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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
7
Amarillo reports high protein levels in new wheat, with carloads from Medicine Mound Seymour Quanah and Plainview showing 13.75 to 17.75 percent protein. Premiums apply for protein at 13 percent or higher, up to 17.50 percent.
Funeral services for Carl F Brohlin were held at the Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Rev E R Foster officiating. Pallbearers were Leo Sparks Dale Weeks Verner Webb Everett Simms Marshall Nelson and Judge Wilcher. Mr Brohlin died Wednesday night in a local hospital after a brief illness. The family home is 312 North Polk Street. He was a native of Sweden. Survivors include his wife four sons Carl Jr and Paul of Anna Fillo and Aune and Charley Brohlin of Portland Ore and one daughter Mrs Lenora Whitmore of Portland. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment schedules three days from June 18 to 21 with about 800 veterans and visitors expected. A convention office opens next Monday at the Amarillo Hotel under Capt E L Hager of the Soil Conservation Service. William J Waggoner of Lonoke Ark, national council member, discusses encampment details with Amarillo posts. Martin Dies will not attend while Grace H Davis national secretary treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary will be present.
Amarillo listeners can hear the Flag Week Open Forum of the Air on KGNC at 8:30 pm. Bruce Autry commander of Hanson Post will explain the Legionnaire fund and debate whether it should be spent on an iron lung or an X ray.
Elevator operators and wheat growers from the Panhandle attended a grain grading school at the American Legion Hall in Amarillo sponsored by the Amarillo Grain Exchange. Co M Goodnight led the program with experts from across the Southwest explaining grading rules and loan programs. More than 100 participants joined discussions on grading equipment and analysis.
Application for a permit to construct the first unit of a $25,000 tourist court at Sixth Avenue and Forest Street is due tomorrow with the city inspector. Plans call for English style cottages with tile baths. Meanwhile permits continue to be issued for new homes including a six room stone veneer house at 1510 Travis Street and a five room frame house at 918 Milam Street.
Colonel F A Byrne, district recruiting officer from Fort Logan Colorado, will be in Amarillo June 14 to process regular army reserve enlistments. Ex soldiers eligible for enlistment should attend at the post office building recruiting station to enlist. Requirements include one year service, honorable discharge, good health, and under 36. Married men and those discharged for dependency may apply.
Accidental continuation notes the long service of a deputy constable who died, having served nearly 15 years in Amarillo after starting as a peace officer in Johnson County. Born February 14, 1874 in Arkansas, he moved to Texas as a child and left a wife, a son Sammy Jean, three stepchildren, and three sisters as survivors.
A prowler stole a purse containing $2.10 from 1903 A Tyler Street as police chase ended with Hallaman jailed. The incident followed a break in at the Texas M and M Company where a hasp was removed. residents reported a negro seen entering the back yard, while M. E. Presley spotted a man in the yard after an alarm. Police believe the burglars fled before loot was taken.
A man fled from his home and led police on a chase ending north of the railroad tracks beyond the carnival grounds at Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Streets. Hallaman was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Charlie Carder with bond set at $750. Another suspect in a prior chase remains at large.
Kate Smith Jesty reports a cordial meeting with the Queen and Prince, noting the aides quickly fixed a tiara mishap. The observer praises the democratic atmosphere and Queen Elizabeth's charm and beauty, while Mrs Roosevelt will join a Thursday night broadcast to discuss the royal visit.
Mrs. Floyd Bott urges local merchants to adopt a 5 o'clock closing hour to reduce clerks' wear from heat. She compares Americ an practices with Mexican and South American siesta traditions where shops close during the hottest part of the day and reopen after cooling.
Mrs Roosevelt said both the King and Queen are keen on young people and that the King plans to visit a civilian conservation corps camp later today. She dismissed German reports that the British rulers would host left radical members at tea, noting few radicals exist in the government.
Mrs Roosevelt notes the queens interest in folk music and dancing at the White House last night. She says Queen Elizabeth discussed the young princesses with her but kept the details private. Mrs Roosevelt adds the queen has a strong interest and understanding of children.
The City Health Department and State Board of Health sponsor a food handlers school in Amarillo from June 14 to 28 at the Amarillo Hotel. It features Itinerant Sanitation Instructor Lewis Dodson showing films on microscopic dangers in soda fountains and cafes, and invites managers, owners, and all city food handlers.
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