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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1938
Page
5
Dale Carnegie extols flower gardens as affordable happiness. He contrasts American buying habits with European self cultivation and urges readers to plant petunias and phlox for a season of beauty, promising daily pleasure for under twenty cents.
The body of N. L. Myerson, 65, fruit stand proprietor, was found hanging from a rafter at his business. A note on a nearby cabinet indicated he had been dead since yesterday morning. Justice of the Peace Redmond Gerhardt ruled death by own action in an inquest verdict.
White House friends say the president expects cooperative response from business to his state-of-the-nation message to aid recovery. congressional reaction could shape his Jackson Day speech. aides report extremely favorable messages, with one unfavorable note. policy topics include tax revision federal economies unemployment and possible antitrust inquiries.
Rumors about Panhandle gas drift around the world today. The first commercial shipment of helium likely will go to Germany. The Dessau, equipped with 468 steel containers, can hold 17.9 million cubic feet of helium for the Atlantic crossing. A second ship is slated to arrive in Texas ports around February 1 for another helium consignment.
In a quirky trend the whole town plays a rhyme riddle fad. Players craft two rhyming phrases that make odd sense, then challenge others. Examples include gruesome twosome and hiccup stickup as witty two word rhymes and answers.
Isador Lubin testifies before a Senate unemployment committee that firms once spreading work to curb joblessness in 1929 may have halted the practice. He cites uncertainty about deliberate intent and cites 7.0 to 7.5 million unemployed. Carrington Gill reports WPA employment.
A Q&A asks if Christianity is dominant in Palestine and tests state flowers for several states. It recalls the years of major events such as the San Francisco quake, Titanic sinking, Lindbergh’s flight, and Hauptmann’s execution, then asks how Virginia got its name and when In God We Trust began appearing on silver dollars. Answers are promised on the editorial page.
United Press reports varied editorials on FDR's March 4 1933 address. New York papers praised vision and criticized specifics while others found fault with economic analysis and approach to big business. The Washington Post notes a shift from aggressive January 1937 tactics.
Paramount producer Lucien Hubbard and two associates headed to the Texas Panhandle to scout a cattle country location for a western titled Marching Here to be filmed this spring. Westerns are commonly shot in Hollywood canyons or nearby ranches.
First prize goes to Viola Perdue night supervisor at St. Anthony's Hospital for the story of Amarillo's first baby born in 1938. Second prize to Mrs. Guy Kelley for tularemia in Amarillo. Third prize to Mrs. Walter Kirkham for her tip about her daughter, an Oklahoma reporter visiting the state penitentiary.
Japanese warplanes bombed Hankow and struck 400 miles west from Shanghai in a raid to crush China’s air force. Tokyo claimed no losses, while Chinese reports tallied heavy casualties in eight battles along the Tientsin Pukow and Shantung fronts. Japanese columns advanced 23 miles south of Tsinan after breaking Taishan pass.
London reports Britain will send a delegation to the United States within two weeks to begin negotiations for a trade pact. The board of trade treasury agriculture and the dominions office likely join with foreign office experts in the talks.
The first Potter County marriage license of 1938 went to George Hubbard and Bertha Turner, a Black couple, dated January 3.
Six people including three German passengers the pilot and two mechanics died when a Milan to Frankfurt passenger plane crashed at Frankfurt airport. Officials cited probable ice on the wings as the cause.
Partly cloudy conditions dominate tonight with a low around 26 and a warmer Wednesday. West Texas sees showers in the far west and a cooler southeast area tonight. the Panhandle warms on Wednesday. New Mexico remains cloudy and unsettled with little temperature change. Temperature extremes in the past 24 hours were 29 and 34.
President Roosevelt plans to submit the 1939 budget to Congress, but there is no assurance of a balanced budget even for 1940. Deficits have persisted since 1931 and the latest figures reflect higher relief costs, flood and farm aid demands, and navy buildup for defense, with unemployment expected near 11 million.
Gertrude Bennett the 11 year old daughter of Harry Bennett of the Ford Motor Company married Russell Hughes at Auburn Indiana after eloping from Ypsilanti Michigan. The license was obtained and the marriage performed by Justice of the Peace Miles Baxter. Capt Don Leonard of the state police said Bennett was broken up by the news and had feared kidnapping.
Constance Bennett file a 250000 damage suit against James Fidler a Hollywood radio commentator alleging libel in a December 28 broadcast. The actress claimed Fidler said she snubbed Patsy Kelly while working on a picture.
Amarillo pioneer Thomas Jefferson Barnes aged 84, long resident since 1907, died at 11 08 last night at his home 110 Fast Twenty second Avenue. He built a cabinet and machine shop that the Yellow Taxicab Company later used, then joined his son in the grocery business in Amarillo. Survived by wife deceased last Nov 24, two daughters and five sons. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm in Griggs chapel with burial at Liane Cemetery.
Clipper planes skim San Juan Bay at 90 miles per hour and quickly lift a load of 32 passengers plus six crew as they depart. The voyage offers a sweeping view of San Juan and hints at Puerto Rico’s fertile lands and thriving estates under United States supervision.
Workers from the river bottoms seize the $10 million Agua Caliente hotel after expropriation by the Mexican government. Four hundred laborers and families move in, revelling in luxury while awaiting government or military action. They march under Crom labor union banners and send protests to Mex City.
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