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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1936
Page
2
A quirky column mixes weather notes from Dalhart with local anecdotes on weather patterns, betting on Tack’s double at Tri-State races, and humorous asides about preachers, fashion, and Scotch tales. It also surveys past happenings from Groom and Hemphill, with scattered oblique references to names and places.
Walter Winchell reflects on Percy Hammond 63, a pioneering Chicago and New York drama critic. He recalls Hammond’s sharp wit disciplined by disdain for obscenity and his influence on early journalism, with colorful anecdotes from premieres, editors, and rival critics.
In Washington on May 4 the Senate finance committee heard charges of a propaganda campaign to delay the administration tax bill. Chairman Harrison read a letter from the Institute of Meat Packagers urging supporters to testify and buy a railroad ticket to Washington, illustrating the alleged tactic. In San Antonio, Jimmy Mattern, the round‑the‑world flyer, arrived at Winburn Field to rest before heading to Brownsville.
A brief note directs readers to the TACK LETTERS section on page 8 for reader correspondence and opinions.
Washington dispatch notes the striking resemblance between Attorney General Cummings and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. Despite identical looks and dress they differ by 21 years in age with Morgenthau at 44 and Cummings at 65, each a distinct career path and hometown.
Funeral services for Thomas Mell Nabers, Amarillo bottling businessman, will be held at 10 AM Tuesday from Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Nabers died Sunday in an Amarillo hospital after a paralytic stroke on April 25. Interment in Llano Cemetery. He leaves a widow, three sisters and two brothers.
Pete Riley appeared in forty seventh district court for motor theft. A jury was seated just before noon and others were excused until tomorrow. First testimony was set to begin this afternoon.
Grand jurors under foreman Walter Barlow will reconvene tomorrow as the term continues. The jury began its term one week ago and handed up several indictments on the second day. Local band parent officers will be elected tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium, urged by president W. W. Hogan. In health notes, 12,000 of the world's 3,000,000 lepers live in the Philippine Islands.
Guidance on pronouncing names and places common in news reports. It covers individuals such as Faruk Fahrook with stress on the second syllable, and Bede Clifford Reed with emphasis on the first syllable of the middle name. It includes GALAPAGOS as Gah Iah pah gohs with stress on the second syllable and Fulton Our sler with emphasis on the first syllable. It also notes NICE on the French Riviera pronounced Neece.
Amarillo Post Office reports over $100,000 in receipts for the first four months, with April at $26,044. Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi notes the rise since 1935, highlighting a $6,500 quarterly gain and ongoing growth despite free mail use by federal agencies.
Bishop Robert E. Lucey delivered the main address at a Pampa banquet marking the installation of a Knights of Columbus council with 140 members. Other speakers included state deputy W P Gallagin and district deputy S M Keim, following a Mass by Father E A Maunch.
Delegates at Columbus Ohio approved a plan to unify the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church. The vote was 470 to 83 after a two hour debate and a protest from negro delegates, potentially creating an eight million member world church if the other bodies approve.
Los Angeles May 4 A first degree murder charge will be filed today against Robert S James a barber described as a ladies man accused of killing his bride of three weeks by exposing her bare foot to rattlesnakes and drowning her in a bathtub District Attorney Baron Fitts said he would seek the death penalty Fitts prepared to present before the grand jury James has had five marriages and numerous affairs including with his niece
Willis Moore of 2219 Buchanan Street was released from St. Anthony's Hospital after injuries from a hit and run on Pierce Street and Fifteenth Avenue. He suffered severe cuts and bruises to the head and face.
A forecast for spring planting cites spotty rain from Amarillo to Canyon with varied amounts. Local thundershowers were reported this evening and tonight. An earlier Sunday night electrical display accompanied the storms, with showers in Wildorado Vega Adrian Nara Visa and San Jos and from Waynoka to Woodward. Temperatures climbed from 31 39 to the 80s and possibly 90s as the day ends.
Mrs. Jones formerly Miss Westafer of Kansas City married Mr. Jones in Clovis on April 13, 1930. The couple lived in Amarillo before moving to a Canyon highway home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Blackburn-Shaw. relatives from Santa Barbara, Great Bend, and Brownfield are notified.
A Carlsbad New Mexico woman remained a member of the First Christian Church until her death. Her daughter was born just before the couple moved to Amarillo in January 1932.
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