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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
1
The column notes a dust storm that broke the flood and relief efforts in Amarillo. It highlights Mrs. Avery Turner pledging 1000 dollars for Salvation Army. praises Ross Rogers for underpass work. urges continued support for locals and transients. Forecasts unsettled weather and a cooler, drier spell ahead.
A local column laments a recent athletic building fire and urges action on speeding and traffic safety after a hit and run tragedy. It notes optimism about regional growth, praise for emergency crews, and observations on poker and marriage dynamics among working men and their wives.
Funeral services for William Hiram White age 70 were held at 10 am at Blackburn Shaw funeral chapel. Rev FP Pincher of Fiwood Park Presbyterian Church officiated with pallbearers S C Brown Bert Washburn George McNabb Jr Jordan LM Strawn and J Wile Hurial. Burial followed in Mabeetie cemetery.
A Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp plant explosion killed Ed Kemp a pipe setter from Elmhurst and injured eleven others who were admitted to a hospital. First aid units treated an undetermined number of cases at the scene and at Beth Hospital.
Senator Clint Small is home over the weekend and plans to return to Austin tonight on the train. He spent the day in his office and is expected to depart for Austin tonight.
Amarillo notes Mrs Avery Turner gave 1000 toward the Salvation Army's new welfare home. The drive seeks 1000 more by June 16 to keep a 9000 option alive and funds already total 4000 with 1000 still needed. She sits on the Salvation Army Board since 1919 and has long supported welfare work.
J D Farrington of Rock Island and Bill Putral visited Amarillo to inspect repairs on the Canadian river line and the Buchanan Street underpass. The home, cleaned and refurbished through a citizen committee led by Oscar D Randal, opened with open house as hundreds toured bright new rooms, with the matron noting the children’s spirits lifted. The project, backed by a $2000 fund and extensive labor, is estimated to total around $5000 in investment. Farrington later left for Tucumcari and Kansas City.
Farmers of the North Panhandle are invited to a morning meeting with officers of the Texas Agricultural Association to discuss proposed farm legislation for 1998. H G Lucas of Brownwood is president with Cliff Day of Plainview as vice president. The session begins at 11 oclock at the Herring Mote Ornament Ballroom.
Water flows over the spillway at the city lake twenty miles southwest making the direct road impassable. Motorists including Hugh Norman of The Globe News and Fd Harris of the circulation department spent hours in the mud east of the lake. The city manager H R Smith had warned against the route, so the best access to the grounds is via Canyon six miles west, with five miles paved, then three miles south.
Kansas City livestock markets showed calves and cattle steady to higher with steers at 12.75 and cows to 7.65 while lambs and yearlings moved unevenly. Cotton in New Orleans opened quiet but steady with July at 12.62 and December at 12.73 as traders awaited guidance and regional rainfall updates.
After adopting resolutions at the Panhandle district convention in Dalhart plans outline a nationwide campaign led by George Broome of Amarillo. A conference with Texas and Oklahoma congressmen will follow the New York national convention to seek a congressional appropriation for a Panhandle hospital, with Albuquerque the nearest current facility. Dalhart will host the November district gathering.
Weatherhailstorm delivered a quarter inch of moisture and caused considerable damage to wheat. Boise City Oklahoma, also noted a good shower on Sunday.
Funeral arrangements for Everett R. Stafford age 30 who died in a local hospital Saturday night are pending the arrival of relatives. Stafford was an electrician and salesman of electrical equipment and resided in Amarillo for eight years. He is survived by his parents a sister and two brothers. The body is in care of N S Griggs and Sons.
Mark Logan aged 69 died Sunday morning in Lubbock after several weeks illness. Survived by son Richard Logan of Amarillo, daughter Mrs. 8, C. Allbright of Dalhart, and brother Dr. Logan. Funeral services set for tomorrow afternoon in Hamilton with burial in Hamilton Cemetery.
Amarillo real estate operator Samuel Thompson Nesbitt died at his home at 10 15 am after five months of illness. Survived by wife and son L Cameron Nesbitt and sister Mrs Laura Bell Fisher of Chicago. His father once met Abraham Lincoln. Body to be sent to Elk Falls Kansas for burial. funeral tomorrow at 3 30 pm at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Chapel with Rev R Thomson officiating.
Bill Bynum, a teller at American National Bank, sustained injuries in a Wednesday automobile fall and is reported to be improving steadily by attendants at St. Anthony's Hospital.
Strikes aim to halt destruction of property and disruption of shipments into strike bound plants. In Washington a Justice Department official suggested possible intervention where rail property has been damaged. In Lansing a labor holiday was declared by the United Automobile Workers Union protesting the arrest of seven pickets on criminal warrants. Workers in the Ford Motor Com
A Richmond California assembly plant resumed operations after a two week strike with both sides claiming victory. An UAWA committee of 17 met in Detroit to draft revision demands for the GM collective bargaining agreement and to seek exclusive bargaining rights for all GM employees. The Chicago Federation of Labor expelled 27 locals affiliated with the CIO Committee.
Advertisement touts Cystex as a doctor prescribed treatment for kidney and bladder issues. Claims fast action within 48 hours and full vitality within a week or money-back guarantee. Price listed as 3c per dose with a druggist’s sale.
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