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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1936
Page
2
A column blends weather eyeing a hard freeze with local notes from Amarillo and the Panhandle. It recalls Old Tack’s 12 years in town, the Globe’s anniversary, Pat Stock Show plans, Marine Band visits, and quirky trivia on watches, ducks, termites, sea cooks, and public life.
A reader asks Tack for local Amarillo sources stocking taxidermy supplies such as eyes tow excelsior and related instruments, noting Nebraska suppliers are slow and costly. Another letter criticizes natural gas venting as wasteful and argues rainfall effects are negligible based on arithmetic and yearly wind assumptions.
The Globe receives a statement via chairman Joe Dooley. The board notes rumors of starvation and lunch attacks are unfounded. About 800 pupils lack sufficient food, many skip school lunches, and broad support is needed to sustain meals for the remaining months. Arrangements to begin serving lunches are in place.
A mix of reader requests seeking employment lodging and lost items, plus a full day radio schedule listing programs from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM including Love Parade Matinee Dance Hour and Evening Dance Varieties. Also notes about lost keys wrist watch and a missing dog with rewards.
The widow of Walter Liggett testified in Minneapolis that Governor Floyd B. Olson gave permission for the assassination, naming Olson as responsible for her husband’s murder during the Isadore Blumenfeld trial.
The article reports a hardware convention where speakers urged retailers to outpace competitors with promotional, honest advertising and planning. William E. Hall Jr. highlighted the Manufacturers' Answer program pledging fair pricing against chain stores. Afternoon talks featured Glendon Hackney and E B Gallaher as wives of attendees enjoyed a theater party. the gathering concludes Tuesday with a banquet at the Herring Hotel.
The Supreme Court ruled that kidnapping a police officer to avoid arrest breaches the Lindbergh kidnapping statute. The decision came on appeal from Arthur Gooch who was condemned to death for helping kidnap two officers in Paris Texas and moving them into Oklahoma.
Assistant Secretary Henry Latrobe Roosevelt testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee that he ordered the U S Marine Band to retreat from a women's patriotic conference on national defense. The event highlighted tensions over military band participation in civilian events during wartime.
The Van Sweringen real estate group led by Oris P. and Mentis J. Van Sweringen and six subsidiaries filed a petition in federal court for reorganization under section 77-B of the bankruptcy act.
Louise Camp 25 died from a head bullet wound found unconscious at her Plainview home last night. A pistol lay beside her. She is survived by father Burt C. Camp a Plainview druggist and sister Mrs D Wain Montgomery of Dallas. Funeral set in Denton. A Dallas High School graduate she attended Southern Methodist University and worked with her father in the drug business.
The Supreme Court held that Maryland may tax the preferred stock of Baltimore National Bank owned by the Reconstruction Corporation. The unanimous decision, applicable nationwide, was delivered by Justice Cardozo.
Aubrey Magness legendary West Texas High School football figure and 1929 State Schoolboy Championship star died in a highway collision near Breckenridge. Howard Poe also perished when their motorcycle crashed with a machine driven by O. A. Hess.
The Soviet Far Eastern army said Japanese and Manchukuo forces opened a border facing position and sent scouts into Soviet territory before retreating under frontier fire. One scout was killed. The army invited an impartial committee to investigate, citing cooperation from the command in Khabarovsk. French efforts to curb German expansion in Eastern Europe focused on Balkan ties and trade concessions, aiming to block a Habsburg restoration to avoid disrupting the Little Entente.
The Skelly Service Station at Tenth Avenue and Polk Street offers a car wash this week with the entire $1 price donated to the Goodfellows Fund to feed hungry school children. Alfred Glenn, station manager, urges citizens to bring cars and promises the best wash quality. He hopes to raise up to $100.
The Chrysler Corporation announced a worldwide bonus totaling 2.3 million dollars. President Keller said the minimum bonus is 30 dollars with 2 dollars added per year of service up to ten years, including 2 million for Detroit area employees and 840000 vehicles produced last year.
Hamlin's courtroom packed for the murder trial of a man who killed his wife with a hammer. Judge Tatum's instructions were read after 11.00 as arguments concluded in a four and a half hour session. Jurors to be given the case tonight or tomorrow.
Advertises Ben-Gay as an effective backache remedy promising fast relief and deep skin penetration. Warns to avoid imitators and insists on the genuine Baume Analgésique for true soothing action.
Rolfe E Bolling president of the Liberty Natural Bank and brother of Mrs Woodrow Wilson died at emergency hospital after several months illness. Funeral arrangements pending local sources report a notable banking figure and relative of the First Lady.
Penetro salve promises rapid relief from deep seated cold congestion and body aches. It claims 113 to 227 percent more medication than other cold salves and advises applying to nose throat chest and back to open nasal passages and ease congestion. Trial and larger sizes priced at 10c 25c 50c and 1.00 are available from druggists.
Basil Ray Goad, 24, of Mobeetie, died from injuries in a Saturday night traffic accident in Pampa. He was riding the sidecar of a delivery motorcycle that struck a parked car. The world saw 1 as a note in the article, with stamps data unrelated to Goad's death.
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