12 Oct 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1938
Page
1
A bustling column blends playful remarks on dances like the jitterbug and Lam beth Walk with quips about Ted Taylor's Tri-State Fair role, the 1930 census age tallies, and witty global observations. It touches on jokes about hats, odors, and a Denmark anti celibacy club, plus local notices of hay fever groups and Christmas shopping urges.
A collection of wry maxims on prudence, friendship, and money. It cautions against excess enthusiasm, warns about shocking society, urges helping friends carefully, and notes the hidden realities of banking and borrowing. The speaker muses on prudence and personal restraint.
A jittery collage of trivia touches on consumer life spans for soft drinks, Wyoming’s naming, a Michigan lawyer’s pocketless suits, the anthem America, phrenology discredited, the District of Columbia’s death house, electric chair procedures, dust inhalation in cities, Siamese fighting fish breeding, Corraggio’s muleteers, league scheduling, baldness in Indians, Hitler’s WWI boast, mental disability statistics, Stradivari instruments, Esquire editor pay, brand-name familiarity in drinks, Mussolini’s democracy taunt, counterfeit denominations, Elbert Hubbard’s Ceasars Message, and a mishmash of other scattered facts.
A reader seeks work with house cleaning and cooking experience and offers references. Also a dog lost notice: a female grayish brown dog missing since Sunday night near Polk Street 1209 block. Contact 1900 Polk Street Dial 8994.
Amarillo wins Works Progress Administration approval for a blanket paving grant of 42810 dollars with 67228 dollars sponsor funds. City manager H R Smith says the funds cover paving through June 30. The commission also received a petition to pave Lipscomb Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
Officers traced a hit and run involving a young woman found unconscious on the highway. A bent fender and broken windshield alerted authorities while a wiper, new windshield, and a pickup order tied to Taft surfaced. Taft admitted reading of the death and said he had been jittery since.
A catalog style notice lists fabric types and blends such as narrow stripes solids squares mixtures coverts worsteds cashmeres tweeds regulars longs shorts stout and a 30 to 30 specification indicating weave or weight details. The item reads like a textile trade brief with fabric names and potential yardage or gauge.
A classified ad states a man seeks a woman aged 24 or older to keep house. He offers room and board and a small wage and lists the phone number 4843 for contact.
A middle aged woman signing MRE A B asks to correspond with a nice ranchman or businessman near her own age. She states she will answer all letters and requests mail through Tack.
A reader at 604 Pierce Street Rear offers daily work services. Experienced in house chores and capable of furnishing references. Dial 8544 to arrange work by the day.
A reader seeks a dump truck operator for after hours hauling in exchange for furniture or baby items. Contact 8751 in early morning or late night.
War declaims a brutal creed as it craves blood and pain. The speaker boasts of thirst for violence, revels in horror, and proclaims joy in the torment of both weak and strong. The chant ends with the persona declaring I Am War and I am pleased with the terrors of men.
Tam a girl eight years old is noted in the report with reference to continued discussion on page seven. The fragment suggests a pediatric or case note context and indicates ongoing coverage.
AUSTIN October 12 Judge Curtis Douglas of Panhandle Texas was appointed by Gov James V. Alfred to fill the late Judge EB J Pickens seat in the 84th Judicial District. The term lasts only until the elected judge takes office on November 8. Douglas will not run. Candidates reported include W L Mc Donnell Panhandle district attorney Jos H Aynesworth Borger and Jack Allen Perryton.
Nathan Straus, administrator of the U.S. Housing Authority, details a program beginning next year to relocate about 5,000 families monthly from American slums. He notes $7,545,892 has been advanced to 28 local housing authorities for over 5,000 dwelling units under construction.
Mrs. Rachel Swain of Flitwick Bedfordshire, reputed to be England's oldest woman, died today at age 108 after her last birthday Sept 1 when she ate an iced cake. She wore a gas mask in bed during the recent war crisis and had been ill since.
Japanese policy discussion notes it is likely to compel Chinese authorities to mobilize Cantonese forces for operations in China, signaling a shift in battlefield staffing. The statement suggests broader implications for regional military deployment and coordination between allied factions.
In the Teian region near Kiukiang and Kinjiang rail line, Chinese forces held off Japanese attackers after ten weeks of brutal combat. Japanese claims of victory near Teian were denied by Japanese spokesmen who reported a Chinese counter at Mahauiling, while Hankow said 20,000 Japanese were killed.
Oilre keeps the same price differential that has prevailed for years between Mid-Continent and Panhandle crudes. The gap is required because Phillips Petroleum markets refined products from its crude in the Mid-Continent territory served by Mid-Continent crude.
Delegates milled as Illiam McSorley of Cleveland Ohio offered an amendment to the report that would send the item back to the executive council amid a tumultuous convention atmosphere including debate over the report’s stance.
In a tense meeting, Woll cautioned against a rising government philosophy as the debate centered on whether to defer action until a report could be printed. Delegates pressed for a vote, with calls to recommit and sidetrack the report producing a chorus of support and opposition.
At the November 2 monthly meeting the Panhandle veterans hospital will be discussed as a community resource. Congressman Marvin Jones and George Jones will be invited to address how empty guardsmen buildings can serve citizens, with liver addresses noted by the directors.
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