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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1937

Page

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British Admiralty Hunts Submarine Off Spanish East Coast

A flotilla of eight destroyers and nearby warships chase a submerged submarine off the Spanish east coast after it fired a torpedo at HMS Havock. Havock unleashed a depth charge. results unknown. The Mediterranean fleet conducts maneuvers near Italian and Dalamatian coasts and remains ready for instant duty.

Britain Admiralty Mediterranean H. M. S. Havock Havock I Ae

France warns Britain over Italy aid in Spain conflict

France formally protests to Britain over Italian intervention in Spain and hints at joint European action. Paris says Italy’s aid to Franco’s insurgents prompts dissatisfaction while a new plan suggests mobilizing 6 million men and nationalizing railroads. In Shanghai, fires rage as Japan bombards and ships mass on the Yangtze and Whangpoo, with Western navies weighing convoys for refugees.

Paris France Britain Mediterranean Great Britain Italy Foreign Office Quai D'Orsay London Anthony Eden Spain Benito Mussolini Francisco Franco United States San Pedro Shanghai

No Increases In City Taxes Amarillo Budget Filed

Amarillo city officials expect no rise in the tax rate with a proposed budget hearing set for 10 am Tuesday September 21. The plan keeps the levy at $1.12 per $100, totaling 568889.54 in levies plus 143840 anticipated miscellaneous revenue.

Amarillo H. R. Smith Commission

Search for missing Flying Cadet spans vast air and ground

More than 150 army and private planes and around 400 people scour Texas woods for Flying Cadet Guy W Edgerton who vanished near Grapeland after a routine flight from Shreveport. Officials report a triangular search area between Maydelle Slocum and Fastrill with flares found and ongoing CCC involvement.

Grapeland Tex U.P Guy W. Edgerton Edgerton Henly N. C Tionday CCC Sheriff's Robert W. Evans Maydelle Slocum Fastrill Evans Maydelle CCC Ratcliff Jacksonville Lufkin Kennard Elkhart Tivans

Army Flier Survives Long Swim After Great Salt Lake Crash

Lieut. Lucien N. Powell army reserve flier reached shore after a nine hour struggle with turbulent waters following a crash two miles from Salt Lake shoreline. He believed his mechanic Harry Pearson was dead. The crash occurred late yesterday.

Salt Lake Salt Lake City Utah U.P Great Salt Lake Lucien N. Powell Army Reserve Powell Harry Pearson

Small Town Father Son Bond In A Barber Shop

A speaker contrasts city fathers who neglect their children with a barber’s son who helps in the shop. He recalls a moment when the boy offered to shave a stranger, and the father urged caution. The anecdote reflects family closeness in small towns versus urban distance.

Esquire Features, Inc

Ex Footballer Stops Car Thief In Fort Worth Standoff

West Dallas High School legend Charlie Moore, a former football standout and amateur boxer, thwarted a car theft at his breakfast scene. He flung himself into the street, dragged out a 26 year old Palo Pinto County ex convict, then subdued him with a foot on the neck while a second suspect fled. Police arrived to find Moore still restraining one attacker.

Fort Worth U.P Charlie Moore West Dallas High School Moore Palo Pinto County

Potter County Grand Jury Reconvenes Under DA Underwood

District Attorney Bob Underwood announced the Potter County grand jury reconvened today with more than a dozen cases under investigation and a likelihood of several indictments. FHA loans, Long-Bell Lumber Co mentioned in context.

Potter County Grand Jury Bob Underwood

I Found No House Home-Hungry Globe Reporter

Amarillo housing drought described through a Globe reporter narrative. The piece notes scarce vacant homes, long waiting lists, and limited rental ads, with references to local business groups and Dr Rexford Tugwell in a light, observational tone. The column contrasts housing shortages with hopes of finding a place and mentions travels from Houston. Pare 2.

Globe Louis Nordyke Amarillo Shanghai Gulf Atermenis Carl Hinton Chamber of Commerce Rexford Guy Tugwell Tugwell Houston Globe and News

Bankhead’s niece Tallulah weds actor John Emery at home ceremony

In Jasper Alabama Tallulah Bankhead and John Emery secretly married in a civil ceremony at the Bankhead home amid a small gathering. The 35 year old star declared it her first and last marriage and left for a honeymoon after the surprise wedding. Speaker William B Bankhead and his wife hosted the event with Senator John H Bankhead attending for a brief reception.

Jasper Ala U.R Tallulah Bankhead William B. Bankhead John Emery New York L. G. Garrison Birmingham Bankhead Alabama Speaker Bankhead John H. Bankhead

Dad Flanders Career Closed in Panhandle Railroading Hero

O D Flanders 85 retired railroad man died at his son R E Flanders Amarillo home He was born before the Civil War and spent over 40 years with railroads starting in Vermont He moved west with rails and came to Amarillo in 1917 as Santa Fe machine shop foreman retiring in 1930 at 78 He loved telling early railroad tales and the era of steam and boomers See FLANDERS Page 2

O. D. Flanders R. E. Flanders East Tenth Avenue Panhandle Vermont Amarillo Santa Fe Lines Dad Flanders

Infantile Paralysis Closes Chicago Schools Indefinitely

Chicago schools were ordered closed indefinitely by the board of health to prevent the spread of infantile paralysis among about 600,000 pupils. Public schools will reopen September 7 for the fall term, with parochial schools set for September 8, until it is deemed safe.

