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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
15
In Abilene Kansas a high school basketball team ate a postmeal spread of hamburgers meat sandwiches baked beans ice cream and soda before competing in a tournament. The meal was prepared for the players and is noted as part of team rituals before games.
An advertisement touts Maxwell House coffee as improved with a richer smoother flavor. It highlights a new roasting method Radiant Roast ensuring even roasting and full flavor with no weak or bitter notes.
The rules committee sent the Hatch bill to the House floor to bar pernicious political activity by about 250000 state employees funded partly by federal dollars. The measure, after a stormy path in the House, seeks quick debate with Rep Abe Murdock urging early action and Rep John Dempsey promising speedy consideration.
In San Juan Puerto Rico census enumerator Ana Angelica Velilla used a local newspaper photo of Governor William D. Leahy interviewing residents to persuade hesitant jibaro households to answer Census questions. She asked if the governor answers questions, why not they. The tactic reportedly worked with balky respondents.
Cora Cooke of the University of Minnesota Farm School cites records from 109 state flocks showing high producing hens lose 14.5 percent while low producing flocks lose 25 percent. High producers lay about 190 eggs per year, 66 more than low producers. Moose can leap over a 5 foot wall.
United States forest service plans to deploy parachute troops this summer to combat forest fires in mountainous terrain. Training will precede the season with 16 parachutes and eight pound radio sets. headquarters at Chelan National Forest Winthrop Washington and northern Rocky Mountain region.
Generalissimo Henri Guisan ordered creation of elite athlete companies drawn from Swiss army units. Officers, NCOs, and men will train in field sports, rugby, basketball, ski slalom, and more alongside standard army duties. The program aims to elevate athletic and military prowess across the force.
Fire stations act as distribution hubs for a welfare milk project in Houston. Since its start eleven months ago, Associated milk producers and bottle distributors have supplied over 300,000 quarts valued at $39,000 to more than 800 poor families daily under free milk ticketing, with welfare agencies coordinating tickets.
Mayor Walter Chandler frowned when the only City Hall postcards featured a 1910 model car in front. A salesman noted few tourists wanted City Hall cards, so no new batch was printed. An economist study linked higher family income to lower per person potato use.
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