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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1939
Page
2
The issue discusses a light shower season with forecasted thunder heads and upcoming moisture, dismisses imminent war for the year, and recalls the death of Jim Whittington a powerful Amarillo pioneer. It includes local wildlife notes from City Lake, overstocking concerns, and cautions against trot lines. Also reports on medical cases and a warning to a family’s children for mischief.
A series of short items include a prize ring return offer with a 7 pm home call, a $3 reward for a black and white wire-haired fox terrier, and a reward for recovery of tools from J L Milligan’s car near Georgia Street. Another note mentions A N Olver’s recovery from illness, a purse snatching at Ellwood Park with a contact number 23638, and curious local chatter about a chicken turning into a rooster in Pampa.
A collage of short notices lists employment and help wanted requests. JACKID seeks dairy work at Lundersreen Dairy near the smelter, while JACKIE offers child care experience with references. Other lines mention Tack Tam indy seeking work and a general employment notice.
Hogs sold 3200 with activity fairly steady. Cattle salable 9300 with calves 1200. slaughter cattle slow, openings steady, some bids lower. Vealers and stockers steady to firm. good fed steers and yearlings at 8.75 to 10.00. stockers and feeders mostly 8.95 to 9.50. Sheep salable 6000 with limited activity. fed clipped lambs steady to 18.50. no wool lambs sold early.
Treasury opens 11 regional contests inviting architects in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Kansas Iowa Missouri Nebraska to submit designs for a new 250000 federal court house and post office at Leavenworth Kansas The winning designer earns 2600 plus 2600 as consultant fee to promote regional building traditions and materials.
Texas Senate approved a plan 15 to 6 to act on the fair trade bill on Thursday. The measure would let manufacturers set minimum prices to curb cut price sales of trade named articles. It has passed the House already and faced prior Senate filibusters.
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel signed three measures to back a 4.5 million armory plan to lease facilities for national guard use. The bills fix defects in a prior act cited by the State Supreme Court and address adjutant general power armory board terms and city site grants.
Courthouse deeds list transfers from Eunice Savage to T H Rigdon and several other transactions dated 1938 39 with prices, plus numerous vehicle registrations and model notes. A Boston expenses report notes city officials’ towel limits for staff and reuse of cotton swim-tags at municipal beaches.
U S Public Health Service reports that the common gray house mouse carries the germ causing lymphocytic choriomeningitis. In Washington two homes, three of five mice tested contained active virus. human cases recovered after four days in home care, suggesting mice as the infection source.
L. C. Barrow 25 brother of Clyde Barrow lay unconscious in a Dallas hospital after a car overturn while he tried to evade a deputy sheriff. The vehicle had earlier been in a minor crash and he attempted to flee. X rays showed no broken bones. Dan Driscoll of Sabula, Iowa, killed a fox with an ear of corn.
Maryon Cooper Hewitt heiress and defendant in a $500000 Sterilization suit died Sunday in a single room apartment. The case, brought by her daughter Anne Cooper Hewitt Gay who alleged sterilization to end heirs, was dropped after the daughter refused to testify. Hewitt had filed bankruptcy with assets of 250 against 693741.20 liabilities.
Washington May in a speech President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged abolition of the present National Labor Relations Board. He accused the board of dictator tactics and CIO bias and recommended a new five member board with curtailed power.
Commissioners court authorized Mrs. O. W. Moore county probation officer to travel to San Antonio for a joint meeting of the Texas Conference on Social Welfare and the Texas Probation Association. Mrs. Moore departed today for the convention. The Congress grove of California big trees is described as Senate and House groups.
Grenville May 1. R. R. Williams a centenarian former Confederate major known as Democratic Bob celebrated his 100th birthday in Cumby with about 200 descendants and friends. He praised Vice President John Garner as a strong future leader for Democrats and noted Garner was his Texas Legislature colleague.
London May 1. Great Britain plans to transform Alderney in the Channel Islands into a small scale Gibraltar able to close the English Channel to enemy shipping, officials indicated today. The move aims to block naval access and strengthen coastal defense against potential invasions.
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