30 Aug 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1938
Page
1
A rambling column covers heat waves ending, drought concerns, and ongoing weather musings in the Plains. It notes a cool breeze, talk of a coming fair, and various local tidbits from Amarillo and nearby towns, including letters, notices, and community anecdotes.
Elmer Sowder of 1803 Fillmore Street asks for help locating a Montgomery Ward Hawthorne silver bicycle stolen Saturday evening at Gem Lake. He offers a reward and requests a phone contact. The notice also seeks immediate home sale due to a broken arm keeping a husband from work and a $550 mortgage on the house.
A reader seeks loan restructuring on a four room house at 319 Rover Street with base walls and porchs to recover equity, while multiple notices request work including housekeeping, farming, carpentry, waitress, clerical, and a ranch job from residents of Amarillo and nearby towns.
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Bove Lynch of 299 North East Fifth Avenue were held today at 11:30 AM at the N Griges and Son Funeral Chapel. Foster, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, officiated. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery.
Government dispatches say troops in southwestern Spain are punching holes in the insurgent front near Mstromadhura. Reorganized militiamen attack to the north in Puente del Arzobispo and near the Almaden mining country as part of a push against rebels.
Chairman C. V. Terrell and Commissioner Ernest C. Thompson signed the order as Lon A. Smith urged restraint on Sunday shut-ins but allowed two-day weekly closings. Sunday holidays persist for eight months with Saturday shutdowns in late May through June. The state set September production at 1,233,248 barrels daily, about 12 percent below the Bureau of Mines guidance, with exemptions for the Texas portion of the Tri State Rodessa field and related wells. District allowances for August 4, 18 and September 1 were listed by region, reflecting the new curb amid price cuts.
The Wednesday session featured Bert Ford of the Liquor Control Board leading a floor discussion on sheriffs' problems. Hon. Tom Connally spoke at 2 PM on liquor act revisions affecting minors, with state Rep. Jack Little and F. A. Gormley addressing enforcement topics. A banquet and dance followed at the Herring Hotel. Thursday offered a ladies’ breakfast at Capitol Hotel.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haakem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic for kidney and bladder issues. It promises relief from backache, night unrest, and irritation, asserting Haarlem, Holland origins guarantee results and a low price of 35 cents.
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