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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1935
Page
10
A lighthearted Washington roundup recalls nightly guard rounds in Statuary Hall and a chases after a shadow that ends with a deaf janitor. Jokes pivot on Wallace and meat prices as reporters note the social orbit around FERA relief lists and high officials.
The article notes federal outlays rising from 500 million in Tom Reed’s era to over 6.5 billion today. It cites protests over relief cash, warns of a nationwide Washington march if relief ends, and contrasts fiscal policy with public sentiment and international responses, including Lyautey’s burial voyage.
The piece notes Lyautey to be buried with grand honors in Africa after conquest of Morocco for France. It comments on Franco British unity and hypocrisy in international aims and cites Mussolini’s actions as a parallel. It also mentions Nobel laureate Hans Semann and ends with news of N J Merchant's death in Fort Worth after a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Alta Vista Creamery.
An old advertisement claims Cardus Pain Relief strengthens the body and eases monthly suffering for women. Customer Mrs. H. Anglade of Biloxi says Cardui relieved cramps and nervousness after using twelve bottles, though doctors should be consulted if it does not help.
Washington reports AAA officials delighted by a 1936 corn hog referendum endorsement. They plan a 25 to 30 percent pork production increase next year while signaling efforts to avoid excessive overproduction in later years. Farmers in 48 states voted. incomplete returns show 317,994 supporting an adjustment program versus 55,178 opposing.
In Galveston on October 28, several men were beaten and one stabbed amid weekend longshore disputes. Ennis King was slashed in the shoulder during an attack by a group of men. Minor disturbances were reported as dock tensions were expected to stay quiet until action by the International Longshoremen's Association outside the Gulf area. ILA International President Joseph P. Ryan of New York pledged full support for North Atlantic and Pacific Coast strikers, speaking in Galveston, Houston, and New Orleans.
The regional Boy Scout committee convenes in Amarillo November 10 and 11 at the Herring Hotel with delegates from New Mexico and Texas and the national office in New York. The banquet on November 10 features Dr. R Thomson as toastmaster and Dr. George Fisher delivering the principal address.
Atlanta Oct 28 Warden Lewis E Lawes of Sing Sing sharply criticizes psychiatrists and their role in the modern prison system calling it a most troublesome question He also criticizes the severity of treatment in prisons in his remarks reporting on current reform debates and management practices.
Lawes spoke at the opening of the American Prison Association congress, urging continued humanization and rehabilitation in penal institutions while calling psychiatry to prove itself as a definite practical factor, citing methods used in Germany.
In Heildesheim Germany a Jewish merchant was sentenced to one month in jail after kissing an Aryan salesgirl. A second salesgirl reported the incident, and the court held the act insulted a German maiden and the German people, though the girl denied resistance.
Mr and Mrs Henry Wendell of Brockton were killed when their car was struck by a Nickel Plate passenger train at a grade crossing in Oakland Illinois. The accident occurred October 28, and the couple were en route from Brockton to Oakland.
A vintage ad touts Caticura Soap for facial cleansing before bed. It promises a clear skin effect through hot water lathers and tepid to cold rinses, calling the soap medicinal and soothing for general skin condition maintenance.
An advertisement promotes B. C. as a fast relief remedy for periodical pains and common ailments. It claims pharmacists prepare it with multiple ingredients and a different principle from typical formulas, targeting cramps headaches neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates. Available in 10¢ and 25¢ packages at fever drug sellers.
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