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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1937
Page
2
A reflective weather update speaks of intermittent rain and uncertain showers as warmer days promise more moisture. The column shares local observations on storm timing, cycles, and forecasts amid a mix of letters, odds and anecdotes from residents and visitors.
Mrs. Lila Rose Bowling 40 wife of Homer Bowling died at 12:30 a.m. at the family home 312 East Twenty-second Street. Survived by husband two daughters Elizabeth and Mary Lee a son Jack Bowling four brothers Eldridge Lee of El Centro Calif L. D. of Endee N M Homer Lee of Hedley and Warner Lee of Amarillo five sisters Pauline Birdie Lee Mrs J W Davis Mrs J B McClatchy and Mrs Henry Box all of Holtville Calif He was a machinist at the Santa Fe roundhouse She belonged to Church of Christ and Woodmen's Circle Resident of Amarillo 20 years Body in care of N B Griggs and Sons Funeral Home.
The Duke of Windsor rushed toward France to reunite with Mrs Simpson after her divorce was finalized. He plans to visit Paris and Monts near a Chateau where she stays, while royal financial provisions for the king’s family are outlined in London. Princess Elizabeth will receive 5000 pounds yearly until 21, increasing to 15000 if she is 21 and a son is not born. The Duke of Gloucester will gain 10000 pounds per year in addition to 35000.
Robert Hunt, former Canyon grocer and longtime local businessman, has become affiliated with the Panhandle Fruit Company in Amarillo. Hunt and his father own the Canyon Grocery and Market and he recently joined Panhandle Fruit on April 1, planning to make Amarillo his permanent home.
Washington reports the national debt rising toward Roosevelt's proposed limit of 35,026,000,000 as Treasury finishes ten months of fiscal 1937 at 35,940,629,364. Borrowing continues at about 50 million weekly to replenish the working balance, with the balance down to 642,138.93 amid gold sterilization expenditures.
Pueblo Colorado officers were scheduled to take Fred Ross alias Red Troubles alias Mr Harris into custody. Ross was arrested in Amarillo and traced by the FBI as the man wanted in Colorado on a burglary charge.
The Republican National Committee spent 5,219,729 dollars for Warren G. Harding’s presidential bid, making it the most costly campaign of 1930 yet. Early birds of passage note a round the world cruise booking until February 1998 with seven voyages already reserved.
KGNC broadcasts Tuesday with morning lineups including Sky Pilot Plains Farm and Home Hour and The Musical Clock Then NBC programming and local features run from 6:00 to 11:50 am with news headlines Grain Reports and Farm Hour portions followed by an afternoon slate of varied music, drama, sports scores, and committee broadcasts through 5:50 pm.
Panhandle county officials will attend the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce banquet honoring the Texas Highway Commission. Reservations are rising as Wheeler County Judge W. O. Puett has a direct booking. Principal speaker will be Judge Robert Lee Bobbitt, chairman of the highway commission.
The Sky Master plane landed in Amarillo Saturday at 11 44 bringing the heaviest air express shipment here. Vernon L Gunn district traffic agent said the bearing weighed 146 pounds and came in four parts for drilling operations. An oil company saved 400 dollars per day by air shipping the bearing. John Gowan of Clowe and Cowan met the plane and delivered the costly equipment to the oil field.
Scoutmaster Boyd of Forest Hill Boy Scout Troop No 23 was honored Friday night by troop members and the Forest Hill PTA. Mrs T H Rogers presented a silver gift on behalf of her organization and the troop. Scout Executive C A Clark presented the troop with its charter at the Forest Hill School meeting. G H Roberts 8 J Evans and T Canning were appointed to the troop advisory committee.
Joe Cleaver, identified as a negro, faced charges this morning after an alleged shoplifting spree. He was arraigned before Justice H. W. Duke and is charged with taking articles from four Amarillo stores.
Five hundred Boy Scouts and leaders from the Amarillo Area Council will pitch tents at Harding's Ranch for the eighth annual camporee lasting three days. Sixteen Amarillo troops join units from Claude Canyon Happy Vega Dumas and Goodnight in events like tent pitching rope tying fire building cooking archery and races. Scout Executive C A Clark said the aim is to make this the most outstanding field day yet.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Lyman aged 75 a longtime Amarillo resident who died Sunday night will be at 10 o clock Wednesday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel. Dr R Thomson pastor Central Presbyterian Church will officiate Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
Horace Griggs of N S Griggs Funeral Chapel left Amarillo Sunday to lecture at the Texas Funeral Directors and Embalmers meeting at Mineral Wells. The Oklahoma organization will also meet in the coming days. Griggs will display a new line of cosmetics and embalming fluid from Texas Funeral Supply Company with chemist H G Nations assisting in demonstrations.
