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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1936
Page
2
An Italian air raid on Harar in Ethiopia set fires and damaged hospitals and French centers. A squadron dropped incendiaries for over two hours 250 miles east of Addis Ababa, sparking panic as residents fled. officials say few people were injured.
Funeral services for Henry Lytle Johnston aged 28 will likely be held tomorrow. Boxwell Brothers, funeral directors, announced this morning. Johnston was an employee of United Carbon Company at Borger and died in a local hospital Saturday night.
A long jumble of letters to Tack from job seekers and personal ads requests jobs in filing, service, kitchen, farm work, housekeeping, and child care. Amid pleas appear notes from residents of Friona and others seeking companionship, references, and lost items like glasses and a pet mockingbird.
London reports Count Court Hanewicz-Reventiow registered the birth of a son named Lance. The infant, about one month old, was seen in a perambulator as Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow went outside for the first time since the birth amid illness. Bond set at 750 dollars by Justice Charles Carder after waiving examining trial. Kenneth Stanford, 18, of Mena Arkansas, in county jail on burglary charges, saying he recently finished a term in the Oklahoma reformatory at Granite.
LAREDO March 30 All Mexican consuls in the United States were ordered to desist from social and political activities in this country. A telegram from the minister of foreign relations instructed consuls to limit duties to aiding Mexican nationals under consulate regulations. The order follows controversy over Juan E Richer, the Laredo consul, allegedly attending a radical labor meeting.
Jurors were chosen in the forty seventh district court for the burglary trial of W. G. Willard of Pampa. Willard was arrested over a prowling incident at the F. Maybach apartment on 1118 Jackies Street in late February. Judge B. C. Nelson Jr. returned to the bench after a swap with Judge Reese Tatum of Dalhart.
Directors of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce convene at a Wednesday noon luncheon held at the Social Center for Girls 501 Lincoln Street. President Roy Cullum invites newly elected directors to attend as they take office on or after April 15, with Carl Hinton reporting on his Washington, D. C. trip.
The Medical Regiment will be the subject of a class meeting at the Reserve Officers Troop School tonight. Major George A. Corbin, the instructor, says the session is sponsored by the local reserve officers association led by president Lieut. Bil Bynum. The meeting begins at o oclock in the Petit Jury Room of the Federal Building.
Major George A. Corbin of the U S Army Contact staff addressed Amarillo High School ROTC cadets this morning, outlining errors found in the recent inspection and detailing steps to correct them.
Hugh Exum, vice chairman of the Republican state executive committee from Amarillo, was invited to meet Governor Alf Landon in Kansas on business yesterday. Landon was regarded as a leading GOP presidential hopeful. Exum chairs the Amarillo counterpart and is a trustee of a local corporation.
County Attorney Mas Ring in possession of a ring of keys found on Amarillo streets by Fred Kiinke of St. Francia. Owner may claim by identifying items. Keys are at Anderson's office.
Cabinet leaders approved a plan for early joint staff conferences on land sea and air defense against an unprovoked attack. Conferences to begin soon, possibly April 6, regardless of Von German peace reply to Locarno powers.
Aubrey Brown a police radio technician was due to be released from Northwest Texas Hospital today while Officer Dc R Hudson expected to stay another week. They were hurt when a car driven by D W Ross collided with the police scout car. driver W T McDaniel escaped injury.
Amarillo youth Leon M. Gray enlisted in December and has earned early praise from Fort Francis E Warren Wyoming officers. Major F. A. Byrne lauds Gray in a letter to Amarillo recruiting Sgt. R. F. Forsythe. He is the son of Mrs. Martha Gray of 910 Van Buren Street.
The county tax collector's office will stay open late today and tomorrow until 7 PM and until Wednesday midnight to aid motorists applying for 1936 car tags. Miss Jewell Davidson notes no waiting due to sufficient staff. Lost papers require knowing old license plate numbers. personal checks aren’t accepted for registrations though business and company checks are.
Captain M L Berry in charge of the Amarillo division sets up temporary offices in the division offices of the state highway department on Bowie Street. Efforts are underway to secure court house space for the state department as personnel increase.
