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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
2
The writer reports cloudy cold weather for Amarillo and plains, notes a harsh winter, and observes East Coast politics with jokes about subsidies for farmers. He praises West Texas State athletics, recalls local residents moving, and mentions a daughter meeting him in Washington.
A wandering diarist recaps family notes on daughters and pens, editorializing on charity, gender, and American politics. He reports overheard chatter in Washington on Roosevelt, potential re election, and warnings of dictatorship along with quirky facts about science, war memoirs, and American life.
A dense list of KGRC programs from Thursday 3 PM to Friday 5:45 PM covers music, talk, and entertainment. Notable items include Lloyd Snyder at 4:30 PM and Salvation Army at 4:45 PM on Thursday, with news, sports, and dance programs continuing into Friday afternoon.
A collage of historical trivia notes origins of shawl and floor usage, declares about Declaration signers, hints at the Gay 30s versus the Gay 90s, and cites railroad paint heats. It references Rudy Vallee and Tin Pan Alley, solar year length, talkies versus silent films, Ruggles of Red Gap, pig breeding, New Zealand longevity, and motor crash death rates.
Dear Tack notes the loss on January 20 or 21 of a white gold Bulova wrist watch, likely at a junior college area. A reward is offered for its return, with contact Anna Ruth McClure at 1204 Bowie Street, dial 5839.
Gov. James V. Allred proclaims the first Admiral Byrd Day in Texas as Richard E. Byrd visits El Paso. The Antarctic explorer will tour Amarillo San Antonio Austin and other cities with each stop marked as Admiral Byrd Day.
Huntsville February 6 The State won the first round in its fight to save 150 lost laws when District Judge S W Dean held one statute valid in a test case here today.
An offer to help the Goodfellows fund is paired with a car wash for a dollar at Skelly Service Station on Tenth Avenue and Polk Street. Proceeds from each car wash will be donated to aid needy school children.
In Tampa on February 6, Maurice Allard commander of the Fleetwood denied plans for a nudist colony on St John’s Island Virgin Islands. He said the group seeks a Caribbean utopia and a tolerant settlement rather than a nudist colony, with emphasis on rest and moral fitness.
Gov. Floyd B. Olson named A. B. Gilbert of Mound, a former Republican candidate for governor, as one of the men who incited Mrs. Walter W. Liggett to attack him in the murder case. Rex Tugwell, resettlement administrator, will speak on rural America's rehabilitation at 8 45 Amarillo time on CBS.
The plan proposes up to 10 percent tax on individual unearned income over 10000, inheritance taxes on estates above 40000, and a retroactive excess profits tax of 90 percent on processing taxes. It aims for about 1.0 billion dollars in new revenue, targeting packers millers and other processors who shifted costs to consumers. A lobby forms to preserve impounded and delinquent taxes from the AAA era.
The Goodfellows Fund nears seven hundred dollars as donors pledge more to feed about nine hundred children daily across Sanborn School cafeterias and the Our Lady of the Guadalupe School. meat and vegetables donated may reduce cash needs while milk goals target at least five hundred dollars.
The Panhandle Democratic group meets in Room 202 at the Herring Hotel to discuss the Social Security Act. Speaker Mrs Violet Greenhill from Austin explains the act and child welfare work after studying in Washington. The group will adopt by laws and discuss government issues with all women invited.
Aloysius Fornicker 77 a gardener at St. Anthony's Hospital died at 11 30 o clock Wednesday night in the hospital after a brief illness He was a native of Germany never married and has no relatives in this country The body is at N S Griggs Sons Funeral Home where it will lie in state until Friday morning Last rites from Sacred Heart Cathedral at 9 with Rev Thomas J Drury officiating Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery
An aircraft crashed into Neuhausener Street in the center of Munich today, hitting the roof of a tall building and a street car. The plane caught fire and was destroyed, killing several people in the accident.
Community fund drive lists donors from International Harvester workers to businesses and church circles, pooling cash and in kind gifts for hungry pupils at Sanborn and local schools. Contributions include cash, bread, vegetables, jackets, beef, beans, and school meals support.
Three murder trials were entered on the docket in the 47th District Court today. J. E. Cullen and Clovis Ray Howard face separate murder charges with trials timed for March. Indictments were read. bonds set at 2500 dollars each. both youths pleaded not guilty. In Tokyo a deadly blizzard left 73 dead and 88 missing, with seas feared unsalvageable.
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