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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
3
Parker's Mindhel Company will present a two hour vaudeville minstrel show in Amarillo featuring new acts and a string orchestra. Cully Culpepper of the KMC Pandoleers headlines as tenor in the Parker quartet with specialty numbers. Billy and Sidney Livy the Carolina twins and Gene West join as new members.
Hilarious black-face show starring top talent presented tonight at 8 30 as a special June Teenth event at the Sales Arena Tri State Fair Grounds. Sponsored by the Tri State Fair Association to raise funds for finishing English-Oxnard oil test well southeast of Amarillo. Tickets 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children available at City Drug Store 517 Polk Street all day and at the gate tonight.
Billy McEachern’s Orchestra will provide music between acts and for program numbers at a charity performance to support the English Oxnard oil test well southeast of Amarillo. Parker’s Minstrels urge a full house at the Tri-State Fair Grounds Sales Arena for two hours of side bursting laughter.
Tomorrow morning's issue will advertise the dissolution of the Lucille Shoppe partnership at 711 Polk Street between Joe Kapelus and Geo Rudelson. Rudelson cites four years of cordial cooperation and notes a liquidations sale to raise cash, beginning Friday morning.
The piece cites Lloyd George criticizing Mussolini for planning conquest in Abyssinia while noting British past actions such as swallowing the Transvaal. It argues Mussolini vows to keep his word only when convenient, comparing with Western powers breaking promises, and recalls Italy’s defeat at Adowa.
C. B. Rittenberry of Amarillo was elected president of the Northwest Texas Association of Life Underwriters at the annual meeting on Monday night. He succeeds Will M. Benton. Perry W. Powell became vice president and R. I. Graves was named secretary treasurer. Board members are Clyde Rehmeyer C. B. Johnson Leland F. Kirk and Earl C. Cayton. Benton remains national executive committeeman and Lahroy C. White serves on the state executive committee. The regional association is described as highly active and aggressive.
A fragmentary column discusses beheading in China and harsh punishments in Eastern countries. It cites executions and past cases including a Bronx woman poisoning her husband and a 17 year old in New York who shot his father then was released. It notes violence and gendered judgments.
A column contrasts sensational crimes with broader justice and aging figures. It recalls Clara Phillips known as the Tiger Woman who killed with a hammer and served 12 years, Eva Coe awaiting execution, and other tragic cases. It muses on longevity claims and warns children about dangers like refrigerators.
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