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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1938
Page
7
The text mixes a Thomas Bailey Aldrich verse fragment about a village noon and May with a note on the Chambers Ranges gas handles and a short business item about Ed Proyus and the Marizon Millinery department leaving Sunday morning.
Mr and Mrs Frank Ditto and children relocate to 732 Garfield from Wichita Kan. He works for Bryant Transfer Co. Mr and Mrs Clark W Ash and young son settle at 302 North Lincoln from Canyon. He is a service man for Allis Chalmers. Mrs R N Knight and two children move to 314 East Eighteenth from Tulsa Okla. She is a nurse.
County Agent Albert Brown recommends beer to trap crickets. Place stale beer in a jar and the crickets dive in and drown, a simple home remedy noted in a Fort Scott report.
A column warns clubs of an impending announcement within ten days. The piece notes a racket near studio back lots and a noisy disturbance linked to a man practicing with a cor wheel and filming.
A collage of film world snippets details Peter Lorre’s stern screen presence and later friendly humor, studio tensions with residents over on-location work, Dixie Dunbar’s elopement restrictions, a dress rehearsal for a Preventorium show, and Will Rogers Memorial Pageant participation appeals. It notes Rand’s publicity stunts, a Venice blinds joke, and an alimony deal via ex-wives in cinema.
A completed puzzle grid clues listed with horizontal and vertical entries. The intact fill includes terms for retired fighter and related wordplay across various clue numbers.
The Lesson-Sermon for July 24 centers on Truth. Key texts include Psalms 86 11 and 108 4, plus Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health page 95 noting material sense versus spiritual sense and eternal Truth. The readings reinforce walking in truth and fearing God.
Gulf Pipe Line Company announced today it increased crude runs in the Goldsmith Field Ector County from 10000 to 12000 barrels daily for the remainder of July. Officials said normal capacity for the area is 10000 barrels daily. Gas rate hearing opened Kilgore. Olin Culberson, director of the utilities division of the Texas State Railroad Commission, opened a hearing on United Gas Corporation rates to determine if the rates are fair as requested by Kilgore officials.
Chicago July 22 John Snopek a 54 year old janitor attempted suicide with a .22 rifle The bullet struck his upper dental plate halting its progress doctors said the rubber plate saved his life and Snopek survived the shot
Ted Weems and his orchestra will perform at the Nat on August 1 for a concert and dance. He boasts a rare gaboon viper tooth worn by the bandleader, a trophy earned after a dangerous bite incident in Egypt and a dramatic transfer through Chicago contacts.
Treasury data show gold purchases for the quarter ended June 30 at 168.55 million dollars while silver purchases fell to 88.1 million ounces. First quarter gold and silver totals were 34.39 million dollars and 113.15 million ounces respectively. Insurance firms pay women in office jobs less than banks with lower salary scales noted.
On the Railroads continues with notes from visits to Wichita Falls Lake Kemp and Canyon. Officers and families travel to Dallas Fort Worth Electra Childress Pilot Point and Amarillo while railroads begin steel rail use in 1867 and foreign railroads send visiting reps. Also agricultural quota discussion and a report that Italian fliers claim to have shot down 480 loyalist planes in the Spanish war.
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