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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
3
J. H. Cyclone Davis, 85, longtime Texas prohibition advocate and former at large congressman, died yesterday at his Kaufman home. A South Carolina native, he spent most of his life in Texas after a early career as a schoolteacher.
The bearded Davis, a 21 year lawyer and the last survivor among 70 prominent workers who backed William Jennings Bryan in 1900, died after a life in law politics and reform. He worked on Bryan, Wilson campaigns and served as Franklin County judge at 26. He long supported Grange and Labor causes and lived in Sulphur Springs since 1935 where funeral services will be held.
The Junior American Legion Auxiliary gathered in the new Legion Hall Tuesday afternoon with Regina Doane presiding. They planned an entertainment for mothers and friends, discussed veteran outreach at the new hospital, and prepared tray favors and scrapbooks for patients. Five new members Fay Marie Wardle Donna Jean Autry Jimmie Joan Drake Frances Odell and Katherine Odell were initiated.
The Globe reports interest in the Student Opinion survey from Amarillo High School. A request from Rev. J W Caldwell of Waelder Texas seeks a copy of the questionnaire for use by local ministers and high school faculty in Waelder.
Amarillo hosts a Lincoln's Birthday pot luck supper for Boy Scouts and parents sponsored by the American Business Club. Bob Stroud announces a large hall to seat about 1000 Scouts. each troop brings its own supper and a Lincoln program is planned. Also stamps from the Authors Series went on sale at the Amarillo post office today.
James Akers and Henry Lee Forrest, ranchmen, pleaded guilty in a federal tax case alleging a widow lost 287000 over four years to a scheme involving oil leases and fake gold maps. They face suspended prison terms and fines, with asset disclosures and conditions for the suspensions.
Delphi Mu Chapter of the Delphian Society met Thursday evening at the Book Shop on Tenth Avenue for a lesson titled Why England Won the Race for European Supremacy, Her Governmental Policies and Her Social Life conducted by Miss Mildred Williams.
The Herring Hotel in Lincoln will host the Lincoln Day Dinner on Monday night February 12. The Panhandle Plains Republicans have selected the site and the dinner begins promptly at 7 o'clock. Frank Robinett chairs the luncheon committee. Several hundred Republicans are expected.
Local leaders frame the Lincoln Day Dinner as a memorial and Republican rally not a fund raising scheme. Ralph B. Innis, a prominent Kansas City insurance man, will be the principal speaker for the evening.
Dean Fitzgerald Anderson, head of Texas University business administration, will speak at the final class meeting of the Science of Selling and Personal Development on analyzing customer needs. A makeup session Friday at 7 pm at the high school will review Wednesday's work and offer the exam. River Road schools’ R. D. Ford won a $1 prize for a perfect rapid-thinking quiz. Final exams wrapped up last night.
The three sparrows finish a nest in the large Chinese Elm on Kentucky Street. They flutter in the freezing fog this morning seeming to start early. The Bagdad storks build nests on mosque domes and minarets using glutinous saliva to affix nests to glazed tiles.
Mrs. Rachel Elizabeth Roddy died at 6 p m at the family home 2304 Garfield Amarillo age 82 a 32 year resident She was a member of Polk Street Methodist Church Survived by husband John L Roddy four daughters Mrs G M Peet Mrs J H Burch Mrs D W Burch Mrs E A Hillhouse and three sons A C Roddy O T Roddy Frank H Roddy The body lies in state at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel pending funeral arrangements.
An attempted burglary at the Davis and McFadden law offices failed when the thief, after opening an unlocked safe, accidentally locked it. The incident occurred in Manning, 8. C. The unnamed intruder fled without cash or valuables.
Mary Lee Strickland petitions divorce from Homer H. Strickland in county court. The action seeks a dissolution of marriage and related relief.
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