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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
2
The column blends wild dust storms and hopeful rain forecasts with a strong dose of local humor. It covers betting on horse races, a charity appeal for a fallen fireman’s family, and light society notes plus quirky Texas history tidbits and celebrity chatter.
A brief note recalls Podunk's 17th century Connecticut settlement fading from maps. The piece cites Ethel Waters earning 4500 weekly, Bill Robinson at 2500, and Stepin Fetchit at 1500 per week. It mentions color dyed fishing line marking ranges and mackerel migration uncertainty. It also notes Earth’s equinox moments guiding day and night lengths.
The piece notes a fashion custom in Elizabethan England where men wore portraits painted on shoe tips. It observes Nippon bars serving whiskey and rye largely made in Japan, and explains hippos perspire reddish sweat that resembles blood. It cites U S filling stations earning under nine thousand dollars annually, except one top station grossing over a million.
A federal district court suit seeks the appointment of a receiver for the estate of the late J H Homer Greer and to enjoin executor D H Greer from disposing of property. Defendants include D H Greer and others. Attorneys H H Cooper and A A Lumpkin filed for Arthur H Greer and others. Property chiefly in Potter County valued over 10 000 is alleged part of the estate.
Prof. A. B. Nikolsky head of the Association of Soviet Architects informs the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce that the Soviet Republic wishes to erect a duplicate of the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena.
Heavy rains fell over the dust swept Panhandle and surrounding counties of Oklahoma on May 8 as stormsing weather disrupted travel and heightened flood concerns in Guymon and nearby areas.
Five busloads stranded on Raton Pass as spring storm blankets southern Colorado and northern New Mexico with four feet of snow. In Amarillo West Texas leaders prepare a large convention with hundreds of visitors, dances, and a Miss West Texas pageant, featuring speakers from A and M College and Texas Tech, and a Centennial conference chaired by Amon G. Carter.
Racing resumes Monday and runs through the following Saturday with the feature event the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Handicap a mile and a quarter race with a $5 purse. Delegates from the West Texas Chamber of Commerce will attend the Amarillo convention Monday through Wednesday.
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