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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1936
Page
2
Weather report promises rain across the Plains this week amid a rambling local column. It mixes forecast, letters from Shamrock, farm anecdotes, race meet chatter, and community notes from Amarillo to Pampa with remarks on pioneers, a steer exhibit, and diary-like reader submissions.
RA officials wrapped a two day conference with a Round Table session. Rex Baxter chaired the meetings with county rehabilitation supervisors and regional officials at a noon luncheon in Amarillo Hotel. Attendees included Ralph W. Will M. A. McQueen J. Warren Angle Virgil Rowland Wayne Clifton Ralph G. Bray R. D. Smith Robert C. Dow L. H. Hayter Benjamin E. Mallary James C. Foster and others who attended to plan loan and rural relief efforts.
Funeral rites for Mrs Paul A Jones will be held at Blackburn Shaw Chapel at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. Rev Robert C Jones will conduct the services. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. She died Monday morning after an emergency operation. She was 26, wife of Paul A Jones, Southwestern Drug Corp salesman. A four year old daughter Sybil Ruth survives. Relatives expected to attend include Mr and Mrs Roy Westafer and other relatives from Santa Barbara Great Bend Kan Flk City Okla and Brownfield. Mrs Jones was born December 14 1909 in Kansas City. She was educated in Kan City Chicago and Little Rock. She married in Clovis April 13 1931 and joined First Christian Church at Carlsbad Ohio.
A 22 year old reader requests employment on a farm or ranch in a letter published on Page 8. The plea asks for guidance and opportunities, indicating a readiness to travel for suitable agricultural labor.
Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of the President, departed Fort Worth today for Hyde Park New York after a four day visit with her grandson Elliott Roosevelt and his wife.
Wolde Mariam, Ethiopian delegate to the League of Nations, says justice for Ethiopia hinges on the United States. He praises Cordell Hull for opposing conquest by force and urges American moral influence to prevent handing Ethiopia to Italy. He notes no recent cables and vows to stay as emperor’s representative.
WICC reports one of the largest West Texas conventions with more sponsors entries and reservations than ever. Conventioneers will see bands, pageants, speaking contests and business sessions at Municipal Auditorium with dances on Monday and Tuesday. Tri-State Pair spring meet runs Friday through May 16 plus Del Rio contestants and visiting delegations.
Farmers in the Panhandle Plains area moved to launch the federal soil conservation and domestic allotment act replacing the AAA. County leaders and agricultural committees prepared to begin work, with farmers asked to file worksheets by May 15 to join the program. Benefits of $1 to $2 per acre are paid for soil-building or soil-conserving crops.
More than 250 Resettlement Administration employees and regional conference guests attended a Monday night gathering at the Mason Temple. Lloyd Snyder's orchestra provided the music for the affair.
Houston reports a four million dollar oil drilling program to be conducted on the University of Oklahoma Medical School campus in Oklahoma City. The announcement came today from Dr. W B Bizzell, president of the university.
Ruth Robinson, the woman linked to the Alvin Karpis kidnapping, was secretly moved from the Federal building in New Orleans by FBI agents to an undisclosed location. Fred Hunter, tied to the case as an Ohio mail robbery suspect, was separately escorted from the building by another FBI group. Both prisoners had been kept inside the Federal offices prior to the move.
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment to cure itching from rash tetter foot itch ringworm or eczema. It claims tested medicines kill the itching and offers a money back guarantee if relief is not found.
An old style ad claims juniper oil and buchu leaves will flush acids and wastes from the bladder and ease irritation. It touts a 25¢ trial with a refund if not satisfied after four days, available at City Drug Stores and Fox Drug Coa.
Following the raid it remains unclear if authorities have filed charges against the individuals involved. No official statement confirmed any charges at this time.
A cautious report asserts coffee can stimulate digestion without harming health. Researchers emphasize careful study and advocate mindful consumption to avoid adverse bodily effects.
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