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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1940

Page

3

Airline executives discuss air parts in defense seminar

The Air Transport Association held a secret session in Kansas City with presidents and officials from major lines. They formed a defense committee in Washington to coordinate with wartime measures and plan expanded routes and feeder lines while stressing keeping schedules and operations smooth for national defense.

Kansas City U.P Air Transport Association Washington T. B. Wilson Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc ATA Defense Committee Wilson TWA Europe Eddie Rickenbacker Eastern Airlines Rickenbacker Army Navy Marine Reserve Corps

Boy Scouts Leader Compares Citizenship Roles

Will J. Hiatt of Llano Estacado Council addressed North Ameri Kiwanis, contrasting American youth citizenship building with totalitarian nations' military training. He used pictures to show the Scout program and its aims, introduced by Bennie Bruckner, with Charlie Smith presiding. Out-of-town visitor W. Martin of Colorado attended.

Will J. Hiatt Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts of America North Ameri Kiwanians Hiatt Mr. Hiatt Bennie Bruckner Charlie Smithe Oscar Hargett W. Martin Colorado

Opal Snow Dismissed From Oklahoma Hospital

Opal Snow a 19 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Snow of 809 Monroe was injured when a Tulsa Amarillo bus skidded and overturned near Luther Oklahoma on Sunday. She has been dismissed from the hospital but remains under doctor care and will not leave Oklahoma City for several days.

Opal Snow W. C. Snow Monroe Tulsa Pearl Lair Mylor Street Florence Stew Stewart Oklahoma Ity

Guymon Man Receives Long Distance Order

Guymon Oklahoma June 25 Grover Owen an implement dealer in Guymon reports a large sale by telephone to Cornell University entomology instructor Prof Clif ford Stark Ithaca New York The equipment will be delivered and installed at Stark s farm near Nashville Tennessee Stark s hobby farm pays in dollars and cents Owen notes The flying fortress reference highlights a dramatic claim about performance of a four engine system unrelated to the sale

Guymon Oklo Grover Owen Clifford Stark Cornell University Ithaca Owen Prof. Stark Nashville Tenn Stark Tennessee Okla

FSA Administrator W W Alexander Resigns for Rosenwald Fund

Washington June 25 Dr W W Alexander resigns as administrator of the Farm Security Administration to become vice president of the Julius Rosenwald Fund effective July 1 He will be replaced by C B Baldwin the fund's assistant administrator Alexander has long served as a director of the fund created to improve education health and economic conditions in the South Secretary Henry A Wallace commends his care and skill in supervising FSA programs helping rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of farm tenants.

Washington U.P W. W. Alexander Farm Security Administration Julius Rosenwald Fund C. B. Baldwin FSA Alexander South Henry A. Wallace

Rites Held for Texhoma Child

Last rites were held at the Methodist Church for three year old Don Arnold son of Mr and Mrs Omer Arnold of Texhoma. He died after a long illness Friday. He is survived by eight brothers and three sisters. Burial followed in Baker cemetery.

Texhoma, Okla Methodist Church Don Omer Arnold Baker Cemetery

Missing Pittsburgh teen Walter Zellen shocks schooled town

Walter Zellen, 17, disappeared hours before Schenley High School graduation in Pittsburgh. Parents Mr. and Mrs. John A. Zellen say he had not attended school for three years and may have spent days reading at home. Relatives in Rochester and Detroit could not locate him.

Pittsburgh U.P Walter Zellen Schenley High School John A. Zellen Walter Zellens Rochester New York Detroit

Magazine proceeds to benefit unit in Amarillo

The Hanson Post unit of the American Legion Auxiliary arranged with Mrs. Florence Shurtliff of Curtis Publishing for commissions from Curtis magazines sold in Amarillo to aid child welfare and rehabilitation funds. Unit president Mrs. J. Horace Griggs announced the plan, with local Curtis representative Mrs. Jackie Breno named.

Hanson Post American Legion Auxiliary Florence Shurtliff Curtis Publishing Company Curtis Company Amarillo Auxiliary J. Horace Griggs Jackie Breno Griggs

Rex Theater Red Cross Benefit Show Planned

Rex Theater hosts a midnight matinee with a pay what you will admission to support the Red Cross. Howard Anderson announces proceeds go to the Red Cross. Jim Golding donates theater, film, and staff. Show features Remember the Night with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, plus short subjects.

Red Cross Rex Theater Howard Anderson Jim Golding Rex The Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray

U. P. Clamps Down on Borders

The U S Department of Justice ordered stricter entry rules for Canadians at Ellis Island effective Monday. Immigrants from Canada must have a valid passport and visa or a resident alien border identification card, with the new regulations enforced by Rudolph Reimer, commissioner of immigration.

New York U.P Department of Justice Rudolph Reimer Ellis Island

Body Identified As Boat Victim In New Mexico Report

A body found below the Black Canyon rapids on the Rio Grande was identified as E. R Wakefield, a Denver Telegraph Company executive lost on a 1938 river trip. Hunt of Alamosa, Wakefield’s companion, said the knife and shoe matched Wakefield, the body recovered six miles downstream and lodged beneath a boulder after the ill fated craft wreck.

Questa N. M Black Canyon Rio Grande E. R Wakefield Denver Telegraph Company S. Hunt Alamosa Colo Wakefield Bill Douglas Hunt John Anderson Amarillo Tex

New Border Rules End Free Entry for Canadian Commuters

Reimer said the entry permit, issued by United States immigration authorities, ends the "you know me pal" access of thousands of Canadian commuters. He noted border patrol has been augmented to enforce the new regulations, and that Mexicans will be subject to the same rules from Monday onward.

United States Reimer

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