Amarillo Voices: Louise Evans Shaping The Globe And City
Louise Evans, longtime Globe staffer since 1927, shapes coverage from school board to police and courts while urging Amarillo to act locally. She criticizes tax burdens, calls for renewed Community Chest support, and argues city institutions like libraries and the Chamber need stronger leadership and civic engagement.
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Louise Evans
Globe
University of Missouri
Goodfellows
The
James (. Wilson
Amarilla
Amarillo
Settlement in Crouch suit ends with $900 payment
The laborer D A Crouch accepted 900 for injuries allegedly sustained while working for Cocke and Braden on a highway job near here on July 21 1935. The case, filed in 108th Civil District Court, started with a petition seeking 2807 and costs. Settlement came after jury selection. Judge W E Gee presided over another small civil suit this week. C R Ellis was awarded 150 for injuries at Western Stockyards 18 months ago. Jury service list for Judge Gee’s court includes W B Hudgins Sullenberger Rogers Cracraft Lehman Stanley Thomas Pounds Stidger Crabtree Hud son Betson Branks McBride Kellner Kuykendall Sapp Williams Reid Musick Beard McMahan Bowen Stovall Hibbs.
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D. A. Crouch
Cocke and Braden
Here
Crouch
Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation
W. E. Gee
C. R. Ellis
Western
W. B. Mand
American Railway Express Company
Judge Gee
L. McMahan
R. M. Bowen
John Stovall
H. W. Hibbs
First Party of Children Leaves City to Dallas Centennial
The vanguard of Panhandle children headed to the Dallas Centennial left town this morning. Forty seven Dimmitt pupils and four sponsors led the group, with about 50 more including a 25 piece band to depart tonight. District chairman Carl G. Clift announced plans for Kress and other towns to send groups on the Denver tonight. Round trip fare for children and adults is $3.70 this week.
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Dallas
Dimmitt
Santa Fe
Carl G. Clifft
Kress
Amarillo
Dumas
Wildorado
Claude
Denver
Amarillo Police Detain Mexican Man After Ford Overturns on Viaduct
Amarillo City Police held Leo Martinez, a Mexican, for investigation after his old Ford overturned on the East Third Avenue viaduct. Martinez was pinned but uninjured. officer George Hayden said they would talk with him through translator John Snider to learn what happened.
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Amarillo
Leo Martinez
Martinez
East Third Avenue
George Hayden
John Snider
Hayden
See What They Vary Tack or Wants Housework
Dear Tack would like to do housework in a nice home or care for children in exchange for room and board and
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Tack
KGNC Radio Schedule Wednesday and Thursday Lineup
A detailed schedule lists KGNC programs across Wednesday evening, Thursday morning and afternoon. Highlights include musical acts Dick Leibert, Rudolph Frimil Jr, Xavier Cugat’s Tango Orchestra, Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, plus news segments U P News and Hits and Encores.
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Thomas Brothers
Dick Leibert
Jack Armstrong
Rudolph Frimil, Jr
Yorgesson
Sports Review
Rubinoff
Rhythm & Romance
Fred Waring & His
Pennsylvanians
U. P. News
Jack Winston & Orchestra
The
Dreamers
Sky Pilot
Islanders
Buccaneers
Xavier Cugat
Russ Morgan
Sweet Music
Ma Perkins
Prairie Ramblers and Grain Report
George Hall
Rosario Bourdon
Sons of the West
Nathaniel Skilkret
Benny Goodman
Robert Hood Bowers
Lee O'Daniels
Hillbilly Boys
Philco Party
Betty
Bob
Thomas Turner
John Josey
Henry Ashley
Briton Sets New Altitude Record
London reports Squadron Leader F. D. R. Swain of the Royal Air Force has set a world altitude record of 79,967 feet, surpassing the previous 48,698 foot mark by 1,269 feet. He flew a Bristol 138 with a Pegasus engine in the record flight near Paris.
