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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1938
Page
1
The column notes a mild spell with clear skies, warns March winds bring dust, and recalls past Texas dust storms. It mentions Dallas storms, Amarillo growth plans, local events, and humorous asides about weather, politics, and small town life. It also references Snow White at The State and local community efforts in Sanford.
Special Purim services will be held at Temple B nas Israel Twenty fourth Avenue and Taylor Street tonight at seven o clock. The Magilah will be read and repeated Thursday morning at ten. The Purim sermon will be delivered Friday night at eight. Festivities end Sunday night with a program featuring The Paper Hat a two act play. Sisterhood will entertain.
A brief ad states a room and board arrangement with small wages. Contact Mrs B E, Box 291, Silverton, Texas.
Dear Tack I am a girl seeking after school hours and weekend employment. I have experience in house work and child care and need work to finish school. References available A READER Dial 4458.
Washington reports March 14 figures with receipts of 15 522 733 16 and expenditures of 14 728 161 98 leaving a balance of 3 081 300 486 23. Customs receipts for the month total 11 942 570 15, while the fiscal year shows receipts 4 101 336 938 53 and expenditures 5 238 438 747 19 including 1 426 755 819 32 in emergency spending. The gross debt stands at 37 813 270 951 87, down 1 206 065 82, with gold assets of 12 776 006 993 29.
The Potter County grand jury reconvened this morning after a recess called last Thursday. Assistant County Attorney Tom Seay worked with the jury.
A quirky collection of facts includes a mispronounced illustrator name Gluyas Williams, Roosevelt’s near million-dollar fortune at death, and Lake Denmark NJ 1926 ammunition magazine explosion causing 31 deaths and $3 million in damage. Also mentions 40 percent shares, drawing rooms, many U S conventions, and a warning against chain letters.
A collection of classified notices seeking employment and a farm job plus a missing dog alert. An early 20th century style plea: a young woman seeks clerical work, a woman in her fifties offers house care and companionship, a boy is wanted for farm labor, and John Gilliam Jr. reports a missing bull dog named Teddy with a one dollar reward.
The writer seeks employment assisting an elderly couple or employed couple and may consider child care. References available. Contact Mrs J M Dial at 5543.
A lady seeks employment as cook and housekeeper with room and board for small wages. References available. Contact Livingston Apartments, Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Small black and white Rat Terrier named Skippy, about two and a half months old with a white circle near her right eye, disappeared around 3 PM Sunday. If found, call 6449 or visit 404 North Fillmore Stowes to reunite with owner.
Middle aged woman offers services to manage a home or assist in a hotel or apartment setting. She invites callers to dial 2 2465 for arrangements and details.
A colored boy seeks work at a filling station washing cars. He has experience and can provide references. Address: 604 Van Buren Street rear.
A watch was found Sunday morning beside the tracks at the Fort Worth and Denver Station. The finder asks the owner to identify the timepiece to recover it.
Cash prizes totaling 100 dollars will be awarded for photographs of the heaviest fish caught in the Great Lakes in 1938. The grand prize is 50 dollars, with four second prizes of 12 50 dollars each. Entries must be mailed to Lloyd Ellingwood of Toledo who oversees the contest.
Ice fishermen in Subbury Massachusetts contend that bass are hardest to catch in winter due to their extreme youth. They note bass are biologically younger than pike or pickerel and lie dormant when cold, making them less accessible to anglers seeking bait during cold months.
Captain Harry Wooding a Confederate veteran and mayor of Danville at age 93 believes he is the oldest active mayor in the United States. He has outlived many younger men he fought with in the Civil War.
Frank Pinkerd seeks employment listing himself as a colored boy ready to do janitorial work or wash cars. He provides address 1013 Harrison Street rear for contact.
Captain F E Lewis of Balboa California has placed a contract with a Seattle shipyard for the largest postwar yacht project in Seattle. The $250000 build will be one of the biggest sea going yachts finished in the area and marks a major shipyard order.
Pacific Coast, Tt. will have every convenience and facility for carrying out various phases of scientific research work. Delivery has been specified for Aug. 1.
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