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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1936
Page
2
The report notes fair conditions for the Plains with no rain in sight and a southeast wind. It mentions amarillo weather specifics, local golf at Amarillo Country Club, and various community items including lost dog, prosperity signals, and assorted anecdotes from the region.
Funeral services for William Stucksette, who died after falling from an automobile on Masterson Road northeast of Amarillo, were held at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Rev. M G French officiated. pallbearers listed. Burial followed at Liano Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
Willis Fondren of Starkville Mississippi and his brother W N Fondren of Corpus Christi Texas exchanged letters after 60 years apart. Willis learned his brother was alive through Sally Cooper and both hope to visit soon, with plans uncertain.
The Landis land case where Gib Landis seeks damages from the federal government for alleged helium plant refuse harm continues in federal court tomorrow. Defense witnesses will be heard. plaintiff’s witnesses were heard earlier in the spring term. Visitors tracing the hearing include Frank Potter and Frank Taylor of Fort Worth U S district attorneys Grover Co Leigh Fort Worth chief deputy U S marshal and FE T Jenkins Fort Worth deputy marshal.
Robert Taylor, film star, again tops the Texas Centennial Exposition lineup in Dallas. After rain postponed the Queen's Night pageant, officials announced he would headline tonight with an all-star supporting cast of musicians and entertainers. Attendance yesterday was dampened by rain, with totals reported at 0,906 and cumulative figures near 1,437,200 for the event.
In Matanzas Cuba on July 6 Sergeant Leopoldo Fernandes one of five soldiers on trial for military treason hanged himself with his bed sheet. The group faced a military court verdict over allegations he led and recruited for an illicit revolutionary army seeking to overthrow the government. Conviction would carry the death penalty automatically.
A July 6 report from Backless Shirt West End New Jersey describes the first showing of backless shirts at a local hotel. Designers claim the garment suits policemen clerks laborers and bank executives with a thin collar-to-waist band connecting to a waist band. The traditional tall is absent.
Mr and Mrs H W Galbraith and son Torbett completed a three weeks journey through Central Texas and to Mexico City by rail They were joined home by Mrs Galbraiths mother Mrs Kate Torbett of Georgetown
The passage ponders genealogy pronunciation and cites James Cagney and a chorus man. It states Wyoming 35.6 percent born there, South Carolina 91.1 percent born in state, and notes Ulysses S. Grant becoming a general by Congress in 1866 after the Civil War.
Five year old Billie Louise Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmund Nelson of Panhandle died at midnight in the home of her aunt Mrs H P Sparks 1209 North Tyler Street Funeral services are set for 3 o clock this afternoon at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Reverend Robert C Jones to officiate She is survived by her parents and a brother Edmund Nelson Jr Pallbearers are J J Witten W H Lusk Pred Obrecht and Louie Daniel Interment will be in Liano Cemetery.
John Thomman of Levelland was chosen to succeed Floyd Sloan as commander of the Fifth Division at the Texas American Legion annual conference in Stamford last weekend. The division also endorsed Mrs. Will Benton for president of the state auxiliary. Delegates from Amarillo included Mr. and Mrs. Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Lewis Fields, George Broome, Homer Brant and R. L. Bomar.
An unidentified teen, about 10 to 20, spent his last dime on a thrill ride in Toledo. He was killed instantly when ejected from the last car of a five car roller coaster traveling at 50 to 60 mph. He rode alone and had no identification or money.
The city commission schedules a hearing tomorrow night on a petition to rezone a quarter block on North Pierce Street just north of Eighth Avenue from apartment to commercial use. A farmer near Agrici Yugoslavia married a 17 year old shortly after his 100th birthday.
Chicago physicians Abraham Myerson and Max Ritvo report a new drug overcomes digestive spasms in tense stomachs before X ray exams. The medication allegedly relaxes the stomach and intestines, reducing spasms that mimic organic disease and improve diagnostic accuracy for radiographers.
Hollywood July 6 Isabel Jewell film actress and Owen Crump portrait painter and radio writer formerly of Muskogee Okla became engaged after a kiss on a 20th Century Fox set where Brian Donlevy acted beside Gloria Stuart. The couple confirmed the engagement and ring was placed within an hour.
Fire Commissioner John J. McEligott of New York was wounded by a flower pot display explosion while lighting a fuse. His wife said the gash above his left eye was the injury he sustained during the incident.
Capt. George Eyston, the English speedster, set a new world one hour record at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah driving his shark-nosed racer with an average speed of 162.5 miles per hour today.
Tokyo reports 21 individuals punished for the February 26 mutiny. Sixteen army officers and one civilian receive the death penalty, five officers are sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in the attempted coup.
Dr. W D Vint 82 received his 52 year old shave from barber Theodor Heckman today. Vint said his last shave was in 1884 in Chicago and he saved over 800 by not shaving. In Hugo Colorado Mrs Anna Griffin 74 died after an attack at her home last Tuesday. Fred Bucero 26 Denver CCC worker held on open charge after victim found in bed with jaw broken.
A. O. Knox and his family relocate to Amarillo from Dodge City Kansas. He takes a position as agricultural salesman for Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company. The Knox children are Gerald, 14, and Joyce Ann, 11.
Fire Chief John Kessler touched up weathered alarm boxes in Troy Ohio while a fire engine stopped nearby. He joked the brush action sparked the alarm. Oregon coast adds five new steel bridges with lengths between 1480 and 3280 feet.
In Victoria region the Guadalupe River flood swells as millions in crop losses mount. Officials estimate 25 000 acres utterly ruined while 150 residents are evacuated by boat and life losses hold at 26. Downstream the river slow moves toward the Gulf signaling days more inundation.
Clyde R. Hoey secured the Democratic nomination in North Carolina's run off primary with a record turnout on Independence Day. Hoey totaled 263,677 votes to 209,965 for Ralph W. McDonald, a 33 year old college professor, as all but 126 precincts reported.
Sally Rand visited Governor Allred in buckskin riding clothes boots and a bog hat to seek a Rangerette commission but found him absent. He promised to present the commission at the frontier show opening in Fort Worth after a Dallas call.
Despairing farmers pin hopes on a weather change amid a broadening heat blanket from the Rocky Mountains to Western Kentucky. Scattered showers touch Southern and Atlantic states, but dry, hot weather dominates. Officials warn moisture will determine if 1936 drought equals 1934 impact as WPA relief expands.
Blue Star Ointment soothes itch and rashes by delivering medicines into pores to combat eczema tetter ringworm and other conditions. Money back on first jar if relief is not achieved.
About four miles southeast of Vega a sedan carrying Irene Dycke and Kenneth Cook's family crashed after a dawn curve. Irene's leg was injured, she crawled free past her parents' bodies, and was treated at the hospital. Father Dycke, age 15, was slightly hurt.
A son of an injured couple residing in Moundridge was summoned this morning and is expected to arrive by evening. The article also cites Canada as having 690 farmers cooperative associations with 2,533 branches and 345000 shareholders.
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