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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1940
Page
7
Hospital staff works to finalize the new facility and its equipment for the formal opening Tuesday with public viewing 1 30 to 4 30 PM and 7 to 9 PM. Board of managers building committee and staff credit unending effort. Judge J N Riggs and commissioners oversaw finances. Guy Carlander the architect.
Tribute to William Michael Browning age 30 a longtime Amarillo resident was held at Sacred Heart Cathedral with Mass by Father A Reichel and interment at Llano cemetery. Browning died Thursday in Liberal Kansas while visiting his sister Grace Browning. Surviving: sister and two brothers J E Browning Amarillo and J M Browning Los Angeles. Also includes insurance certificate notice from Texas Board.
The Kansas City markets show hogs steady to slightly higher with top around 5.45 and heavy weights scarce. Cattle and calves mix of steady to higher prices with fat cows and stockers firm. Sheep bids steady, with light lamb sales opening firm. Grain quotes list wheat and corn futures with mixed highs and lows. New York curb and exchange lists include energy and utility stocks and several oil and gas firms.
Idalou nine miles east of Lubbock reports its first census returns with a population of 503, 35 fewer than 1930. W. 8. Ruffner announces district totals and notes Amarillo results due later in the week. Earl Cayton stresses census accuracy as key for a decade. Local totals expected within a week.
Sam H. Cole portrays himself as the famed King of Newsboys visiting Amarillo with his wife and daughter. He recounts world travel, interviews, and opinions on Hitler and current events while praising local hospitality and planning a regional tour west of the Mississippi.
E Crownover 48 year old Amarillo representative of the Jacob Cold Packing Company of Wichita Kansas died at 6 45 this morning at his home 2205 Polk Street after a brief illness He was a member of the Masonic Order and the Baptist Church He is survived by his wife a daughter Doris Gale Crownover a brother Lee Crownover sisters Mrs E E Ballinger Mrs W B Clement Mrs E R Law and Mrs Jess Williams all of Plainview Ark and a nephew S L Harris of Amarillo Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 4 30 pm from the First Baptist Church Dr J Howard Williams pastor will officiate Pallbearers are J L McKinley Remus Kelly W W Elledge Vain Bentley E T Freeman and Odell Harris Burial will be Llano Cemetery The body will remain at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home until one hour before services.
Cullen Crain of Amarillo defeated Aaron Dry of Durant Oklahoma 6 3 6 1 in the first round at the River Oaks tournament in Houston on April 15.
Berlin reports German forces in Norway capture 300 prisoners along with seven cannon and supplied arms southeast of Oslo. New York notes the American Labor Party backs Roosevelt for a possible third term in 1940 after 1936 vote share.
No definite developments were made today in the police investigation of a burglary at Ratliff Grocery and a robbery at Hudson Hendricks Dryden service station. Cigarettes were taken from Ratliff Grocery on Sixth Avenue and Alabama Street, and $20 was taken from the service station. Some suspects were held.
Howard C. Griggs has sold his partnership interest in N. B. Griggs & Sons to his father N. B. Griggs. The business name remains N. B. Griggs & Sons with J. Horace Griggs and Alfred N. Griggs as the sole owners.
A bias skirt slacks and yoked shirtwaist create a three piece outfit in Anne Adams Pattern 4264 for girls sizes 6 to 14. Size 12 requires 2% yards of 35 inch fabric plus 1% yards contrast. send fifteen cents and include size name address and pattern number to Amarillo Globe Pattern Department 243 West with St New York NY.
Amarillo Knife and Fork Club seeks final reservations for the April dinner lecture featuring Clarence Streit at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are sold at Maxor Drug Store and Amarillo Hotel news stand. numbers must be known by noon tomorrow for planning. Streit, author of Union Now, lives in Geneva and is an expert on Near East and Balkan affairs.
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce members returned from Galveston after attending the Texas State Convention for Junior Chambers of Commerce. They promoted Binford Arney for State president and traveled by bus with Berger, Pampa, and Brownfield Jaycees.
Potter County collected $6,257.13 in state and county taxes and $140,380.87 in motor vehicle fees during March. Miss Jewell Davidson, the county tax officer, reported to the county commissioners court today.
John S. Cravens 72 a retired rancher died at 4 15 am at his home 205 North Taylor Street Amarillo where he had lived 15 years He is survived by one son E t Cravens of Amarillo The body lies in state at the Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
The Potter County Red Cross office reopened in the county courthouse today with Mrs. Floyd C. serving as executive secretary in charge. The office had been closed for several weeks.
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