Rainy spell forecast with heavy showers in large areas
The forecast warns of continued rain with heavy showers across large spots. Moisture remains scarce, so any rainfall over a quarter inch is notable.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1935
Page
2
The forecast warns of continued rain with heavy showers across large spots. Moisture remains scarce, so any rainfall over a quarter inch is notable.
A three aboard plane from Indianapolis crashed on Laramie Peak near 11,000 feet. Dick Arnett, 26, his wife Eleanor Arnett, 28, and Burnside Smith, 47, were killed. A Denver party found the burned wreckage late yesterday confirming all aboard died at impact.
A disjointed report notes a burial associated with a national cemetery. It mentions a CW post, a body found in a field, and shipment by train to Arlington National Cemetery. A captain named Harvey is described as having shot himself in quarters, with incomplete location data.
A detailed KGNC broadcast grid lists 4:00 to 8:45 PM daily programs including News Commentary Lifebouy Waltz Time Dinner Dance Music Confederacy Program and night segments with sports, musical moments, drama, and United Press News. The lineup continues with baseball broadcasts, orchestral pieces, weather, market reports, and various talk and variety shows.
Antonio Pons, former minister of government Premiers, was sworn in as President of Ecuador to succeed Jose M Velasco Ibarra who was arrested last night. The commissioning followed the constitution amid previous confusion over the succession.
ALBANY NY Aug 21 Frances Perkins secretary of labor appealed to states to create old age pension and unemployment insurance systems. She told the Federation of Labor that social security has only begun and will require state action, praising Roosevelt and noting NRA effects remain despite the Supreme Court nullification.
Governor Alfred announces two appointments to fill offices vacated by Judge PA. Martin of Wichita Falls who takes oath September 6 as associate justice of the Fort Worth Court of Civil Appeals W. C. Davis of Bryan to succeed Martin on the Civil Judicial Council and George J. Davenport of Eastland to become presiding judge of the eighth judicial administrative district Martin will succeed Justice Hal H. Lattimore who resigned from the appellate court
A brief item notes that minutes show no comment on neutrality legislation at this time, continuing from page 1. The record preserves the official stance without additional details or names.
A fragmentary report outlines an increase in air force officers and airmen, totaling about 40 482 personnel with 3 000 graduates, and mentions registration at a base in Africa and Tinva amid broader military expansion.
Garland Key 24 of Borger received last rites at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. EF B Fincher officiating. Interment followed at Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers were Borger residents and Phillips Petroleum colleagues. Coroner ruled death by self inflicted gunshot.
State and federal governments may claim nearly one million dollars in inheritance taxes from the estate of Will Rogers. Officials estimated the estate at about five million dollars and calculated taxes totaling 913,570 with 237,270 due to the state and 676,300 to the federal government.
Manila reports Japanese Consul General PK Uchiyama offered to purchase the entire newstand shipment of Vanity Fair containing a caricature of Emperor Hirohito, which Japan deemed offensive. The news agency declined to sell, citing existing stand orders for the shipment due Wednesday.
County officials dispute a verbal court order and its omission from minutes. County Clerk Ved Blaeburn asserts any order would only exist if recorded during his absence. The dispute risks disenfranchising several county workers including janitors and probation officers amid testimony on oath and appointing rules.
Gladys Wallis Insull, once leading lady behind the footlights, faces harsher stagecraft in a courtroom as she supports her husband’s trials. Her charm cures critics, she recalls a 1925 Chicago benefit where Boxes sold for up to $1,000. She now rides buses, values a modest suite, and favors simple life lessons over grandeur. The piece threads in a watch found after eight years near Phillipsburg and a Sun spot temperature of 4,700 C, noting language usage and common words.
New Orleans reports show cotton futures gaining early due to bullish weather and stronger cables, with October at 11.83 rising to 12.24, December touching 12.24 after an initial jump. Traders mixed on the government new crop loan policy uncertainty as trading progressed.
Aug. 21 news reports printer Louis Vieck was ordered by Judge Peter Schwaba to refrain from feeding his baby while his wife Almeda seeks divorce. Vieck believes babies should be fed whenever they cry, a claim disputed in court.
Mrs Marie Sisler 28 pointed a toy gun at two burglars who entered her Chicago home. the intruders fled. The incident was reported by WU on August 21.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an incident involving a doctor named Jack Wolfe, a hospital, and a confrontation. The text references pulling hair, iodine treatment, a police call, and an arrest linked to a hospital scene but remains unclear and fragmented.
Governor Allred telegraphed Lester R Letch of Dallas as representative of garment manufacturers asking if they will accept arbiter findings if one is appointed, to set a fair, com parison based settlement after garment workers requested arbitration in Texas.
The body of Michael La Capra, 37, once Kansas City gangster who informed on the Union Station massacre, was found shot in the head near Plattekill New York. He had implicated Verne Miller Pretty Boy Floyd and Adam Richetti as killers of four officers and a convict. He also alleged John Lazia provided protection and escorted the killers from town.
A Harlan County grand jury indicted nineteen state and national guard officers for troop movements during the Aug 3 gubernatorial primary. Adjutant General Henry H Denhardt was also indicted for contempt of court and was reported en route to defy Judge James M Gilbert who issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith told a Knights of Columbus dinner last night that communism and socialism as practiced in the Soviet Union Germany and Mexico will not gain a foothold in the United States. He cited common sense and brains in this country as a barrier to those doctrines.
Hollywood reports actress Marjorie White, 27, died from injuries from an automobile collision that occurred yesterday.
Sloan wounded in World War and may continue as service officer in Amarillo performing duties free of charge. Burger says leadership in civic and Legion affairs will not be lost. Sloan departs Sept 15 and will attend state convention in Dallas Sept 13 with Hanson Post delegation plans and hotel rooms reserved.
E F Hyatt, Pleasant Valley auto mechanic, appeared in county court on an aggravated assault charge after his arrest by city police. His wife Mrs Hyatt testified he beat her while intoxicated. Bond was set at 300 with trial scheduled for September 3.
Amarillo residents sought shade as humidity rose despite moderate temperatures. Weatherman H. T. Collman blamed still air for heat discomfort and forecast more thundershowers potentially easing the heat. Maximum noon reading hit 89. yesterday reached 92. August rainfall totals stand at 2.76 inches, 3.08 inches below normal.
Smoke from campfires marks the 14th annual reunion of cowpunchers at the T-Anchor range in Wraggle's Park north of Canyon. Tomorrow honors those who rode the range before December 31, 1895. Cecil Walker of Hereford is president. A noon steak fry will follow.
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