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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1935
Page
2
A male pointer, mostly white with liver ears, left in Old Tack’s yard Saturday morning, may be returned for a $16 reward or information. No collar, tail carried high. Call 6955 or The Globe News office at 262.
A reader asks for a liberal reward if a male white Rat Terrier with black markings is returned after going missing last Thursday. Also several readers seek domestic help jobs, offering housework, care for children, and light nursing. contact details and preferences listed.
County commissioners weigh a new salary law tied to fees paid to officers. Auditor H G Hamrick would deduct quarters if fees fall short, with deputies and jail costs funded from officer salaries. Precinct officers to stay on a fee basis, while sheriffs face option on car and payroll structures amid graft concerns.
W F Scott known as dean of trainers and horsemen in the Panhandle died last night at age 60 after two years ill health. He owned Wolflin Stables in Amarillo and trained Lady Joy owned by Mrs A R Anderson. Survived by four sons Everett Scott Finus Scott JL M Scott and Fred Scott and daughter Mrs Bob Wooten, all of Amarillo. Body at Griggs Chapel with funeral arrangements pending.
Pacific Coast shipowners urge the federal government to enforce laws amid a dispute with maritime unions. Counsel Flisha Hanson says the union federation dominates and would force a shutdown if the government does not act. Hanson filed formal charges with the Department of Justice alleging interference with interstate commerce.
News comes of Patsy Daley two year old daughter of Mrs. Allen Daley of Fort Worth who died after an automobile crash that also injured Mrs Daley. Daley’s sister is Eunice Morris an employee of Russell Stationery, daughter of Lessie McGilvray. Mrs McGilvray left for Fort Worth as details remain unavailable.
Washington sources report state department and congressional leaders to meet with President Roosevelt late today to discuss proposed legislation aimed at keeping the United States out of war. In Texas, Senator W B Collie becomes acting governor as Allred and Woodul are away. In Minnesota, Mayo Clinic surgeons operate on Governor Floyd B Olson but fail to remove a stomach growth due to inflammation.
The page reports Lindberghs disembarking in Liverpool with crowds saluting as they leave, while Lindbergh intends to establish a home in England yet keep American citizenship. It notes business ties to aviation and speculation on motives during Hauptmann’s execution.
Potter County records show December divorces and licenses, with 22 divorces in two district courts and 44 marriage licenses issued by Deputy Clerk Pauline Beil. The year 1935 saw prohibition repeal, old age pensions, and widespread investigations shaping Texas politics, with reforms in liquor, security laws, driver licensing, and rural aid. Sarah T. Hughes becomes Texas’s first female district judge.
A local vendor forecasts expanding sales in 1936 while Am arillo leaders promote goodwill and cattle industry optimism. Jay Taylor predicts the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention will be the biggest ever as cattle prices rise and cowmen are financially ready to register. Citizens share mixed 1935 reflections and city events for New Year’s Eve include church watch parties Shrine Dance and dances at the Coun try Club and Masonic Temple.
On the last day of the old year Italian troops emerged from a month of bitter fighting and prepared for further bloodshed. They were confident the fiercest battles lay ahead as rifles were cocked and bayonets readied.
The report notes Italian forces advance less than 75 miles into Ethiopia's north while southern advances stalled. It describes a jagged 80 mile mountainous front from Makale toward Aksum, with Eritrean and Somaliland troops to unite. American counties range from 25 to 20,000 square miles.
Los Angeles authorities recalled veteran director Roland West to aid the grand jury probing Thelma Todd's death. West, 49, had claimed Todd died by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning and denied any quarrel or violence, while revealing new details of their business relationship after Todd was found dead in their garage on December 16.
Gen Eleazar Lopez Contreras was elected president to serve the unexpired term of the late dictator Juan Vicente Gomez who died two weeks ago. Contreras had been provisional president and faces a country recently rocked by rioting that left about 150 dead.
Three more entrants appear in KGNC weekly amateur announcer contest in Amarillo. Dudley Caldwell Alton Baxwell and James Callahan join the lineup sponsored by Adkisson and Baker. New Year Eve program airs at 9 45 PM and starts a three part series with future broadcasts set for Thursday and Friday nights.
Robert Clifford Oden, 3, son of Mr and Mrs J A Oden of Dawn, died at 6 15 pm Monday at home after brief pneumonia illness. Funeral 10 30 am Wednesday at Hereford Baptist Church with Rev B N Sheppard officiating. Burial Hereford Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Paris German ambassador Roland Koester dies of pneumonia at the American Hotel in Paris.
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