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London
F. D. R. Swain
Royal Air Force
Georges Detre
Paris
Swain
Petition Seeks Street Light at Twenty Fourth Avenue and Hughes
J B Mieran presented a petition to the city commission stressing the need for a light at Twenty fourth Avenue and Hughes Street. The commission granted the request citing a near tragedy at the intersection and an attempted assault nearby. Existing lights at adjacent blocks do not cover the long stretches.
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Twentyfourth Avenue
Hughes Street
City Commission
J. B. Mieran
Mieran
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Amarilloans Send Protest To Governor
Telegrams protesting diversion of highway funds were sent to Governor Allred by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce highway committee. At a special meeting the committee urged all citizens and chambers of commerce in the Panhandle to protest to Governor Allred and the legislature over a proposed 3 million dollar transfer from the highway fund to the Old Age Assistance Commission.
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Allred
Amarillo
Amarillo Grants Temporary Route Changes for Three Bus Lines
The city commission approves a 90 day temporary permit for Amarillo Bus Company to alter routes. G F Nussbaum outlines new paths on Arthur Street, Third Avenue, Houston Street, Tenth Avenue, and related streets in Bivins addition and the area around Sixteenth Avenue and Fillmore Street, ending with a reversion plan.
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Amarillo Bus Company
City Commission
G. F. Nussbaum
Arthur Street
Tenth Avenue
Third Avenue
Houston Street
Thirteenth Avenue
Travis Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Bonham Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Buchanan Street
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Twenty Fourth Avenue
Unidentified man found dead in box car yard
The body of an unidentified man about 35 lay in N. 8. Griggs and Sons morgue after exposure in a box car at Fort Worth and Denver Railway yards. Found Tuesday night by youths, he had been ill for days and was last seen by a Black man who gave him water. Fingerprints sent to FBI.
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Fort Worth
Denver
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Car Crash Kills R. R. Jacobs Near Crowell
An automobile accident ten miles east of Crowell last night crushed R. R. Jacobs, 50, of Plainview, to instant death when the car overturned on a curve. His wife, a daughter Guenelle, 8, a son Joe, 18, and brother-in-law Bert Stover, were en route to Decatur Alabama for a sister-in-law’s funeral. other occupants escaped serious injury.
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Here
R. R. Jacobs
Plainview
Jacobs
Guenelle
Joe
Bert Stover
Decatur
Ala
Stover
Pipe Machine Bought By City Water Department
Morrow-Thomas Hardware won a city contract to furnish a pipe machine for the water department after bids opened Tuesday night. The city manager, H. R. Smith, said the purchase should save the city enough to cover the price within a year. Visiting Amarillo, O V Vernon, former Amarillo Chamber of Commerce secretary, now based in Tucson, Arizona, is en route home after stopping in Childress.
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Water Department
H. R. Smith
Amarillo
O. V. Vernon
Rebels Advance Toward Madrid Amid Mobilization Called
Reports say Franco begins drive from Avila as rebels push toward Toledo and Madrid. Illescas reportedly reached as Loyalists retreat along the Toledo Madrid highway. Madrid government and Catalonia mobilize able-bodied men for general call to arms. workers like bricklayers enlisted to fortify Madrid.
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Franco
Valladolid
Toledo-Madrid
Illescas
Toledo
Madrid
Catalonia
Rebel columns edge toward Madrid amid Madrid mobilization
Reports from Madrid say Manuel Azaña left the capital toward the 25th of May at Alicante with Prof. Sanchez Roman as tensions rise. Loyalist forces defend Bilbao while rebels amass along the Biscay coast. Simultaneous clashes occur near Toledo and along routes to Madrid as rebel columns plan eastward advance via Avila and Maqueda toward the capital.
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Manuel Azana
Alicante
Sanchez Roman
National Republican Party
Madrid
Bilbao
Biscay Bay
Malaga
Toledo
Lisbon
Seculo
Avila
San Martin de Valdeglesias
Neves
Fuensalida
Santa Cruz del Re
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