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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1938
Page
7
A reminiscence column recounts Odd McIntyre’s friendships and stories from New York society. Keats Speed, Amon Carter, Jimmie Rogers, and Gelett Burgess figures appear among memories of editors, entertainers, and childhood echoes. The author denies writing O. O. McIntyre's column and reflects on shared memories.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain will greatly strengthen its rearmament program after Germany annexed Austria. He condemned Germany’s actions as severely harmful to European peace and rejected rumors of British consent.
Vienna greets Adolf Hitler with massive crowds as Austria joins the German Reich. Hitler rides in an open car through six and a half miles of streets, being cheered from the city limits to the Imperial Hotel. Army units, air salutes, and a dramatic welcome mark the absorption amid political upheaval and anti Jewish measures across Vienna.
Former U.S. president Herbert Hoover landed in Helsinki aboard the steamer Iimatar on March 14. He was greeted by representatives of the foreign ministry several cabinet members and other high officials as a large crowd gathered at the docks.
Governor James V. Allred said he has not decided whether to seek a third term and will announce later in the week after talking to more people. Col. Carl Estes challenged Allred to announce first and pledged to run and issue a platform simultaneously if Allred enters. Estes accused the Allred-Thompson camp of criminal influence and offered free air transport to campaign across Texas.
Delegates to District 1 Retail Merchants Association elected J. Kh. O Neal of Pampa as president O. O. McCurdy Vernon as vice president and Mrs Gladys Workman Lubbock as secretary treasurer Directors named include C L Pitts Amarillo Mrs Archie Huffhines Wichita Falls and Mrs Dorothy Ross Hereford Walter Daughtery Pampa was chosen as a representative to the Texas Retail Credit Bureaus board.
The chief of army engineers recommended building a Red River dam at Dennison Texas with an estimated cost of 54 million dollars.
The Globe News Golden Anniversary edition features the LX ranch in Potter County with 1884 beginnings by John Arnot. The 1876-77 Bates and Beals site later passed to American Pastoral Company about 1884, and Wheeler post office lore adds color to a broader Potter County history being compiled for August.
Former New York Stock Exchange president Richard Whitney pleaded guilty to first degree grand larceny for stealing a $105,000 family trust fund securities pledged to a bank for a loan. He faces five to ten years. other charges allege nearly $1,000,000 in securities pledged to banks.
Cincinnati officials announce a 65 card deck introduces a new top hand five of a kind outranks straight flush. The royal flush becomes second best while the eagle is the extra card in the five suit deck and card makers have released the new decks this week.
Puzzle on editorial page weighs charges against Goo Goo Morgan and Tony Gazzano after detective Don Truman is slain. Witness Mrs Watson spots a medium height man in a polo coat and light brown hat fleeing the scene as both suspects share criminal histories and connections to Alice Jensen.
Autis McManus was charged before Justice of the Peace H. W. Duke with driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his car collided with another vehicle and struck a telephone line pole in the 3100 block of West Sixth Avenue. No serious injuries were reported. Russell Stationery.
The collectors of internal revenue report extended hours to handle late filers. Ralph Kenniston says the office will stay open as long as people queue to file. In temporary post office quarters, four collectors work today and tomorrow until everyone is served. After tomorrow, operations move back to room 243 in the post office building.
The Maverick Club opens a new service station at Third Avenue and Grant Street operated by club boys. Pete Wheeler will run it during school hours with after school shifts by Mavericks. Proceeds fund the Maverick Club while Phillips 66 products are sold to support training and public service.
Several hundred copies remain at the Globe News office of the pictorial review in Sundays Amarillo News parade edition. It can be mailed for 10 cents a copy and sold at 5 cents per copy at the office while they last. No phone orders. Three pages of special pictures cover nearly every entry in the parade.
Senator George Norris of Nebraska announced a resolution for a five member Senate investigation into the Tennessee Valley Authority controversy. He had earlier sought an FTC inquiry but now aims to place the probe in a potentially TVA friendly panel.
Weatherman H. T. Collman says a cool spell may arrive tomorrow. No extreme temperatures are expected and the spell should not last long. Tonight will be fair with tomorrow partly cloudy and no moisture forecast.
Officers continued investigation today of the $300 robbery of the Local Credit Company on Saturday. Victims viewed two suspects today but failed to identify them as the robbers.
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company opens a district office in Amarillo. C. W. Reinecke, formerly of El Paso, will oversee distribution and sales to power companies and carbon black plants, replacing Roy T. Falkenberg who covered the area from Dallas. Reinecke operates from 1401 A Fillmore Street. appliance line remains with White's Auto Stores.
Fair tonight with a low around 44. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cooler. West Texas sees partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday cooler. the north and west portions to feel the chill. New Mexico likely to see rain or snow tonight and Tuesday, with colder temperatures.
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