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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1935
Page
2
The Amarillo bulletin salutes Confederate veterans visiting for the reunion praising their legacy, while noting a blizzard and frigid streets. Readers hear local forecasts of easing weather and reflect on Texas Civil War history and regional pride.
About 100 Confederate Veterans and sponsors boarded a train for the Amarillo reunion with leaders General Rice A Pierce and General Harry Rene Lee in charge. The Tennessee delegation is set to arrive early, while the Confederate Southern Memorial Association will meet Tuesday at the Art Hotel Cristal Ballroom to plan activities in honor of Mrs A Mel Wilson of Atlanta.
Described as a Utah sourdough Mike Martinson about 45 years old hanged himself in a Potter County Jail cell this morning. The body was found at 1945 oclock by Jailer Gib Landis. He used his own underwear to take his life, the garment tied to a water faucet in a shower bathroom connected with the cell.
Reports from London Paris and Vatican City describe Eden meeting Laval to rally anti war support at the League of Nations while Rome pledges church backing to avoid Ethiopian Italy fighting. Berlin shows new military drills with modern weapons and conscripts amid rising tensions.
A 38 year old private from Texas died in Honolulu while guiding a three inch artillery piece used in bloodless mock warfare preparations. The incident occurred as troops moved the piece to position for a demonstration being reviewed by the House Military Committee. The report notes the mishap involved a member of the Sixteenth Coast Artillery unit.
Noble Guthrie, Armstrong County burglar sentenced to twenty years, broke from his cell during breakfast at Potter County Jail. He was forced back into confinement at gunpoint on the eighth floor rail tier after a brief escape attempt. Guthrie surrendered the razor to officers and returned to his cell. Nearby, large owls attacked Barney Marx on a railway beat, but he blocked them with a tin hat.
Dallas judge advocate Earl F Hunt speaks on Respect for Our National and State Constitutions at the Texas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans session. The event includes credentials reports, brigade commander elections, speeches by visitors, a Dixie song, and a God Be With Us til We Again benediction.
At an emergency hospital, workers injured after strikers and pickets clash at a mill. Police recount rock throwing near the main plant and shots fired as workers approached. By-standers note a dynamite blast without damage and victims transported to hospital.
President Roosevelt spends Labor Day at Hyde Park with veto statements prepared for bills from the recent Congress session. He rejects pocket vetoes and opts to sign or veto within the constitutional ten day limit.
Hollywood reports say Will Rogers carried $482,000 life insurance, according to his attorney Oscar Lawler. He refuted claims of up to $2,500,000 coverage and noted Lloyds of London issued a $250,000 policy before Rogers and Wiley Post perished on the Alaskan flight.
MEMPHIS Tenn Sept 2 Officials of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union say cotton picking wages may rise to 1 per hundred pounds as a cotton field strike looms in parts of the South. JOPLIN MO U P Tips to police recall Jasper County pursuit of bandits who dumped ego crates and cream cans from a hijacked produce truck.
Free admission for rodeo fans with paid seats for others. Top hands from the range and professional performers compete in various contests including a boys calf roping. A model arena and corrals with stock set up at the Fair grounds. Labor Day celebrations planned statewide with parades and events led by Gov Allred and AG McCraw in Fort Worth and large crowds in Galveston Houston Corpus Christi Austin Beaumont.
Mrs FE. 1D. Carrell of Hillsboro Texas says Cardui eased pain and cramps, built up her nervous system and helped weakness. She notes nervous spells that hindered work improved after taking Cardui and kept it on hand. The ad claims Cardui relieves functional pains and nervousness at menstruation and aids appetite and digestion, with a physician to consult if no benefit.
About 1,000 acres inundated as the Rio Grande broke through levees in four spots near Fabens Texas. Roughly a thousand residents evacuated with no casualties reported. Crews worked to slow the stream as it crested and moved southeast, threatening nearby crops.
The Santa Fe line reports rainfall across Hereford to Pampa and Mobeetie from three quarters to over two inches. Amarillo area sees sheets of rain flood streets and underpasses, with drivers stranded and patrons soaked in downtown theaters. Nearby towns including Dalhart, Channing, and Clarendon-Memphis-Chil dres report varying totals from one inch to over two inches. A near cloudburst hit Tascosa on the Denver lines with over three inches in 45 minutes.
Fear rose that King Leopold would miss Queen Astrid's funeral as he remains secluded in his castle. The monarch, twice bereaved in 18 months, faces the royal loss with his three children. plans for the funeral proceed without the royal children witnessing the proceedings.
Purple skinned potatoes grown by C. H. Allen in Chillicothe Missouri are purple inside as well. They contain less starch than ordinary potatoes, appealing to dieters, and are suitable for use in salads.
A primitive Mystery Play with alleged miraculous words and music was performed in Elche to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption.
Public health notice urges caution on kidney and bladder disorders and urges consulting a doctor for a guaranteed prescription remedy Cystex. It claims rapid relief within hours and a one week guarantee or money back, promoting a drug sold by "druggists" with a bold claim.
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