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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR shows a list of sport equipment prices and renewals. Values include 10,000, 745, 595, 365, 265, 495, 395, and 165 with repeated references to renewals and doctor charges unclear.
Paramount presents Stand Up and Fight starring Robert Taylor and Wallace Beery in a 1850s South melodrama. Florence Rice leads with Charley Grapewin and John Qualen in supporting roles as W. S. Van Dyke directs, produced by Mervyn Le Roy. The story involves a bankrupt Southerner drawn into a Bullet Transportation Line dispute amid action scenes and two staged fights.
A listing of daytime and evening radio programs across NBC TSN and local networks. The schedule details shows and hosts from 3:00 PM Friday matinees through 11:30 AM Saturday, including Vic and Sade, Hal Oliver Orchestra, Just Ordinary Folks, Friday Night Frolic, World Entertains, and the Democratic National Convention coverage.
Lima Ohio dispatch reports Harold Bly of New Hampshire Ohio says seven leaf clovers are rarer than four leaf ones. He found 46 four leaf and 20 five leaf clovers in a day but has only seen one seven leaf clover in his life.
Legionnaires of Amarillo and the Panhandle will celebrate with a dance at Municipal Auditorium tomorrow night starting at 9 o'clock. The event is open to Legionnaires and friends. The post reports Hanson Post of the American Legion is now the largest in the state and recently won a grapefruit juice prize in a membership race. A new radio program “An Americanism program series” will debut next Monday at 9 o'clock on KGNC. Twenty Anniversary medals for 1939 dues are available at post headquarters.
The Lesson-Sermon for Sunday January 8 in Churches of Christ, Scientist centers on Sacrament and the bread of God. Golden text notes Jesus as life-giving bread from heaven. I Peter 5 urges feeding the flock and awaiting a crown of glory. Eddy’s Science and Health cites crumbs of comfort from Christ’s table feeding the hungry.
William H. Voss 82 inventor of the first washing machine died from injuries after a fall in Davenport. Born in Wahlow Germany he immigrated with his parents in 1872 and conceived the idea while watching his mother wash. He built a wood machine in three days and sold units for ten dollars.
Fort Worth January 6. Presidents of three Southern Baptist seminaries wrap up a two day meeting at Southwestern Seminary. They discussed school problems and a planned five million dollar joint endowment drive to fund Fort Worth Louisville and New Orleans seminaries.
Savannah engineer Livingston R. Wever unveils a compact cooking device named the never boil over pot. Demonstrations show liquids in any pot equipped with the appliance bubble to the top but do not boil over, promising a simple safer cooking aid.
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