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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1936
Page
2
A crowded column blends a weather forecast noting cooler tonight and chance of rain next week with long anecdotes on drought relief, fishing lakes, local boosters, and community chatter. It reflects Amarillo panhandle life, local names, and opinions on development and public works.
A reprint of Augusta M Kruger’s poem from Nashville, Tennessee, praising children and trees. The piece imagines children playing under shade, birds nesting, and the music of leaves, celebrating the simple joys of summer, trees, and childhood.
An Italian World War I veteran dying in New York requested his friend to place Webb Miller’s autographed war diary with him, noting Miller covered the Aduwa campaign. The diary chronicles Aduwa Adigrat Aksum Makale. Frank Poveromo says the wish was fulfilled. The piece also recalls the accidental discovery of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky in 1808 by Hutchings.
Ben H. Stone, prominent attorney, will address the Amarillo Bar Association tomorrow at noon in the Red Room Amarillo Hotel. He discusses General Aspects of Amendments to the Bankruptcy Act for the Relief of Corporations. The session is the last regular meeting before summer recess. Bill Pheiffer presides. R. A. Wilson is secretary. Dr. Harry B. McKeen also speaks.
Washington June 5 Joseph W Burns lying in state before the rostrum from which he guided the House through history making times was honored by President Roosevelt and the nation High officials of the United States and foreign powers bowed their heads with Byrns colleagues in Congress as the capital paid its last respects to the dead speaker William B Bankhead Alabama successor spoke of Byrns deeds and his sudden death from a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage.
Bennie Shaw, an Amarillo negro, was indicted two days ago and this morning sentenced to four years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to two burglary indictments. Judge E Nelson Jr presided, Shaw waived a jury, and received two concurrent two year terms. He was arrested on charges of stealing clothing from G C Cook’s home at 1007 Bellaire Street and from K M Murphy’s home at 902 A Louisiana Street.
Fster Perkins, a recaptured fugitive, died early today at the state prison hospital in McAlester after being mortally wounded by Muskogee County officers. A search for another alleged car thief, Sam Janaway, continued in rugged hills near Bruges. Perkins and two others were surprised by officers yesterday. two band members were captured soon after.
John Wood of the State Highway Commission and J B Early chief maintenance engineer protested to Governor Alfred Attorney General McCraw and a Dallas humane society that the Lampasas to Dallas marathon horse race was inhumane and would misuse state highways.
Federal court is in recess today and tomorrow while Judge James C. Wilson is in Fort Worth. He will return Monday. Several civil and a few criminal cases remain to be heard. The last downtown hitch rack has been removed in Emporia Kansas and farmers with horses will have to use a tree outside the shopping district.
Harvard bred James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, arrives in England and quickly shifts to a Back Bay Boston accent during discussions with British journalists at the English Speaking Union. He quizzes a London doorman with a light frontier tone as Punch sketches a vic ar satire.
An old time Western phraseology remark quotes slee ia on Americans flocking to sail the Queen Mary. He notes the US interest in the liner while a London cartoon mocks stereotyped Anglo American types such as Daniel Boone and monocled Britons.
London debutantes mimic American speech while Britons jab at the American accent. Ambassador Bingham notes no sharp division, claiming educated speech is alike in both nations. James Roosevelt counters with a cheeky cow boy persona from British press.
Amarillo Typographical Union president L. Quinn declares no local or external publication or printing house has official sanction. The union rejects endorsements or coercive business practices, notes no official newspaper exists, and stresses fair trade and honest dealings while endorsing quality work and union label reliability.
The regular monthly crippled children's clinic will be held at St Anthony's Hospital Saturday under the Crippled Children's Council. Dr Earl D McBride of Oklahoma City bone specialist will be in charge. The clinic is largely charity funded by civic clubs. The Lions Club started this type of clinic years ago. Amarillo lacks a local bone specialist, so Dr McBride has been supervising the work for some time.
St Andrew's Episcopal Church will hold a barbecue picnic at Jack Hall Ranch next Sunday at 5 30 PM. The event, postponed from last week due to weather, will include a short service on the grounds and a large turnout of members and friends is expected.
A swiftly formed posse surprised two Black suspects at the New Castle post office in Birmingham Alabama early today. One suspect was fatally wounded and another was fired upon as he fled into darkness. The incident involved a robbery and a damaged safe with quick action by police and bystanders.
Dallas Centennial officials prepared for millions of visitors by inspecting 750 uniformed staff including police guards ticket takers and cashiers. Elaborate floats depicting Texas history and 20 bands framed tomorrow’s parade as the midway lights shimmered with diverse acts from German Black Forest skating to Streets of Paris style entertainments. Advance ticket sales noted by Harry P. Har.
Rison announced he had reached two million orders but could not deliver them. He said this was three hundred thousand more than BO at the Century of Progress in its first year.
Rain and lightning swept Oklahoma causing widespread flooding. The body of Buddy Cleever, 24, of Minco, was recovered after a bolt struck him. Washita River flooded lowlands from Hammon to Clinton, with crest feared to reach Clinton, reminiscent of the 1934 disaster.
Paris Russell came to the Panhandle to ranch but soon moved into the commission business. His son and daughter survive along with a wife in San Antonio a daughter Mrs. W. A. Meissner in San Antonio a brother Robert Russell of Pilot Point and two sisters in California.
A long standing trust in Black-Draught is shown by lifelong use across generations. Fred Richardson of Hartshorne Oklahoma notes twenty years of use and his mother fifty years, calling it the best medicine known. He uses it for sour stomach constipation and sluggishness, praising its bowel regulation and cleansing effects.
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