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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
3
Kansas City markets show hogs mostly 25 cents lower with top at 10.40 and cattle trends opening slow yet steady. New Orleans cotton opens quiet with near months up one point and later months down as traders await Washington farm aid developments.
Surgeons report John McCoy aged 47 is recovering after his right arm was amputated while hanging from a crane 50 feet above ground in Lowell Massachusetts. Dr Gillmor Long performed the emergency operation in freezing conditions with a mechanic's saw. McCoy remains in hospital with no visitors for at least two days.
In Woburn Massachusetts last night a gas leak in the Choate Memorial Hospital operating room felled two nurses and partially overcame a third as Dr. Thomas F Halpin fought to complete a baby delivery The sudden blast of fresh air revived him and another doctor assisted No lasting harm to mother or child was reported.
A Brooklyn jury convicted Meyer Luckman Harry Luckman and Fred Hull of second degree murder for the March 3 garage killing of Samuel Drukman. Supreme Court Justice Erskine Rogers sentenced them to undetermined terms from 20 years to life at Sing Sing prison Ossining New York.
In San Francisco on February 20, Municipal Judge Sylvain J. Lazarus said sterilization of the diminutive Ann Cooper Hewitt may reveal it as a common practice. Surgeons Dr. Tilton E. Tillman and Dr. Samuel G. Boyd faced Superior Court trial on mayhem conspiracy charges as the judge noted possible broader implications.
Salt Lake City report states former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey told friends his wife Hannah Williams Dempsey is expecting a second child late in July or early August. He hopes the baby is a boy. their only child now is Jeanne Hannah who turns two on August 4.
Leonard Kip Rhinelander a 33 year old New Yorker prominent socially, died in Long Beach New York after a high profile marriage twelve years earlier to a taxi driver's daughter. Roast crow on menus at Tulsa hotels and cafes as prices list from 25 cents to 75 cents. Mississippi's two largest state schools Starkville College and University of Mississippi Oxford closed due to influenza epidemic with 300 students ill and no deaths reported.
Lawyers defending Colonel Joseph I. McMullen rested their case today without calling him to testify. Army judge advocate Lt. Col. Charles W. Thomas was surprised and recessed as McMullen’s attorneys sought to show no favoritism toward the retailer known as the old clothes dealer who allegedly supplied two railroad tickets to San Francisco.
The state Game, Fish and Oyster Department will pay half the cost of quail for stocking Panhandle areas. Warden Bob Puckett announced this morning. Sportsmen can obtain a crate of quail at $12.13 for 25 birds, Puckett said, with a regular price of 97 cents each.
Four members of the Chippewa crew drowned when a small return-boat capsized off Southport while crewmen were on shore leave. The American freighter Chippewa was in Wilmington area waters at the time.
Admiral Byrd arrived in Amarillo after a Santa Fe train ride wearing naval insignia and spoke briefly at a local venue. He commented on Dr. Cook's North Pole claims, praised Joe Hill of Canyon for his expedition work, mourned Amarillo publisher Wilbur Hawk, and discussed ice age theories and future weather insights while noting his ongoing recovery from gas exposure. He plans further lectures and book projects before another polar venture.
Advertisers placing seven regular bargain rate Want Ads receive a pair of tickets to the Mission Theater for the Frank Buck production Fang and Claw. A three day Want Ad earns one admission ticket. Show begins Saturday and the offer lasts through Saturday.
A touring figure with gray hair and a southern accent responds to a California school girl’s question about his voice. He explains the accent came from Virginia and laughs with the audience as the moment lightens the room.
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