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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1938
Page
3
Panhandle Sign and Display Company at 805 West Sixth Avenue offers porcelain enamel for store fronts interiors and theater facades. It explains panel and load bearing enamel systems, material composition, and superior weather, impact, and thermal shock resistance with iron backing.
Detroit longtime Chrysler Corp announces price cuts across Plymouth 1939 models with reductions up to 15 dollars. Standard line ranges from 645 to 740 dollars while deluxe models are priced 725 to 805 dollars.
The Hammond Taxi and Baggage Company, praised for one of the best safety records in Texas and its Amarillo reputation, is upgrading facilities for better service through fall. All drivers earned certificates for non accident records in the past year. H. A. Venable is vice president and Clyde Dewey the manager. For rainy days, Amarilloans are urged to call 6284.
The Saskatchewan Department of Education sent 50 to a teacher at Eyre near the Alberta border and ended a sitdown strike. The unnamed instructor had not drawn salary since December 31 1937 and could not afford gas to leave. He threatened to stay where he boarded or move to a hotel at municipal expense. He had only seven dollars a month for groceries while his host family depended on relief.
The spine is highlighted as the chiropractor's focal study and a key health determinant. Modern research and two decades of conscientious study support the claim that the spinal column regulates health energy from the brain to body tissues, with clinical proof backing the theory. The profession gains broader interest as influential health figures begin adopting chiropractic practice.
W. T. Rose owns Postoffice Cleaners, an expert silk finisher with over 20 years in the business. The shop offers washing and pressing, hats cleaned and blocked, and three dresses or three suits for one dollar on cash and carry using Super Hi-Tone system and modern machinery. Located at 120 Fast Seventh Avenue for five years, it invites customers to see Rose for quality work across from the Post Office Building. A British medical expert notes crying is healthful as tears act as powerful germ killers.
Kay Furniture Company owner D. G. Kay earns praise from Amarillo families for top quality furniture. Located at 219 West Seventh, the firm stocks frames for custom orders featuring Early American, Queen Anne, Chip Pendale, Hepplewhite and other historic styles. The business has grown significantly in the past year.
Miss M E Gifford of Orpington rode a fire engine to her wedding reception with Fireman Allan Schofield, son of Orpingtons fire chief. The bamboo plant can grow 16 inches in a day and can reach 116 feet tall.
In the early 1800s geologists were curiosities to settlers who fled and bolted doors upon witnessing William Maclure, hailed as the father of American geology, tapping rocks and collecting samples at a remote tavern seeking shelter.
Marian Martin Pattern 9535 offers a tailored style with diagonal lines that slim the hips and a front panel fullness. The long bodice uses darts for fit, three quarter sleeves stay comfortable, and an optional afternoon version features ruffles and decorative buttons. Order details include sizes 34 to 46, fabric needs, and pricing. mail to Amarillo News Pattern Department.
Prof. E H Sellards of the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology reports a sink near Menard Texas near 12 miles west of Menard is not a meteor crater. He explains sinks form by rock solution with vertical walls and no rim or ejecta, unlike true meteor craters.
Dalhart prepares to host 150 to 200 Chicago Legionnaires on September 24 with a noon arrival by special train. Courtesy cars will shuttle them to East Dalhart rodeo grounds for an old-time chuck wagon dinner followed by an amateur rodeo from 1 PM to 2:30 PM directed by Allyn Finch. Events include junior calf riding for boys 12 to 15, calt roping, bulldogging, and drone peeling for cowboys. amateurs only.
In Columbus on September 11 the government showed laundry mark fragments found near a fig tree where a bloodstained army shirt was unearthed. Testimony identified markings O-8 and B as linked to Major John R. Brooke Jr. and assigned B-708 to him, with no other B-O8 pairing.
In Omaha, Dan Griffin notes his little black dog endlessly runs in circles to the left, speeding up to 50 revolutions per minute. It rests only to begin again, with the only explanation a claimed mental quirk.
Mania Susak, a 15 year old Jewish girl in Wielun writes to Marshal Smigly Rydz asking for schooling at government expense. The marshal investigates and confirms she is an outstanding student, arranging tuition so she can obtain an education.
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