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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
2
The forecast notes southwest and west winds tomorrow turning north by evening with light showers possible before the wind shifts. A cold front may bring a light norther by tomorrow night as Armistice Day breezes whip dust. Plainview leads Bandies 13 0 in a key scoreline.
An editorial marks twenty years since the Argonne attack and urges a sober, safety first attitude on modern roads. It argues careless driving is murder and calls for public action with peace officers, juries and courts to curb dangerous motorists.
Costs rise with packaging as 13 cents per pound for making items contrasts a 30 cent box. Poplars grow fastest at six to seven feet yearly yet have the shortest lifespan. Quebec police seized Ladies' Home Journal over a corset ad issue. Over 97 percent of fatal auto crashes involve drivers with more than a year on the road. Antimony is a hard white element used in alloys while antinomy means a contradiction between laws.
A collection of short personal advertisements from a newspaper page. Tam a widow 30 seeks work as a cook, waitress, house cleaner, laundry, and child care with night stays and references. Other listings include a 24 to 30 year old woman seeking farm life or general house work with flexible hours and references.
Classifieds list a student offering bookkeeping and typing skills and seeking work. a high school girl near 608 Van Buren asked to care for a baby in evenings. Mrs Knoll requests bedclothes and warmth. Mrs J Ef Scott at 1105 North Harrison seeks help. a middles aged woman offers day work with references. a young boy lost a white-faced Screw Tail Bulldog near town.
Community leaders announce a joint Armistice Day event including a parade and football game. School Supt Rogers and Hanson Post Commander Bruce Autry urge order and no drinking at tomorrow’s activities. Plainview High School band and Happy band to lead, with Tulsa and Canyon Legionnaires joining Amarillo. Parade starts at 10:30 from Fourteenth and Polk to Path reviewing stand with Mayor Rogers Judge Rings and Fender Upshaw as judges. Banquet and dance follow at Nat with Sam Page coordinating reservations. Cockroach species capable of flying mentioned.
An advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Capsules as a diuretic to cleanse kidneys, ease backache, and relieve nocturnal urination. It claims rapid relief within days, urges purchase of the original Haarlem product, and warns against fake copies.
Cameron Beck, globe trotter and industrial relations lecturer, will headline an American Education Week event at Amarillo High School. The public talk titled The Cost of Leadership will cover career highlights from Wall Street to the lecture circuit, with Beck addressing students in the morning assembly and the public at 8 p.m. at the high school auditorium.
Fathers of boys and all men are urged to enroll in Scouters University at Amarillo High School armory gymnasium. The five week program begins Monday evening under Dr. C. W. Seibel with courses in Scout mastership Senior Scouting Cub Packmastership and troop committee work. Roy Stockton chairs the training committee with A. Gra ham F. Seaman A. Farly H. G. Wilson D. W. Brittain and Bob J. Johnson. First meeting Monday at 7 30 PM.
Conferences across Christian Churches wrapped up last night with a 7:30 gathering at West Amarillo Christian Church led by Dr. R. C. Snodgrass of First Christian Church. The evening covered the lesson Effective Church in the Community as the second year of a five year program, with sixty eight officers and teachers in attendance.
Among Amarilloans in today's class were W. M. Slap-happy Chapman Tom Wingate W. W. Edwards and Lb. G. Throckmorton. First of the activities started last night with a Camel Herders party in the Herring Hotel and the ceremonial will be climaxed tonight with a dance at the Country Club.
Mr Meredith notes state WPA workers increased from 42 700 last year to 94 787 this year. In Pannandile district this figure grew from 1 781 to 3 742. He says the trend is general across Southern agricultural states with larger proportional gains than Texas in many cases.
Esther Gaylord, Nebraska native and Phi Beta Kappa graduate, becomes the 1938 Red Cross roll call poster model chosen as a housewife type. She describes modeling wardrobe burdens and her plans to leave the business for mourning.
Dr. A R Cox of the University of Texas told the president's business advisory council in Houston that business and industry in the southwest face stagnation due to fear of taxes labor strife and government interference and competition. The meeting was attended by Secretary of Commerce Danet C Roper and over 50 council members and Southwest business leaders.
Dewey Reed of the Amarillo Social Security Office urged workers hired temporarily for the holiday season to secure and carry social security account numbers. He said many employers require numbers before starting, and duplicate cards should be requested if lost. He noted temporary seasonal work falls under old age insurance and urged prompt enrollment via local offices or post offices.
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