06 Jul 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1938
Page
1
A rambling column from Amarillo covers the World’s Biggest Band enrollment, Roosevelt’s Amarillo stop, local politics, harvest news, a cake walk event, and city updates. It mentions Homer Rice directing the band, Nils Nilsson from the Fish and Game Department, and Ross Rogers as mayor, with broader chatter on local culture and civic plans.
Question about sore burning gums leads City Drug Store to offer refund if the first bottle of LETO'S fails to satisfy. The notice targets customers seeking relief and outlines purchase terms.
Street, has lost a striped yellow kitten which he values highly. Old Tack will pay a reward of 50 cents for its return. Collect the reward from Tack, sure. Interesting historical facts follow about birth rates in Stockholm, poison ivy, Robert Frost, Toledo, Hollywood authenticity, King Zog's Albania briar wood, the word jingo, and a quote from General U S Grant.
Former President Herbert Hoover told Liberty Magazine that Senator Sherman Minton is trying to intimidate the American press and that the administration concentrates power under liberalism. He criticizes the New Deal acts as varied in radical, liberal, and reactionary terms.
A refined business widow wishes to correspond and meet a gentleman aged about 45 to 50 who is neat, has a good car, and is a salesman or railroad man. She desires an earnest, steady relationship.CONTINUED ON PAGE 9.
Twenty five trucks carrying nearly 12 tons each begin moving 1.29 billion dollars in bar silver from the U S assay office to a new bullion vault near West Point along a 50 mile route. Coast guards accompany the convoy, with a 10 month timetable and a bid of 157000 dollars awarded to Peter J Malley's Trucking Company.
London July 6 Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow's marital dispute with her Danish husband moved from police court talk to society gossip. The case against Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow for alleged threats was adjourned for a week. Hints of a new romance emerged as lawyers said he demanded 5 million dollars for a divorce and threatened her with three years of headlines.
Amarillo's new postoffice rises ahead of schedule as concrete workers pour the roof slab and masons place native Texas limestone over brick walls. Federal engineer Guy F. Kuntze says completion should occur before the December 1 target. Rural German villages lacking cinemas now receive motor trucks with complete projection outfits.
Andrews recalled a 20 year plan born aboard the Melville near Queenstown where 18 sailors once plotted a reunion. He noted the group leaned toward St Louis as the meeting site though many details remained unsettled amid talk of a future gathering and possible presidential endorsement.
The piece recalls a veteran boxer's taunt "Where's he at" as phrases echo through competitive feuds. It notes Lieutenant Millspaugh faces criticism for his stance in the ongoing dispute over prizefighting.
Oklahoma figures debate when Franklin D. Roosevelt should visit during his western tour. Marland urged Roosevelt to delay until after the primary, or, if he comes early, to meet all Democratic senatorial and congressional candidates on equal footing as Thomas supporters prepare for the event.
Reports from northwestern winter wheat states and European crops push prices down while analysts expect Kansas and Amarillo crops to reach top historical levels. Amarillo Grain Exchange notes 270 carloads today, near last year, with No 1 dry hard wheat premiums and high cash quality despite rust and moisture worries. Officials say hard spring wheat growers face nonexemption.
The Associated Press reports that acreage reduction provisions aim to equalize limits for all wheat growers. Representatives of the growers argue there is no surplus and thus no production restriction, while A A A director George E. Farrell says all wheat growers must be treated alike under the new farm law.
The Japanese port city of Kobe suffers a disastrous flood after three water reservoirs fail. Aboard the Dollar Liner President Cleveland, H Estep reports 600 Japanese schoolchildren and 40 Europeans drowned, with 140 missing and 150 drowned in Kobe. Water shortages follow.
At a rehearsal led by Oscar Wise in Amarillo the full Dumas band directed by Farnsworth attended along with representatives from other groups. The event promises a large turnout for the outstanding occasion as musicians pledge to join with band instruments.
Musicians from Canyon Clarendon Panhandle and other points will assemble Monday afternoon south of Island station and west of Fort Worth and Denver station. The large band will parade along Polk Street before the Presidential train and perform at Ellwood Park where the President will speak. Gulf Oil brings a $12000 sound truck from Houston with Red Walden in charge.
The article notes Bundand must join the German American Volks Bund to gain camp privileges. A Bund member vows the organization is oath bound. If convicted, defendants face up to 1000 dollars in fines and a year in prison, while the corporation faces up to 10000 dollars.
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