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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1939
Page
2
Markets listings show Dow Jones figures and sector quotes from Fenner Beane with small changes. Grain quotations cover Wheat with May and Dec values, and Kansas City Livestock notes Hogs Cattle calves and related prices, with weekend market activity and price shifts.
George Campbell spoke at the American Business Club luncheon in the Capitol Hotel. Born blind, Campbell is now 20 after regaining sight at 18 through surgeries and glasses and shared his experience and the rewards of sight.
A. M. Fleming received a building permit for a $1,100 remodel of the home at 1994 Van Buren Street. Contractor is E. R. Cox. Amarillo’s total building permits for the year now stand at $1,634,157.
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce led by Tom Wingate calls 23 directors to 7:80 tonight at Southwestern Public Service Co offices. Meeting delayed from last night due to members out of town amid charter news from Amarillo. Nearby, in Grand Saline Texas, Oscar Hyden a cook was found dead on the Texas and Pacific Railroad right of way.
A 16 year old boy named Taw Tack Tam faces severe work difficulties after injuries or distress. The notice references continuation on page 15 for further details about his condition and the circumstances.
A satirical verse piece mocks figures across politics and wartime graft with references to Roosevelt W P A and Hitler. It ends with L. B S U football schedule for 1940 listing games at Baton Rouge Kansas New York and Sing Sing plus homecoming versus Alabama State Pen.
Fred DeCoster named new adjutant of Hanson Post American Legion by commander-elect Clay Thornton. J T McEntaggert resigned as adjutant. Roy Beard named assistant adjutant and will continue as correspondent for 40 et 8 Voiture. Post office is in the north wing of the municipal auditorium.
In Broadalbin New York a three year old Robbie Brown climbed a backyard well after his mother joked about a cat in the well. He pried off the cover fell eight feet struck rocks then surfaced grabbing an iron pipe. Uncle Joseph Edmonds rescued him. the boy vowed never to return and declared there is no pussy in the well.
Sixteen thousand police were mobilized to round up suspected IRA terrorists across Britain. Detained suspects faced deportation under the anti-violence act or questioning over recent bombings. Two London blasts wounded twenty one and caused one death. Liverpool saw three explosions the same day.
At Mount Pleasant Golf Course Baltimore July 28 Gordon Oakland insurance clerk led the morning round of the 18th Public Links championship semi finals. Armstrong Honolulu faced Sawedko Pittsburgh square with Arthur Armstrong tied with Sawedko as Gordon held a commanding position after a rapid start. Gordon was 5 up on Molinari of San Francisco at lunch.
Howard Holland, shop foreman for the city of Amarillo, was struck and killed by lightning five miles southeast of Clarendon while vacationing on his farm. The body will be brought to Amarillo by Boxwell Brothers. Survivors include sister Mrs Virgil Beavers, brother Bernard Holland, another Amarillo city employee, and another sister living in Lelia Lake.
Police report a forger circulating in Amarillo in recent days. Merchants including drugstore operators say checks paid via bank tellers are detected as forgeries. The fraudulent notes typically demand 12.85 dollars after small purchases.
A federal grand jury in New York indicted Underwood Elliott-Fisher Remington Rand Royal Typewriter and L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters and their presidents Philip Wagoner James Rand Edmund Faustmann and Burl Smith for violating anti trust laws. The Senate approved an amendment to Roosevelt's lending bill authorizing the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation to refinance distressed mortgages.
A father and son from Oklahoma visit the Panhandle Automobile Club in the Herring Hotel. The father seeks town stickers for his collection while the car windshield is nearly covered with them, leaving two clear squares for visibility. The son jokes they have traveled from Oklahoma to the San Francisco World's Fair and back without seeing much.
Mrs. O S Webster reports a suspicious car near 50 Mississippi Street after reading The Amarillo Globe-News. E R Lewis offers a $25 reward for the stolen 1939 coupe and $50 for the thief’s arrest and conviction as he retrieves his son’s car.
Dr. O W Barnes of Long Beach California registers for the seventh annual post graduate course and surgical clinic in the city. Additional registrants include Dr J W London Seagraves Texas Dr E L Theilking Tucumcari New Mexico Dr M A Cooper Childress Texas Dr H J Conway Tulsa Oklahoma Dr J P Patten Arapahoe Nebraska W A Seydler Morton Texas P Alan Filkill Lubbock Texas Paul Price Oklahoma City.
When workers began installing new one light standards in the white way system along Third Avenue Polk Street and nearby areas the Southwestern Public Service Company faced inquiries about replacements. The five light standards on Polk Street and part of Taylor Street are being replaced due to occasional damage by motorists.
Pi Reed Cr. 58 a farmer from the La Salle community died last night after his horse team ran away and threw him from a wagon on Wednesday.
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