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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1935
Page
2
The column salutes the Sandies and Blair Cherry after a strong win in Dallas. It praises the Panhandle power, mentions upcoming stars Wild Horse Mav and Ricketts, and notes local reflections on traffic, court cases, and humorous anecdotes from the fan scene.
Hale Center teacher J L Hood, 3%, jailed on a mail fraud charge amid an 18 month scheme. Amarillo inspector A O Curry says Hood used fake names and worthless checks to obtain merchandise, shipping to surrounding towns. Hood released on $1,000 bond pending grand jury in Fort Worth January 6. He was arraigned recently. curry warns the rising mail order racket.
In Chicago this afternoon a West Side apartment shooting left two women dead and a man and a boy wounded. Victims identified as Miss Iila Voormas, 17, and Miss Penelope Mikes, age unknown. Wounded were Louis Voormas, 16, and Philip Mikes, 34. Police say Philip Mikes did the shooting. motive unknown.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McEntire of 811 Georgia Street was buried today at Memorial Park Cemetery. Funeral services were held at Boxwell Bros. Chapel with Rev. H. C. Smith of San Jacinto Methodist Church presiding. The three day old child died Saturday night and is survived by the parents and siblings Vernon and Mildred.
Readers post help requests for work including housekeeping nursing and farm tasks. Messages seek a housekeeper, a nurse, a farm or service job, and a town resident asks for a washing machine loan in exchange for weekly laundry. Names and addresses appear with brief contact details.
Italy voices strong objections to France and Britain over frontier security and Italian citizens in a cabinet meeting. Andre Tardieu resigns from the Republican center after criticizing Reynaud’s stance on Britain and Laval. Reports from Desire claim the king orders stronger action against invaders in Filippia.
The article recalls Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett’s World War I command of the First American Army Corps and later leadership of the army of occupation in Coblenz Germany. Since retirement he and his wife lived quietly in the area. A fragment mentions a canoeing trip near Maw Grove Creek WV and a prehistoric earthwork near Mindsville dating a basal diameter of 7 feet and height of 70 feet.
Dee Hutton oil field contractor and foreman for Shamrock Oil Company was severely hurt when a dynamite stick exploded after a misfire. He is at St Anthony's Hospital in critical condition with eye and facial injuries but doctors expect to save sight in one eye. His wife says he will recover from additional injuries including a broken right arm. The Huttons live in Dumas and have resided there 18 years.
HILO Hawaii Dec 30 Dr Thomas A Jaggar government volcanologist said army aerial bombing of Mauna Loa showed the lava threat to Hilo water supply was virtually imperceptible early today He described the bombs dropped last Friday as giving the eruption a real shock and noted the lava movement slowed within three miles of the city.
Funeral arrangements for Joe Stout 54 lingering after death in a local hospital. He died three days after admission and resided at 210 North Tyler Street. Survivors include Walter Stout brother of Wichita Kansas and Mrs. John Walr sister of Liberal Missouri. Body at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. The rest of the item notes an earthquake in Strasbourg France and southwestern Germany with two shocks recorded before dawn.
Jack Svahn, freed two weeks earlier after a five year manslaughter sentence, told police of an 18 minute pursuit in a stolen police car in which a radio supposedly directed his actions. He said the radio warned of a stolen squad car and keyed him to routes as officers closed in, culminating in a police shooting that wounded him.
The Dogie Club, a negro boys group, reports a perfect 1935 record with over 100 members at the North Heights water hole roundup. Bones Hooks cites no juvenile court cases in 16 months and calls for greater membership as the club aims to improve. The group thanks Alpha Kappa Omega for a Christmas dinner contribution and Paramount Theater for a free Christmas Day show.
Edward V. Clark secretaries to Governor Allred announced there would be no clemency for C. B. James who faces execution shortly after midnight for murdering his 19 year old common law wife. The pardon board member recommended a 10 day stay to review the case. No clemency filing was on record.
Speaker Byrns pushed the air force as a spearhead of national defense and touted an Alaska base and Hawaiian fortifications as essential. He warned that preparedness is good insurance against war, as Congress debates a large defense budget opposed by some Midwest lawmakers and farm groups. Secretary Dern proposed buying 800 planes annually for five years.
Hollywood December 30 James Cagney’s spat with Warner Brothers continues as he returns from a yachting trip. He is off the paylist temporarily while talks focus on his workload and creative control. Friends deny a salary demand, saying the issue centers on fewer films and input on stories and casting.
A classic 1940s advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a guaranteed remedy for persistent coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims rapid relief by soothing inflamed membranes and loosening germ laden phlegm, with druggist guarantees and money back if unsatisfied.
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