Washington May 3 Works Progress Administrator Harry L Hopkins today offered to curtail the WPA program if industry substantiates its charges of a labor shortage and provides employment for relief rolls. The WPA is convinced there is no skilled labor shortage now and would turn over its rolls to industry when conditions warrant while continuing to employ the needy until jobs are found.
The Supreme Court upheld the 1935 tax of three cents per pound on coconut oil imported from the Philippines. It denied refunds sought by Cincinnati Soap Co and Haskins Brothers, affirming lower court rulings. Justice Sutherland delivered the decision with no dissent, noting no ruling on unemployment insurance yet.
Tom Cotten, a Texas Planning Board real estate member, returned from Washington after attending a national Rivers and Harbors Congress gathering. In China, Nanking area farmers must refrain from frog catching and killing, as local regulations cite frogs as helpful to crops.
Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Vick and Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Donovan depart Amarillo for McAllen Texas to run a two day clinic. After the clinic the group travels to Houston for the Texas state convention of osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Dr. Vick chairs the Proctology section and features prominently on the convention program.
The House rules committee approved an administration bill to make the Civilian Conservation Corps a permanent government agency with 300000 enrollees at a cost of 350000000 annually. The measure, passed by the House labor committee, goes to the House next week with a four hour debate limit.
Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach introduced a Senate resolution allowing the Public Works Administration to fund school construction aimed at eliminating hazardous conditions in U.S. schools. The move underscores federal effort to improve educational facilities nationwide.
Sheriff Parker and Deputy Redwine tracked Lamb from Dimmitt Castro County toward Howard County, losing him near Big Spring. Lamb entered the state penitentiary on December 10, 1936, after prior robberies and burglaries in King and Baylor counties in 1933. He had been arrested in Little Rock in October 1936 for King County robbery and was moved from Hutchinson County jail toward Stinnett for a burglary trial.
A reminiscence recounts pursuit by soldiers on the plains, buffalo scarcity after 1876, and memories of sun dances, turkeys and antelope, with streams, canyons, water holes and boyhood adventures chased by soldiers, Texas Rangers, and white buffalo hunters in a bygone era.
New Mexico Shrinedom leaders will visit Amarillo for Khiva Temple spring ceremonial this week end. Howard Anderson announced the ceremonial director said candidates from Panhandle cities will cross the burning sands.
An exploding stove ignited James Stevenson's clothing, he rolled on the grass to extinguish the flames then the grass fire spread to his garage. Firemen put out the garage fire and the house may still be on fire. Damage to the house is $25.
Manhattan Kansas State College dairy professor W B Combs says butter texture, whether soft or hard, can be influenced by how it is made. He notes experiments indicating creamery processes could greatly improve butter spreadability.
Buckingham Bucks County officials announce Bucking High School pupils may not trap skunks before classes begin. Supervising Principal R Chapman Carver stated the rule as an official stance to curb pre school skunk activity.
Directors of Standard Oil Co New Jersey declared an extra dividend of 75 cents a share and the regular 50 cent semi annual dividend, payable June 15 to stock of record May 17. A similar 75 cent extra dividend was paid last December 15.
Treasury data show April 30 receipts 16 736 725 08 expenditures 20 370 727 58 balance 1 701 512 813 45 and customs receipts for the month 46 252 162 57 Fiscal year receipts 4 091 498 160 68 expenditures 6 246 183 898 45 including 2 373 686 562 97 relief expenditures excess of expenditures 2 154 685 287 77 public debts 34 940 629 364 65 up 1 531 739 47 from prior day gold assets 11 799 288 470 81 including 567 996 793 58 inactive gold.
Members of the Amarillo and Pampa Rotary Clubs will meet Thursday night at 7 30 at the First Baptist Church for an inter city gathering. About 100 Rotarians from Amarillo are expected to attend.
BASSE Switzerland May 3 The Bank of International Settlements warned that rising armament expenditures threaten an unhealthy boom that could precede a new economic crash. The warning signals growing military spending may destabilize global markets and currency conditions.
An advertisement claims relief from hay fever symptoms and offers free guidance from R O Murphy of Stillwater Minnesota. Readers are urged to write with name and address for explanations during hay fever season.
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