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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1936
Page
11
William J. Schwab a Minneapolis businessman and associate of Oklahoma oilman John Peacock died in a blaze at the Peacock home. The Peacocks were saved by firefighters as Schwab reportedly fought to reach a stairway but was driven back by flames. Police and fire reports cite a cigarette left burning in the sun room as the likely cause.
In Wyoming Aug 19 primary results show Townsend endorsed candidates trailing. Senator Robert D Carey leads A F Brubaker 8438 to 3318 for the senatorial nomination, from 282 of 676 precincts. Barrett tops the GOP congressional race with 7600 to EF L Brubaker’s 4629 in 288 precincts. In the Democratic senatorial contest H H Schwartz leads four rivals. Fire damage curbed at Narina Ontario as residents evacuate and bury belongings underground amid advancing forest fires.
For sale a 1984 Plymouth Touring sedan with 950 miles. Includes a liberal discount and a new car warranty. Fan favorite option features and general condition unspecified.
Kansas City market data shows hogs trading 11.25 to 11.40 with tops at 11.40 and cattle lighter losses across weights. Calves, sheep totals noted, with drivers including light feeders and grass fat. In Amarillo, Walgreens Drug Store at 8th and Polk announces application for a state city and county liquor license to sell packaged merchandise.
Fox Drug Co. with stores at 3522 Line Avenue and 401 East Fourth Avenue Amarillo Texas applied to the Texas Liquor Control Board for package store permits under the Texas Liquor Control Act. Signed Fox Drug Co. John Smithee Owner.
Fox Drug Stores located at 919 Tyler Street and 322 East 10th Avenue Amarillo Texas filed an application under FOX DRUG STORES with W R Wilson as owner.
The applicant seeks a Retail Liquor permit from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The permit would allow operations at 612 Taylor St., Amarillo, Texas, by Post Office Drug Co., Inc. R. O. Winkler is president.
Notice of a section 77B bankruptcy case in the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division. A hearing is set for September 7, 1936 at 10:00 a.m. in the Federal Building Amarillo to consider continuation or modification of a court order controlling the debtor Capitol Hotel Co Inc. Signed by Ed R Mayer president.
Displayed Mullins all steel utility trailers in the showrooms of Toney Chisum Inc Chrysler and Plymouth distributors at 1019 Polk Street. Red Cap Week Aug 16 highlights new luggage space trailers with window and showroom displays.
Ottawa reports government statistics show cigarette consumption rising from 4.401 billion in 1930 to 5.31 billion in 1935 with further increases this year. The rise is linked to widespread female smoking while cigar smoking declines from 152.159 million five years ago to 124.97 million last year.
Trouble-torn China faces threats to unity on three fronts. In the south, Kwangsi and Kwangtung oppose Nanking. The north fears Japanese penetration as Prince Teh Wang seeks an autonomous Inner Mongolian state. Communist forces move westward from Yunnan, Szechwan and Shensi toward Koko Nor and Sinkiang.
Richmond artist E A Bromm creates edible landscapes using icing candy and chocolate with trees of green icing fields of chocolate and cows of peppermint red. He frames and hangs the works though if a picture turns out badly he eats it. Sweden's per capita liquor consumption totals 4.96 quarts of spirits and one quart of wine with brann vin as the favorite distilled beverage.
Wednesday and Thursday listings show KGNC broadcasting a mix of music, news, dramatic features, orchestras, and sports scores from 3:00 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. on Wednesday with a sequence of programs and hour by hour.
In Hartford the March floods swept goldfish from a Bushnell Park pool and carried them to flooded offices. Four months later three fish were found alive in a small pool three miles away, having traveled via the Hockanum River and thriving after the waters subsided.
Walter Lindrum, world champion, set a new balkline world record with a 1796 break during an exhibition in Sydney Nova Scotia. The feat came under the balkline rule requiring crossing the balkline with the cue ball on each break between 180 and 200 points.
Rescue crews, led by Griffith, dig around a blocked drift in a coal mine after a fire. Air shaft escape is doubtful below 65 feet while damp gas and water threaten workers. Six miners were overcome by gas and carried out during the night as the effort continued with masks protecting crews. Exhibit notes report visitors to the California Exposition Palace of Education, with many from outside the state.
A reader lists references and willingness to work in housekeeping or child care. A young man offers truck or dairy work and can relocate. A 20 year old woman seeks housework and practical nursing. A 1936 high school ring was found and can be returned to Ben Myers Jr at 423 West 10th Ave.
New York reports Madeleine Carroll once taught algebra in an English girls’ school before entering motion pictures. She notes teaching trains an actress to control emotions, a key skill for screen success, and laments talent scouts overlooking the classroom as a source of new talent.
Utica report confirms Charley Zeb Leys tale as true when a fisherman returned with a 17 pound catfish after a long afternoon chase on Oneida Lake. The fish story, once doubted, now has solid proof.
The attorney general's department finds the county commission may appoint a public instruction superintendent to serve until November 3. If no election winner is chosen, the court may reappoint or the appointee serves until a successor qualifies. The post pays about $3 000 a year from state funds and oversees rural county schools.
Chief Engineer Coburn says Albuquerque is spending 700000 to build a new WPA funded airport and Amarillo should act now to secure future TWA plans. Aviation Day on Sept 16 will bring TWA officials and Commerce leaders to discuss a major west coast base between Kansas City and Los Angeles and a possible million dollar airport for Amarillo.
Archaeologists report a second Folsom campsite 15 miles from the Coffin site, covering a quarter square mile. Artifacts include quartzite scrapers and points in a charcoal layer 4 1/2 feet below the surface, excavated under Miss Marie Wormington and Miss Betty Holmes.
Marguerite Salle, a renowned artists’ model, says she has been painted or sketched about 5,000 times in nine years of posing for artists across London. She asserts she is the most painted woman in the world.
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