08 Aug 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1938
Page
1
The city baked under a high of 100 degrees marking a third 100 degree day this season. A week earlier the thermometer hit 101, the season’s high so far. Today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with continued heat.
Ab Blocker, 82, demonstrates the Blocker loop for XIT hands in Dalhart as the famous ranch reunion opens. He recalls branding cattle for the 3,000,000 acre XIT range and delivering the first herd to Buffalo Springs in 1885. The event gathers old trail drivers including Richard I. Cockrum and Col. Jack Potter with plans for rodeos and barbecues.
Twenty years ago Mrs. Roy McBride of 810 Kentucky Street rode the Buffalo Spring division of the old XIT Ranch. She helped brand and dehorn cattle, hunted at daybreak, and served as postman and roper. At the XIT Reunion she will recall her days, including a bold branding moment and seven weeks of coyote hunting with husband Mr. McBride, who praised her marksmanship.
The Associated Press reports Soviet troops drove Japanese forces from territory near Changkufeng and isolated them on lofty hills west of Lake Khassan. Moscow warned Japan it will repel all attacks with artillery and air power. Litvinov said border clashes north of Changkufeng show Japan risks a broader conflict and urged end to repeated incidents.
Orval Hicks age 28 and Vernon Ritter 38, both of Pampa, died after trying to swim Onais Lake 28 miles east of Canadian. Hicks was recovered 30 minutes after going down. Ritter found by nine feet of water after hours of searching. Their bodies were taken to local funeral homes. services likely Tuesday in Pampa. Hicks married with no children. Ritter married with three children, born in and from Groom, Texas.
Dr. C. H. Boissevain, head of chemistry for the Colorado Foundation for Research in Tuberculosis, reports a promising lead in starving tubercle bacilli by removing a fatty growth substance from the human body. He notes the substance, found in egg yolk and in guinea pig organs, is essential for bacilli growth and aims to identify and eliminate it to conquer tuberculosis.
In Kentucky voting, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley trailed by unofficial counts but led Governor A B Chandler for renomination. Barkley carried heavy margins in home and coal regions, while organized labor backed him. Bloodshed occurred in Bloody Breathitt County prior to the vote as Roosevelts allies push New Deal support.
Plans for a regional memorial service in Amarillo for Will Rogers unfold at a ministerial alliance meeting. The event, part of Old Southwest Days, aims for Aug 15 16 17 with Mrs Will Rogers attendance and bands from several towns. Proceeds benefit charity.
Tokyo reports the Canberra Maru hurried toward Douglas Reef to look for the Hawaii Clipper missing since July 28 with 15 aboard. Officials doubt the craft will be found afloat due to a typhoon.
London Aug 7 UP A coroner ruled the bargee found in a canal near Warwick died by his own actions due to painful corns. He suggested that if he had to walk much he might judge the effort not worth the trouble, in approving the inquest verdict.
A playful Western themed event unfolds as Amarillo plans a cattle car trip to Dalhart for the XIT Reunion with an all female twist. Women will be graded by attire and water dousing at the Silver Grill front, while 500 Amarilloans ride the Fort Worth and Denver tracks to depart for the Dalhart gathering. Cattle cars will carry passengers at one dollar per hundredweight with Mavericks providing drinks.
Engineers from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics conducted preliminary surveys in Wheeler County as part of the Wheeler County lake project. Ted Smith said the BAEE is supplementing information from the county commissioners WPA application and expediting construction on three dams funded in Swisher, Ochiltree and Hartley counties.
At the Ebro valley near the Spanish frontier government forces rallied to save the northern Catalan front after a major insurgent assault. Franco's forces shattered defenses near Caspe, with heavy government losses and reports of continued counterattacks and air bombardment.
Elizabeth Shields-Collens, 25, heads youth coordination for 26 countries and pushes early organizing for a 500 delegate World Peace Congress opening August 15 at Vassar. Japan joins via YM YWCA, but no official German Italian youth delegation due to Spain.
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