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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1935
Page
2
The article promotes the film Broadway Bill as a must see at the Paramount opening Saturday, praising its racehorse theme, humor, excitement, and wide acclaim. It also weaves in local notes about Mother Roosevelt invitations, civic odds and ends, and community happenings in Amarillo.
A reader expresses surprise at Tack’s February 14 Amarillo Globe-News column defending the Rogers boy who admitted guilt to the witness who captured him. The reader challenges the stance and urges reconsideration of the case implications.
Seth Parker recalls a perilous voyage where a gale threatened the crew and a distress call went out. The J and S Ontario towed the stricken vessel to Pago Pago after Australia arrived to assist. Weak rigging prevented use of sails during the ordeal. New York unemployment relief costs reach 17 million dollars monthly with about one million unemployed. Cancer claimed over a thousand American lives in 1939.
Repairs at the Fair Theater near completion for the Sunday reopening. The Paramount hit now at the Paramount in New York City draws crowds. Oscar Dooley. Carl Brisson Mary Ellis and Edward Everett star in All the King's Horses. Low prices prevail with bargain matinees daily. doors open 12 45.
Governor Allred blasts gas stripping and unregulated pipelines as wasteful. He accuses major firms of delaying gas proration, harming small producers, and calls for strong regulation to prevent interlocking ownership and price fixing while seeking new home markets and a Panhandle to industrial centers pipeline.
The weatherman near the U S weather bureau explains Amarillo has a typical Panhandle shower with haze caused by dust not moisture. He notes a 20 mile per hour breeze expected to continue and a partly cloudy Friday and Saturday due to a drop in mercury.
Amarillo mail carriers will observe Washington's Birthday with no mail deliveries tomorrow. Postmaster W D De Grassi says general delivery and stamp windows will still be open from 9 to 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Miss Jewell Davidson, county tax collector, turned over 9404.57 dollars in fees for 1934, exceeding the maximum for her office. The tax collector's report was the first by county officials and is due March 1.
In a London area field two sisters Elizabeth Dupont and Jane Dupont fell 1500 feet from an airplane. A brown coat and a black outfit were found beside their bodies as investigators noted a ticking wristwatch still engraved J. Du B. The mother Mrs. Coert Du Bois, a US consul general’s wife, was overwhelmed by the news in Naples.
A 14 year old Ross Gordon Pixley died at 11 30 am today from a heart ailment in a local hospital. He was the son of Mr and Mrs R F Pixley of 1404 Monroe Street. The body is in state at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home pending funeral rites announced. His father is chief clerk to the Santa Fe assistant general manager.
Tast rites for John Ponts Corr infant son of Mr and Mrs Thomas R Corr were given at Bowell Brothers Funeral Chapel by Dr G L Yates pastor First Baptist Church. The body was sent to Oklahoma City for burial after dying Tuesday afternoon in a local hospital.
The article reports on labor wage defenses and a stalled vote over a prevailing wage amendment on relief projects. It notes Roosevelt pressing for no damage to wage structures amid $50 monthly security pay and ongoing debate delaying action.
In Boston last night Edward J. Reilly disputed a row with Hauptmann's camp over appeal procedure while C. Lloyd Fisher and Egbert Rosecrans split loyalties. Defense experts prepared to refute identification, arguing the found body measured 33 1 2 inches and showed signs of embalming and slow decomposition inconsistent with the Lindbergh infant.
A vintage Kiwanis safety piece stresses checks before driving. It urges testing brakes lights and horn, avoiding risky gaps, ensuring visibility, and resisting panic to prevent crashes and injuries.
Cotton opened steady and near unchanged in New Orleans amid Liverpool cables weakness. March gains slightly while May and July hold, with first notice day approaching Saturday February 23. prices showed minor early movements across the futures curve.
Kennamer testified he killed Gorerell in self defense to thwart a kidnap plot. The slain youth’s parents sat in court as the defendant faced the proceedings with face shielded by one hand.
Children crowded the Municipal Auditorium for the first of three Philharmonic Orchestra concerts. Conductor Christian Thaulow unveiled a new idea using colored slides with the music to depict the origin and use of various instruments, drawing over two thousand students.
The Friendly Neighbor Hail Association has disbanded after aiding 600 farmers in Outagamie County. Members donated over 300 loads of fodder corn and 1000 bushels of wheat to stricken neighbors as the last displaced farmer was assisted.
The Treasury on February 19 shows receipts of 6.124 million dollars and expenditures of 12.699 million, leaving a net balance of 2.136 billion. For the fiscal year to date, receipts amount to 2.212 billion with expenditures of 4.386 billion, including 2.261 billion in emergency spending and gold assets listed at 8.48 billion.
In Lubbock on February 21 a 9 year old girl Coralie Jones, a typhoid pneumonia patient from Lovington New Mexico, was airlifted here and rested satisfactorily. About 75 cars formed a ring around the Lovington airport and a bonfire burned to aid pilot Art Chase of Lubbock as the plane landed safely aided by a 20 mile tailwind. The girl is the daughter of a rancher.
Quicker safer stops and smoother riding with floating power engine mountings. Dodge safety all steel body offers strong protection. New values Dodge priced $645 to $760 f o b factory Detroit. Special equipment extra and time payments available under Chrysler Motors Commercial Credit Plan.
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