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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1935
Page
2
A long, rambling column blends jokes about Scots and Russians with observations on gender roles and a Paris mishap. It notes Mayor Ross Rogers touring Washington to drum up support for Mrs. Roosevelt in Amarillo, previews a football forecast, and urges Lubbock hospitality in a future event.
Campaign leaders named at Potter County Red Cross headquarters to recruit 2 200 members for the coming year. Walter Barlow chairs the drive with women from clubs and churches enlisted. Monday opens with a city canvass and territory zoning to cover. Captains include Mrs. Clarence Sigman, Mrs. Roy Minter, Mrs. Robert Prior, and others, with Mrs. W. W. Davis distributing enrollment materials and Arthur Ball directing executive duties.
A reader appeals to Tack to investigate gas emissions alleged to suppress rain clouds. The letter argues oil companies’ emissions threaten farmers and calls for government action, urging Tack to lead a movement to restore rain. Includes pleas for help finding a bulldog wagon and requests for work.
The KGNC Saturday listings detail morning to afternoon programming including The Sky Pilot Musical Clock Randall County Farm and Home Hour Reveille with John Josey, The Food Festival, Grain Quotations, Hall Keene Orchestra, Jane Walker Home Economist, Frank Puller Orchestra, Concert Hour and more. The page also contains readers seeking work in housekeeping farming and chores, plus letters about lost items and community notices.
Jean Horning of Alaska pursues a practical gold digging course and aims to become the first woman graduate from the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, competing with Betty Bowman who is also a top student. the story notes a missing cap and calls for its return.
Kansas City live cattle and hog markets show steady to higher trends with some cleanups in sheet fed steers. New Orleans cotton futures rise on strong retail data and colder belt weather, with December at 11.18 and March at 11.08 while November gains near 50 cents per bale. Stock listings include a broad range of commodities and equities with notable activity across multiple sectors.
Senobia Remeriz, a partly Spanish American matron, was jailed on abusive language charges after a quarrel in the Mexican quarter. Peace Justice Carder ordered her jailed after a complaint by Fanny Mirabel. A third woman faces arrest. Remeriz pleads not guilty with bond set at 150 dollars.
Washington reports the government consolidated cotton data for 1935 showing production at 11,141,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight and lint yield of 186.1 pounds per acre. Census figures note 7,749,635 running bales by November 1, versus 7,917,671 in 1934, with October 1 running bales at 4,230,367 and 1934 production at 9,636,000 bales. The Oct 1 harvest estimate is 28,652,000 acres.
Eight Texas cities will see airport projects after approval by William J. MacKenzie district airport advisor for the bureau of air commerce. The listed projects cover Austin Brownwood Childress Fort Worth Fort Stockton Laredo Temple and Georgetown and now go to Works Progress Administration state headquarters for funding.
The House voted to convene November 15 to hear charges of official misconduct against J. F. McDonald, commissioner of Agriculture, after a motion for a public reprimand failed. The action followed a split vote on McDonald’s appearance before the House.
No information was available early morning about the east-west speed derby for women pilots after Amarillo was named a focal point for the flight from New York to Los Angeles. Thornton Oxnard, English Airport manager, said five planes led by renowned women fliers would land in Amarilla tonight or Saturday night and stay until Sunday morning. Airport attendants reported at 1 o clock they had not been notified of the race start from New York.
An article fragment recounts a chaotic scene with McDermott and a ride request, plus a Harlem crowd led by a self styled messiah. The election board allows votes only if adherents register both former names and their kingdom titles. Separate lines mention playful ballot nicknames and the term Noah Votes as part of the spectacle.
New York retailers open a large slide for practice and lessons with pros, while skiing maps and weather updates will be issued weekly. Railroads run snow trains to skiing country for on board and after arrival lessons. In Cheyenne Wyoming state treasurer J Kirk Baldwin reports a fall during Notre Dame Ohio State game injuring his wrist.
Police Judge Joe Mawson reports a quirky hunting season with one squirrel shot and another caught by the tail. He notes previous season failures, joking that all his shells were blank and the year yielded little success.
Lake Arrowhead Village in Mountain Lake offered two swans and a duck to Mountain Lake in exchange for a land strip separating two lakes. The note appears in a November 8 report, detailing a proposed barter between neighboring communities over water access and property boundaries.
A string of brief items spans diverse locales. From Berkeley California where Carl Todd wins the UC hog calling contest to Austin Texas where Leslie Miller hacks a radio alarm with thread. Lahore reports a judge dismissing insanity plea tied to fifteen shepherd killings. Iowa festival cooks faint amid a flapjack feast serving thousands. ABI measures of 100000 American soldiers are merged into a single statue in New York.
An old health ad claims kidneys have eight million tiny filters and warns against neglect or harsh medicines. It promotes Cystex as a modern treatment promising faster relief, renewed vitality, and a money back guarantee if the package is returned.
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