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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1937
Page
2
Old Tack predicts record attendance at the Tri State Fair with ideal week long weather across the Panhandle Plains. Shattuck plans a large Saturday parade downtown, while park board debates Palo Duro Park status and potential closure amid regional excitement and numerous visitors.
A Texan plains voice argues land values in the Panhandle are far higher than $1.50 an acre, citing extensive grazing land and varied prices. He rebuts a Collier's attack on western life, defends overgrazing claims, and notes broader U.S. farming and media topics with several named places and figures.
A reader asks why Amarillo cannot have a Federal Housing Project for their small family and many neighbors. They contend federal housing would provide affordable, decent homes without consuming a third of wages and challenge real estate interests to lower rents.
Letter from Inez Baker of Memphis Texas praising a newspaper piece by Davenport and McCarty while lampooning a local farmer and commenting on sand storms drought and cotton prospects. The reader jokes about rains halting in Hall County and worries about 60 000 bales of cotton.
L Coleman of Canyon Texas rebutts Tack's Amarillo News column critiquing Walter Davenport's Collier's portrayal of the dust bowl. He offers regional examples from New Mexico and Texas, asserting Davenport's depiction matches real conditions and cites dune fields, soil loss, and overgrazing concerns as evidence.
A reader questions the Tulsa rumor tag as a stunt and disputes the notion of a staged prank. The writer praises Dixie’s clear writing and references a race track column and family illness, signing as Dixie from the School of Dice and Dancing.
Edward Fleward charged with murder after a fight at a circus forge left Vico Penske dead from a broken neck and fractured skull. Witnesses describe Penske’s collapse and ensuing struggle as officers prepare for grand jury actions.
President Roosevelt cannot confer with Justice Hugo L. Black until after the Supreme Court opens its fall term on October 4. Black returns from Europe just before the term begins as two lawsuits challenge his eligibility and the vacancy status.
Moscow reports that twenty Siberian Railways employees were condemned to die for their alleged link to a Trotskyist-Bukharinist group of wreckers and spies. The court assertion claims the accused acted under instructions from the Japanese intelligence agency to sabotage Far Eastern Railways and espionage for Japan.
State Treasurer Charley Lockhart announced the Texas general fund deficit at 12,012,779 dollars, up from 11,702,860 on Sept 4. General revenue warrants dating before March 23, 1937 were called. The Confederate pension fund shows a deficit of 4,725,314 dollars.
Two men believed to be navy fliers were killed when their amphibian plane crashed into thick woods on a North Shore estate near Brooklyn New York. The dead are F A Mackenzie a naval lieutenant and Naval Aviation Cadet R A Schmidt.
The 14th Annual Pennsylvania Ku Klux Klan convention in North York backs the appointment of Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court to the last degree.
Governor James V. Allred intends to begin work tonight on his tax proposal for the approaching legislature session. He aims to secure an additional 15 million dollars in annual tax revenue and expects to finish the message by week’s end.
J C Richardson president of the Panhandle A M Club announced the group will meet at 6 30 this evening at the Capitol Hotel.
Thomas J. Qualters, 33, Roosevelt bodyguard, and Arlene Kade of Lynn married today in Lynn Massachusetts.
President Roosevelt named October 3 as Fire Prevention Week. Civic pride report shows Harrisburg with 86,000 people and 37 bridges. In Logan Utah a diesel plant overheated prompting firefighters to cool motors with water. Mexico claims a unique guide school training 220 students in six months covering geography history and art.
Dr. Harold E. Anthony and assistant George Andrews, after reaching a Grand Canyon canyon-top mesa called the island in the sky, trapped more than a dozen animal specimens. Instead of unique species they found animals closely related to those in nearby surroundings, challenging expectations of isolation and evolution.
Rimie Reveal, 24, is held to a murder charge for killing his uncle Clarence Walker, 33, after a dispute over a hillbilly song. Reveal says he asked Walker to stop singing to avoid upsetting Walker’s wife, who he said was grieving her father’s death. He claimed Walker reached for a gun, prompting Reveal to seize a weapon from under his pillow.
A British racing sloop the Endeavour I with a crew of 20 is missing after a storm 200 miles off Nantucket. Coast guard ships search into a fifth day as hopes fade for the craft to reach England under her own power.
A small tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico moves toward the sparsely settled West Florida coast between St. Marks and Cedar Keys. Weather bureau observers in New Orleans say the storm will reach the coastline early tonight after skirting the gulf coast since Saturday.
Folsom California September 20 Warden Clarence Larkin and guard captain William J Ryan were near death from knife wounds suffered during Sundays breakout in which a guard and two convicts were killed. Five other prisoners were wounded in the 10 minute battle. Clyde Stevens ringleader of seven convicts Bernie Kucharski and H E Martin a guard died. Surgeons said Larkin had an even chance to survive after being stabbed 12 times. Ryan sustained lighter injuries.
The Domestic Arts Department of the Tri-State Fair will display all week in the General Exhibits Building on the fairgrounds instead of the Girl Scout Building. Mrs. G J Nunn, department superintendent, announced the change and said the exhibits are open to the public throughout the week.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 20 The will of Andrew W. Mellon leaving his fortune estimated between 100 million and 200 million dollars to his educational and charitable trust was filed formally today with the register of wills. Executors named include Paul Mellon David K E Bruce and Donald D Shepard.
Miss Dorothy Drane of Corsicana was killed when the automobile she rode in with another passenger overturned near Bremond Texas six miles south of town. The passenger, Mrs Brown of Corsicana, sustained only minor injuries. The item also mentions Charles Schwab’s early career as a store clerk.
Hyde Park notes indicate two definite engagements for President Roosevelt on his cross country swing. He will speak near Bonneville Dam outside Portland and in Chicago as officials map a 6000 mile journey to showcase administration projects and assess sentiment after Congress adjourned.
Insurgents driving toward Gijon broke through Asturian lines and seized Los Callejos after heavy combat. Government forces advanced on the Badajoz front near Granja de Torrehermosa, pushing from Cordoba into Extremadura.
John F Weatherly pioneer Panhandle resident remains ill at Northwest Texas Hospital since last Monday. Attendants report he is resting well with slow improvement and note he became ill at his Panhandle home on September 12 and was moved to the hospital.
Mr and Mrs W B Smith traveled from St Louis to attend the Beutler Brothers rodeo at the Tri State Fair which opened officially this morning. The Smiths are guests at the I C Atchley home 4222 West Fifteenth Avenue.
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