Chicago Board of Health

Marriages exceed divorces by twelve in August

August in Potter County saw thirty nine marriage licenses issued and twenty seven divorces granted. The period shows marriages outpacing divorces by twelve as the county records reflect the trend. Russell Stationery Company L. B. E. 8. Student Lamps.

Dan Cupid Potter County Russell Stationery Company L. BE

Classification To End Friday

C M Rogers, supervisor of schools, urges high school students to complete classification before school opens for the new curriculum revision. Amarillo adopts a 12 grade plan with classifications across junior high and elementary levels, starting classes at 9 and ending at 4.

C. M. Rogers Amarillo Central Sam Houston Buchanan Potter Randall Counties Amarillo High School

Rainfall Brief From Hale County Southeast Report

The Petersburg area in Hale County reported half an inch of rain last night with light showers in Amarillo Goodnight and Claude. No other areas saw moisture and the weather bureau forecast only partly cloudy skies with no rain prospects.

Hale County Petersburg Amarillo Goodnight Claude Weather Bureau

Underpass Largest Factor in 177179 Building Activities

August Amarillo building activity totaled 177,179 dollars with permits showing nine new dwellings started costing 35,223 dollars. Main items include the school improvement at 20,000 dollars and the West Sixth Avenue underpass at 100,000 dollars.

Amarillo West Sixth Avenue

Pavement Requests to Be Included in WPA Project

Three petitions were presented to the city commission last night. One for a light at West Ninth Avenue and Hayden Street was granted. The two paving requests will be included in a WPA project application. They cover East Second Avenue from Pierce to Buchanan Streets and the Tyler Harrison alley between Fourteenth and Fifteenth Avenues.

City Commission West Ninth Avenue Hayden Street East Second Avenue Pierce Buchanan Streets Tyler-Harrison Alley Fourteenth Fifteenth Avenues

Woman Hurls Vase to Foil Kidnapper at Home

In San Antonio a mother, Mrs. C. Cristarella, threw a heavy vase at an intruder attempting to kidnap her sleeping 4-year-old daughter. The vase struck the assailant on the head, causing him to release the child as the child cried for her mother in the home.

San Antonio

De Seversky Flier Injured As Race Monoplane Crashes

Major Alexander P. De Seversky, famed speed and stunt flier, was shaken when his racing monoplane crashed on landing at Floyd Bennett Field. He escaped with injuries as the aircraft burned and suffered significant damage.

New York Alexander P. de Seversky Speed, War and Aircraft Corporation Floyd Bennett Field

Deficit May Be Under Predicted

Treasury officials expressed confidence that this year's deficit would be under the predicted 410 million dollars despite a 357.9 million red ink balance for the first two months. They said July August deficit would be offset by economies and increased repayments of federal loans during the year ending next June 30. Outgo was 249 million dollars greater than income in July and 108.539 million higher in August, with the last two days unreported.

Washington Treasury

Peace Plan Urged By Little Entente

In Sinaia Romania on September 1 the Little Entente of Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia and Romania urged collaboration with the United States politically and economically for world peace. The foreign ministers’ council said Hull statements on international cooperation were received with sympathy in a two day summer conference ending yesterday.

Yangtze Whangpoo Japan China Canton Yellow River Tientsin Peiping Eesor Hoover Kobe Washington Shanghai Sinaia Rumania United States Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Permanent Council of the Three Nations U. S Cordell Hull

Dust Fight Meeting Urges Amarillo Business Leaders

Amarillo business and professional men were urged to take part in a five state dust fight meeting next Wednesday. Sponsored by the Panhandle Water Conservation Association the gathering honors Congressman Marvin Jones and other lawmakers for dust bowl efforts.

Amarillo WPA Grouth John McCarty

Weather forecast and loan ads in Amarillo area notice

Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Amarillo temperatures ranged 69 to 88 today. Rainfall 01. Advertisement for 1 to 3 year loans for repairs and modernization with small monthly payments from Bee John Maynard tbr Co.

Amarillo New Mexico Bee John Maynard Tbr. Co

Narcotic Ring Breaks Up With Federal Arrests

Federal agents with city and county officers ended a narcotics operation by arresting nine suspects and seizing about 700 grains of heroin. Named defendants May Hawkins Ot Condron Roy Hailey Horace Gallway Doyle Meeks Earl Blair and others faced federal charges with arraignments set and further trials scheduled for the September term.

May Hawkins Ot Condron Roy Hailey Horace Gallway Doyle Meeks Earl Blair Gamble

Wheat Exports From Amarillo Reach Foreign Markets

Amarillo wheat mills and elevators move wheat and flour to foreign lands after seven years. Walter Barlow of Great West Mills says U S ports handled millions of bushels in July and August. Prices overseas and domestically near 86 cents, full-capacity operations continue. Amarillo hosts wheat agents and dealers from abroad as export trade revives.

Amarillo Poster Peterson Por United States Puerto Rico Walter Bar Low Great West Mills Barlow Panhandle Ramon L. Lord Ferrer the & West Mills Thene Galve

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