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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1935
Page
2
The piece lauds Governor Alfred for his Amarillo visit and Panhandle support after the dust storm. It praises his reception, notes family and staff, and urges regional unity while highlighting the parade’s turnout, out-of-town bands, and cross-planting pride along with memorials to Judge Paul He.
A person requests help finding work citing experience in farm machinery livestock and concrete work as a mixer and brick mason. References can be provided.
The Roosevelt administration, aided by two Republican senators, aims to defeat the prevailing wage requirement in the $4.88 billion work relief bill as the House debates the measure this week. Officials anticipate a strong Senate floor fight to override presidential objections.
The Amarillo Mother-In-Law Club honored local and visiting mothers-in-law with a parade, Governor Allred speech, and crowning of Amarillo and Texas honorees. Fifteen Panhandle bands, National Guard support, and visitors from thirteen states attended. Scotty Balfour, longtime Tascosa pioneer and official, died at 72 after serving as county judge in Oldham County. Funeral services were held yesterday.
Funeral services for Balfour were held at the Vega Church with Rev. L F Godwin officiating and Masonic burial at Tas e c oxa. Survivors include widow Mrs Mer ra M Balfour two daughters Mrs Frank Picture Channing and Miss Ellenor Balfour of Tascosa and four sons William Dawson P H and James Balfour of Tascosa.
Ted Shawn and his male dancers travel from Oklahoma City to perform in the Municipal Auditorium Friday under the Philharmonic Orchestral Association. He will speak at a 4 PM open meeting in the Crystal Ball room of the Herring Hotel and may appear at other events, with a full all-man dance show planned Friday night.
The funeral for the late Holmes will be military with burial at Arlington Cemetery on Friday, marking what would have been his 94th birthday. Edward Holmes of Boston, a nephew, called it a peaceful ending and noted no suffering. He said conversations with Felix Frankfurter in the last week did not occur, clarifying a previous report.
A list of competitors and scores from the stock show includes Bert Weil C R Garner and Jack Adams among others. Locations cited include Panhandle Shamrock and Rogersville County Oklahoma with organizations such as Tri State Fair Association and Amarillo Chamber of Commerce.
108 ANGELES, March 6. Bound on an attempt to set a non stop passenger plane speed record from Los Angeles to Mexico. DF, Leland S. Andrews, veteran airlines Pilot, took off from Union Air Terminal at Burbank this morning.
A large weather system blankets the northern plains with heavy snow in Nebraska and near zero temperatures in some spots. Western Kansas clears dust as sleet and rain spread over Missouri Arkansas and along the Mississippi River. Mobile reports 6.4 inches of rain causing street flooding.
The article discusses two avenues to reset the economy by reducing debt volumes and raising prices to ease debt payments. It notes no precise limit on how far price increases should go. Food prices have risen sharply due to the AAA program and drought, while other areas show smaller changes.
Miss Lucile Johnston hurt in an automobile collision at Sixth Avenue and Hayden Street. She was unconscious, badly cut and bruised, and is now recovering at St Anthony's Hospital. The other driver was Don Ransom of Claude, police said.
A quirky Kiwanis safety note lampoons bad driving with humor about a motorist driving at high speed, hitting a pedestrian, and myths about luck. The cartoonish dialogue includes a police constable and auto tourist, stressing careful driving on Main Street and road safety messages.
Governor Alfred and Col. Ernest O. Thompson crowd the Panhandle with 10 speeches in Amarillo and Canyon. The day includes a cattlemen’s convention, a Lions Club stop, a parade, and a Palo Duro Park inspection, with gifts from local clubs and joint appearances alongside Thompson.
Hogs steady to higher with top at 9.70 and 140 to 350 lb range. Cattle and calves show gains in feeders and yearlings, prime and choice ranges up to 13.40 and 11.00 respectively. Sheep and lambs softening with limited trading, quotes around 8.25 to 10.80 for best grades. New Orleans cotton opens moderately active with initial losses, then rallies after Roosevelt deflation remark.
Retired NRA official branded Senator and church leaders as lunatic fringe while Johnson's remarks drew mixed reactions from two priests. Belford of Brooklyn’s Church of the Nativity supported freewheeling political talk, Daly of St. Gregory’s denounced the speech as harmful to women.
Governor James V. Allred toured Palo Duro Canyon on a Amarillo led trip and called it one of Texas’s most beautiful parks. He compared it to a miniature Grand Canyon and pledged support for CCC improvements and park development for the Panhandle and the state.
Senate backs 3.5 million of a 20 million state relief bond issue. Anti prohibitionists attack a proposed state monopoly dispensary in a repeal step. Sen Hill’s plan condemned as echoing the Anti Saloon League by Sen Holbrook who calls for a direct repeal vote. Measles and mumps trigger quarantine at Fort Sill forcing half the army post to restrict movement. Market listings note various corporate stocks and petroleum shares.
Pontiac dealers from across the Panhandle region gather at the Herring Hotel for a sales session. About 20 to 25 dealers hear talks by executives including C. P. Simpson from Pontiac Michigan and Allen Wright from Chicago, with reports from zone managers in Oklahoma City and Amarillo. A noon luncheon completes the meeting.
In Fall River Massachusetts doctors at Truesdale Hospital reported improved prospects for Alyce Jane Mc Henry after the risky operation that corrected her rotated stomach. The 8:30 AM bulletin noted better condition with temperature 100.2, pulse 124, respiration 24, and the first intestinal action by enema this morning.
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