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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1936
Page
2
The page reports on Tri-State Fair events with weather outlooks, local notices, birthdays, and community snippets. It notes fair attendance, livestock show details, and comments from readers about horses, jockeys, and local personalities. It includes a birthday greeting to Dr. J E Nunn and various local anecdotes.
Breeders from Utah Colorado Iowa Missouri Illinois Oklahoma and Texas vie for top prizes at the Tri-State Fair rabbit and cavy show. Judge V C Reeder of Kansas City praised the stock despite hot weather. Winners include W A Williford Jr Amarillo and A H Miller Memphis among others with Best of Breed ribbons and numerous class victors across multiple breeds.
E J McDade, a self described veteran strikebreaker, told the Senate civil liberties committee how live steam was turned on strikers and fences charged with high tension electricity that killed a worker. He testified as a strikebreaker for Railway Audit and Inspection Company after gainful experience with Pearl Bergoff, a self styled leader of strikebreakers.
Bobby Gene Varnworth eight months old, son of Mr and Mrs H J Varnworth, died in an Amarillo hospital while the family was moving from Hugo Oklahoma to California. He is survived by his parents and three brothers. Funeral services held at Griggs Chapel at 3 PM with Rev J C Sisemore of Tabernacle Baptist Church officiating.
Norfolk division of the coast guard abandoned hope for the four man crew of the trawler Ranger. They were believed lost in the tropical hurricane that swept the Atlantic Coast Friday.
A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned a new indictment in the Southern Missouri cattle fraud conspiracy naming nine persons including a former Department of Agriculture cattle appraiser.
A senior heavyweight Havana Rex buck leads the display. A H Miller wins both White New Zealand Display with 131 points and Standard Havana Display with 228 points. Joe Stensons claims Chinchilla Display with 51 points. L H Atkinson secures Silver Marten Display 50 points and Dutch Display 51 points. W A Williford Jr earns Havana Rex Display 44 points and Ermine Rex Display 51 points. Miller also takes Best of Breed in New Zealand Whites for Senior Doe while Williford wins Best of Standard Havana Breed for Senior Buck and Best of Himalayan Breed for Senior Doe. Williford also wins Best of Ermine Rex for Junior Doe and Best Havana Rex for Heavyweight Buck. Paul Kaeser claims Best Chinchilla with a Standard Senior Doe. Atkinson wins Best Dutch with a Black Senior Buck and Best Black Silver Marten with a Junior Buck. K D Rabbitry takes Best Flemish with a 6 to 8 Buck.
Four men were arrested in a hotel in Wheeling West Virginia after police linked them to broken shop windows and stinging necks from rubber band slingshots. The suspects admitted to doing it for days from their hotel room for amusement.
Dolly and Mickey escaped from the car carnival grounds, swam a small river, and climbed a tree in downtown Warren. The crowd blocked traffic for nearly two hours as observers watched the two monkeys roam.
A drug advertorial explains bilious conditions require both liver bile flow and intestinal stimulation. Herbine, a herbal combination, targets both to relieve dizziness headaches indigestion gas and rundown feelings as the liver and bowels return to normal function. Available from Fox Drug Co. Amarillo and Cretn ey Drug Store, Pampa.
Britain has over three million acres of woodland yet grows only about six percent of the lumber it consumes.
Fort Worth publisher Amon Carter will join six other passengers on Pan American Airways clipper when transpacific service begins October 21. Carter, a longtime Will Rogers friend, had his reservation arranged three years ago when Rogers funded the crossing.
A Rose Bowl Tea Room lunch hour style show on Thursday features football outfits and evening dresses. Mrs Roy Greenhill and Mrs Dick Roberts organize the event with two showings at 11 45 and 1 30. Models include Marjorie Roach Doris Culton Mary Lois Ray Joy Roberts Enid Mayer Mrs Tom Seay Mrs Louis Brown Mrs James Rittenberry and Mrs Sally Sewell.
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