19 Aug 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1938
Page
1
Farmers may be employed on WPA projects as relief labor during farm off season, with special efforts to avoid relief classification for farmers and focus on water conservation work. Widow of novels hero Julie Sandoz dies in Alliance Nebraska.
Mrs Barbara Bird wife of Charles Bird was sentenced by Judge Samuel K Dennis to 30 days in jail after conviction as an accessory in one of Bird s seven holdups in Baltimore. The judge noted her expected child and did not want the second birth in jail. Her 14 month old son Charles Bird Jr resides with her parents in Cleveland.
Harold McKee flag leads a reward notice for a lost Argus candid camera in a black zipper case dropped at Buhler Field gate while tickets were being sold. A $5 reward is offered for its return. Contact Harold McKee at 4011 S Polk St or call 2-0078.
The Rev Henn Janssen, Evangelical Lutheran pastor at Krem, started a life prison sentence after pleading guilty to poisoning and burning the parsonage. Alma Kruckenberg, a 19 year old, was killed while pregnant. Janssen confessed, saying he did wrong and expressed remorse as he was sent to the state penitentiary.
In Croydon Elisa Krass, Germany's first air hostess, waves goodbye to 26 passengers from the new all metal monoplane Condor. A separate note reports a baby found in a Colton weed patch and Chicago hospital efforts to match footprints to eight months of births. A Mississippi River crash near New Madrid prompts Dorothy Tidwell, 12, to rescue three sisters from drowning.
The article notes strong mutual regard between the United States and Canada, describing Americans and Canadians as blood brothers with shared defense interests. It recalls earlier tensions but emphasizes growing closeness and a tacit mutual defense understanding between the two nations.
Members of the Amarillo Camera Club will meet Monday at 7 30 PM in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel to elect officers and display recent photos in a contest. Prints will be judged with prizes from local sponsors and mounted as they arrive. Each member may enter multiple groups but win only one prize.
A discussion shows Canadians hesitant to commit to fighting the United States even in a hypothetical war, with many insisting Canada would not fight its neighbor even if the unthinkable occurred and Britain were involved. Friends conceded the stance, noting strong anti war sentiment toward the prospect of United States conflict.
The Amarillo edition of the Sheriffs Association magazine highlights Sheriff Bill Adams and the department’s efficiency with photos of the sheriff's force. The convention runs August 31 to September 2 at the Herring Hotel with Ross Rogers welcoming sheriffs and El Paso’s Cris P. Fox delivering the response. A lie detector demonstration by George J. Lacey and events at Palo Duro Canyon are planned.
A thief shattered a window at Amarillo Band House on East Fifth Avenue to steal a gun valued at 17.50. Police report a cement block used to break the glass. other valuables like watches were left untouched.
A Public Works Administration grant of 3,077,181 dollars funds a 6,238,181 dollar program of Denver Colorado school improvements. The plan includes a new crippled children school six elementary schools six junior highs one senior high and additions to six elementary and four junior high schools.
Governor James V. Allred returns to office in Austin after illness and offers no comment on O Daniel's selections. He says his 4 year old son David is doing fine after a tonsillectomy.
Mrs Ed Pittman Sr remains hospitalized after a Monday afternoon automobile crash. Attendants at St Anthony's report she is doing fairly well with two broken arms a broken leg and chest injuries.
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