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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1936
Page
3
Kansas City market figures show cattle and calves largely steady with gains for some categories while sheep and vealers firm. New Orleans cotton opens lower amid bearish government selling plans, futures edging across the 11 cent level before retreat. Curb market notes list several equities and oil issues with mixed activity.
Advertisement promotes Williams R. U. X. Compound as an internal medicine for muscular rheumatic and neuralgic pains. Claims rapid relief, doctor prescription origin, and money back guarantee with trial bottle. Available at Maxor Drug Stores 1 and 2 and Pool Drug Store.
The Texas Supreme Court granted a mandamus directing Attorney General McCraw to approve bonds for a $34,000,000 Brazos River harnessing program. The plan includes 13 dams, water for 39 towns, 3,000,000 acres reclaimed, 5,000,000 acres irrigated, and 400,000,000 kWh yearly, with $309,000 annual tax pledges for 20 years to repay federal loans.
A reporter tests the Lincoln-Zephyr describing its all steel bridge truss body no running boards and wide leg room. The car is praised for its streamlined appearance and comfort with six passengers possible and doors that invite easy entry.
In Aix en Provence on February 5 three members of the Croatian Ustacha organization faced trial for complicity in the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Foreign Minister Louis Barthou in Marseilles on October 9, 1934. Mobile guards ringed the courthouse while sharpshooters guarded rooftops. The defendants were Zvonimir Pospochil 31 Yvan Raitch 33 and Mio Kralj 28.
Postal officials foresee regular trans Atlantic airmail service by spring or summer with experimental flights next summer. The first route likely from the United States to Great Britain via Ireland to London, as stated by Harllee Branch to a House committee.
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers warned that the union would quit the American Federation of Labor if AFL craft unions persist in a harassment policy. The threat surfaced as tensions over organizing tactics and intra-union methods grew amid ongoing labor disputes in Washington.
Judge Tatum tells the jury to refocus after defense and prosecutors conclude arguments. Hamlin remains in court as verdict looms, with Special Prosecutor Simpson and District Attorney Witherspoon absent after closing statements. The piece also notes a car comparison describing a Ford-like L-7 gas motor and comfort in a separate anecdotal insert.
Amarillo High School Yannigan coach T. G. Hull saw his team drop a City League game 21 to 18 and return to find his 1934 Master Coach Chevrolet missing from Taylor Street near Twelfth Avenue. Hull shared details of the theft and described the car by license 812-320 and engine 4 443 955 with a distinctive windshield stone.
The U S government asked the District of Columbia Supreme Court to dismiss the Alton Railroad Company suit challenging the railroad retirement act. It argued no justiciable case or controversy exists and the complaint lacks grounds since the retirement board had not issued the orders alleged.
Feb 5 Kyoto reels from a violent blizzard and an aftershock at 4 10 PM. A Japanese freighter Unnan Maru of 220 tons reportedly sank after signaling water ingress. Efforts by two steamers to reach the area off Wakayama failed to locate the vessel. A fishing boat Deshina Maru remains missing with distress signals from the American steamer Eglantine indicating ongoing search.
One hundred twenty five Chicago and Northwestern passengers were rescued by train crews after hours amid towering snow drifts. The train, which left Milwaukee yesterday afternoon, became stalled near Jackson twenty six miles northwest of Milwaukee.
The Felantine a 3972 ton ship from Galveston Texas bound for Yokohama experiences an effect during rescue operations. No further details are provided in the fragment.
George H. Sheppard formerly of Sweetwater announced today his candidacy for re election to the post of comptroller of public accounts in Austin.
The state department was advised that a Mexican Coast Guard ship and two planes are speeding to assist the crew of the American steamer Olympia, wrecked by an explosion off the coast of Lower California.
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