Dr Harris M Cook of West Texas State College Canyon will speak on KGNC during the Know Your School hour directed by C M Rogers. His address titled The State Curriculum Revision Program covers Panhandle area revision work. The broadcast begins at 7 45 o clock.
DoJ agents surrounded a Malvern Road farmhouse near Hot Springs Ark after dropping gas bombs but found no one present. A lingering report claimed a capture had occurred. The hospital reported a serious injury to a deputy or agent from inhalation of gas.
Roy D. Chase, supervisor of the Census of Business, said workers pursue completion of the Amarillo canvass in a few days. The effort is part of the Business Census for private business use, not government purposes, with reports due to Philadelphia and results published by July 1.
AUSTIN March 30 L G Phares director of the department of public safety said the patrol drive against reckless and speeding drivers is taking effect. He noted on a weekend trip through Fast Texas only one speeder, a truck driver, was observed and arrested and fined.
The Tennessee Valley Authority petitioned the ICC to force the Southern Railways to abandon its Vasper La Follette line. The move aims to prevent flooding-related runoff and absolve the TVA from responsibility. The Southern refused to rent tracks from Louisville & Nashville, citing constitutional rights.
National VFW commander from Altoona, Pa meets veterans in Pampa and Borger. He outlines unity after veto clash and sessions with local figures, as a newsreel captures the event. He plans further stops in Wichita Falls and other Texas posts.
Japan designates Gen Toshikazu Terauchi as minister of war in Prime Minister Koki Hirota s cabinet. He is one of seven former Nipponese army leaders who previously formed the supreme war council.
Japanese army in Manchoukuo reports two Mongolian planes crossed the border near Boineer and bombed a Manchukuoan-Japanese outpost, killing one soldier and wounding four. The incident adds to escalating border clashes in the region.
George Hammock of Amarillo National Bank treasurer of Potter County chapter reports $350 raised today for Red Cross flood relief. He notes county goal is $690 rather than $550 as previously published. Donation booths in Amarillo banks will stay open through Tuesday and Wednesday.
Official returns show Hitler with 99 percent of the vote as 44,411,911 ballots clearly marked for him out of 44,954,937 total ballots. 543,026 ballots were marked invalid or carried a no vote. The announcement notes the turnout and categorizes ballots by clear endorsements and invalid marks.
Isidor Fisch and two men and a woman visited Cuba in fall 1932, six months after the Lindbergh kidnapping, seeking to purchase a farm near Artemisa. Investigator Hicks presented Cuban police documents. he plans further Cuba inquiries as Hauptmann's clemency hearing nears. Fisch allegedly wrote a letter about hot money. Hicks consulted Cuban criminologist Dr. Israel Castellanos Gonzales to verify the Fisch letter.
Justice of the Peace O L Wiley ruled that Mrs Alice Morgan Coulter wife of Harold K Duke Coulter polo star and former army captain shot herself at their San Antonio apartment A maid found her body and a revolver lay nearby The couple had been at the center of a secret court martial that led to Coulter's dismissal for misconduct with another woman.
In Harrisburg Illinois on March 30 residents at the Saline County poor farm reportedly bartered shirts and trousers to obtain liquor after returning intoxicated. Custodian Claude Butler says inmates traded clothing for alcohol until the board of supervisors barred residents from leaving the premises.
City officials remind water customers to sign by April 1 to lock in irrigation rates for six months. The rate is 2.25 dollars net for the first 10 000 gallons and 0.20 dollars for each additional 1 000 gallons. Fewer contracts have been signed this season than last year, says the water department.
The storm forced deserted streets in Clovis and nearby cities with widespread darkness as merchants lit stores and housewives secured homes. Visibility dropped to zero at Tucumcari and Clovis and remained only a few miles in Trinidad and Raton. Sheridan, Wyoming recorded 18 below zero, the coldest in the United States.
An advertisement from M-S-T Dept 04 Plainview Texas urges readers to mail their name and address to receive proof that relief is possible. The notice emphasizes there is no obligation and invites further inquiry.
Philadelphia March 30 professional sword swallower Teo Olivetal was under treatment after a blade pierced his chest wall during practice. He had been performing when the accident occurred.
The Mad rigal Club of Canyon will perform at the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra concert tomorrow night in the high school auditorium. Prof. Wallace R. Clark heads WTSTC music department.
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