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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1936
Page
2
Front page notes dust storms easing winds after mid day dust fills the air and prompts a theory about wind slowing. The paper reports community plans for a Friona meeting, a pudding night recipe from Pampa, and a letter clash with Dalhart residents over dust publicity and federal aid.
A long list of donors and organizations from Amarillo contribute funds clothing and food items to the Goodfellows drive. Highlights include $1250 monthly from National Youth Administration 1000 pounds onions from Panhandle Fruit Company and bread from Mann Bakery alongside donations from churches unions and local businesses.
A jumble of letters seeks work, land shares, and domestic partners. A young man requests 80 to 100 acres for farming with his teams and tools. A woman asks for a girl or widow to join a family. Another seeks laundry work. a note notes varied anecdotes and facts about politics, war, and science with no clear single narrative.
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden asks Italy and Ethiopia to pursue peace in Parliament and urges the League of Nations to retry mediation. Also notes a local jail report of fourteen drunken arrests, later increasing to nineteen with additional city and county bookings.
Potter County January tax collection reached a peak, with $157,606.27 total and a 5 percent rise from 1935. Collector Jewell Davidson outlined the distribution to county, state, and schools, plus motor licenses and pensions funding.
Strikers who have blockaded Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants in Akron for a week doubled their forces as Sheriff James T. Flower prepared to enforce a court order. An estimated 4 000 to 5 000 marchers gathered at plant entrances hours before the expected reopening, following the dismissal of 70 veteran employees.
Mrs Eppa Atilas Engstrom wife of Dr Oscar Engstrom was buried today in Llano Cemetery A requiem mass was said this morning at Sacred Heart Cathedral Father T J Drury conducted the services pallbearers were Dr A S Roach Dr J F Bromert Dr W L Ball H F E McAuley W C Hankison and J M Price Interment directed by Boxwell Brothers Chapel Mrs Engstrom a resident of Amarillo four years died suddenly Friday night she lived at 700 Jackson Street
Funeral arrangements for Louise DeSautell wife of C O De Sautell who died in a local hospital from pneumonia at age 25. Survivors include her husband three children Clifford Jr Shir ley Mae and William 11 months and her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Biersbach of Buffalo NY. Home at 1319 A East Tenth Avenue. Body at Griggs & Sons Funeral Home.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd remained in Dallas Monday with nervous fatigue easing after doctors warned against continued strain. He had planned a lecture engagement in Oklahoma City but stayed behind as reception committees awaited his arrival, with relatives citing possible rest at a country home nearby.
Senator Couzens charged Walter J. Cummings, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, earns 90 000 dollars annually from RFC borrowings executive roles. He cited 75 000 as Continental Illinois Bank chairman with RFC loan of 50 million and 15 000 from the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad. He argued banks can pay taxes on these preferred stocks.
A youth about 17 grabbed the purse of Mrs. Nora Hudson near Madison Street as she walked to church. The thief fled with two pairs of glasses and some small change. Police had not made an arrest early this morning.
Governor Eugene Talmadge removed Comptroller General William B. Harrison for refusing to countersign warrants without a 1936 appropriations act. He appointed Adjt. Gen. Lindley Camp to serve the order. Physicists have acknowledged that light's velocity is a fundamental constant.
Public health officials urge immediate treatment of colds to curb the flu. The ad promotes Penetro as a fast acting remedy for chest colds and advises bedridden rest and medical consultation if fever is present.
Penetro claims superior cold treatment with a mutton suet base that melts at body heat and carries concentrated medication deeper. It asserts 113 to 227 percent more medicine than rivals and describes rapid relief of nasal congestion, aches, and chest colds with daily chest and throat applications. A testimonial praises quick improvement in two days.
An advertisement touts Penetro as stainless and snow white, claiming it never stains bed clothes and is an aid to families and physicians. It urges readers to buy a jar, with trial and various sizes, and to request a free sample from Penetro Dept. 51 Memphis Tenn.
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