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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1936
Page
9
Washington reports a patent granted to a Brooklyn inventor for a floor wax described as non-slippery. Tests show a higher coefficient of friction yielding a hard semi transparent film that makes floors less than half as slippery as conventional waxes.
A compact used car ad shows several models with year, make and condition notes including 1934 Plymouth DeLuxe coupe in gray, 1984 Chevrolet Master sedan reconditioned, 1988 Ford pickup like new, 1983 Ford Coupe tan finish, and 1985 Ford V-8 pickup. Listings include prices and dealer contact Walter Irvin Inc at Taylor and 2nd with phone 4915 and 2207 Brooke for trade offers.
An article discusses kaolin deposits in North Carolina and TVA powered electric kilns potentially enabling domestic porcelain production in Tennessee Valley. A fiction style feature recounts a driving scenario where a driver with right of way is penalized for overreliance on infallible signals while highlighting safer driving habits and accident avoidance.
The patent describes a floor wax containing ten percent high grade light colored raw rubber. It claims the rubber addition increases friction for household safety while preserving wax properties and that walking on waxed floors or moving furniture won’t mar the surface.
J C Poster heads to Washington for Land Use expert conference while Ruth Griffin and others are listed as ill visiting relatives. Dalhart, Plainview, Joplin, Mangum, Hereford, and Stinnett residents are mentioned as visitors, trips, or new citizens with local events noted including a Mother-in-Law Day luncheon and theater party planned by L T D Club.
Courthouse records note deeds transferring parcels in Ama Heights Glenwood Summers and Amarillo Heights plus Natl Bondholders Corp interest in Summers lots. Car registrations list 1935 1936 sedans and trucks for local residents and businesses. Also mentions a Limestone County Nabors ten year sentences for a Thornton bank robbery case.
A promotional offer appears for three for five items priced at $1.75 per case with cash payment terms noted. The listing includes the location 2790 West 6th.
Amarillo Fat Stock Show officials headed by Grover B. Hill W M Gouldy Hugh Gouldy and Jess Hill will attend the eighth annual Swisher County Fat Stock Show in Tulsa Friday and Saturday. A large group of boys club supporters will join the trip. Fat calves lambs and pigs will be shown by Swisher County future farmers and stockmen. Tulsa merchants have posted cash premiums for contestants. Top entries will move to Amarillo for the regional show opening Monday and running through Thursday.
U S daily crude production declined by 9 321 barrels to 2 772 902 last week per Oil and Gas Journal Oklahoma led the drop down 24 300 barrels to 499 500 daily while East Texas rose 900 to 436 598 California fell 6 750 to 565 500 and Louisiana rose 5 860 to 199 940 Kansas up 8 050 to 149 650 Michigan and Rockies also posted gains.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and her cousin Alice Roosevelt Longworth were lampooned as columnists in a skit at the Women’s National Press Club dinner. The event featured a 1936 show Amateur Night in the Supreme Court with nine “justices” arriving in a spotlighted buggy and striking nine gongs.
Amarillo High School bandsmen will perform their first public appearance since Sandies won the state football title. The concert, directed by Oscar Wise, will be held next Tuesday in the Municipal Auditorium after final rehearsals.
Tax counseling firm H. V. Robertson & Company advertises professional services with contact at phone 2 2038 for tax preparation and advisory assistance.
Washington Street paving from Twenty-Sixth to Thirty-Sixth Avenue received final approval. WPA will provide labor valued at 4695 dollars, with material costs borne by area property owners across 10 blocks. Work can start after fund earmarking and district director notification. Additional WPA paving projects are underway in Amarillo as part of broader street improvements.
Hollywood March 3 Film actor Leslie Howard was operated on for a left arm injury from a real sword duel during rehearsals for Romeo and Juliet. Basil Rathbone as Tybalt nicked him on the elbow after Howard slipped on a cobblestone. The minor operation to prevent infection was done at his home by Dr. Robert Meal.
The piece notes the Japanese war mood and ambassador Saito denying disloyalty, cites a grim Japanese poem about labor, mentions Stalin echoing Roosevelt with deeds not words, and reports 25 more Soviet submarines to Vladivostok aimed at Japan as events unfold amid global tension.
An old advertise ment claims Ruchu leaves juniper oil and Bukets tablets flush excess acids and impurities from the bladder. It promises better sleep and relief within four days with a refund from local druggists City Drug Store and Fox Drug Co.
The piece argues for a vast Soviet air and transportation expansion. It envisions 165,000 trained pilots and 80,000 planes, claiming air power could dominate. It contrasts plummeting railroad passenger miles with rising road travel from 1920 to 1933, urging railroad competition over fare cuts.
William H. Cohen hosts a banquet honoring the Russian ambassador praising a generous Jewish-led project. He envisions Jews settling in Birobidzhan, a proposed autonomous Jewish republic three times New Jersey in size, with Russia supplying land housing and loans.
To get rid of itch rash tetter foot itch ringworm or eczema cover with soothing Blue Star Ointment which contains tested medicines that kill the itching. Money back on first jar if it fails to relieve.
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