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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1939
Page
8
Owosso Michigan honors Thomas E. Dewey as the city’s most famous citizen in a new 1937 city directory. The volume features a full page photo and a brief biography of the New York district attorney celebrated for his early rise from Owosso high school to national prominence.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports 41 convicts were flogged March 23 at San Quentin by guards using leather straps and a garden hose for defying a punishment circle. Nine guards gave statements. Governor Olson reviews prison conditions and promises reforms. warden Court Smith condemned brutality.
In Muncie Indiana on October 13 Robert McDaniels 25 and Kelvin Baxter 23 bucked the superstition of Friday the 13th as they entered the thirteenth day of an endurance flight aiming to beat the Moody brothers 343 hours 46 minutes record set in Springfield Illinois.
The Amarillo Townsend Club will meet at 8 PM at Townsend Hall Municipal Auditorium. It also announces a Halloween party planned for Friday October 20.
Final tribute to J. M. Simpson former Potter County judge was planned for 3 p m at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr C C Grimes officiating. Survivors include wife two daughters a son three sisters three brothers and four grandchildren. Burial at Llano Cemetery by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Directors.
Dun and Bradstreet reported brisk retail buying this week despite high temperatures in parts of the country. The weekly survey found volumes matched last week as totals remained satisfactory amid a temporary pause in seasonal goods movement. Oysters grow best in waters with a mud bottom but sink and smother if the mud is too soft.
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