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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1936
Page
1
Don Wood explains umbrella origins from ancient China to modern times. The piece contrasts umbrella and parasol use, notes social status tied to umbrellas in Europe and America, and recalls Jonas Hanway popularizing rain protection in the eighteenth century.
City officials led by city manager H. R. Smith inspect the 400 acre lake 20 miles southwest of Amarillo as flood levels approach the spillway. The lake, 2.5 miles long and 0.25 miles wide, stands within three feet of spillway with dam built in 1927. Road to picnic area blocked by inundation.
A major fire on the San Francisco waterfront near the railroad terminal caused over 300000 dollars in damage. Creosoted pilings and three lumber yards between Fourth and Seventh and Channel Streets were burned, with over 1000000 feet of lumber destroyed. A relief watchman, named Pete Anderson, died watching the blaze.
The Amarillo public school system raises salaries for about 300 teachers by five percent for the new term. President Joe Dooley of the school board cited contract adjustments that push the raise above five percent, totaling about $10,000 in payroll and returning pay to near pre-depression levels.
Rain drenches the region from Brownsville to Houston with Buffalo Bayou at 13 feet and a looming city flood warning. Llano’s 2 inch rain halts traffic as Llano River goes impassable. Corsicana 1.41 inches and other cities report showers easing crops. Railroad delays persist as Houston officials reassess risk.
Oklahoma official F N Vaughan urged complete evacuation of non urban districts in the Panhandle to restore farmland. After talks with federal soil erosion chiefs, Vaughan proposed a wind erosion district and a 10 year government controlled program to reclaim dusty land now spreading into Harper Ellis and Woodward counties.
Detroit press reports 25 warrants issued in Jackson on charges of kidnapping and felonious assault tied to a Black Legion beatings of a relief worker who refused to join. Guards at Southern Michigan prison named along with 21 John Does. arson and slaying cases linked to the order under Prosecutor Owen Dudley.
London May 26 Six men are missing and likely drowned after the steam trawler Picador sank three minutes after colliding with the tanker San Salvador in the North Sea. The San Salvador rescued 14 crew members. Lloyds later reported 20 missing. Both vessels are British.
Forecast calls for light showers tonight with Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with possible local showers in the west and warmer readings, while New Mexico remains unsettled with local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight east and central portions. Amarillo highs reach 67 and lows around 58 today.
World War veterans in Amarillo are told to avoid the local post office for bond cashing. Certified offices will be set up in the city to exchange bonds for government checks, with bonds mailed from Dallas at midnight June 14 and arriving June 15 in Amarillo.
The Panhandle region, with more soil moisture than years, anticipates early green pastures, robust row crops, and strong wheat yields. Amarillo May rainfall nears the 1902 record with 7.94 inches by 1:30 PM as showers continue, delivering two inches in places like Dumas and nearby Four Way Station.
The May 26 blaze across the south Jersey coastal plain left five dead and miles of burned woodland. Firefighters, volunteers, and CCC workers battled a broad front from New Gretna to Chatsworth to Manahawkin. 15 men were listed missing amid heavy smoke. Four bodies lay at Tuckerton morgue, including Stanley Carr and John La Salle. Bass River CCC camp personnel reported several unaccounted, later expected to be found safe.
Four Japanese army transports carrying infantry and cavalry head for Tangku on the coast. Troops expected Friday night will be housed in a near completion air base on the Hopei Plain near Tientsin. The move signals Japan’s preparations amid rising tensions with Chiang Kai-shek and the Communist forces.
Arthur Brisbane notes a New York Times claim that Americans are pouring vast sums into foreign ports including the Bahamas Canada and England to minimize taxes. The Globe presents these opinions as commentary on day’s topics and warns they do not reflect editorial stance.
Dallas police hunted Julius Bohannon an escaped Oklahoma convict after R B McQueen a Dallas plumbing contractor reported meeting two men in a car with four or five guns in the back McQueen saw the man last night and halted the strangers car thinking it was a police car because of the firearms
Twenty three school children and four men perished when a ferry capsized on the swollen Thaya River in Auspitz. The group of sixty, led by a tutor, was en route to a Bohemian picnic when the disaster occurred.
Amarillo residents traveled to Shamrock to attend the funeral of Judge FE H Small father of Senator Clint Small and pioneer East Panhandle figure. Services were set for 3 pm at the First Methodist Church Shamrock with Dr R Thomson leading. Attending locals included Joe B Dooley Ray C Johnson Lawrence Hagg Jim Oakes and H G Hamrick.
Rome May 26 War talk renews as Emperor Haile Selassie nears Gibraltar aboard a British warship en route to London. Italians fear a campaign of anti Italian propaganda and view London as a potential focal point for intensified European tension. Mussolini meets with the German ambassador amid talk of German Italian rapprochement and possible shifts in alliance.
The Buchanan Street underpass project in Amarillo faces a June 9-10 bid award as the state highway department requests city guarantees to maintain the structure after completion. Estimated cost is about 400 000 dollars with damages to abutting property and railroad share considerations under a federal grade crossing program.
Brussels May 26 the cabinet of Premier Pat Van Zeeland resigned following Sundays parliamentary elections in which Socialists made sharp gains. Van Zeeland formed the government March 25, 1935 and he also served as Foreign Minister. The government had pledged to keep the Belgian franc on the gold standard.
Jericho Gap, once a notorious mud problem for motorists, has proved passable during recent heavy rains. W. J. Van London, state highway division engineer, says the 16 mile stretch on Highway 66 is being paved, improving travel conditions.
In Washington May 26 two Townsend pension leaders did not appear before the House investigating committee as subpoenaed. Chairman Bell noted the absence of John Kiefer of Chicago and the Rev. Clinton Wunder of New York. A closed session failed to change the situation after Dr. Townsend walked out and testified less. Rep. McGroarty, a Townsend aide, testified about bills for a Townsend plan including a $200 monthly pension.
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