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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1940
Page
4
Grant Reynard of Leonia New Jersey meets Rose Bowl Tea Room patrons today through Tuesday. The artist discusses regional art support, rejects arty stereotypes, and encourages thinking with the heart during discussions of his southwestern scenes.
Wellington May 31 Special Miss Helen Cooper wed D H Burkhalter in a Sunday ceremony led by Rev B H Givens. Attendants were Velma Kiser and Billie Joe Bullington. They plan to reside in Wellington. Also announced May 31 was the marriage of Jessie Lee Van Bibber and Raymond Williams on Nov 19 in Altus Oklahoma. The couple, both Childress High School graduates, will live with Williams in Burbank California. Josephine Hall wed Pat Pebley in Hollis Oklahoma May 22. The Pebleys will reside in Weatherford Oklahoma.
Miss Lela Worley elected president of the Sub-deb Club with Frances Goodloe as vice president. Other officers include Minnie Marie Levern secretary, Carlyn Morgan corresponding secretary, Betty Jim Hatch treasurer and historian, Sammie Bess Sparks reporter, Marie South parliamentarian. Members planned summer Tuesday meetings and a weekly swimming party plus a luncheon for sponsor Mrs. Donald MacKay before her Denver summer visit.
Miss Jimmy Ruth Reasoner bride elect of Sack Nash of El Paso was feted with a miscellaneous shower at the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Ball in Portales. Edith Stewart served as hostesses. An announcing card tied to mint favors read Jack to Jimmy Ruth June 30.
Today listings include a recital by A Band of Ellis B Hall Academy of Music auditorium at oclock, a games tournament at Carpenters Hall sponsored by Women s Auxiliary to the Typographical Union at 8 o clock, Home Demonstration Club Council at Pauline Lakey s office at 2 o clock, Cub Chorus at Pauline Lokey s office at 1 o clock, joint meeting of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies Auxiliary at O F Hall at 2 o clock, a piano recital by Mary Frances Russell at Musical Arts Conservatory of West Texas at 7 30 o clock, Amarillo Chapter O E 8 installation of officers at Masonic Hall at 8 o clock.
Dorothye Kilcrease was honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Mrs. Hazel Kelley at the home of her mother Mrs. A. D. Duniven in Alabama Street. Attendants included June Brown and Virginia Atkins among others. gifts carried in a blue and white express wagon, wedding colors.
Speech teacher Mrs Daisy Person leaves today for Fort Worth her former home to spend the summer. She notes her student recital Wednesday night at the Herring Hotel drew a large attentive audience.
The MacDowell Juvenile Club will be entertained by the counselor with a program and tea Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock in the home of Mrs H A Waller 3615 North East Eighth Avenue. Guests will include the members their parents teachers and members of the senior MacDowell Club.
Piano pupils of Mrs Leta Crudg ington will be presented in recital at 8 o clock Monday night at Myers Music Mart. Friends and patrons are invited. Floy Clark will appear in a piano recital at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the drawing room of the Musical Arts Conservatory. Teddy Lokey will give a piano recital at 8 o'clock Monday night in the Musical Arts Conservatory drawing room. Officers of Amarillo Chapter Eastern Star will be installed at 8 o'clock tonight at the Masonic Hall. Mrs Robbie Dyer will be the installing officer. A games tournament is tonight at 4 o'clock in the Carpenters Hall. Attendees at Old Settlers Reunion include Mr and Mrs Roy K Bruner, Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mundell, and Mrs EB Reeves, guests at Mr Glad Snodgrass. Mr and Mrs Earl A Newton of San Francisco are visiting Mrs Newton's mother, Mrs C W Ford.
In Galway Ireland on May 31 hundreds of homeward bound Americans stranded in the British Isles awaited the US liner President Roosevelt. The town swelled from 18000 to over 1200 in a single night as hotels, homes, and public halls prepared for the influx and for the liner to arrive by nightfall.
The Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce will broadcast its weekly Americanism program on KGNC Sunday at 3 15 PM. The cast includes James Neill Northe Ruth Klein Mrs Wayne O Keefe Laurence McBee Paul Ellis and Barney Cagle with Bert Levy chairing the Americanism committee.
Townsend Club No 6 of the Townsend plan meets at the Baptist church on Fifth Avenue and Cleveland Street at 7 30 tonight. Sandwiches and coffee will be served. The public is invited.
The McMurry Chanters of McMurry College Abilene will perform at San Jacinto Methodist Church morning worship at 10:50 and Polk Street Methodist Church evening service at 8. The 26 member group directed by Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylie with Aileen Hardin and Joe Boyd as accompanists has built a regional concert reputation.
