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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1935
Page
2
A weather outlook warns of an approaching storm Saturday with a brief Indian summer end. Football preview highlights Wichita Falls as a heavy, experienced opponent aiming to outpace the Sandies, plus cautions on crowd behavior and police presence at the park.
Last rites for Elrod, a retired contractor, were to be conducted today at Jeclock chapel, with Dr. C Grimes of Polk Street Methodist Church leading. Burial followed at Liano Cemetery. Pallbearers included his two sons Rolo Jr and Kenneth, and several sons-in-law.
A detailed radio lineup lists 6:00 to 12:00 with programs: The Sky Pilot Farm and Home Hour Reveille Program with John Josey Ukelele Ike The Singing Salesman Betty Crocker Top Hat selections Griddle Cake News Arthur Curtis Baritone Grain and Produce Markets Hall Keen and his Orchestra and multiple news and music segments.
A reader letters page features varied pleas and anecdotes from readers seeking work and companionship. Notes from Tack include humorous global references and requests for employment, romance, and radio program insights amid a busy community bulletin.
A reader seeks assistance to feed five children and offers to work after January 1. They provide two addresses and request return of a lost black and white Parker fountain pen found at the post office. They ask the Am arillo Business College to return the item.
A fragment describes a lost pigeon described as a slow flyer with blue and brown colors and singing traits. The note notes the bird cannot stand or fly well. A separate line mentions a young woman seeking cafe, housekeeping, or care work.
Lyn don Foster publisher of The Equalizer a monthly pamphlet attacked city figures was wounded in the arms and face when a bomb wrecked his apartment. Slugs embedded in walls and furniture. area shaken. Foster blamed political enemies for the blast.
Last contributors to the Community Christmas Tree fund include Mrs. M C Thompson John S McKnight Mrs Elizabeth Herring and B J Barfield with gifts totaling beyond 250 dollars. A Peterson, chairman of a special American Legion committee, reports plans for a Christmas party Tuesday night at the auditorium and Christmas sacks for 3,000 children.
Bill Beechler head of the Chamber of Commerce good will committee appeals for courtesy cars to transport Wichita Falls visitors arriving Saturday for the Amarillo Wichita Falls football game. Cars are not needed for the Santa Fe train arrival but are needed at the Capitol Hotel from 1 45 p m until game time to shuttle guests. Amarillo residents are urged to help.
The passage recalls 13 men with visible deprivation who, moved by years, shed tears as they praised Amarillo residents for opening their hearts and purses to the afflicted marooned by poverty.
The Meritt Modern Cottages at 1525 East Tenth Avenue and the Fl Blanco at 2408 West Sixth Avenue faced misfortune as a pair of incidents affected the tourist camps.
Missouri-Kansas-Texas chairman Sloan told directors December revenue runs 24 percent ahead of last year. He noted higher average revenue per car, first since October 1931, due to a heavier movement of high class commodities and an optimistic outlook across the Southwest.
In Chicago on December 19 a federal judge weighed whether newspaper stories and editorials are admissible as evidence in the Drake estate mail fraud trial. Prosecutor Austin Hal sought to read to the jury seized clips from a police raid last April on the Chicago headquarters of the estate scheme promoters. Defense attorney Oberter Hall argued the News commentary was competent evidence. A Cassette noted a warning in seminars involving participants in the alleged school years. The deceased is Mrs Mattie Blend. Survivors include his wife and four daughters.
Ethiopian commander Ded Jarmatch Avale announced a major victory near Aksim after a Western Takkaze River engagement. Italian aerial and ground counter moves pursued Ethio pians, who reported heavy fighting and partial encirclement on the Makale front as both sides claimed gains.
Thirteen men in a Santa Fe program study social conditions and pledge to help the city’s needy. Engineer F A Hagaart praised their work and contributed pennies from a sack of over $2 to a class adoption fund. An additional 100 doughnuts from Bronson Home Bakery and groceries valued at $25 were distributed to the men.
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