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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1935
Page
12
Half the Amarillo Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company staff ate vegetarian meals at a hotel dinner hosted by president R H Bob Ames. The turkey eaters won a sales contest while vegetarians faced playful jests and bean heavy menus.
A collage of anecdotes: Hendrik Van Loon wonders how hogs are counted in a reduction program, a letter writer seeks a $150 loan while promising silence, Senator Ham Lewis attacks anti New Deal critics, a nautiloid fossil sits in a fisheries office, and the Supreme Court Mr. is eased by dress rules. Also notes a library watchman guarding Lincoln signatures and acoustics in Statuary Hall.
Attendees include W. L. Powell Putt-Putt, Sanford Shaw, Thad Ansley, and Ralph Hinkamp. Attacking beans listed with names such as Charles Mixon Casey Cash Jess Goble and others. Mr. Ames participated with a neutral portion of a full grown Hereford. Hotel staff Melvin Reed Glen Palmer Willie Palmer Bob Reeves and others from the Amarillo Hotel present.
Secretary Roper warned of a possible shortage of merchant ships in war emergencies and urged subsidies reform to strengthen the merchant marine through non governmental financing. He pressed for gradual subsidy cuts while building up the fleet and allied auxiliaries to support naval needs.
The feature slate includes Air Hawks about a commercial line's rival trouble and Escapade with Luise Rainer at the Rialto. Melvyn Douglas and Edith Fellows star, while William Powell leads a mistaken identity comedy at the Rex in Ten Dollar Raise.
A drugstore promotion urges readers to buy Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules from Haarlem Holland to flush kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It claims benefits include healthier kidney activity, fewer night trips, puffy eyes, leg cramps, backache, and moist palms with a small price of 35 cents.
The Mission theater hosted the first elimination for the Texas Panhandle all star amateur show with 8:45 PM starts. Bob Baker won first prize with 12th Street Rag, Calvin McIver placed second, and Clarence Kropff with Billie Martin won third. Finalists advance to a fifth week round, with regional towns Pampa Berger Lubbock Plainview Wellington holding similar contests.
Miss Enid Mayer returns from New York visit. Ted Taylor ill at home. Chanda Brown on Abilene Christian College honor roll. American Smelting and Refining Co. repairs idle plant and rehiring workers. TCU SMU classic chatter and a Corsicana game memory. Golden Sandstorm team praised for win. C. G. Sutton vacationing in Louisiana. Edwareds invite Miss Helen Goats. Harrises back from Mineral Wells.
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