10 Mar 1936
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1936
Page
1
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show features judging of Baby Beeves with Dr HH Gramlich of Lincoln Nebraska handling about 250 entries. Judging starts 1 PM in the Tri-State Fair cattle barns as 4 H boys and vocationalists showcase calves ahead of Thursday’s auction for top bidders.
Arthur Brisbane muses on whether war will come as Hitler eyes demilitarized zones and France asks if England will join in any action. England remains undecided as Hitler shifts tactics, with implications for air travel and regional power dynamics.
County commissioners weigh a $20,000 addition to Potter County Library with $9000 grant and $11000 PWA loan amid protests by taxpayers. Library board meets to discuss site options downtown. Roy Smith the architect, plans call for a 30 foot addition.
Paris reports France will waive its early demand for military sanctions and may withdraw troops from the Rhine on two conditions. Germany must pledge not to rebuild Rhine fortifications and Hitler must modify his March speech to offer future guarantees. The move follows Locarno signatories and British diplomacy seeking a peace path.
Gov. James V. Allred visits Amarillo to speak at the Fat Stock Show and the 60th annual Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention. He says he mixes business with pleasure, enjoying meals and meeting cattle industry friends. He plans a full day of speeches and discussions on legislative matters.
Corpus Christi Texas March 10 Ten men were injured five of them critically at the Humble Refinery in Ingleside when gasoline vapor in a 30000 barrel tank ignited. Workmen said a short circuit in an extension cord attached to a light caused the blast. J R Tackett C H Boring Jack W Cline L S Wilson and T A Fain were rushed to Corpus Christi Hospital critically burned. L Smith John Maxwell J L Franklin R N Hamilton and Bill Womack were burned seriously.
Local ad lists Good Winter Oils priced at 10 cents per foot at 1900 West Third Street. Ad emphasizes value and availability for customers seeking affordable oil options this season.
A federal grand jury charged Arthur W. Cutten, famed grain trader, with willful attempt to defeat and evade income tax for 1929 totaling 414 524.54. William E. Gatewood, a former internal revenue agent, was named for aiding Cutten. The case follows Cutten’s disbarment from grain pits and a pending Supreme Court appeal.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with colder temperatures. Amarillo region shows 38 degrees low, 47 to 52 degree 24 hour extremes by noon today. McMurtry Paints and Varnishes listed with contact number 5353 for John Maynard Lumber Co.
The House on March 10 amended and broadened a resolution authorizing investigation of the Townsend and other old age pensions plans with no dissenting vote.
Testimony opens in 17 year old Clovis Ray How ard murder case in 47th District Court. Lois Ryan a waitress at Taylor's East Amarillo beer joint testified that Taylor was lured from a sick bed to be slain by a ruse claiming a gas leak on Howard's motorcycle. Homeland confessions allege Taylor threatened to kill Howard's mother and half sister.
Governor James V. Allred spoke as a Texas citizen at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association meeting. He contrasted the cowmen’s early wealth generation with the republic’s founding pioneers and urged rededication of Texas citizenship to patriotic principles.
A large testimonial banquet in Amarillo honors Col. Ernest O. Thompson chair man of the Texas Railroad Commission. Attendees include West Texas cities and out-of-state guests who praised his record. highlighted by Judge R. E. Underwood of Amarillo delivering a glowing tribute. Notables shown include W. B. Hamilton of Wichita Falls, Lawrence Hagg of Amarillo, Bob Lynn of Bartlesville, F. E. Rice of Phillips, and Walter David of the Huber interests, all participating in the event.
In Amarillo and surrounding venues, dances welcome Texas and Southwestern Association members and guests. Harry Badger and Hal Bruner of the Badger Bruner Cattle Company entertain convention registrants, while remarks emphasize cattle industry heritage and the association’s century of progress.
Billy Rose plans a $1,000 a day, 100 day Texas frontier exposition at Fort Worth featuring a three ring circus livestock show frontier city and a swimming pool. He aims to hire Shirley Temple Mae West Guy Lombardo Jack Benny and 2,000 Indians with 1,000 cowboys for the event and to stage The Fall of the Alamo or a Texas name.
In New York City the building workers’ union escalates with a “big push” as union leader James Bambrick cites 4,200 affected buildings and 7,000 workers walking out. William D. Rawlins of the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations says the group will accept any reasonable agreement to curb abuses and substandard conditions, while the union reasserts closed shop, wage raises, and a 48 hour week.
West Texans gathered at the Herring Hotel in Amarillo to honor Col. Ernest O. Thompson chair of the Texas Railroad Commission. The appreciation banquet lauded his three years in Austin for stabilizing the oil sector and lowering railroad rates on feedstuffs, saving cattlemen and Panhandle citizens hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The House military affairs committee reported a bill to raise the army air strength to 4,000 airplanes. The action comes as lawmakers debate aerospace capacity and defense readiness.
Presidential approval and a $22 254 WPA grant were announced for paving and improvements at the Tri-State Fair grounds. The project covers streets booths grandstand and race track repairs planting and painting with work possible to start in a week or ten days.
Dr. E Mobley of Oklahoma City opened the one day Centennial religious rally at the First Baptist Church with the theme Marching Forward. Delegates from every Panhandle church attend with afternoon sessions for men and women and two banquets planned.
About 450 property owners met at Charley Pride's Pay Cash Grocery to condemn selling lots to Negroes in West Amarillo. The West Amarillo Business Club formed to protest before the city commission. Petitions circulated with hundreds signing while spokesmen prepared to present tonight.
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