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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
2
A heat driven forecast from Dallas to Amarillo notes near 100 degrees with no rain, while Panhandle crowds await September for the Texas Centennial. Ernest Thompson is urged to attend a big rally on the Amarillo lawn with band at 8 and speeches at 8:45, amid mixed turnout and rural wagers on his impact.
A collection of short items mentions Bass Instructor Mr. Lamb in Dallas, local fans and flowers from Mrs. Emmett, Pioneer Organization ideas, school board talks on football funding, and FBI and national figure tidbits. Includes trivia on Budapests vocalists, Tristan de Cunha, and other scattered notes.
Help locate a capable couple around 40 to 45 years old, or a younger couple with one child, willing to work hard and show real interest. Milker preferred. See Mrs Avery in person at The News.
Nine-session instruction for Democratic primary officials will be held tonight in the Potter County courthouse district courtroom. Potter County Democratic chairman C Gibson will preside as precinct clerks and judges are announced after the meeting.
Weather experts warn drouth will deepen in the corn belt with 100 to 110 degree highs in Nebraska and Oklahoma. Forecasts call for scattered thundershowers with no quick relief, while losses mount to millions of bushels and dollars in states including Indiana and Nebraska.
Farmers of Brown County surveyed damaged cotton crops after a torrential rainfall estimated at seven inches in the Bangs area. Roads washed out and water stood in Bangs streets while Brownwood measured one inch and other counties reported heavy precipitation.
R V Vogler, back in Amarillo as manager of the Federal Clothing Store, cites seven year progress and bright Panhandle prospects after stints in South Carolina Baton Rouge and Omaha. He previously ran the Amarillo location at 700 Polk Street before December 1929.
Augusta fire crews struggled to reach the blaze on the August Belt Line outside city limits. A railroad engine crew moved the flaming freight car within reach of a water nozzle and the fire was put out quickly.
Sheriff Harry L. Weiss arrived to arrest Edward F. Pring on evictions evasion charges. Pring released four bee hives to swarm the scene and was detained for contempt of court. Bond set at $600 before Pring returned home to gather his bees.
A mail bomb killed Curry Thomas, a 47 year old farmer near Cape Charles Virginia, and seriously injured his bride of one month. The blast occurred as he opened a parcel post package. Local and statewide inquiries were announced.
The Long-Bell Lumber Company will build two brick veneer houses on Travis Street funded by the Federal Housing Administration. A six room home for Dr. Stuart Browning at 152 Travis Street and a five room home for Richard Robert at 1519 Travis Street are under way with grading already started.
A stolen car linked to a Dallas robbery was found abandoned in a residential district after two men hijacked the Electro Ball Company and stole 2000 dollars from the safe, forcing five employees to lie on the floor. Police searched for the two robbers as one victim fired at the suspects.
Four Douglas C 43 United States Army planes arrived at English Field east of the city at 12 40 today under Captain R Kyle of the Twelfth Squadron Twelfth Observation Group Brooks Field The ships left Brooks Field near San Antonio this morning stopping at Midland for lunch and refueling before English Field Oklahoma City was named as the next stop and they would return to San Antonio this evening
Speakers from the Panhandle were assigned topics for Friday night’s rally and homecoming for Senator Clint C Small. Small will address the lawn audience at the Municipal Auditorium. Gubernatorial candidates will be introduced from the platform before the round robin and Sen Small’s speech.
Dallas youth Herschel Foyt was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Justice of Peace C W Carder after pleading guilty to stealing a suitcase from a fellow itinerant. He was arraigned before noon and arrested on Highway 66 about thirty minutes after the report.
Gambling charges were filed Wednesday night against Gordon Bennett Bo Dillard and Kyle Brumley. Bond set at 83000. Charges filed before Justice of Peace Co Carder after a raid by Deputy Sheriffs Ray Brewer Gib Landis and Ivy Wilkinson at The Bottle 113 West Fifth Avenue. Paraphernalia including a dice table and a poker table were seized.
Kansan Mrs. Martha Meyers 196 of the county home visited town for the first time in 17 years to register for the primary. She said a woman should be president of the United States if she has good common sense.
Police began a systematic check of fingerprints and missing persons records to identify a decapitated 40 year old man found in an east side woodland area. Detective James Hogan suspects a maniack killer linked to four similar crimes last year. Coroner A J Pearse will review bloodstains. previous victims include Edward Andrassy and Florence Sawdey Polilla. a 17 year old girl named Marie Barkley found the latest body.
President Cardenas' secretary Luis Rodriguez announced terms of a deal to end Central Mexicos week long electric power strike before sunset. The agreement would involve temporary government operation of five plants if the president agrees, otherwise a signed alternative plan with undisclosed details will take effect.
R A Fox 50 Mangum Okla died in Dallas County traffic accident after stumbling in front of a heavy freight truck. He suffered a fractured skull and died en route to a hospital. Driver M L Mohler Fort Worth employee of Sproules Truck Lines said the crash was unavoidable and was released on own recognizance after DA review.
Federal Judge James C. Wilson, based in Fort Worth since May, will return tonight to hear a Friday session and attend Saturday’s election. He will come back Monday to resume next week’s cases, with no special summer term. The fall term opens September 7, a week earlier than usual.
In Waco on July 23 a man identified by a receipt as Andrew Wesson, 25, of Round Rock Texas, was crushed when he sat on a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train track east of Waco. The incident is under investigation.
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