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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1940
Page
2
A long agitated weather column notes a rare forecast of rain despite clear skies yesterday and Monday. It reports two inches in some areas, calls this the start of May showers, and mentions rising Lake City water levels, local humor, and public notices on upcoming events including a pistol match, a Ford driving contest for youths, and entertainment listings amid political chatter.
The Ama rillo burglary trial for Charles Brooks moved toward verdict in 47th district court with state rebuttal testimony completed at 2 o'clock. Attorneys expect to finish this afternoon as trial observers note Brooks’s case center on the defendant’s intent and conduct.
Kansas City May 7 hogs in market salable and total 3500 head. Activity described as active and mostly steady against Mondays average, reflecting steady demand and supply conditions in the regional market.
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe way to improve kidney and bladder function. It claims they reduce waste and toxins, promise swift results, and warns against substitutes, highlighting a 35 cent price and origin from Haarlem, Holland.
Howard Fisher won first place in the Americanism oratorical contest sponsored at Amarillo High School by the ladies auxiliary of Hanson Post No 54 American Legion. Nelleen Zischang took second. Fisher will deliver the winning ovation at tonight's joint Legion and auxiliary meeting at the Legion home.
A man declares himself a skilled painter and paperhanger with a large family seeking immediate employment. He offers to work at once and notes continuation on page 1.
Funeral services for 43 year old Mrs. FE M. Dowd will be held tomorrow at 3 p m from the First Christian Church with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating. Pallbearers include D O Hobson Jr R L Roberson Preston Hill J R Vineyard Calvin Hill Tom Lynn James Childs and Lloyd Boxwell. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Survivors: husband four daughters one son four sisters and two brothers. She had lived in Amarillo four years after moving from Stratford.
More than 25 names were added today to Amarillo caravaneers bound for Plainview for tomorrow morning’s show. N F Nelson, in charge for the Chamber of Commerce, announced the additional reservations including Mr and Mrs E C Teasley Don Shomburg Vernon Gunn C Curran Jack Curtis Otho Thompson Miss Ramond Hickman Kenneth Wright and others.
The first session of an advertising display course at Amarillo High School will be held tonight at 7:30. J P Williamson of Blackburn Brothers and Plasco G Moore of Montgomery Ward and Co will teach. Open to full time employees of clothing and hardware stores. Seven two hour sessions over seven weeks. Enroll tonight at the high school with Eli P Cox, coordinator of distributive education. Enrollment fee is $1.
Amanda M. Rieke, 66, of Amarillo died this morning at her home on 317 A Herman Street after a long illness. A resident for 11 years, she is survived by her son Harry Rieke and daughter Mrs. Marie Doughty, both of Amarillo. The body is in state at the Blackburn-Shaw Chapel awaiting funeral arrangements.
Members of the St Marys Academy senior class will visit Buffalo Lake with the sophomore class Friday evening. The outing includes boat rides swimming and horseback riding with Jane Dice leading the sophomore class and Rosemary Herrmann as graduating president. Chaperones Sister Mary Philip and Mother Amabilis will supervise along with Sister Amelia. About 40 students total will participate.
New York May 7 William Saroyan declined the Pulitzer prize for The Time of Your Life, calling it a good and perhaps great theatrical work. He follows Sinclair Lewis who refused a Pulitzer in 1926 for Arrowsmith. The play won the 1939 New York Drama Critics Circle award and had a 185 performance run, with another New York production planned for fall. Selection of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath as the winning novel sparked anticipated criticism.
Dr. Ray C. Snodgrass of Wichita told the Lions Club that education must include religious training as future American independence hinges on youth. He cited 34 million youths aged four to 18, 17 million of whom receive no religious education, and claimed 97 percent of criminals come from this group. He warned that schooling alone cannot secure the future and urged religion as the only solution.
Police answered a call from 1212 West Fifteenth Avenue after residents reported a prowler tearing a window screen to enter their home. The intruder fled before officers arrived.
Miss Sarah Crider, a high senior, sang two solos with Miss Betty Rose Cradit as accompanist, in a recital highlighting community values and local talent.
Col Homer Garrison director of the Texas Department of Public Safety will attend the North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Association of Peace Officers convention at Pampa and visit other Panhandle district points. Many peace officers from the region will attend the convention.
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