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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1936
Page
2
A long, informal weather and life column from the Plains discusses clear heat with a sudden summer surge, floods easing and local business shifts. It notes Amarillo’s growth projections, plans for Lubbock’s 14 story building, and encounters with figures like Lou Stogner, Buddy Meyer, and President Roosevelt.
Radio timetable lists programs from morning through night with many duos and orchestras. Sporadic items note Plainview obituary for Mrs. A R Echols and other local notes alongside national trivia on envelopes taxes and famous figures.
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway offers a special coach train leaving Amarillo at 8 15 P M Friday arriving Dallas 7 A M Saturday. The Massed Chorus of Texas School children will perform for the Centennial, with 50 000 voices. Returning, the train leaves Dallas 11 P M Saturday. Delegations from Wellington Memphis Estelline Childress Vernon attend, plus a Wichita Falls train of 1000. Local agents can reserve hotel rooms.
At Heapford Junction Wisconsin on June 9 the body of Mrs Eugene Field was prepared for burial beside her husband the poet. Mrs Field 79 died yesterday after heart attacks aggravated by threatened foreclosure of the farm retreat where she retired after his death. Phi Delta Theta members rallied to save the farm for her. She married the poet in 1873. he died in 1895.
Panhandle Laundry released 1,200 marked one dollar bills into Amarillo business channels wrapped in cello to emphasize local institutions. Front notes a trade value of 1056 dollars at the laundry and dry cleaners while the back shows the 1938 Amarillo High School Golden Sandies football schedule. The laundry cites paying 74k employees and relying nine-tenths of revenue in Amarillo, per manager Clay Thornton.
The President and former President will speak on the same broadcast night on Wednesday. Roosevelt will address Arkansas Centennial events on WJZ NBC and WABC CBS at 7 PM CST if the Republican convention is not in session. An hour later Hoover will address the Cleveland assembly as part of all network sessions.
Washington Representative Marion A Zioncheck escaped his hospital room at Gallinger Hospital and roamed the grounds in a white bathrobe. He shouted and waved a long black cigar before guards recaptured him, tarnishing his image as a model patient.
A Panhandle farmer confirms wide circulation of News-1 among 98 of 100 route patrons. He testifies the paper is the only locally focused weekly with general interest coverage and urges continued support, noting strong readership in his neighborhood.
J C Dude Evans remanded to jail without bond on a hijacking charge. Judge BE C Nelson Jr set bond at 4000 after habeas corpus hearing in the 47th district court. Evans remained in jail in lieu of bond as of early afternoon. examining trial had held him without bond. His wife Ruth was arrested with him for the daylight robbery of three Lubbock men. one victim lost 400.
A two state manhunt targeted ten mental patients escaping from St. Peter State Hospital. Law enforcement sought Lawrence DeVol and Barker-Karpis allied killers among four convicted murderers while seven other fugitives were hunted across Minnesota. Six of the sixteen escapees returned to their cells.
John Hays Hammond Jr., 61, renowned mining engineer and associate of Cecil Rhodes, died of a heart attack at his Lookout Hill estate in Gloucester. He ordered a drive in the afternoon. the secretary found him in his study washroom. In the house were his sister Elizabeth, son John Jr, and Richard. others were in New York.
Funeral services for Leroy Pippin 35 Amarillo native were planned at 3 pm in the N S Griggs & Sons Chapel. He died Sunday night en route to Amarillo from Tucumcari while with his wife and four children. Survived by Ella May and four children, plus brothers Dell and Earl, half brother J B Moore and sister Mrs Lee Burt, pallbearers named, Rev R Foster to conduct, interment in Liano Cemetery.
Newly discovered records reveal a New York businessman sought to buy the Hawaiian Islands for five million dollars in 1852 or 1853. The cabinet meeting minutes dated August 24 1853 before Hawaii’s U S annexation mention the bid but conceal the bidder’s name.
All June vacations are cancelled for postal clerks and carriers may not take time off from June 15 to July 1, per Henry Tyler, superintendent of mails at the Amarillo post office. Carriers will be busy delivering bonus bonds starting Monday, with all bonds sent as registered letters and clerks preparing to handle the arrivals early next week.
Dorothy Blumenshine a 14 year old schoolgirl missing nine days after a mass search by 500 volunteers was found in Chicago by a Chicago Times reporter She said she came to Chicago on impulse to work and is the daughter of Dr Emil Blumenshine a veterinarian of Washington Alabama The flag over American Legion Home was at half staff to honor World War veteran J B Ferguson who died yesterday
Roy A. Brown publisher of the Sanger Herald visited Amarillo and urged promoting “See America First” to boost the tourist trade. He cited Palo Duro Canyon and New Mexico examples and argued tourism sustains employment and drives wealth, advocating private publicity for attractions. He noted publishing a Republican newspaper in a Democratic state and expressed skepticism about a GOP victory narrative.
Federal court schedules a single civil case today with Judge James Wilson to dispose of C A Lay vs Consolidated Underwriters, removed from Hutchinson County. Lay seeks over $4 000 in damages for injuries at a Borger carbon black plant. A grand jury returns true bills against 10 jailed men for counterfeiting white slavery and liquor tax offenses. criminal dockets shift to Abilene or Fort Worth.
L. H. Hauter of the Resettlement Administration outlined an emergency loan plan for summer fallowing wheat lands. Attending officials from Soil Conservation Service, Texas Extension, and PWA discussed forming a multi-year program, with several counties represented and no firm commitments yet.
St Paul businessman W. H. Fraser promotes Udga a stomach remedy from a noted specialist. Free trial treatments available at Fox Drug Stores and City Drug Stores with low cost TIDGA from local druggists. Money back if not satisfied.
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