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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1935
Page
2
A rustic column discusses a hesitant rainy spell and its impact on wheat planting and cattle, mixed with personal anecdotes about peach gifts, news offices, and a planned Marine Band concert. The piece reflects frontier life with humorous asides and local references to Muleshoe Amarillo and the War Department.
Plans for the 14th annual Old Settlers gathering at the Tri-State Fair in Amarillo September 14 to 21 are advancing. John Isaacs of Canadian serves as association president with four vice presidents including W H Piqua Amarillo Milo W Claughlin Miami Henry B Lovet Pampa and Mrs Thomas Turner Amarillo. Special entertainment and speakers will be arranged by secretary treasurer Flored V Studer.
The page details KGNC weekend clock in 1930s style with a dense array of shows. Programs include News Commentary Lifebuoy Blue Ridge Bob Three Sea Girls Austin Meyers and Violin Confederacy Progr Sports Revue Tommy McLaughlin Musical Moments Roses of Picardy Dance Novelties Royal Pig Program Saion Musicale Hiss Billy Bands Sonny Southe's orchestra United Press News World Revue Texas League Finals and more through to late night.
A Del Rio Texas News clipping from August 19 1935 quotes a front page remark belittling Wiley Post and Will Rogers. The reader Fred Mozart of Roswell New Mexico criticizes the jab at Rogers and proposes rewording the attack to mock newspaper men.
A visiting correspondent vents sarcasm about Amarillo’s downtown and mentions encounters with doorways solicitors while warning of a Confederate Veterans convention. He rails against local noise and disarray, laments hunting rules, and critiques city life, labor, and bars during a long, mixed-sentence letter.
Preferred stockholders committee of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific proposes uniting three midwestern lines the Rock Island St Louis San Francisco and Chicago and Eastern Illinois to form a system with about 15000 miles of track offering direct access to Gulf ports Galveston Pensacola and connections at Mobile and New Orleans in a major consolidation.
The article discusses crucial war materials and their impact on Italy and Ethiopia. It asserts that supplies like cotton copper nickel steel and chemicals are vital for arms production and would empower Italy's munitions factories while leaving Ethiopia with little chance for resistance.
The United States consulate reported that two men detained earlier claimed to be American citizens. A consular official interviewed them and examined their papers. They appeared to be United States citizens, and the Chinese released them into the consulate's charge. The men are not Hankow residents.
A collection of brief notes covers economy hopes and budget guesses, medical and linguistic trivia, royal tax quirks, sports injuries, ancient customs, Washington breezes, Dr Harvey’s reception, Broadway plays, bees in industry, First Lady speech tempo, Arctic Eskimo practices, animal terms, Andersen lineage, Latin pound symbol, Rhodes selections, and Tokugawa era travel limits.
Pleading guilty to gaming charges, eight men paid $15 fines in corporation court after a raid on a downtown hotel room. Police Sergeant Elmer C. Green arraigned them. all were released before noon after paying.
Jacob A. Weiser, Little Theater director of New York, touring for MGM, visited Amario this morning for a hearing of local stage talent. Scenes from Quo Vadis were shown to the critic. Little Theater drama to be presented here September 13.
Governor Allred summons the 44th legislature to convene September 16 to address liquor regulation, stating it is his duty to give effect to the will of the people and that a special session is necessary. The date had been announced previously by the governor.
Mayor J Benson Newell reports no loss of life but widespread evacuation as adobe houses crumble and debris blocks streets. Flood waters recede at dawn after a 24 hour downpour saturates farms, with fear of Leesburg Dam breaking easing. one city side remains flooded and a 1875 flood is cited as worst in memory. Steve Stapleton, 28, is identified as the fifth victim in a Dragoon bus wreck found six miles downstream.
In Jennings Louisiana Aug 30 Robert Hooks a 34 year old Dallas businessman was seriously injured when his car overturned in a ditch near Iowa. He was hospitalized in Lake Charles while en route home. Amelia Earhart was the first to soar into the air at 5 18 A M after a delayed takeoff due to fuel tank trouble.
Kansas City cattle and hog markets show slow, uneven activity with better hogs and higher bids for loads going to shippers. Calves and vealers steady to higher while sows and feed steers edge up. meat and lamb markets display modest gains in this trading session.
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