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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
2
The piece praises the Sandies as championship contenders, cites past seasons, and notes weather, crowd behavior, and local figures. It weaves football optimism with anecdotes about coaches, players, and community, including a weather forecast and various local happenings.
A mother seeks help to buy boots and trousers for her nine year old daughter who, under a doctor’s care, has thrived when wearing them. Unemployed, she asks Tack for assistance or a work permit and offers to pay or sew in return to prevent health decline possibly leading to TB.
An article urges parents to curb laughter at children's mistakes and misunderstandings. It advises praising efforts, correcting calmly, and avoiding superiority. Notes readers to use dictionaries for pronunciations and to respond with respect to encourage confidence.
The Coast Guard and the Navy may gain authority to pursue violators of a Geneva treaty to protect dwindling whale stocks. Senator Norberg of South Dakota introduces a bill asking Congress to empower the services to perform this new policing role.
In Chicago on December 18 the Drake estate mail fraud trial shifted attention to Texas as alleged victims from the Longhorn country testified or were subpoenaed. Prosecutors name four Texas defendants J Lucas Fox Pharr Guy O Walk Laferia J D Gough Harlingen and L M Davis Harlingen as part of a wider scheme to gain control of Sir Francis Drake estate funds.
The Amarillo Philharmonic plans a striking program featuring Dvorak Slavonic dances and the New World Symphony. The concert includes two Negro spirituals arranged by T Duncan Stewart sung by David McPherson. Other works by Mendelssohn Rimsky Korsakoff Ivanoff and Guion close the program. Mr Stewart will offer brief notes and membership cards are honored at the door. The 8 pm concert allows attendance at the Little Theater Actors Ball at the Nat afterward.
Two men claiming escape from Reno federal prison are sought in Houston for kidnapping Corsicana salesman A S Beavers and robbing two theater messengers of 2851. Beavers was abducted at Corsicana Saturday night and driven to Houston with a pistol to threaten his life. Police believe the same pair robbed Bob Hart and Arnold Bell of 1700.75 and 1050.25 respectively as theater guards escorted a bank run.
Former President Herbert Hoover prepared a sharp critique of the New Deal for an address before the John Marshall Republican Club of St Louis. He planned to reply to President Roosevelt and analyze New Deal spending and relief as part of a national radio broadcast at 9 P M Central Standard Time.
Bond of 1500 dollars for I F E Hawkins and J C Davis set by a U S Commissioner. Both Pampans jailed in Potter County on alleged Mann Act violations. They are charged with transporting Mrs V B Saunders from Oklahoma City to Pampa for immoral purposes in federal court.
The Philippine Clipper landed in Manila today with the second air mail cargo from Alameda California. The 8,000 mile maiden flight occupied 60 hours 4 minutes, the same time as the China Clipper for the first transpacific airmail crossing.
A $720000 damage suit filed by Mrs TD Lewis and 11 heirs to the TD Lewis estate against Philip Wolfe and the Badger On Company was continued to the January term of the 47th District Court because one defendant is ill. The case involves 2870 acres of oil lands in the Carson and Hutchinson County field and accuses Wolfe as administrator of fraudulent sale to the oil firm. In Dallas, two men robbed the Gorman Baking Company office of $1700 today, fleeing in a small coupe.
A Pampa man faces federal charges related to a Dyer Act violation for allegedly transporting a stolen car from Tulsa Oklahoma to Pampa. A $1,500 bond was set by the federal commissioner. his wife Hare Fliss was released on a similar bond.
Treasury data for December reports receipts of 4 271 63 for the month and a fiscal year total since July of 1 627 527 895 24 with expenditures of 1 533 323 905 27 in emergency spending. Gross debt stands at 29 595 197 931 44, down 1 001 184 00 from the prior day, with gold assets at 10 688 142 636 45.
J F Uncle Bud Ledbetter famed for law enforcement in old Indian Territory celebrated his 88th birthday. Born December 15, 1852 in Arkansas he moved to Muskogee in 1894 as deputy U S marshal and helped capture Al Jennings before retiring to a farm in 1928.
In New Orleans today a $13,000,000 rail vehicular bridge over the Mississippi River above New Orleans opens as part of Huey P. Long's vast public works. Dignitaries attend the ceremonies. Miss Rose Long will open the highway traffic with a ribbon cut, and Miss Augusta Walmsley will dedicate the railroad section.
The Sunday School and B Y P U of Mt Zion Church will stage Bethlehem a Christmas Pageant on Sunday evening December 22. The pageant uses a Bethlehem background transforming the church front into a panoramic scene with shepherds and plains. The Roland B Hayes musical society will assist with the music. Further announcements will follow.
The meeting debated naming a convention site free of presidential ties and whether to grant three extra delegates at large to states that voted Republican in 1928 while only six states backed Hoover in 1932. Talmadge urged a Southern Jeffersonian Democratic Atlantic convention to oppose Roosevelt and avoid a third party split.
City and county officers hailed the crowd at the Sannche San Angelo football game for not drinking. Sheriff Bill Adams and Chief W R McDowell commended thousands of attendees and credited a rigid anti drinking campaign with the observed good behavior.
Washington dispatch notes many state and local authorities urge continued federal spending for relief as Roosevelt shapes plans for next year. Governors from Iowa and Nebraska met in Washington as the National Conference of Mayors presses for ongoing federal relief amid broader calls to curb expenditures.
Southern Great Plains soil studies leaders Mr Finnell and Dr H V Gieb visited Amarillo this week. H E Fariss and staff rushed to install office fixtures and records. The duration of the temporary headquarters remained unclear as officials expected several days to set up in the present location.
Washington Dec 16 The Bureau of Plant Industry reports that only six of 18 tree varieties planted in 1915 1916 and 1917 for little shelterbelts remain satisfactorily growing. The surviving species are Chinese Elm Green Ash Chokeecherry Boxelder Siberian Pea-tree and Buffalo Berry.
The Community Christmas tree fund gained 60 dollars this morning with 35 from the Kiwanis Club and 25 from the Elks Club. A. Peterson reports the event aims to serve 2,500 to 3,000 children at the Auditorium on Christmas Eve with candy nuts and fruit. The American Legion sponsors the party and needs more funds, now about 225 dollars, to reach a 400 dollar goal. Checks may be left at local banks, Herring and Amarillo Hotels, or The Globe News office.
An advertisement promotes Penetro Salve claiming 113 to 227 percent more medication than leading cold salves and featuring old fashioned mutton suet. It describes two ways it relieves a cold through vapors and circulation, and lists Penetro Drops and Nose Drops with trial sizes and prices.
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