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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
1
On location at Warner's Hot Springs the Loretta Young led crew of the Real Reel Heroine studio rushed to safety when a fire broke out during a Ramona scene. Young spotted the flames surrounding the scrim set, shielding the infant Marie Lugo and carrying her to safety.
The British cabinet under Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin agrees to support abolishing League sanctions against Italy and to lead a push for removal from the Covenant. Eden will travel to Geneva to press abolition as Mussolini aligns with Germany and the Soviet Union shifts sides.
Chicago dispatch reports a coalition of three groups backing radical reform moves aims to launch a third party to elect a U S president by July 1 unless key personalities clash. A Townsend movement source says a presidential candidate has been selected and will run. The New York item notes puzzlement over the plan and possible candidate, with Father Charles Coughlin referenced.
Washington June 17 Senator Duncan A Fletcher of Florida died suddenly from a heart attack at 77 His colleagues in the Senate paused for eulogies with tribute from President Roosevelt who praised his work on banking and currency During his long career Fletcher was viewed as a patriot and public servant. The Senate also heard remarks from Senators Robinson and Loftin before recessing.
The 1936 campaign organization forms with John D. M. Hamilton as national chairman transferring duties from Fletcher. Alf Landon and Frank Knox confer in Topeka on speaking itineraries. The opening drive launches June 22 in New York with secret plans for sectional directors. Meanwhile Amarillo veterans receive cash bonus checks totaling $80,800 for 1,400 men as bonds are turned in at multiple stations.
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies and slightly cooler conditions tonight and Thursday. West Texas remains fair with cooler nights. Panhandle and New Mexico see little temperature change. Temperatures extreme today reached 72 and 95 degrees in Amarillo by early afternoon.
Washington June 17. Public debt jumped to 34.331 billion as of June 15 up 2.644 billion this week. The treasury balance sheet notes the surge tied to soldier bonus bond payments and a sharp rise in the 1936 operating deficit.
French leftists demand swift government action against 700,000 armed rightists preparing to march on Paris. Leftists accuse Croix de Feu leader Francois De La Rocque of provoking a fascist rally to derail the people’s front program as currency and senate voting tensions mount. Premier Blum supports labor reforms amid the crisis.
In Earle Arkansas Sheriff Howard Curlin warns of possible arrests after six men flogged a social worker and a minister aiding striking cotton workers. Gov. J M Fitrell mobilizes National Guard near Forrest City and hints at martial law to aid investigation. Victims Billie Sue Blagden and Rev Claude Williams describe abduction and torture on a riverbank with a brass-studded harness strap. Williams a 1932 Socialist gubernatorial candidate. Roy Morelock, a Parkin sharecropper, also beaten. Medical exam in Memphis documented severe welts.
Roy Frank lin of Amherst completes a 500 mile journey astride his Jersey bull Joe en route to the Texas Centennial. After 47 days on the road he nears Dallas and expects to reach the gates within half a day.
Mrs Ida B. Wise Smith of Evanson was reelected president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union for 1936 37 at the Tulsa convention. Scattered votes for other candidates were recalled and the election was made unanimous.
Unconfirmed reports say three men were found dead near a wrecked vessel on Inagua Island, Bahamas, with suitcases, a Bible and nautical instruments. Residents suspect the boat may be the missing British trawler Girl Pat and its treasure hunting crew, last seen after leaving Grimsby for the North Sea trade.
Under Japanese pressure southwestern chieftains shift from anti Japanese protests to calls for Chiang Kai Shek removal. General Li Tsung Jen joins the demand, blasting Nanking policies as failures and harmful to the Chinese people. Tensions grow as central forces mass in Fukien Chekiang and Hunan while Kwantung Kwangi factions align with Li and Pei Tsung Chi against Chiang.
Texas Centennial officials anticipate one millionth visitor to the Central Exposition in Dallas as attendance nears 1,000,000 next week. Through Tuesday 604,039 attended with Children’s Day pricing boosting youth turnout and visitors from Anson Abilene and Stamford for the Cowboys Ball finale.
Lieutenant Charles E F Mallory 27 of Bethesda Maryland and Radioman W C Gray of Wharton Texas were burned to death when their plane stalled after takeoff from the naval air station in Norfolk. The aircraft, attached to the heavy cruiser Indianapolis, burst into flames on impact. both men died before aid arrived. They were conducting starting tests and an investigation is to be held.
Washington June 17 The new tax legislation remains bogged in a Senate House conference despite day and night work. Some House Democrats push for aid to small corporations earning 10000 or less. A compromise plan favors a flat 15 percent corporate tax with a 5 to 30 percent surtax on undistributed earnings and a 2000 exemption. Democratic leaders still hope to adjourn by Saturday night.
A Texas plan will start issuing old age pension checks by July 1 with about 10,000 payments daily beginning mid next week. Director Orville Carpenter estimates 35,000 to 40,000 will be on the pension rolls by July 1 and about 30,000 more may become eligible after investigations.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers says federal approval remains the only hurdle before begun work on the Buchanan Street underpass. Oran Speer’s bid undercuts the $400,000 estimate and will fund about 200 jobs over months with Fort Worth and Denver Railway sharing property damages. The project aims to separate grade crossings with the Rock Island line and is praised for its scale and design.
The Globe notes editor Gilbert K. Chesterton dies at 64 due to heart disease. At 250 pounds, doctors attribute the early death to overwork of the heart and the body's need for constant blood, food, and oxygen.
The high court refused to interfere with the Democratic state executive committee action denying John O. Douglas of Houston a place on the July 25 primary ballot against Attorney General William McCraw. The decision preserves the committee’s ruling and keeps McCraw’s opposition on the ballot.
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