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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1935
Page
2
In a rambling weather and culture note from Pampa, the writer salutes a local marriage between R C Waggoner and Marie Ford in Clovis, riffs on cattle ranching and Herefords with Judge C P Craft, and recalls SMU prospects and oil booms in Western Kansas while venting about coyotes and barbecues.
A miscellany of trivia on speed and history including the fall from a skyscraper, Gladstone on the Senate, train sales, seal mothers, Raphael, ants as baby silkworms, and Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase, followed by an hour by hour KGNC radio program lineup for Thursday morning and afternoon with many WBS shows and music segments.
Plainview Texas October convention draws 131 doctors with key talks on surgery and nervous system links by Dr N M Percy from Chicago. Forenoon sessions cover gynecology and obstetrics. banquets and teas highlighted social events. Next session set for Amarillo in April 1926 with Dr J J Crume succeeding Dr E W Jones as president.
President Roosevelt inspected the Panama Canal today while aboard the U S S Houston. He prior visited the canal last year and will view fortifications and features before dining at Fort Clayton and reviewing troops. He invited Harmodio Arias and his wife to aboard for a luncheon before continuing toward Madden Dam and the Atlantic pass through the canal.
The page features a jumble of notices including requests to Tack for laundry exchange at 501 Madison Street after 6 PM, a reward offer for a lost dog Smokey last seen near Eighth Avenue and North Fillmore Street, and multiple help-wanted pleas from individuals like Henry W Roberts at 8 South Lincoln Street, Mary Hensley at 212 North West Fifth Avenue, and Ronnie Oflay in Ray Sa Frick Oklahoma, seeking caregiving, farm or house work, and other odd jobs.
Potter County corn hog growers must vote for or against the corn hog AAA program by October 26. Parker D Hanna district extension agent of College Station announced in conference with farm leaders that ballots may be cast anytime before the deadline. Ballots were left with County Agent E R Duke as the referendum decides whether 1934 contracts will be offered to corn and hog raisers nationwide. The 1935 contract expires November 30 and Hanna met with corn hog committeemen Monday.
Alice Zenge, mother of Mandeville W. Zenge, testifies in Chicago in the emasculation slaying case of Dr. Walter John Bauer. She says her son was emotionally shaken when Bauer married his sweetheart last July. The witness appeared bewildered on the stand before Judge Cornelius J. Harrington. she left the courtroom nearly collapsing, as her husband J Andrew Zenge supported her until she recovered.
Church members organize a large men chorus at 7:30 tonight to prepare numbers for next Sunday's program under the direction of A. D. Nance. H. A. Shaw and the Beacon Quartet assist with the service, with more than 40 men expected to participate.
Ten thousand tax notices were mailed today by Potter County Collector Jewell Davidson, stating that over 380000 dollars in 1935 levies are due at her office. Miscounts for prompt payment are undetermined. the issue is before the Texas Supreme Court and may settle soon. Ruby Mashburn from College Station arrived in Amarillo for a banquet honoring Congressman Marvin Jones. Potts County farm agent returned to his office after a Dalhart trip.
Joseph R. Ravann president of the International Longshoremen's Association said the New Orleans dock strike should settle soon but he would block handling of New Orleans cargo after November 1 if it continues. In Corpus Christi Texas twelve Rangers moved in as fist fights broke out in Houston amid the ILA strike across Texas gulf ports.
Drizzle soaked Amarillo streets today with only .02 inch of rain at 1 pm, the first in ten days. Showers narrow in coverage and are not expected to intensify. forecasters predict partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. The Panhandle remains in a thundershower belt, but no widespread rain is anticipated.
Huey, leader of a Borger political faction, was acquitted last December of slaving A P Borger and claimed self defense. An embezzlement complaint was not pressed due to an agreement for tax official repayment in monthly installments.
A crash near Shamrock Texas left a physician unable to smell and questioned if it can be proven. Defense counsel pressed for proof while the physician insisted it cannot be demonstrated. In Webster Massachusetts a squirrel at a bank chewed money and bit Officer Prout who was later released after two miles ride in a patrol wagon. In Lawrence Kansas freshmen wailed as liberal arts faculty denounced hazing as childish and offensive to victims and onlookers.
A ex convict Charles Dobson claimed he was a gold miner and admitted prospection in about 90 homes, removing hundreds of pieces of jewelry, fountain pens, eyeglasses and other valuables to sell later. A separate Oct report from Kennett Square notes a stranger stole a typewriter at lunch and sold it for $2.
Kansas City market notes uneven trade with cattle opening slow and steady to lower. Beef steers and heifers show downtrend. vealers weak. Top yearling steers quoted near 11.00 with varied bids. butcher cows range around 4.25 to 6.75. Sheep volumes steady with range lambs and natives priced across ranges. Cotton and stocks mixed globally. New Orleans cotton holders see minor shifts.
The legislative session neared a liquor bill compromise after a Senate block on final passage. Conferees attached the House open saloon plan to a beer law correction, enabling local option elections on sale of distilled spirits in restaurants and hotels.
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