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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1937
Page
1
A strong cold spell nears single digits tonight with dry air and little chance of snow. The town gears up for May Peterson Thompson’s recital at the auditorium with proceeds to the Philharmonic orchestra, while readers’ letters and local chatter cover driving, weather, and ongoing civic life.
An advertisement touts Buckley’s Minture as a triple acting cough and cold remedy for bronchitis and colds. It claims a child safe formula free from harmful drugs and highlights wide store distribution and millions of bottles sold.
In Pontiac Michigan on November 18 a third GM sit-down strike in three days idled 17,500 workers and again held the Fisher Body Co plant. Control of the plant was taken late yesterday. The Pontiac Motor Car Co employing 10,000 announced closure until Monday due to the Fisher disruption.
SYRACUSE N Y Nov 18 U P Percy Angel Face Geary the last of the escaped O Connell kidnapers believed trapped inside the city John Oley and Harold Red Crowley were under heavy guard in separate cells in the Syracuse courthouse after breaking out of the Onondaga County penitentiary at Jamesville in a bold escape team reads.
A reader muses on modern courtship and aging beauties, contrasting past and present trends, then shifts to quirky notices about missing baby laundry, Thanksgiving shopping, perfume sales timelines, and practical storm cautions. The piece closes noting Egyptian dailies adopting US-style makeups.
A middle aged woman seeks a home with room and board in Quitaque Texas offering clerking, housekeeping cafe and hotel experience and references. Her 20 year old son can work as a truck driver and mechanic. Also a reader personal ad seeks a housekeeper for elderly parents, requiring a dependable unencumbered middle aged person with laundry duties.
In Kansas City cattle and hog markets early sales show steady to higher pricing with hogs around 1 4 00 per 100 pounds and cattle at 7.25 to 9.50 for steers and heifers. Sheep bids open around 7.85 to 8. in New Orleans cotton futures, open steady with losses of 4 to 6 points as liquidation pressures rise amid fair, cold belt weather and expected foreign cables.
New York November 18 Gene Tunney former prize fighter is named to the board of directors at the Morris Plan Industrial Bank The announcement states the one time heavyweight champion joins the bank's leadership team as a director
W. C. Hubbell owner of the Hubbell Diamond-T Truck Company returned from a four day Diamond-T dealers meeting in Chicago. He viewed the 1938 truck models and drove the latest model home, noting his 20 years in the trucking business and residence at 2922 West Sixth Avenue.
Chicago, Nov. 18. Willard H. Anderson, a private pilot, filed for divorce arguing that after he taught his wife to fly she became an air widower, spending the family plane across the country. He offered to give her the plane in exchange for the divorce.
The White House disclosed that President Roosevelt is battling a slight intestinal disturbance in addition to a tooth infection. For the third straight day, he remained confined to bed in the White House.
An antique style advertisement extols Camey s beauty soap for smoother softer skin. A testimonial from Annette Keith praises its lather and effects and claims many girls have tried Camay with positive results. Signed endorsements emphasize lasting partnership and beauty benefits.
The Crippled Children's Council hosts its annual show The Night of January 16 in the City Auditorium on November 29-30. The event funds clinics treatment and vocational guidance for crippled children in Panhandle by 1 200 past recipients since 1931. Mrs Inn Link Rowley directs the murder mystery entertainment. Proceeds go to council staff and programs.
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi says unemployment census report cards are coming in fast. Postmen are working overtime to collect properly signed and answered cards. The closing date for the census is Saturday midnight November 20.
J Edwin Brown of 1202 Bowie Street asked police to help locate his young Scotch terrier named Dougal today. A reward is offered for the dog's return.
Patsy Johnson eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert L Johnson of 2001 Cleveland Street died at a local hospital this morning at 1 45. She is survived by her parents one brother Walter and two sisters Mary Ellen and Barbara. Father employed by Texas Refinery Company and a Amarillo resident for many years. Body is at N B Griggs and Sons Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
Robert Lacy Cash testified he killed Harry Swon Hellman during a quarrel over a $1,100 automobile and dumped the weighted body into a slush pit four miles away. Cash, 22, father of two, said the dispute concerned a cash payment for the car.
Nearly 20 applicants for certificates to practice certified public accountancy in Texas today took examinations in Amarillo. Members of the state board, assisted by H. V. Robertson of Amarillo, a former board member, conducted the test.
A late night fire of undetermined origin gutted a vacant residence at 3800 East Twelfth Avenue. Fire crews battled the blaze but the structure was a total loss with no injuries reported.
Food believed responsible for poisoning 22 Western Reserve University students including four football players was being analyzed. The illness began after a meal at a campus-area restaurant yesterday and was mild but caused severe pain.
The New Mexico State Tourist Bureau team led by Joseph A. Bursey will attend along with Kiwanis and Chamber of Commerce members. Wade Brymer notes joint Kiwanis Chamber luncheon Monday to influence votes on the association's permanent headquarters location. Amarillo aims for 1,000 members, with 550 recruited so far.
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