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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1937
Page
2
Page column recounts quail sale rules for Panhandle farmers with 30 cent birds in crates of 25, plus advice on cover, grazing, and release in groups. Also notes robins in town, Hoover era anecdotes, and various local curiosities from Amarillo.
A delegation of five county WPA workers told the Potter County Commission that if jobs aren’t opened they will not license their trucks. The commissioners explained the county’s finances and had no immediate plans to renew WPA work. The session was announced as routine. J B Coe Lumber won the bridge materials order in Precinct Four with a bid of 315.63 for culverts on St Francis Avenue.
J. W. Johnson Jr and Robert Hopkins were set for trial in 47th District Court on burglary charges. The pair are alleged members of a burglary ring that targeted multiple Amarillo homes over several months. Hopkins has already faced one case, receiving a two year prison term.
A compact survey notes how February lost a day to August to balance the calendar as Augustus added a 31st day. It suggests time to count vast numbers, mentions Washington Jefferson and Madison marrying widows, Calcutta as the empire’s second city, and writer John P. Marquand’s George Apley drawing daily letters at a Boston post office.
Amarillo Garden Club contest invites entries for birdhouses made by youths under 16. Homes must be delivered to Potter County Library tomorrow afternoon for judging Wednesday morning with cash prizes of 5 dollars, 3 dollars, and 2 dollars for top winners.
Amarillo fire department answered 35 alarms in February with no serious fires. George B. Cooper noted some alarms were false and months compare 45 alarms in January and a lower total than the previous year. One death resulted from children playing with matches last month.
Oklahoma City health officials claim liquor consumption quality is improving in a constitutionally dry state. They cite statistics showing declines in alcohol poisoning and related deaths since bootleg liquor vanished, arguing that prohibition effects are restoring public welfare. A secondary note mentions student housing issues at North Carolina State College.
Reservations for the annual Mother-In-Law Day luncheon must be made before Thursday noon. The event, at 12 o'clock Friday, honors the fourth annual Mother-In-Law Day with all Panhandle clubs sending delegations. Tickets are 60 cents. A free matinee follows at the Paramount Theater.
Charles M Rogers said 10 000 educators registered for the National Education Association meeting in New Orleans marking the largest registration in the event s history. Panhandle superintendents attending included C H Dillehay Hereford R B Fisher Pampa George Heath White Deer T F E Oberholtz er Lubbock and A C Jackson Lubbock business manager.
Funeral services for Mrs Carl Bogler 74 of Winters Texas who died in a Roscoe Hospital Friday were held Saturday She had lived in Roscoe 18 months and visited Amarillo often She is the mother of Mrs H Stanley Siebel 3201 Van Buren Street Survived by her husband nine children 46 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
Birmingham report by the federal alcohol tax unit credits Alabama with leading the nation in illicit distillery seizures during November. State official Joe Rollins notes the surge in distilled alcohol cases and federal enforcement activity across Alabama.
General Motors car dealers in Amarillo faced a tight month as the auto workers strike reduced February registrations to 25 percent of the total, down from 41 percent in 1936. Potter County logged 135 new car registrations this February versus 212 last year, with Chevrolets collapsing from 53 to 13. Plains Chevrolet was nearly out of stock for most of the month, and Amarillo Oldsmobile did not have enough cars until a three-carload arrival near month end. Oldsmobile slipped from fifth to sixth place, Buick registrations fell from 13 to 6, and Pontiac from four to two, while total GM registrations fell to 34 from 87 a year ago.
Millions cite Calotabs as a valuable aid in treating colds. The ad claims Calotabs purge the intestinal tract of germ laden mucus, cleansing the system to help Nature throw off a cold. It touts cost effectiveness with a family package at twenty five cents and a smaller two package at ten cents.
T. H. Collins, 78, longtime Amarillo plumber and business figure, died at 5 a.m. in Plainview where he had lived since leaving Amarillo in 1901. His wife died three months ago. Survived by son Bryan Collins of Amarillo and four daughters. Body to be brought to Amarillo for funeral and burial by N. S. Griggs and Sons.
Rock Island to install flashlight signals at all crossings in Amarillo. Funds allocated for Western Avenue Taylor Street Georgia Street Seventh Avenue Polk Street and a mile west of town. State highway department to supervise contracts and installation. City officials had warned of hazards at Folk Street crossing and Fort Worth and Denver lines. Fort Worth and Denver asked for funds to install signals.
WPA administrator Harry Hopkins is set to speak on the NBC blue network this afternoon at six o clock. The topic will be Legislative Proposals as They Affect the Unemployed of America.
An advertisement offers a free explanation of an unknown Hay Fever condition by R O Murphy of Box 403 Stillwater Michigan who says relief is possible and invites readers to send name and address to receive information during hay fever season.
The ad urges using Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as a dedicated cold tablet. It claims fourfold action: open the bowels, check the infection, relieve headache and fever, and deliver targeted internal treatment rather than generic remedies.
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