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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1935
Page
2
A weather note hints at a possible downpour for a planned Amarillo social wedding at 7:45 pm linking to Mr Hawk and the Amacker Hitley event. The piece also recounts local gossip about society rules and a call from community members for tougher action on crime among all races.
Miss Jean Marquis of the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Welfare reports 700 U S children ages eight to sixteen are more likely to give material naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena than children from other countries. She cites the American scientific tradition as a key factor.
Roy M. Harrop announces formation of a farm labor party to meet July 8 to 12 in Omaha. He describes a People's Party to abolish all taxation except on unearned income and proposes a guaranteed $27,500 annual income for every American family as a key plank.
Governor Allred filed a requisition with Oregon for the return of Wo E Coupe alias William Wilson a Texas fugitive recaptured in Salem after escaping Lubbock County jail. He had been sentenced in 1935 to 10 years for robbery by assault related to a gang that held up and killed a former McMurry College football star. Deputy agents Bedford Carpenter and Shenfi TT J Abel named to aid in extradition.
Letter fragment lists personal notices seeking work including a cook, sewing, housework, and driving. Mentions husband as driver and a strong desire for steady payment by hour or day. Appears on page 8 with unclear surrounding context.
A detailed air schedule lists KGNC programming from early morning through evening. Featured acts include Dr Pepper and Blatz Baseball broadcasts, musical programs with Levine's, Hart Keene's and the Lawrence Quintet, and segments hosted by the American Legion, Ruggles & Jackson, and the Five Star Final. Local news, market reports, and church programming appear among the daily lineup.
Cincinnati June 28 A girl Mary Maciel medical artist for the Department of Surgery at Cincinnati General Hospital and the College of Medicine of the University of Cincinnati is the only person in her field in Cincinnati and one of about 100 in the United States. She watches operations in the operating room and makes detailed drawings or paintings used in medical magazines textbooks and lantern slides. Drawings are preferred to photographs because hands tools and instruments would obstruct view of the operation.
Mrs. Stella B. Burguires of New Orleans lost her bid to claim half of John F. Farrell Fort Worth estate in a dispute upheld by the Texas 2nd Court of Civil Appeals. She had divorced Farrell in 1931 and accepted a $750 monthly settlement for life, which the courts ruled barred any further share of the estate.
State police in Greenville New York search for nine year old Helen Glenn missing since Wednesday night. Authorities consider possible kidnapping by an ex convict who once threatened Helen's father claiming responsibility for the convict's detention at Napanoch State Institution. Reverend Ernest Glenn confirms the threats against him.
In Montreal three young women blinded by a 1931 dynamite accident have built careers despite their disability. Lucy Senkeiwicz, 22, Elizabeth Walker, 19, and Stella Gordon, 20, now pursue higher education and work, with Senkeiwicz planning writing, Walker managing a hospital stand, and Gordon operating a cafe.
A French widow Madame Perrasse, who worked at the League of Nations Secretariat in Geneva, claimed 60 000 Swiss francs after hair loss blamed on chimney smoke. The League’s administrative tribunal awarded her 5 000 Swiss francs.
In San Francisco on June 28 scientists report finding wood beneath Diamond Head lava that appears 200000 years old. Director Dr Herbert E Gregory of the Bishop Museum notes the log likely grew before the eruption and resembles ohia wood still found in Hawaii.
Memorial for William Wilson Hamilton 72 Amarillo plumbing contractor held at 2 PM at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev. J C Sisemore officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. church officers as honorary pallbearers. Survivors include widow Mattle, three daughters, a granddaughter, a brother and a sister.
Fort Worth June 28. Ranger Captain Fred McDaniel announced he was in the city to clean up gambling. He raided two clubs last night seizing gambling gear valued at thousands of dollars and planned talks with the district attorney on possible operator charges.
Police estimate 25 people died and 100 injured in an explosion and ensuing fire at a Shanghai toy factory in the industrial district. Casualties include men women and children workers.
The Department of Agriculture estimates this year’s spring pig crop is twenty percent smaller than last year. In Greenville a highway crash seriously injures Mr and Mrs NSC Garrison. Mrs Garrison sustains brain concussion and internal injuries while Mr Garrison suffers a fractured leg. They were rushed to a Dallas hospital.
A local man dubbed the world's greatest optimist entered his name on a ten cent channel and then applied at a bank for an 8200 loan promising repayment over a 50 year period to derive from the chain letter.
Simple services will be read at 4 oclock tomorrow in Liano Cemetery for the joint burial of Ben McDonald 55 and Paul Brooks 20. McDonald and Brooks drivers of a nitroglycerin truck were killed by the blast on Highway 6 east of Amarillo.
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. will not hire former relief recipients or those who have worked on relief projects. Erle P. Halliburton, president, said no employment after today for former relief clients. The firm employs over 1,000 people.
Peiping authorities strengthen anti heroin drive in schools and universities. A letter to the Ministry of Education requests approval of proposed measures to stamp out the habit among students and teachers with no penalties for voluntary seekers of help.
Kansas City livestock prices show mixed, with top cattle at 9.25 and calves steady amid 4.40 to 9.26 ranges. sheep and lambs steady to firm in active trade. New Orleans cotton firm at open, with July near 12.87 and other months higher early, amid buyers lifting positions.
New Deal Montana gains a spot on the U S Postal Guide list of 18 mushroom towns sprouting as Fort Peck Dam work progresses. A survey shows about 1 600 men, many homeowners, making up the town populations as rapid growth continues. A separate line notes Clif ford Borden, 19, Wallace Nebraska, who has become skilled in piano tuning broom making and shoe repairing after losing sight at birth.
Funeral services for 65 year old J A Reddell who died yesterday in a local hospital are pending the arrival of his son from California. Reddell was a Llano Water Softener salesman and had lived in Amarillo ten years. The family home is 1209 West Ninth Avenue with Emma Reddell son A B Reddell of San Francisco and three daughters Mrs J Lawton Smith Miss Alene Reddell and Mrs Robert M Lee of Las Cruces. The body lies at Griggs Funeral Home.
The Senate Committee investigating the TWA liner crash that killed Senator Bronson Cutting appointed Col. Harold E. Hartley of New York as technical adviser to lead the inquiry. The report notes world nickel production dominance by Canada at ninety percent.
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