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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1936
Page
2
The column riffs on an impending wet spring and dust storms sweeping across the plains from Pampa to Nebraska. It mentions a flood fantasy, local opinions, and odd notes from Amarillo area life including a missing bag at the hotel and a call for adoption chatter.
A large St Patrick’s Ball at The Nat Monday hosted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce raises money to outfit the Amarillo College band. Crows sell for $1.50 a dozen in Oklahoma City markets. A bene fit dance aids the college band fund with notices for a telephone job and local humor and jokes rounded out the item.
A reader writes seeking farm work for a married couple including Shela a capable housekeeper and cook, with farm experience and openness to any farm task. A 23 year old woman requests any of several household lines and mentions supporting a child. Another reader reports losing part of a Sheaffer fountain pen between local hotel and auditorium.
A long list of donors and supporters for the Goodfellows Fund appears in the Amarillo record. Businesses churches fraternal groups and individuals pledge groceries clothing cash and services to feed and clothe needy school children as part of the annual drive. Contributions span the Panhandle including Amarillo Fort Worth and surrounding communities with items ranging from bread vegetables and onions to milk clothing and school meals.
A reader seeks assistance locating a person who offered a reward for returning a letter. The writer asks for housing with room and board to accompany her 13-year-old daughter and desires small wages. She will go with an elderly couple, a widower, or any job offering accommodation, avoiding homes with no children.
March 6 marked the first shipment by rail from the Lower Rio Grande Valley carried by the SS Texas Ranger. The voyage loaded 64 crates of cabbage and experimental beans peas and new potatoes with WEE Mcbaint of Brownsville, dean of valley produce men, continuing his streak as the first to ship by rail since 1904. Reader, phone 9475 for more details.
Seven Texas utility companies petitioned the District of Columbia Supreme Court for a temporary restraining order to stop federal officials from aiding the Lower Colorado River Authority and the Brazos River districts in planned electrical developments. They object to a federal unified dam plan andChanges to Brazos plans shifting to hydroelectric development while noting a July 1934 $4.5 million allotment for Buchanan Dam remains acceptable.
Belgrade reports a postal federation formed by Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Romania Greece and Turkey after yearlong talks. Rates among members are reduced with standing committees in each capital to study postal telegraph telephone and radio issues.
Rep H K Stanfield returned from Austin after an all proration hearing and said he may or may not run again. He praised his experience and service but noted the sacrifice of the job and promised a public statement soon.
Mrs G H Bryant of Texline has been ill for two months and was brought to Amarillo this morning for treatment at St Anthony's Hospital. Her condition is listed as serious. She is wife of Rev G H Bryant former pastor of the Tenth Avenue Methodist Church. She is mother to Mrs H B Vaughn Mrs Bob Brightwell and Joe Bryant.
Puerto Rico's national guard was demobilized today after being mobilized and held in armories during the last 24 hours. Authorities said disorder risk after nationalist leaders' arrest has passed and guardsmen returned home in civilian clothes.
Raymond Stallings 20-year-old Canyon youth heads to Fort Worth to face revocation of a two-year suspended sentence to the reformatory at El Reno Oklahoma. He and Jack Sturges were arrested on Canyon highway by federal state and county officers. Sturges released for investigation. Stallings also faces Hereford burglary charges and prior federal conviction for transporting a stolen car across the Texas New Mexico line. He may be brought back to Deaf Smith County for trial.
London reports the United States offered to reduce battleship gun caliber from 16 to 14 inches if Britain Japan France and Italy mirror the move by end of 1936. France’s delegates reportedly accepted in principle and Britain was expected to follow.
The Senate military affairs committee voted 12 to 2 to report adversely on a resolution by Sen. Jesse Metcalf to investigate Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood and the eighth corps area commander's removal from active duty. The panel said freedom of speech was not involved.
General Electric Co directors announce a 25 cent quarterly dividend on common stock up from 20 cents. The 1935 net income rose to 27,843,000 dollars, vs 19,726,044 in 1934, equating to 97 cents per share compared with 59 cents.
John Francis Archer 61 year old railway clerk died at home after a short illness. He is survived by his wife a son Justin Archer Amarillo and a brother Wm H Archer Wichita Falls Texas. Funeral arrangements pending with Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
London reports the government ordered Sir Eric Drummond the ambassador at Rome to lodge an immediate protest with Italy over the bombing of a British Red Cross unit in Ethiopia. Two nations face tensions as diplomats seek clarification and accountability.
Wash Batson longtime Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico cattleman died in a local hospital at 2 PM aged 65 His funeral is set for Sunday at Endee New Mexico He is survived by his wife daughter Lucille and four sons The Mississippi native came to Texas early and worked for Neely ranch later forming a partnership with brother C C Batson He also owned a mercantile store at Endee Batson served in the New Mexico legislature and was active in cattle trading across Texas and New Mexico The note mentions the Freedman's Journal founded in 1827 as the earliest anti slavery paper
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