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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1935
Page
2
A wide ranging column blends a light fall weather forecast with colorful local curiosities. It cites moon halos, mentions African and Ethiopian topics, jokes about barbecues, rituals, and quirky anecdotes from Amarillo to Dallas, and notes a football game crowd and a birthday acknowledgment.
A collage of handwritten requests seeks work, clothing, or assistance. A relief recipient seeks warm clothes. several readers ask for employment in homes, stores, or restaurants. a widow with children hopes for honest work. a German girl offers housework and cooking. a boot find yields a reward. a waitress seeks rare work. another note mentions library books and a reward. readers sign with initials and addresses, reflecting a local help column.
Radio timetable lists police broadcasts music blocks and talk programs from 2:00 PM to 5:45 PM, including The Fairy Princess, Jack Armstrong, and United Press News. Evening segments feature World Revue, Farm Hour, Reveille, and Grains markets with a Daily News note on World Series results.
A crowd of about 4500 watched the opening performance of Texas prison system's fifth annual rodeo in Huntsville. Mike Ramirez of Laredo won steer riding and shared second in mare killing. Joe Wolfe of Stinnett won bronc riding and shared second in wild cow milking. Other money winners included Marvin Larremore, R.A. Buck Kidwell, Blackie Hart, Buster Bishop, N. F. Perkins, James Pullen, and Paul Wagoner. A $50 donation was given by a sportsman. Next Sunday and every Sunday in October another show will aid in finding jobs.
The American Public Health Association released a report on a new cold vaccine. Developed by George C. Rockwell of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the capsule vaccine uses killed bacteria to trigger immunity, with protection seen in many immunized individuals and a plan to read 225 papers at the annual meeting.
Washington reports five federal Alcohol Admin inspectors will travel with sealed orders to enforce fair trade practices in the liquor industry. Additional moves aim to bring wine and liquor trade under tighter regulation within two months. The article also includes unrelated personal notices seeking employment and housing.
Three hundred women will be employed in a WPA sewing room project approved for this area. Opening awaits designation of an allotment number for payroll warrants. A A Meredith district WPA director announced the plan. Reemployment Service will furnish project employment, with a district office on East Fourth Avenue.
A human skeleton was dug from a grave along the Tascosa highway about five miles northwest of Amarillo and two miles beyond Gem Lake pool. The skull showed no violent injury, and officers note shoes and a belt among the remains while investigating possible burial within the past five years.
Redmond Pinkstaff 81 of Tulsa Oklahoma was found dead at home where his four spinster sisters had lived on an 80 acre Wabash farm. Susie Ann 86 Clara Ann 70 Martha Ann 40 years dead Mary Ann 73 had managed the farm with exhausting harvests and illnesses leading to pneumonia.
Frankie Ovee 18 of Amarillo will be laid to rest this afternoon at 3 from First Baptist Church with Dr G L Yates delivering the service. Burial follows at Llano Cemetery with Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers include Hal Fowler Glen Allred W A Robinston and others from Amarillo and Wildorado.
Markets: New Orleans cotton opened 3 to 5 points lower amid weak overseas cables. Front belt fears and a looming crop report kept bears from chasing the early decline while December, March and May traded around initial levels.
A new clothes closet at Potter County relief office in Amarillo offers aid to the needy. Run by relief administration case workers led by Mrs. Virginia Woodley, the program has shipped 20 plus pairs of shoes and 24 garments in under a week. Officials seek coats shoes heavy underwear school clothes and bathrobes and urge calls to the office 22214 for pick up or delivery. Workers also plan Christmas baskets and toys with repairs by volunteers for children lacking gifts.
Johnnie Mae Davis faces trial in 47th District Court for the fatal stabbing of Doral Everhart in the fiats last April 21. A 75-member venire reported to Judge F C Nelson at 10 am, with jury selection starting at noon. The death penalty will not be sought. The case hinges on a lover’s quarrel motive. Everhart died after being stabbed through the heart, then walking to a doctor’s office. In a separate wire report, John Goetz paddles 300 miles solo in a cedar canoe from New York City to Watertown, Mass., completing the journey in 14 days.
An advertisement touts Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder as having superior cleansing properties, claiming it cleans all stains, polishes teeth safely without grit, and prevents enamel damage. It asserts longer lasting use, lower cost than toothpaste, and widespread dentist endorsement.
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