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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
10
The Great Lester opens at the Paramount Theater for three days starting today with a noted act that includes a blindfolded Desoto drive through the downtown business district Thursday at noon. The performance features a broad range of illusions and legerdemain parts of a longer magic review.
Five inmates overpowered Guard G. R. Thompson at the Eastham prison farm camp Ferguson barn. They seized his automobile and headed toward Dallas. The guard, unnamed, was unharmed per the prison manager.
John Bruce Thornton was charged with possession of firearms with intent to endanger life after police trapped him at Oxford's Cowley Morris Motor Company works where Viscount Nuffield was working late. He was remanded until Thursday court. Police won't release further details.
Sky Barnett of Amarillo, recently released from Texas prison after a robbery term, stood trial before a federal jury for the Vega post office robbery in 1935. Government testimony continued this afternoon as the term nears closing with 40 cases already resolved and Fred Holmes acquitted on a narcotic charge.
Mr. Collman forecasts a few clouds tonight with likely no showers. He expects partly cloudy skies tonight with fair weather tomorrow and a moderate southwest wind for today.
Kansas City markets report hogs trading mainly 8 50 with tops 8 50 for 160 260 lb goods. 270 335 lb hogs 8 40. Sows 7 75. Cattle and calves strong with fed steers 8 00 9 50 and yearlings around 9 65. Fat cows 5 65 6 50. Sheep 5 36 6 00 for Texas lambs and native spring lambs above 9 00.
Twenty one U S Air Service planes landed at English Field in Amarillo for two hours of refueling. The Northrop and North American attack ships carried four machine guns and are on a training cruise from Kelly Field San Antonio. Capt G C Jamison led the flight, which includes 16 students and five flight officers, with a stopover en route to Albuquerque and El Paso. A second training flight is planned to refuel at English Field on May 31.
Ford Motor Company announced a 1937 year end surplus of 608,085,935 dollars, up from 602,666,672 dollars in 1936, an increase of 5,419,263 dollars. The report came from Boston dated May 25.
Judge E C Nelson announced the 47th district court jury has been cancelled and jurors are ordered not to return Friday. Notification is being sent to jurors.
E. H. Veblen, victim in the Cleveland air crash that killed 10, was a frequent Amarillo visitor. A test pilot of the Douglas Aircraft Company, he stopped at English Field three days ago to refuel a giant airliner bound for export. English Field staff recall him as a capable, well liked pilot.
The Great Lester arrives in Amarillo for a three day Paramount engagement beginning today. He explains his act blends juggling and thaumaturgy with stagecraft learned in India and New York, while noting his tricks are illusions not real magic. He discusses the buzz saw illusion and a 3,000 year old papyrus claim, and heads to Culver City for a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mystery role after this tour.
A fragmentary line questions whether someone saw a person split in two, describing the detail as confusing and unclear. The brief hints at a possibly sensational or mistaken account without clear names or places.
The Young People's Department of the Sunday school will take an all day encampment in the canyons this Sunday. Activities include Sunday school morning worship and twilight services with hiking and horseback riding in the afternoon. Barbecue is planned at six and each person provides their noon meal. admission is 50 cents. 30 to 50 youths expected. regular Sunday school resumes at the church for those not attending.
Mayor Ross D. Rogers proclaims May 28 as Poppy Day in Amarillo and urges citizens to wear the official Memorial Poppy to honor World War I veterans and support American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary efforts in the community.
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