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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1939
Page
6
Burgos Spain April 12 U P says Italian and other foreign troops will not be withdrawn from Spain for at least several weeks. The statement cites reiterated promises and notes allied troops stayed in the battle zone after the World War. The victory march is expected in Madrid on May 2.
The Eastern division of TWA ground crews and pilots received a National Safety Council award for 151 204 506 passenger miles flown without a fatality since 1931. Lew Palmer presented the certificate to W P Conroy at a New York luncheon where the council honored the airline.
Amarillo City Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 30 P M on Tuesday April 18 1939 in City Hall Council Chamber to consider rezoning Lot 1 2 Block 416 Mirror Addition from Cc Commercial to B Manufact uring. Katheryne Burwell City Secretary March 29 1939. Certificate of Authority shows California Western States Life Insurance Company Sacramento California to do business in Texas for year ending February 29 1940.
Secretary Harold Ickes criticized the press in New York addressing the Newspaper Guild, naming columnists and using satire to question editorial responsibility. He contrasted dictators with newspapers and urged standards while praising some critics and lambasting others. A separate note reports Argentina’s ex-mayor Huisi suing his city council as the Supreme Court weighs in.
Veteran correspondent reports Germany will display a helicopter viewed as a new era in private flying by Col. Lindbergh. The craft, with two seats, can take off vertically, hover, and land anywhere, and may revolutionize air travel while also having military use.
WACO, April 12. The Texas Baptist Sunday School Convention, expecting 10 000 attendees, split into sectional meetings since no single auditorium could hold all. Five of the city’s largest auditoriums were used last night. Dr. W R White of Oklahoma City urged the church to be a going affair grounded in the commission to go make disciples. Robert Jolly of Houston, convention president, warned assemblies could be torn apart by soldiers in many dictatorships.
A Panama straw hat valued at 500 dollars was displayed at the Merchant Tailor Designers' Association convention in Philadelphia. The hat, braided and woven like a linen handkerchief, drew attention for its craft and price.
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