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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
2
Amid a heat wave in the Panhandle, reports say a parade float depicting Senator Clint Small drew controversy with a rope scene about a trucker, prompting investigations by independent truckers and calls for Small’s reelection. Local supporters tout Small’s gasoline refund championing farmers and denounce opponents as aligned with big corporations.
Ossett England suffers vanishing romance says Rev G H Marshall DSO vicar. War driven khaki mills burned off cotton thread and sulfuric acid killed most trees leaving only a few elms. He urges Afforestation to plant in the treeless Yorkshire town.
Mount Pleasant Texas July 24 A Riddle of Waco died today from burns suffered in an oil well boiler explosion west of the city yesterday. Two high school students were injured in the blast.
A downpour soaked lime used for extinguishing a fire at a Denver gas garage under construction. The damp lime smouldered and reignited, nearly causing a larger blaze. Fire crews responded to contain the incident.
A mosaic of trivia traces longevity in fish from eels to salmon, notes on patents starting with Samuel Hopkins in 1790, a vaudeville past of an American girl linked to royalty, superstition about peacock feathers, telegraph news rates, wool versus meat strength, and Georgia’s unique voting history since the Civil War.
A reader requests the names of three leaders who assisted an injured man north of Kreas on Sunday morning July 19. The letter asks Tack to publish the helpers’ names and to contact the writer.
Byron William Gray a 55 year old barber of Amarillo died at 10 45 this morning at his home 1408 Van Buren Street after a long illness He had lived in the city over 27 years Survived by wife two children B W Gray Jr and Loretta Gray mother Mrs J B Gray and one brother and one sister Claude Gray and Mrs Curtis Richardson both of Amarillo Funeral arrangements to be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home
England will run a 3 cent per half ounce first class air mail service across a new imperial network. Plans show England to Australia in six or seven days and nine weekly services to Egypt and India, with extensions to New Zealand contemplated. Monkeys at City Park Zoo enjoy a new two story monkey house with tunnel and moat.
Soviet water use and dam construction threaten Caspian Sea volume. Prof. B. Apollov cites a 7,435 square mile area loss since 1925 and a 24 inch level drop, urging release of northern river and Don waters to protect fisheries and navigation. He notes Cheleken island joining the peninsula and urges government action.
South Africa unveils a new lighthouse at Cape Columbine north of Saldanha Bay. It ranks among the world’s largest with 9,500,000 candlepower and a visibility of 24 miles, aiming to guide mariners along a previously avoided coast.
Funeral services for Robert Forest Williams of Quitaque are at 4:30 p m in N S Griggs & Sons chapel with Rev C M Addison officiating Pallbearers include Gene Barry G K Badgett Jim Still Grover Grundy Ed Grundy and Glen Wise Interment at Llano Cemetery He died Thursday morning in a local hospital He was a Methodist and Mason and had lived in Quitaque eight years Survivors in Amarillo include two sons Fred F Williams and Clyde W Williams.
James Colin Russell aged 61 died at a local hospital at 8 15 Friday morning after several months illness. A 25 year Amarillo resident and Central Presbyterian Church member he is survived by his mother Mary Russell, sister Ola Russell, nephew Horace Lindsay and uncle J M Neely. Funeral services set for Griggs Chapel at 9 o'clock Saturday morning conducted by Dr R Thomson.
Mrs. J. D. Patterson Jr. is reported in favorable condition after a rabid cook Sah Cyrus 48 beat her with a rifle at the Patterson Stonewall County ranch and then killed himself. The incident also threatened daughter Jardine and guests Lois Russell and Louis Russell before the gunman shot himself.
Presbyterian Church assisted by Rev. FE. B. Fincher pastor of Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church. Interment is to be in Llano Cemetery. For protection from rival head hunters, fierce Formosan savages wear baskets over their heads during expeditions.
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