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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1939
Page
10
Errant notes and fashion chatter frame a lively Shep Fields dance at the Nat. Nevair reports a sea of ribbons in girls hair matching gowns and sportswear. The Roswell band arrived for the meal and played El Paso while Annabelle primps backstage as musicians parade past.
A scrapbook of stage and screen chatter mentions actors in dramatic school tours, Broadway returns, talkies era shifts, and a recent film Scandal Street. It lists personalities like Bob Watson in Texas State Network work, bowed by a joke strait jacket from Shep Fields, and notes Esperanto fans in Oklahoma City with foreign language curiosities and Will Hays take on censorship.
An advice piece promotes preventive treatment for constipation through diet. It urges daily Kellogg's All-Bran cereals to add bulk, with ample water, to stay regular. It notes All-Bran is made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
The writer expresses urgent need for employment with little experience but willingness to learn, requesting any work with small wages while gaining skills.
El Paso March 14 Judge M W Ward sentenced Raul Peschard tinsmith to a year in county jail for searing his 16 year old daughter Christina with a blowtorch. The girl testified he burned her face after she wore a new dress bought with bonus money.
A 26 year old widow from Canyon Texas writes for aid to support her widowed mother. She offers experience in housework and child care and seeks hourly daily or weekly work with references. Correspondence directed to A READER 708 East Twelfth Avenue.
Classified notice items include lost wine colored ladies kid gloves with embroidery near the post office or Canton Cafe. Numerous help wanted and personal ads seek housework caregiving jobs. names, addresses, and phone numbers listed for work, including practical nursing and unencumbered home roles. Farmers earnings note hops income in 1938. cartoon Alley Oop appears.
Courthouse records note transfers from Mtg Inv Corp to Live Ins Co of Va and vehicle registrations including 39 Chew Street and 39 Hudson Street. District Court lists divorce action Mildred Mount vs Ray Mount. Marriage licenses issued to Jack B. Lankford with Irma Hedgecake and Willard Lene with Mamie Meyer. Several southern states experiment with cotton fabric in road construction.
Fort Worth March 14 attendance at the 43rd Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show surged as livestock judging continued and the opening auction by the Texas Hereford Association prepared to auction sixty animals. Secretary-Manager John B. Davis reported substantially larger turnstile totals than last year, with crowds swelling yesterday.
J D Deason relocates Boston Dry Cleaners from 419 Polk Street to 2223 Polk Street after fourteen years. He offers pickup and delivery service and urges old customers to call the new number 7038.
The first wire bedspring is credited to Civil War era inventor James Liddy of Watertown New York. He removed springs from a buggy seat and placed them under a mattress to improve support.
More than 12,000 4-H club boys and girls from every section of the state attend a major gathering, highlighting expanded youth programs and community involvement across the region.
Jordan Montana reports a spring flood that breached a $60,000 earthen dam, forcing about half the town ceiling to shelters on the elevated north side. Refugees carried children and belongings as water four feet deep surged in, with CCC volunteers aiding evacuation. Some homes and businesses were buried.
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