11 Nov 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1938
Page
1
A northern cold snap is expected tonight bringing possible snow and sleet as the area braces for the coldest winter since the drought began eight years ago. The column also notes political chatter about a 1940 Democratic presidential victory and advises on local lost money and porch furniture recoveries.
A garbled column shelves a mix of quotes and trivia from wartime America. It notes women marching with soldiers, critiques of political doctrine, wedding costs, and hints at public figures and curiosities from baseball records to Edgar Bergen. The snippet blends social observation with odd facts.
James Cade delivered the principal address on The Significance of the American Constitution at Pleasant Valley School. The program featured a one act play Dear Dear Children by the PTA and selections by the school glee club. Attendance set a record for Pleasant Valley School events.
The Amarillo Broadcasting Corporation will name its new radio station KFDA. FCC license division reports the station is planned for Amarillo with studios and site studies under way and construction set to start soon.
A fragmented radio listing outlines Friday programs across NBC and local stations. Entries include musical acts, news, sports updates, and orchestras with times from early morning through late night, noting network variations and station interchanges.
Cameron Beck will speak Monday evening at the Amarillo High School Auditorium as the American Education Week observance culminates. Beck, a vocational and industrial consultant, previously served 17 years as personnel director of the New York Stock Exchange and is also director of the NYSE Institute. The Amarillo Teachers' Club sponsors the event with committees led by Miss Ione Reed and Mrs. Lottie Neely. The public is invited with no charge.
New York soprano Rose Pauly sang through Elektra in Los Angeles after spraining both ankles early in the performance. A fall on stage occurred during a descent, but she continued without a break, finishing the 1 hour 40 minute show and omitting the final dance.
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, physician for the Dionne quintuplets, reported the five children are recovering splendidly from the tonsilectomies performed on them Wednesday in Callander Ontario.
A well dressed man about 30 is found dead on the river front in New Orleans with his head battered. A plain belt card reads He knew too much too bad, implying foul play and a possible motive. Police begin inquiries into the unidentified victim.
Swiss police questioned 14 Fascist leaders about a plot they deemed hostile to the democratic regime in Berne. The interrogation followed a broader crackdown on extremist activity amid rising tensions in Switzerland.
A reader asserts a letter over their name was not written by them and corrects their occupation and employer. They request publication of the correction so friends know the truth and note they seek work as a painter.
Willie Lewis of Amarillo entered a golden opera canary in a Dallas fair and won first prize. He has kept birds since childhood, maintains nine canaries and four other birds, and plans to exhibit at Fox Drug Co., Store No. 3 in the Oliver Eakle Building where he works.
Lewis T. Simmonds of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home returned from Houston where he completed embalming training at Landig College of Mortuary Science. He earned school honors and a life scholarship, plus first aid certification from the Houston Chamber of Commerce Harris County Emergency Corps and the American Red Cross. He will take Texas embalmer exams November 18 and 19 and then serve a one year apprenticeship before licensing.
The Shrine hosted a dinner at Amarillo Country Club honoring past potentates and their wives. Frank Jamison of Denver received a special honor while retiring Potentate Harry S Wilbur and Mrs. Wilbur led the event. Chrysanthemums and fall leaves decorated the table and hand painted Shrine emblem place cards added a personal touch before guests moved to the club ballroom for dancing.
Christian Science lessons for November 13 explore becoming new in Christ with the Golden Text from Second Corinthians 5 17 and a passage from Second Corinthians 5 4 about mortality swallowed up by life The Christian Science text by Mary Baker Eddy notes God as the Principle of man and declares immortals will appear as the only eternal verities of man
Several people were injured in Houston when a small bomb intended as a signal for a moment of prayer during an Armistice Day parade exploded at a street corner.
Inonu was chosen president by the national assembly in Ankara to succeed Kemal Ataturk who died yesterday. Abdul Halik Renda had served as provisional president for one day prior to the vote.
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