Thames, and mispelled terms with scattered references to wives, cops, and payments, yielding no coherent report or outcome.
Fragmented OCR fragment mentions names and dates with unclear events. No cohesive article context or complete actions. readable entities include Paris and a few personal names, but specifics are too garbled to confirm the event or outcome.
E R Tibbetts, an insurance man from San Antonio Texas, began an aerial search for Burnside Smith of Indianapolis Indiana. Smith has been missing since Thursday during a plane flight from Helena Montana to Denver.
The Alaskan aviation pioneer Crosson recounts scattering the ashes of explorer Doc Holmes on Mount McKinley while a search party recovered a Boston man's body from a glacier. Holmes praises Crosson's skill, notes his private Fairbanks to Juneau flights, and recalls a perilous descent without parachutes.
Reports from Addis Ababa and Rome on August 19 indicate growing momentum for an impending Italian assault on Ethiopian forces. The official Gazette lists suppressions of commodity exchanges in ten Italian cities as authorities anticipate conflict and a suspended Paris tri‑power conference amid tension with Haile Selassie’s government.
Kansas City livestock sales show mixed steady to lower cattle and veal with prices in the 10.28 to 11.50 range and hogs around 11.40 to 11.90 for various weights while cattle supply remains meager. In New Orleans cotton, open trading weak with prices sliding from 11.02 to 11.25 as traders await Washington's announcement.
Senator Connally of Texas marks his 58th birthday in Washington with a light note about his age. In Galveston, Louis Seale of League City is jailed on murder charges for the death of his six month old daughter, whose body was found in Clear Creek Saturday morning.
At the Texas proration hearing in Austin on August date in the report, tract owners urged the railroad commission to base oil production on acreage in Fast Texas. Geologist Francis Heath argued the current allocation method clashes with a Supreme Court ruling in Brown v Humble Oil. Meanwhile Gordon Griffin of the commission said East Texas reservoir pressure fell less than two pounds in a month and urged no change to the allowable factor.
Milton M. West age 29 dies at home at 406 North Lincoln Street after a month of ill health. He worked for Pinkney Packing Company until recently and was a Baptist Church member. Survived by widow Lois West, mother Mamie West of Amarillo, three brothers Wv. B. West Borger John FE West Eldorado Okla R. C. West Amarillo, three sisters Lucille West Borger Mrs R L Cowger Amarillo and Mrs C C Crump Sibley La. Funeral arrangements by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home will be announced on arrival of relatives.
Alfred J. Barnes Mahoning County deputy treasurer was robbed of 5800 in cash and 15000 in checks as he carried funds to the bank. A lone man held him up and escaped with the money in Youngstown Ohio on August 19.
Henry Munsch 37 a Rosebud undertaker died in a Marlin hospital from a black widow spider bite suffered during a fishing trip Saturday night.
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