02 Jun 1937
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
1
Judge Reeder mocks a local forecaster noting that rain predictions were modest and unreliable. The piece covers casual weather chatter, river floods from New Mexico, a vanished Palo Duro Club Lake, and colorful local anecdotes from Dalhart to Clovis with various tales of water, bears, and Arkansas corn.
The piece notes record high river levels in 1923, Borger celebrates John Weatherly Lake, and local figures like Bob Clesson and Harlow are discussed. It also mentions Pampa Fiesta plans, upcoming dams on the Plains, and federal lake funding, plus weather caveats.
Evansville Indiana r K Blakely former ice man conducts a one man campaign to place a Bible in every home. On his sixtieth birthday he began distributing New Testaments and operates as the Helping Hand Testament League with motto One in every home. He sells New Testaments for 25 cents when possible and leaves books if no sale. has sold 500 and given away 100.
Washington reports that on June 2 Robert H. Jackson told joint House and Senate labor committees the administration's proposed wage and hours bill is clearly constitutional under recent Supreme Court decisions. The remarks frame the legislation as constitutionally sound amid ongoing labor policy debate.
Postmaster WD DeGrassi has a letter from D. W. Bughman of Martinville Arkansas asking help locating his sister Mrs Clara Bundage last seen in Amarillo. He wishes to notify her of their mother's death.
Impassable roads near Friona force the Senior Chamber of Commerce to cancel its planned Clovis Pioneer Day visit. The delegation, led by Clay Thornton, will join juniors on a trip to Pampa for a two day celebration featuring parades, band contests, rodeo programs and dances. Tom Wingate arranged a motorcade of about 15 cars plus a chartered bus.
CHICAGO experts warn the American drinking habit risks health and culture. Harry L. Laurie of the National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Temperers criticizes gulps and urges sipping to savor flavor and aroma rather than rapid shots.
Dr. Howard W. Haggard of Yale University argues that five or six small daily meals are better than three large ones, saying small meals minimize disruption to mental activity. In a separate note, fortune telling links spades to treachery and ill luck.
Debate notes prospects of reinstating amendments to earmark one third of the total for roads dams and other projects. The bill passed the Senate 323 to 44 before becoming a target of post conference modifications by the President’s lieutenants.
Majority Leader Rayburn and other Democrats argued earmarks would curtail wages by diverting funds from the Works Progress Administration. The compromise includes flood control spending, revoking a relief labor order, and restoring Hopkins's salary to $12,000 while debating $150,000,000 for road contracts and relief labor for farm to market roads.
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