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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
2
A fragmentary market brief notes Dow Jones levels with small declines and scattered advances across utilities and other sectors. The text references New York and Kansas City exchanges, cattle and steer prices, and price movements but remains unclear on precise figures due to OCR gaps.
Theodore Roosevelt Bulloch, 25, former Florida lifeguard, starts a 105 mile swim from Sacramento to Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. He donned a 25 pound grease coat and hopes to reach Treasure Island by tomorrow night to claim the world distance swimming record.
Fort Worth players dominated the championship flight as match play opened at Mineral Wells in the West Texas women's golf tournament. Favorites included Mrs. R E Winger with a 79 in qualifying, Anna Bland Thompson with 83, and Rochon and ONeall each at 84, with Mary Stalcup of Big Spring posting 93.
President Roosevelt signed a resolution allowing his two executive reorganization plans to take effect on July 1. The act bypasses a 60 day wait after submission if Congress does not disapprove. The plans group agencies into welfare lending and security units and shift bureaus between departments.
Juwan Blain, a taxicab driver, pleaded guilty in county court to negligent homicide in the traffic death of a Negro woman. Judge J. N. Riggs assessed a $100 fine, which Blain said he would arrange to pay.
Prices listed for cattle and sheep show varied grades and weights. Good to choice steers and heifers range around 9.25 and 9.50 with moderate demand. lambs from 9.00 to 9.50. ewes about 5.00. Total market activity described as steady with 2,500 head noted.
Austin reports railroad commissioner Jerry Sadler urged restricting truck traffic on Sundays and holidays to reduce fatal wrecks and collisions on state highways. He cited the large number of commercial vehicles involved in deadly crashes and collisions.
Funeral services are planned for Saturday for Raymond Orteig aged 69 donor of the $25,000 prize Lindbergh won for his 1927 New York to Paris flight. He passed away Tuesday night after a serious illness of more than two months.
An attempt to raise the sunken submarine Thetis failed when a northwest swell snapped one of the lifting cables near Liverpool.
The Babcock family declared May 30 Memorial Day as births occurred on the farm. A daughter was born, a colt was foaled, the family cat produced three kittens, and the turkey population rose by 79.
Nine Japanese planes raided Wanhan on the Yangtze River below Chungking yesterday. The raid targeted the Yangtse port area as Allied defenses reported action nearby.
Robert L. Puckett, cattleman, ill at St Anthony's Hospital, is described as about the same today. He has been critically ill for several days and unconscious since Sunday, hospital attendants report.
War time Victory plant in Quincy Massachusetts is being torn down to expand the naval reserve air base field. The facility built 35 destroyers in three years from keel laying to delivery and set a world record of 4544 working days. At its peak about 8000 workers were employed. The first destroyer was delivered a little over a year after construction began.
Snow Hill resident Mrs. Julia A. Purnell started needlework after her 88th birthday and, at 95, is one of the oldest active needleworkers in the country. Her works include 45 framed sets of the Dionne quintuplets and a reproduction of their birthplace.
A Santa Fe Railway locomotive derailed this morning around 11 o clock in the yards near Llano Cemetery while leaving the roundhouse for a train. No cars were attached to the engine, no serious damage occurred, and no injuries were reported. Officials could not determine the cause immediately.
In White Plains New York an owl that swooped down daily for two weeks to knock hats off John Q Simonson an insurance agent finally met its end when he returned home wearing a new straw hat. Patrolman George Smith killed the bird with his revolver after the final incident.
The June docket shows two new decrees in the 108th district court. Florine Gay and Luther Gay are named in one proceeding, while Ella J. Stover and W L Stover appear in the other.
Six of ninety seven German Jewish refugees aboard the French liner Flanders were allowed to land in Havana on June 8 as Cuban authorities extended limited entry.
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