28 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1938
Page
1
Weather notes show bluebird days for 36 hours with no cycle. war commentary argues no general European war, critiques Hitler and Czech resistance, and hints at a calm period. Also column on bridge game quarrel, social remarks on marriages, and trivia items about cinema, laws, and odd facts.
General Electric appliances will be displayed at the Herring Hotel tomorrow and Friday. O W Wright and Austin You will supervise the event as many Pekeyets are expected to attend. it will attract residents of Amarillo and the Panhandle.
A Thames regatta headlines a dog and girl scene as a bulldog wearing balloons halts to amuse a child. Meanwhile a St Bernard named Barry is labeled vicious by authorities and ordered removed or shot, prompting the owner to relocate. A mule nicknamed Champ Clark endures a powder puff on its jowl as a motion picture company buys Ed Frazier’s Drexel, Missouri, animal.
A distressed woman asks Dear Tack for help selling a covered wagon trailer and a 1996 DeSoto coupe to pay funeral costs after her husband’s death. She’s at Dreamland Court on 8th and North Fillmore offering the vehicles for about $630 each and cannot drive.
Gen John A Hulen and Wyatt C Hedrick traveled to Washington to win President Roosevelts approval for seven million dollars in armories across Texas The amended PWA filing requests a forty five percent grant but cuts to seventy eight projects in fifty seven cities while the armory board would fund fifty five percent by bonds sites to be provided by cities
Mrs. Louis Blackwell was elected head of the Plains Boat Club auxiliary. Other officers named include Mrs. H. V. White, Mrs. Hugh Adair, and Mrs. Jeff Proctor, handling tractor driving and filling station duties.
The AP Feature Service profiles Margaret Bourke White and Erskine Caldwell amid rumors of marriage. They deny plans while noting they did significant collaborative work overseas. Eugenia Pope leads the Wage-Hour Bureau as the sole employee now, with 1,000 more hires expected. She acts as secretary to administrator Eugene F. Andrews and processes about 50,000 job applications.
In Prague, the Slovaks back a united Czechoslovak front against German pressure. Czech German leaders appeal to Britain denying they speak for all Sudeten Germans and insist Hitler’s plebiscite demands risk loss of minority rights, industry, and crucial transport routes. Authorities urge Hoover-style rationing and vigilance.
Joseph A. McInerney, president of the AFLs building trades department, condemns financial interests for exploiting construction. He urges removing speculators to achieve a recovery not a boom, noting 1938 construction lags and high unemployment while housing and single family homes rise mainly for rental.
R E Flanders was released today from St Anthony s hospital after injuries from a late night auto collision. The car was driven by J R Gassaway of Happy who aided the injured man and accompanied him to the hospital in an N S Griggs and Sons ambulance. Flanders suffered non serious injuries.
A proposal would award Germany control of Czechoslovakia's main fortifications including the Czech Maginot line, rendering the defense of what remains of the country nearly impossible and intensifying European tensions.
Harry Walton Porter aged 20 of Dalhart died in Amarillo hospital from injuries after a Friday night accident on the highway between Spearman and Dalhart while returning from a football game at Perryton. Funeral services will be held in Dalhart Thursday. body sent from Blackburn-Shawn Funeral Home.
Three building permits issued yesterday and today total construction costs of 14400 dollars. The largest contract is a seven room home at 2402 Hayden Street for Sam Pelz with contractor A H Brown. J Winn received a 3500 dollar permit for a home at 906 Alabama and Roy Doerfler got a 3400 dollar permit for a residence at 739 North Houston Street.
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