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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1938
Page
6
An Australian AP report notes a Brisbane socialist, unable to keep a downtown street meeting with a friend, sending a telegram that described the woman waiting outside the building as short, dark, stout, and wearing glasses.
Potter County News announces sale to C A Holding of Tipton Oklahoma and Donald J Morrison of Waurika Oklahoma for 17250. Sale establishes April 24 1936 origin. Wilbanks family and Clyde R Hazelwood stay on until January 1 new owners assume management this week. Mrs Holding a poet and columnist, noted for Peep Show For Ladies Only column.
Michigan sportsmen protest a conservation department ruling and a circuit judge decision allowing farmers to kill deer out of season to protect crops. Officials say 750 000 to 1 000 000 deer exist while 10 000 died last winter and 1 200 were killed in last year’s 15 day season.
Pete Georgantones announces purchase of the Palace of Sweets from his brother and cousin and renames the cafe at 418 Polk Street Palace Cafe. The Davis brothers have taken over the Herring Hotel Coffee Shop and Pete will continue his candy business beside the Capitol Theater.
A Red Cross first aid course began with instructor Harry Castle Jr. The five week program meets Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Public enrollment is open through the Red Cross office at the county courthouse. Twenty eight attendees represented Ponca Wholesale, Texhoma Natural Gas, Great West Mill and Elevators, Burrus Panhandle Elevator, Texas Highway Department, Linde Air Products, Troy Laundry, and Dalby Motor Freight.
Yehudi Menuhin played to a packed house in Los Angeles despite earlier threats of hisses from Hollywood union sympathizers. The American Guild contract with the Southern California Symphony Association restricted appearances to members, a breach Menuhin reportedly refused to honor, yet he was permitted to perform.
A plasterer at the White and Kirk Building on Polk Street worked on the front in the coldest day of the year. Dressed only in pants and a shirt, he toiled with a cigar clenched in his teeth, sweating as he hurried to keep from freezing.
The fifth edition of Gulf Oil Company's Aviation Atlas was released today. Edited by Maj. Al Williams, famed flier and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, the magazine covers the development of flight from its first days to the present, with world air routes maps and features on famous flights, fliers, and planes.
Amarillo will be highlighted on a morning roundup aired 7:30 to 8:00 AM over the Texas State Network from Fort Worth. Paul de Fur, assistant production manager, asked the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce for information to be shared during the program. The full Amarillo segment date will be announced later. Federal experts say contour farming reduces erosion and costs while boosting yields.
President Roosevelt will speak by radio at 6 30 pm Amarillo Time appealing for the Democratic ticket in New York and for other forward looking candidates elsewhere. The address aims to rally support for the national and state races.
Edgar Herzog testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that Gus Hall, known as Arva Halberg, led Warren Ohio CIO activities during the 1937 steel strike and urged John L. Lewis to deploy troops to stop picket dispersal. Herzog said Hall was on the Communist party payroll and a candidate for Ohio governor before withdrawal.
R F E Peters of 415 Fifth Avenue reported to police today that his new overcoat was stolen from a parked car.
Although the average life span of a motor car is seven years, there are 125,000 cars twice that old still being driven in this country.
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