07 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1939
Page
1
The column blends forecasts and observations with local honors and opinions. Bouquets to R T Alexander for winning a major Hereford prize near Washita in Hemphill County. Edgy thoughts on Mexico’s reforms, pensions, twin beds, dog issues, and a long weather note about Plains winds and climate shifts.
The Glenwood School hosts the Lady Minstrels from Dixie tonight at 8 by the Glenwood Parent Teachers Association directed by Eleanor May Schaeffer and Ena Holman. Also featuring The Paramount western Stage Coach and a Red Carnation Drill event at 208 Polk Street with contests and prizes. An entry to a dog reward and a watch reward are noted, plus local chatter about crime, gambling, and daily life.
Hogs 1 600 head sold uneven and mostly lower. top at 7.65 with 170 to 250 pound range. Cattle 3 000 head and calves sold steady to 50 cents lower. stockers and feeders in brisk demand with most good grades 9.00 to 10.50. Sheep 8 900 head. slaughter lamb bids steady or down from 8.75, best above 9.00. News service note from New York Stock Exchange list by Fenner & Beane.
A Texas house bill would make it a crime to provide false information to a newspaper about weddings births or deaths. Rep. Arthur Holland of Belton introduced the measure. Justice Hughes reportedly sidelined by a mild grippe. City children consume 50 to 100 percent more milk than adults.
Grover C. Hill urged Amarillo Lions Club members to support the Amarillo Fat Stock Show calling it money for the community. He praised Hereford cattle as the aristocrats and encouraged local visitation to the exhibits. Jay Taylor, cattleman and board member, noted beef advertising gains and projected better beef display and market access for housewives.
A collage of anecdotes and facts ranges from old medical cautions about childbed fever and hospital births to curiosities about mice traps and conchologists. It notes rising aging populations, shrinking birthrates, and a forecast of 1960 empty desks alongside a booming elderly crowd.
Ex soldiers may enlist in the regular army reserve at their discharged grade now through Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the Eighth Corps Area. Eligible veterans under 36 with one year of service and an honorable discharge can join. reservists receive two dollars monthly and must inform the War Department of address. Contact Sgt. R. A. Jackson at the Amarillo station.
Police hunted an armed robber after a Park Grocery heist at 8 15 pm last night in which he told clerks I think I’ll leave it with you. The incident followed burglaries at Blue Goose Cafe and E P Hallmark Grocery with cash and merchandise stolen.
A local column shows notices including a Fox Terrier named Mickey missing for over a month with a reward offered, a colored girl seeking half day housework, a married man jobless seeking work with housing, and a small dog for adoption. Contacts and brief details accompany each item.
Tam a working girl seeks a place to stay. The brief item notes her need for shelter and possible help from local services.
Dan the 875 pound Hereford steer shown by Stanley Pluenneke of Mason County wins grand champion. It marks the third straight Mason County club boys win. Judge W L Blizzard names second place senior calf reserve champion shown by Billy Sadler of Martin County. Young Pluenneke earns $54 in premiums. calf to be sold Thursday in baby beef auction. Junior champion Willie weighs 830 pounds shown by Johnnie Leathers. Leathers also receives a $50 Panhandle Live Stock Association watch for best calf from a Panhandle boy. Judging continues with other calf classes and lamb judging set for 3 PM.
The Amarillo furniture pioneer Green Bros. Film marks its 32nd anniversary today. Owner Chas R McAfee also celebrates his birthday tomorrow, and he quips about aging with the city of Berger, which notes its 13th birthday the same day.
Fire of undetermined origin gutted a theater in Ingleside last night thirty minutes after the building emptied. Aransas Pass firefighters battled the blaze. loss estimated at $12,000. The item includes several helpers seeking work and a weather and livestock notice from KGNC officials.
Perry Burks Amarillo city tax assessor says residential and business district evaluations will not be completed before May 1. Deputies Barney Moore and W R Patterson work in residential areas while Burks declines to estimate overall value increases citing exempt big projects and last year’s building program.
A cargo of gold and silver coins valued at about $7 million arrived in Manila aboard the French steamer Laos from Haifeng French Indo China. The 489 ton shipment in 4,800 cases was consigned to an undisclosed American port and prepared for departure on an American President liner.
The Mexican government says it has distributed 624,420 mulberry bushes and silk worm eggs to agrarian groups over recent months to develop a domestic silk industry in Mexico City and nationwide.
Construction costs in Amarillo climbed beyond 330000 with permits issued for medical offices of Doctors Carroll and Patton at 708 Harrison. The permit lists the office cost at 12068 as architects, material dealers and contractors predict a brisk new building period with several homes nearing completion and many plans in progress.
A suit to cancel the sale of 2,652 acres of Crane and Ector County land to R. L. York on Dec 29, 1938, filed in district court in Austin by former Land Commissioner William H. Mc Donald.
Three convict trusties stole two guns from Capt. E. L. Seay's home, manager of Harlem State Prison Farm, near Sugarland. They escaped in a state-owned automobile with no immediate detection.
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