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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1936
Page
13
Nine volunteers conduct handicraft and art lessons for girls ages 9 to 14 at the Social Center for Girls and Potter County Library on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. They practice bead work, poster paints, water colors, and still life. a rubber from worn inner tubes is used to craft dolls and spongy animals for a free project.
Winners announced in Potter County room improvement contest judged by Miss Ruby Adams. First place went to Mrs. George T. Feeser with 900 plus points. second tied between Mrs. Gus Blessin and Mrs. Harry Krabbe. third to Mrs. F. Reed. Improvements included built closets and repurposed furniture from old items.
Berlin reports a 50 year ban on white horses being used by the German army has been lifted in a semi official statement. Officials say future wars will not place horses near front lines so visibility will no longer be a handicap.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a harmless stimulant and diuretic for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims relief from backache, frequent urination, and irritation, with a price of 36 cents at a drug store and a note that genuine product is from Haarlem in Holland.
Washington reports intensify over James A. Farley dual roles as postmaster general and DNC chair. Farley says he has not resigned and offers no comment while The New York Times cites a cabinet resignation plan to focus on political duties. Democrats split on whether he would be reappointed if Roosevelt wins.
Stratford, Sherman County reports the death of Liger Dogie Lynch aged 73 from a four year illness. A Tulsa burial is planned after services at 3 PM on Wednesday. Lynch arrived in the Panhandle in 1881 with a T-Anchor ranch and worked for LS and LX ranches before farming near Stratford and later running a small Tulsa-area ranch. He was known for his dry wit and long service among old time cattlemen, nicknamed Dogie since youth.
Potter County Young Democrats will host L H Hauter regional director for the Resettlement Administration at the Herring Hotel this evening at 8. Grady Hazlewood and Byron Singleton supervise arrangements. Dana Harmon Studio pupils provide dancing entertainment. R 8 White invites the public to attend without required club membership.
After the third taxi strike in six weeks, one of Dallas six taxi firms signed a closed shop pact and 52 workers returned. The move restored service as the union cites pay disputes and replacement of union drivers by non union staff.
Moscow reports government plans to build 161 500 automobiles in the Soviet Union in 1936 up from 96 700 in 1935. First closed cars will be produced, with a seven passenger sedan from the Moscow Stalin Automobile Plant featuring an eight cylinder 110 horsepower engine near 100 mph. Four thousand sedans planned this year. First new five passenger sedans from Gorki Plant to be produced soon with 52 horsepower. 1936 quota set at 13 000.
Sir Hubert Wilkins aboard the expedition ship Wyatt Earp reports good condition despite weather delays. The party, 900 miles east of Newfoundland, expects to reach Norway by mid July as plans for locating the missing expedition continue amid anxious efforts from his wife to gain Roosevelt’s help.
A Continental Oil Company station in Pampa was closed yesterday by Deputy U S Marshal Bill Lampe under a Supreme Court order signed by Charles Evans Hughes. Owner Charles Ellis refused to surrender land and building. station to reopen in 10 days if Ellis posts 10000 bond or files a counter petition in federal court. TREASURY REPORT: Washington June 30 shows receipts 14129254.31 and expenditures 9158934.52 with a net balance of 2376684.93.42. customs receipts 29719372.07. year to date receipts 4086425553.80. Expenditures total 880997353.79, including 2263358492 in emergency spending. excess 472349708.90. government debt 33915590295.73. gold assets 10603901000.19.
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