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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1936
Page
3
Cotton futures opened steady with near months unchanged from Saturday and new crop months easing. May 11.51, July 11.18, October 10.23, December 10.28. Rain in the western belt steadied prices. evidence of dampened demand noted.
In Wellsburg West Virginia flood damage to the Methodist Church and to the Presbyterian building sparks talk of a church merger. The report notes the United States as the largest sugar consumer in the world.
One witness Collin C. Ray of Skelly Oil examined on water exemption for four wells in Sunray Moore County. Craig of Phillips testified on 18 wells with 15 offset by prorated wells. Emery argued 542 barrels daily could be lost if exemption ends. Cross examination by state and other operators followed noon recess. Afternoon session moved to district courtroom.
The Panhandle’s largest manhunt ended when Traxler was shot after a pursuit near a highway barricade. Officers opened fire when his car stalled, wounding him with multiple hits to the left leg and both arms as he fumbled for a gun.
The article describes a film sequence showing endless prairie grass as far as the eye can see, praising 400,000,000 acres of the Great Plains before pioneers arrived. It notes an unseen commentator and gentle music accompanying images of cattlemen arriving.
The scene traces early settlers arriving in wagons as printing ads promise fortunes in western land. Wheat grows while fences rise and plows till the sod. Headlines announce 1914 and the World War with rising wheat prices and artillery in Flanders as diesel tractors replace horse power. The music shifts from frontier tunes to Over There. The sequence ends with a ticker and a crashing machine.
A documentary sequence shows a ruined plain as a steer skull appears on screen and mud floods a house. The commentator notes forty to two hundred million acres damaged and asks what America will do as the crowd applauds Tug well.
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