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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1935
Page
2
A purse with initials T M was lost in Amarillo business district on Monday. The owner offers a one dollar reward plus 78 cents in the pocketbook. finder should leave it with Mr Avery at the News-Gunde office. The fragment also includes columns on politics, town life, and amusing quips.
A dense listing of KGNC programming from the evening to late night includes News Commentary Lifebuoy Program Waltz Time and various musical and sports segments. The schedule features broadcasts with Jerry Malin musical moments baseball and a range of orchestral and vocal performances across the night.
Divorces in Potter County dropped from 34 in June to six in July due to summer adjournment of Amarillo courts. Six decrees were granted in the 47th District Court with Judge F C Nelson presiding most of July while 108th District Court halted after June 29. Names of those granted include J D Shutters, Lola Daniel, Paul M Donovan, M E Long, Eugene Maurice, and Fd Eubanks.
Mayor Rogers praised the planning council for cooperating with the WPA on a street resurfacing project. The plan targets 15 blocks with leave-out gaps eliminated and other traffic obstacles removed. It will provide steady work for 60 to 70 men over nine months. The city has set aside $23,000 in the budget and expects no rise in municipal indebtedness, with possible year-end expansion.
Rep Walter Jones questions Colonel Thompsons remarks about hot oil in Fast Texas. Smith says oil is being reduced and doubts any future end to hot oil within 20 years, while alleging all laws are violated.
The Ama Vito College choruses the Balladettes and Balladors stage a big benefit dance at The Nat after a week of fund drive for transport costs. Four hundred dollars is the minimum. leaders urge tickets tonight and offer reservations by telephone. Gate receipts support the college group with admission ten cents. The ensembles are invited to broadcast from Warner Brothers and submit NBC programs.
Dr. Herman Becks of the University of California College of Dentistry claims chewing gum exercises facial muscles and may help maintain a perfect face as athletic activity maintains a perfect figure. The advise comes as a defense of gum chewers in San Francisco.
Secretary Ickes launched a high profile tour with five trusted lieutenants to promote additional PWA projects. Col Horatio Hackett led the party with meetings planned in 22 cities from Columbus Ohio west to the coast and northwest. The group includes E K Burlew Phillip Benton Edward Foley Jr and M W Straus as press agent. The Senate also passed a bill restoring Spanish American War veterans benefits prior to the 1933 Economy Act.
The passage outlines complex public sentiment regarding Germany and the flag incident aboard the liner Bremen. It notes hostility to Hitler's regime, calls for severing diplomatic ties, distrust of Berlin and New York officials, respect for treaty obligations, and opposition to demonstrating Communists.
A collage of brief items reports a July 31 scene at the capitol with a woman seeking dress rules, a New York case of shorts enforcement, Aurelio Vasquez facing sentence on relief funds, scientist Baldet’s critique of Nova Hercules, and a California western film unit struggling as horses desert for pot harvest.
A garbled passage mentions a dog, six puppies, and references to Mys Bert Gefshin, Robert E. Lee, and President descendants. It also hints at a Washington permit related to a tavicab and a monetary amount of 13,466 dollars, with several unclear names and phrases.
Markets report cotton opening higher in New Orleans on light trade and professional buying. October to May futures showed gains around 24 cents, with July and December advancing amid rain relief prospects and a cautious view awaiting government crop estimates.
George D Rowe 59 a trucking contractor and Amarillo resident for years died at 10 80 this morning at his home 909 Cleveland Street He is survived by son William D Rowe daughters Mrs J M Walker and Miss Lela H Rowe brother John Rowe Salinas California sister Mrs W O Yemple Plainview Chebocy was at Griggs Chapel services pending relatives arrival and Red Lampe deputy returned to the federal building after a two day South Plains trip
Jay Taylor of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce aviation committee announced efforts to retain Amarillo eastbound mail service after its cancellation. The group plans to approach Washington to press air commerce officials, as the 5:38 PM English Field flight was the last scheduled trip.
Michigan moves to charge prisoners for daily meals with funds from inmate estates. Auditor General John O'Hara filed a claim in Flint against Balfe McDonald estate for 464 dollars at 70 cents a day, tied to McDonald’s matricide case and inheritance from Grace McDonald.
Ethiopia states no international mandate will be accepted or entertained and vows to maintain independence. Emperor Haile Selassie convened the nation’s chiefs as unrest over foreign domination persists. Dysentery erupts among Italian East Africa troops, with 15,000 cases reported. Italy enacts state monopolies on coal and key metals to control raw materials and railways.
In Peoria on July 31 the death penalty was demanded for Gerald Thompson 26 as his trial neared verdict on charges of ravishing and murdering Mildred Hallmark 19. Prosecutor E V Champion urged the jury that the defendant deserved the death sentence.
The communications commission ordered hearings on an application for a new radio station by the Pampa Daily News of Pampa Texas.
The weekly protests urged Catholics to boycott the Berlin Games of 1936. The mayor refused a masseur license to Paul Kress, a German alien, citing discrimination against Americans of Jewish faith in Germany. Kress vowed to take the issue to court.
The AAA requires a 15 percent reduction in wheat acreage in 1936 for signers of adjustment contracts. If the Supreme Court strikes down AAA, the government will pay compliance costs up to the date of decision. The 1936 39 contract may be offered in two to three weeks and can end early by the Agriculture Secretary.
Amarillo barber Earl Reynolds died suddenly in a local hotel room from a heart attack. He planned to leave for Vernon today. Funeral arrangements are pending with relatives in Bonham and Windom, Texas. The body lay at Griggs Chapel.
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