Sunday school at Line Avenue Baptist starts 9:45 with 9:30 service and 11 morning worship. Evening services at 8. Rev H T Sullivan preaches both sessions on Fruit Bearing. Training Unions at 6:45 nightly. West Amarillo Christian Church hosts Rev Powell A Smith delivering The New Testament Church in the Hour of Crisis in morning and The Road to Dominion at 8 evening. Youth Council meets 7. Special choir music noted.
In Tijuana Gen Manuel Avila Camacho the government backed candidate warned rivals may use force if he wins but ruled out revolution He spoke on uniting capital labor and people and forging a government for all Mexicans aiming to erase an inferiority complex among Mexicans and foster citizenship across a decisive next generation.
The Scur ry County Times printed a double page ad offering a half inch of rain within a week, sponsored by about 50 merchants who wouldn’t pay if it failed. The edition released at 2 pm Thursday. rain started at 7 pm, with precipitation measured at 0.91 inches as owner Willard Jones collected.
A London report from May 31 quotes a British veteran returning from Flanders who said German parachute troops could not land near the front. He described seeing German corpses with many bullets and stated they were killed before reaching the ground.
Mrs W W Cox of Camp Picket Weston Colorado leaves today for home. She travels with her mother Mrs A H Willborn and June and Joe Bob Mobley. Mrs Cox attended her granddaughter June Mobley’s graduation night, where she received a high school diploma. Mrs Forrest Power of Clarendon visited Mrs Joe Mobley at 2600 Hayden Street Thursday.
Former Louisiana governor Richard W. Leche testified he received over 31,000 in commissions from a truck deal with the Louisiana Highway Commission while he also disclosed earning more than 250,000 from various business deals in which he invested nothing. He detailed 134,000 from an oil deal with East Texas Refining Co and Seymour Weiss, alongside Mayors Maestri and Leche as part of the Huey Long era ruling coalition. He cited commissions totaling 57,... in 1937 86,419.47 in 1938 and 65,829.83 in 1939 from a contract with William Feazel and United Gas Co.
The Social Security Board announced 1,965 Texans receive monthly benefits under its programs. Total payments amount to 35,343 distributed among 1,190 retired workers 25,234 144 aged wives and retired workers 1,566 464 children 5,314 8 aged widows 170 and 159 widows with dependent young children 3,059.
New York May 31 Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier will end their Broadway Romeo and Juliet June 8 to report for war duty in London Leigh hopes to entertain at the front and aid Britain though she does not know her exact assignment.
Dr. J Rowland Angell of Yale predicted rapid growth of university radio at a Southwest conference on education by radio in Austin. NBC delegates and university radio men attended sessions in the new radio house with executives from National Broadcasting Company present.
In federal court Madison on May Bl George, former vice president of B F Buckman & Co, testified he relied on firm attorneys and accountants for all transactions. Judge Briggle denied motions for acquittal but allowed renewals later. He questioned why Shotola and Crofoot were drawn into the case and asked lawyers to explain their roles.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors heard reports from George Broome and Tom Cotten, who returned from Washington where they urged defense funding for the Panhandle. They indicated ongoing efforts to bring war industries inland with government aid and praised continued liaison with national leaders to secure a share of defense funds.
London marks the fifth anniversary of the first Zeppelin raid. Encyclopedia Britannica notes the airship carried a violent bomb, caused 41 fires, with five people killed and 14 injured during the attacks last night.
The final day to claim the $1,000,000 reward posted by 50 Pittsburgh plutocrats for Adolf Hitler’s capture arrives at midnight. The German chancellor would be delivered unharmed to the League of Nations to stand before a high court for crimes against world peace and dignity.
Fredo Rantaleoni, longtime head of the Italian tourist information office in New York, resigns in protest against the Rome Berlin axis. He warns Italy could suffer disaster if it joins Germany, denounces Goebbels propaganda, and appeals to Italians in America to oppose the Axis alliance.
An earthquake struck Paducah Kentucky at 2 PM and shook Cincinnati during the Seismological Society of America meeting. Seismologists were focused on wartime discussions and did not realize the tremor until newspapers alerted them. damage was minimal though buildings were jolted.
LIMOGES May 31 United Kingdom Belgian Parliament members in France tonight unanimously approved Hulbert Pierlot's declaration that King Leopold III who surrendered his army to the Germans is no longer considered a threat to Belgium and will remain outside the country for the present. The vote confirms a government position amid postwar uncertainty about Leopold's role.
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