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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1936
Page
2
A rambling column blends meteorology with local fishing lore and colorful character sketches. Jack Lamb the fisherman offers tips and stories while forecasts hint at rain in the Panhandle. The piece notes upcoming Wildfowl meeting at Herting Hotel and references federal dam funding and a city lake plan. It includes humorous anecdotes, jokes, and miscellaneous notes on weather, farming, and regional life.
The Potter County Democratic Party will convene at 2:30 PM Saturday in the District Courtroom. Rey D Chase, secretary, said precinct delegates were chosen last Saturday. The county convention will name delegates to the state convention to be held soon. Absentee balloting is delayed until after the state canvass, with names of second primary candidates to be announced around August 8.
A jumble of items from July includes news of Gov Allred's son David undergoing adenoid removal in Wichita Falls with plans for the governor to travel there. assorted humorous anecdotes about public figures. remarks on editors ignoring Pickford’s rings purchase. Hoover's salary raise. Barnum quotes. a fish freshness device. a tidal wave warning near Hawaii. iron in the human body. U S city population ranks. the male mosquito myth. Harding and Grant judged in a character survey. opium as cash in China. Hollywood film footage loss estimates. ambrosia artemisiifolia hay fever allergen. Jefferson and Washington inaugurations. whooping cough mortality. and political tactics termed steam roller by 1908 press.
Thursday and Friday airings show John Josey’s Organ Reveries at 3:00 and 3:45 with Dance Matinee blocks, Hillbilly Varieties, News Commentary, and Baseball Scores. Features include Cosmopolitan Singers, Nat and Whiteman orchestras, Vocal Varieties, The Inquiring Reporter, and Texas Club segments.
A widow aged 35 seeks financial support for education to improve prospects. The letter notes limited earnings, travel costs, and a desire to pursue schooling, with references to a potential loan or grant to ease tuition. The message emphasizes determination and hope for better opportunities.
Bud Bickle, Panhandle constable, arrived with a misdemeanor warrant for J. D. May, held in Amarillo city jail on drunkenness. May is charged with stealing car casings borrowed in Panhandle, arrested here while in possession of the borrowed vehicle.
London July 30 King Fad ward charters the yacht Nah Lin for a three to four week cruise along the Dalmatian coast. He plans to join the vessel in about ten days at Dubrovnik and will be accompanied by three or four friends. The trip replaces a vacation planned for Cannes that was cancelled after the Spanish rebellion broke out.
In Chicago on July 30 corn futures spiked to the four cent limit as a Department of Agriculture report warned that half of key corn producing acreage was damaged beyond recovery. September and December contracts jumped with September near 98 cents and December above 90 cents, the season’s peak and the highest since 1990 for September.
The chamber of deputies adopted a rightist bill allowing women to vote and hold elective office in Pari. The move marks a significant expansion of political rights and could reshape local governance.
Air planes and cars moved women and children to safety from a forest fire in the Little Rockies southeast of Malta Montana. Mission Canyon evacuees included 16 women and children. miners and families from Little Ben Mine were moved to safety as structures at the old August Mine burned.
Amid continued dry weather Amarillo city water use rose to a new peak of 9,024,000 gallons last Monday, surpassing the previous record of 8,420,000 gallons set July 11 last year. Daily average in recent weeks exceeds 7,250,000 gallons, with 1,393,000 gallons used yesterday.
Wyoming cattlemen led by Cleo Moreland of Sheridan sent a telegram to the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce asking about selling stock cattle. Carl Hinton cites drought extending into Wyoming as the cause for the queries and notes the chamber has been advised by Panhandle cattlemen that there is no market here.
Amarillo has been chosen as host city for a regional conference of the American Fellowship. The meeting will occur this fall on a date to be set. Evan Lovett asks for information on Panhandle civic groups, aiming to promote national loyalty and world friendship with Panhandle civic leaders in attendance.
The morning plummeted to 68 degrees, the coolest in nine days, with a 94 degree high expected this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies are forecast for tonight and Friday.
Coloradoans by train will pass Amarillo tomorrow morning on their way to the Texas centennial celebration. Carl Hinton, chamber of commerce manager, said the Colorado delegation would arrive on a Fort Worth and Denver train for a few minutes. He noted the letter did not specify arrival time and that Saturday August 1 is Colorado Day, with a celebration planned in Dallas.
EX-RESIDENT LEADS R. B. Clouse, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Clouse of Amarillo, in the race for state representative in the 13th district. He formerly studied in Amarillo, now lives in Call, Jasper County, works for Kirby Lumber in Port Arthur district. first political campaign. Also notes a 1777 shilling found in Van Wert by Andrew Miller in a safe, issued by Pennsylvania with 24 cent face value and death penalty for counterfeiting. J W McNelly of Oakley, Kansas, still uses a farm wagon bought 49 years ago.
A federal inquiry into the sinking of the sand barge Material Service that killed 15 men heard an inspector state that Captain Charles D. Brown would be held responsible for not ordering protective trap rails over the ship's hatchways.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports about half of the total corn acreage in Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and South Dakota was damaged beyond recovery for grain production as of July 28. Prospects are better in Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota but many areas there still face limited grain yield. The badly hurt crop extends into New York Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia Central Kentucky Northwestern Arkansas and the eastern Rockies.
A typhoon swept two provinces on northern Luzon today causing at least five deaths and wide spread property and crop damage. Two people were missing and communications to Ilocos Sur and Cagayan were interrupted on the west coast and extreme northeastern tip.
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