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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1936
Page
2
A rambling Amarillo column blends heat in the Dakotas with cool dry weekend forecasts. It notes a mostly rainless outlook, comments on water fluoridation research, local politics, horseplay and humor, and community notes about hunting, car ownership, and a missing dog.
The Chamber of Commerce groups plan a highway rally next Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a paved road from the Gulf of Mexico to Colorado along highway No. 5. Delegations from Dallas to Denver will attend as the last gap near Clarendon is closed. The Junior Chamber handles reception and entertainment with Garford Wilkinson chairing the committee. Carl Hinton and Guy Saunders also participate in invitations from Raton. A barbecue will be part of the day's events.
The Community Chest campaign will run in the second week of October. Chest directors approved using the American City Bureau to direct this year’s drive and will set a goal after budgets from nine participating agencies are filed. J C Nate of Chicago attended with W A Barlow presiding and a list of Chest board members present.
Power County auditor H G Presty Hamrick was hospitalized for an appendectomy at Northwest Texas Hospital this morning. A nurse stated his condition as good this afternoon. The page includes assorted trivia and historical notes, from Stevenson’s authorship to Salt Lake facts and old world curios.
Twenty two newsies traveling from Amarillo to Atlanta aboard the newspaper’s bus recall a two week trip won in a circulation drive for the Atlanta Georgian. They toured California and the Grand Canyon, enjoyed Amarillo souvenirs, wore Centennial hats, bandanna scarves and toy piccolos, and staged a playful hold up for photos in front of the Amarillo Hotel.
Chicago scene reports state representative John Bolton, a militant sponsor of a bill to legalize handbooks, was shot and killed as his car was fired upon. The vehicle ran 100 yards before hitting a lamp post, the driverless auto colliding amid the attack.
Memphis Tenn July 9 The general strike among tenant farmers sharecroppers and day laborers in East Arkansas ends by declaration of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union ending a prolonged labor action in the region.
In Oklahoma City July 9 a runoff primary for the Democratic U S Senate nomination pitted Rep Josh Lee against Gov FE W Marland both New Dealers. With under 100 of 3411 precincts reported Marland led Gomer Smith by about 3000 unofficial votes and a recount demand was expected from Smith headquarters. Townsendite candidate kept close tabs and hinted at a possible contest of the vote.
Ruth Mae Cunningham 39 died from injuries in an automobile crash Monday near the A. D Weatherly Ranch. Funeral services will be at her mother C L Aston’s home on Van Buren at 2 PM conducted by Rev T D Sumrall. Burial Llano Mausoleum. She leaves a son Frank Danner and a son Jim Pat Cunningham, her father Mose Aston, and many Panhandle relatives.
Heat waves across 11 states cause more than 200 million dollars in irreparable damage to wheat and pastures after 31 rainless days. Rain remains too light to aid crops as livestock starves and fields burn, with forecasts uncertain for the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska and beyond.
N Y July 9 Far from hiding with his family three months Parker Jr returned home last night wearing a woman's disguise and surrendered to his detective father. Indicted in Brooklyn on a Lindbergh baby kidnapping charge alongside Paul Wendel, the disbarred Trenton lawyer who said he was tortured into a false confession.
Testimony in the Landis land case was completed this morning. Decision will be handed down tomorrow by Federal Judge James C. Wilson. The case concerns about seven dollars in alleged damages to land owned by Gib Landis from refuse from the U S S helium plant west of Amarillo.
Registration for Red Cross swimming and life-saving classes at Gem Lake runs July 14 to 31. Mrs. Arthur Ball directs the local organization with instructors including Mrs. Dorothy Peake Sharp and pool lifeguard staff. Separate beginner and advanced divisions cater to youths and adults with tests leading to emblems and prizes.
Frank Murphy of Detroit submitted to President Roosevelt his resignation as high commissioner to the Philippine Islands. He told reporters at the White House the move is to clear the way for a possible run as Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan.
Nationally known singer Louise Tobin arrives to join Ligon Smith's band for tonight's show at The Nat. She previously sang with Leonard Keller's orchestra in Chicago.
The Callander birth announcement sparked a media frenzy as a grandfather teased editor about rates. The world learned of five sets of Marie name conflicts and finally the quintuplets Cecile Yvonne Marie Emily and Annette. Five more Dianne siblings Pauline Danie Ernest Therese and Rose were later reported.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers will address the colored Open Forum at 8:50 PM in the Greater Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church North Heights addition. Dr. M. P. Hines chairs the forum and Rev. A J Williams serves as pastor of the church.
A national commerce official cited a pattern of steady income increases since 1932 amid low mood laws and an all time peak of 81 billion in 1929. The report highlights ongoing employment gains each month as context for optimism about the economy.
Members of the Amarillo Boy Scouts executive council met at the Amarillo Hotel for breakfast with James Guileke addressing the group to raise funds to pay off the local scout unit's 1200 indebtedness. In Austin, Spur resident Clifford B. Jones withdrew his resignation from the Texas Technological College board. the governor’s office was notified that Jones may reconsider.
J. W. Zempter Construction Company, paving contractors, filed suits in 108th District Court. Actions titled J. W. Zempter vs. F. G. Noll Campers et al and J. W. Zempter vs. R. M. Teas et al seek collection of paving notes dating to 1930.
Two men from Pampa Texas Mills 37 and Frank Wilson were treated here today for injuries from a car crash Tuesday night near Arcadia Oklahoma. The item notes the common household match is an English invention of about 100 years ago.
Mayor Rogers announced the city has earned an A plus water rating of 99 due to improvements in supply, fluorine addition, and upgraded treatment. Dr. W H Dean of the Public Health Service reports progress in removing fluorine and tests are ongoing in the city lab. Amarillo becomes the first in the state to attain such a high rating.
The Amarillo performer is described as cute and twinkly eyed with a timid, unassuming air and a hint of seriousness. She has appeared in Amarillo and other Plains cities, with stunning costumes and a glass fiber dress in one number. Gowns cost up to five thousand dollars.
A Highland Park reader touts Kellogg's All-Bran as superior to pills and laxatives since 1929. The letter notes two tablespoons daily provide bulk, absorb moisture, form a soft mass, and gently cleanse the system with added vitamin B and iron.
Elisabeth Morris travels to Dallas for dancing training and earns tuition through night club appearances. Her sister Jean Morris, 19, joins her in Fort Worth and will perform as a square dancer in The Last Frontier at Frontier Centennial. Elisabeth aims for ballet, plans a return to Amarillo to study, then seeks New York success. The pair rehearses long hours with Casa Manana while staying with Mrs. Florence Barksdale at 1416 Boulevard in Fort Worth.
An old advertisement promotes Cystex as a guaranteed remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims 9 million kidney tubules filter acids and wastes, warns against cheap drugs, and promises relief within 48 hours or money back. It mentions a $10,000 Bank of America deposit as guarantee and urges telephone orders.
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