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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1936
Page
2
A rambling Amarillo column notes mild dust, warm weather, and light air quality while joking about future postmaster and mayoral runs. It muses on jaywalking, trotline fishing limits, and city life, interspersed with cultural tidbits and tangential trivia from national and international topics.
A district Democratic meeting called by E A Simpson will be held Saturday at 11 AM on the courthouse third floor to spur campaign activity. Advisory and executive committee members from Dallam to Wheeler counties are urged to attend, including Mrs Max W Boyer and J E King as district representatives.
Bob Burns from Arkansas has broken into movies with his bazooka horn a quirky act that gained him exposure on Rudy Vallee and Paul Whiteman radio programs and now lands him a key comedy role with Bing Crosby in Rhythm on the Range. He recalls past vaudeville work and retains strong Van Buren ties, including Masons and Rotary.
R. I. Kimble, Washington D C based head for Region 12 of the Resettlement Administration, returns to inspect the local office. A native of New Mexico with Panhandle and southeastern Colorado roots, he plans to stay several days and attend the Dust Bowl emergency meeting in Dodge City Kansas on April 10 and 11.
Federal officials met with a delegation of sharecroppers and farm laborers in Washington to discuss economic rehabilitation for about 5 million impoverished rural families. Resettlement administrator Rexford Tugwell announced plans to move thousands from relief to resettlement farms to become self sustaining.
Elks invite all couples to the dance at the clubhouse with free admission for guests while lodge members pay $1 per couple. The 9:30 PM to 12:30 AM event features Phil Phillips 10 piece orchestra and extends to out of town members. Fresno California invited guests noted.
Sid McDaniels is serving 90 days in Potter County Jail on theft and tampering with a motor vehicle charges. He was sentenced in county court for theft tied to flour stolen from the Great West Mill and Elevator Company.
Among the oldest applicants for old age assistance in Potter County is Mrs. Melvina Toler, 82, a Missouri native longtime Amarillo resident. Her son Tom Toler, 603 Fast Ninth Avenue, is within two years of pension eligibility. The age threshold is 65 years.
More than 1,000 Black attendees filled the Civic Auditorium for the golden anniversary ball of Mrs. Anna Baptiste who had cooked for 50 years in the Mason family. Lady Astor sent London congratulations by cable as superstition lingered about divining rods used by well-diggers with forked hazel sticks pointing to water.
A notable vacation visitor in Florida was Bishop Michael J. Gallagher of Detroit. His see includes Father Charles E. Coughlin whose right to broadcast his views has been upheld consistently by the bishop.
Friends of Bill Lampe report a Deputy U S Marshal made a long collect call from Memphis to the Department of Justice Dallas but found no justice of peace would accept. Later the department did receive the call.
Lane Rose demanded an examining trial in county jail after arrest on burglary charges connected to Louis H. Smith Inc. The case involves more than 60 tires taken last month and four tire casings reportedly found in Rose's possession.
President Roosevelt was off West Caicos Island north of Haiti today for another fishing attempt. He reached the Bahama group area last evening after a day aboard the new presidential ship the U S Potomac.
In Lynn Massachusetts Louis Demakis found two five dollar bills gnawed to bits when he returned home The mice spared smaller bills indicating selective damage The bizarre sight follows routine complaints about rodent activity in urban homes. Col Joseph Americus Wolfson is named in a separate line noting a Manila address and unusual identifiers.
George Rogers a Minnesota claimed Indian was sentenced to 30 days after trying to steal a locomotive for a joyride in Spokane Washington He climbed into a cab and started the engine before a fireman knocked him from the unit and an officer overpowered him
A New York Department of Health survey found no direct link between cigarette smoking and cancers of the lip tongue mouth or jaw. Birds are noted for their highly sensitive ears with pheasants reacting to distant gunfire in 1915 even when humans nearby did not hear the sound.
In Nampa Idaho the hog calling title stayed with A K Platt of Caldwell who won in 1935 and Edna Hartzell of Melba took the wife calling honors in the husband calling contest local readers note the prizes and winners of the contest
A reader asks Tack to assist in locating a baby for adoption after being told no babies are available at the local orphans' homes. The letter indicates continued search and pleads for help.
John Hamilton, manager for Alfred M Landon’s presidential bid, opens New York offices and takes personal charge of the campaign effort in the state as Kansas Republicans push for the nomination.
Former Texas Governor James E Ferguson and his wife Miriam Ferguson deny any plan to seek office again. He notes it costs less to campaign now and cites past campaigns with small funds. Senator Roy Sanderford interrupts, and Ferguson remarks that running may not require much money.
Sunday Lawyers Day is set at the T. Newton Hill Bible Class of the First Christian Church Judge Otis Trulove will teach the lesson Mrs Trulove will sing in solos The class meets in the new stone unit at 9 40 A M All lawyers are invited Also a proverb line about a spear stopping a lion's charge with a slight wound and the lion stopping to rid itself of the shaft.
Frederick A. Delano, uncle of President Roosevelt, is appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Virginia and agent of the district. He will serve without pay.
Ottawa reports Dr. H K Blair a Liberal MP plans a bill to amend the Criminal Code with a sleeping potion followed by a lethal chamber instead of hanging He argues a humane method would reduce bungling and should gain public support while acknowledging sentiment may delay action.
Mrs. Tulia Sumerall, 60, was burned seriously when the gasoline used to wash clothes ignited. The accident occurred in Ranger, Texas, on March 27.
An Evensville Tennessee man, Sherman Sneed, endorses Black-Draught as a reliable laxative for constipation. He says a dose provides relief from headaches, fatigue, biliousness, and bad taste, noting two nights of use clears the trouble. The product is described as a herbal laxative kept in stock for quick relief.
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