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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1936
Page
2
An Amarkillo observer recounts vivid New York experiences and jokes about cops and locals while praising Texas manners. He recalls a Sunday near West Point with family history in Connecticut and notes cultural contrasts between Easterners and Texans. He jokes about Roosevelt and mentions plans to visit Amarillo.
The Moscow dispatch reports Mihail Tukhachevsky announcing that Soviet Russia has organized a ready military machine capable of deploying formidable forces on short notice on either front. He also said the USSR is prepared for simultaneous and independent defense on both frontiers, 6250 miles apart, at any time.
letter from reader seeking work, offers quilting service with yard spool rates and a missing hat notice from Mrs rh honeymoon, delivery dial 4050, Port Worth Striplings Paramount loss inquiry asking to recover Christmas gift hat
Idaho senator Borah, 70, returns to the arena amid talk of a possible presidential bid. The veteran reformist judge of liberal causes is drawn into a potential clash with Governor Ross in Idaho and faces national attention as he nears his first birthday in June.
The world famous German physicist Albert Einstein applied for U S citizenship in Trenton New Jersey with no fanfare. He viewed the move as a protest against Nazi persecution of Jews and avoided public notice both at the naturalization office and at his Princeton home. His property had been confiscated as part of his exile from Germany.
A sales banquet in honor of Mrs. Mary Lang Grady, sales director of the Laundry Owners' National Association, was held at the Capitol Hotel with talks by Mrs. Grady, Russell Fowler and Clay Thornton. Charlies Ethridge presided.
A Junior High pupil requests help locating a Junior Sheaffer fountain pen engraved with the owner’s full name. The message asks for return to 707 Pierce Street Apartment A and mentions Betty Morgan at 1810 Buchanan Street. The writer also seeks employment assistance and signs as a young man.
The proposal would have indigent and charity patients admitted under county hospital supervision with two patient classes charity and indigent. A clinical staff from the Potter County Medical Society would meet at Northwest Texas Hospital to treat ambulatory patients and hospital space and medicines would be provided by the hospital. The plan claims to save funds enough to cover salaries and aims to raise public morale and self respect through paid medical service. The commission also bought two new police cars, replacing old units.
Cattlemen from multiple states converged on the Tri-State Pair sales arena for the D. L. McDonald Hereford auction. The barns opened at dawn as buyers swarmed in to select cattle before the sale. A total of 46 pureblood Herefords were offered, including 21 bulls, with Col. Fred Reppert and Earl Gar tin handling the auction.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized loans totaling 383000 to refinance two Texas districts. Borger Independent School District in Hutchinson County receives 233000 and Weslaco Independent School District in Hidalgo County gets 147500. Also notes fingerprinting accuracy and cotton’s role in fabric production.
The excerpt reviews how Republican control of the Senate fueled major probes into postwar and Coolidge era finance and oil scandals. It notes limited New Deal investigations, aside from a House inquiry into Hoover era mail contracts and a separate probe into alleged Communist influence in administration.
A taxi driver told police he believed a passenger he took to Park Place Station of the Hudson Tube was Alvin Karpis with a blonde woman. Police in New York and Jersey City were asked to watch for the pair.
London reports Rudyard Kipling's health after a perforated stomach ulcer operation remains anxious with the bulletin noting the condition is not quite satisfactory this morning. Separately, Dr. W W Atwood discusses long term geological change and MIT measures fog particle size, noting 25 000 can fit on a pinhead.
At the Railroad Commission hearing in Austin on January 16, major oil companies urged using acreage as the basis for allowable East Texas crude production. Fort Worth attorney R E Hardwicke argued the current potential-producing-well method is inequitable and asked for adjustments. An operator complained that his East Texas acreage drains due to nearby wells and sought relief.
The Amarillo Chest board adopted optimism as a policy amid relief strain. Mayor Ross Rogers predicted four weeks to put certified relief clients to WPA and state highway work, with harvests and dam projects likely easing the need. A four thousand count faces a four and a half month extension if basic relief persists.
Officials await word as Lincoln Ellsworth and Canadian pilot Herbert Hollick Kenyon vanish after departing Dundee Island on November 3 for a crossing of the Antarctica toward the Ross Sea. Royal ship Discovery II searches from Bay of Whales, entering the ice to aid the missing expedition.
The committee reported favorably a seed loan bill for 80 million dollars to farmers for 1936 crop production and harvesting. It also grants the Farm Credit Administration governor power to issue crop and feed loans. AAA employees are assured of work for the current fiscal year under the McNary bill, pending Senate debate.
Wild ducks died after oil from a tanker polluted the harbor waters in New Haven Connecticut. The oil matted feathers and caused the birds to drown or burn before sinking. The item then pivots to a promotional radio guide for The Globe News listing programs and ads.
A discussion over delays and possible verdicts fills a court session as Hauptmann’s lawyers seek a writ of habeas corpus while Governor Hoffman weighs clemency. The New York World Telegram reports new evidence that could affect a retrial and discredit key witnesses J F Condon Hockmuth and Whited.
Kansas Governor Alf Landon publicly placed his name on the Republican nomination list via a statement from Albert Ottinger, signaling readiness to accept and organize a New York state campaign. The mixed dispatch also notes Baron Forster's death in London and a tangential Lindbergh ransom money probe involving Stephen Spitz and New Jersey officials.
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