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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1936
Page
2
A Plains Texas column blends weather lore with local politics. Clint Small receives strong praise as a capable leader while WPA workers are discussed amid concerns about diet and relief. The piece also notes upcoming weather shifts and a call for preparedness.
A long tex of opinion ridicules pacifists, fears over war and population strain, and urges caution. It includes local anecdotes about Amarillo school elections, a fried oyster supper, dog rabbit incidents, and miscellaneous notes on weather, journalism, and history.
Community groups and businesses in Amarillo join The News-Globe appeal to fund the Goodfellows Fund. Donors include unions, churches, schools, and companies pouring cash and food, with hundreds of dollars and thousands of pounds of produce listed to feed hungry students.
A letter seeks a practical nurse or girl to perform housework and child care, requiring good references. The notice requests applicants to furnish references. Separate content notes mention ancient Egyptian towels and a Metropolitan Museum of Art discovery.
President Roosevelt vetoed the 50 million dollar seed loan bill and returned it to the Senate. He said needs for 1936 can be met with less than the proposed amount and possibly by executive action under the emergency relief appropriation act of 1935. The measure would have funded seed and feed loans up to 500 dollars per farmer with government liens on outputs.
In Lowell Massachusetts John McCoy 47 year old crane operator died at St Josephs Hospital from shock blood loss and pneumonia after his right arm was amputated a week earlier by Dr N Gillmor Long a 31 year old surgeon four years out of medical school The zero cold of an early morning preceded the operation.
The New York Stock Exchange opened an inquiry into the volatile utility stock market surrounding the Supreme Court TVA decision of February 17. The probe targets trading activity before and after the ruling as officials seek to determine causes and responsibilities.
Friends announce that Millicent Rogers Salm Ramos wed Ronald Bush Balcom last week. The couple went to Saint Anton for skiing lessons after the ceremony.
In New York on February 26 a jury awarded Mrs. Viola F. Raphael six cents in her slander suit against society woman and actress Mrs. Lucy Thomas Magraw after a tense courtroom moment. The suit sought 150000 dollars and the foreman initially indicated a different verdict before clarifying. The judge ruled the verdict valid.
Judges were asked to rule that state courts have imprisoned men under laws that no longer exist after a 1925 penal code copy omitted the incest offense. Copeland, jailed in Huntsville, argued the offense was never signed into law by Governor Ferguson. A missing folio caused the omission discovered by a law student.
Edward F. McGrady under secretary of Labor flew into Akron to push a settlement of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. strike that has left about 14,000 workers idle. Picket lines at Goodyear plants were reduced to 10 per gate under a court injunction. Sheriff James T. Flower said he would seek guidance from Summit County judges on enforcing the injunction.
In Anadarko Oklahoma on February 26 the Emma Willis murder case was given to a district court jury. Willis, 18, stands trial for the shotgun death of her father after the county attorney finished his closing argument.
The comptroller of the currency prohibited banks from purchasing speculative securities for their own account. In Austin three buffalo from the Holloman Ranch near Waco were brought in for cold storage with skins for the University of Texas Museum and meat for a March 2 banquet of Texas exes. The Potter County grand jury was recalled with D. W. Mays as foreman and Assistant District Attorney Bob Underwood assisting.
President Grant's cabin is moved from the Ohio state fair grounds in Columbus to a parked area in Grant's boyhood center. The relocation marks a return of the historic structure to its home region.
Missouri officials reported 1935 highway funding of 17,404,127 dollars for improvements and new roads. T. H. Cutler, chief engineer, announced the figures. A Prague police uncover reveals a burglars training school in Czechoslovakia offering a daylight robbery course.
The broadcast lineup shows Josey’s Organ Reveries at 3:00 and a full evening slate including Sonny and Buddy, The Panhandle Cowboy, Dog Stories, Sports Review and Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, wrapping with U P News and Sign Off.
Mrs Betsy Burgess of Long Beach California seeks 2750 in district court damages claiming exposure to mon lxide gas aboard a 1500 mile bus trip from Long Beach to Memphis. She alleges no ventilation on three buses and that heaters with closed windows caused illness and lasting exhaustion. Court action filed by Underwood Johnson Dooley and Huff.
Albert B. Fall former interior secretary under Harding lies critically ill at William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso after a pneumonia illness several weeks. His wife Mrs Fair and daughter Mrs C. C. Chase were with him while others were away. Fair and Rainey operate a greenhouse in Decatur Alabama.
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