16 Apr 1941
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1941
Page
1
A breezy column blends spring weather notes with farm reports and public mood. It cites April showers, fruit and wild plum prospects, poison ivy sightings, and a rancher’s dug-out habit, interwoven with wartime outlooks, quotes, and domestic trivia about aluminum, bread freezing, and cultural quirks.
Mrs. Vern Hendricks of Amarillo, adopted from an Fort Worth orphanage as a baby, met her long lost sister Mrs. J C Price of Denver on a surprise visit. The 21 year old Hendricks learned she has a 24 year old sister after Fort Worth records located the family.
Mrs Miniver author Jan Struther visits Fort Worth area and remarks on altitude affecting work. She plans to speak at the Knife and Fork Club and autograph books at Russell Stationery, while noting fewer cowboy sayings in Texas than England.
Tex Bradford, a Texas oil well blaster in the Canadian Army in Britain, exploded the Crystal Palace north tower. He praised the blast as beautiful and said the decorous ruin sounded sweet to his ears while noting the palace’s 1851 origin and prior fire damage.
A reader seeks cafe dining room or laundry work and housekeeping. another asks for a housekeeper or nurse at 323 West 7th Ave. a permanent position seeks a woman aged 30 to 40 to care for two girls for room and board, no smoking or drinking. contact Mr B F Jackson care A H Jennings Vigo Park Texas.
A new selective service call will draft about 1,000 more Texans between May 5 and 8. Adjt. Gen. J Watt Page announced Texas will provide 8,600 additional soldiers before July 1, though Potter County’s exact quota was not listed. Texas has now called 23,585 men overall. local boards will receive quotas tomorrow.
U S D A report from Kansas City shows hogs at 10-20 cents higher than Tuesday with top at 9.05, 180-230 lb cattle steady to higher, calves steady, and feeders slow. Hogs sold 2,000 head with total 2,000 salable. cattle 4,300. calves 250. Prices vary by weight and class.
A morning shooting in Wichita Falls left Mrs. Clifford Davis, her father Steve Brawner, and Mrs. Davis's husband dead. Two boys aged 2 and 11 survived unharmed as Nat L. Inge ruled the deaths murder and death by own action. Authorities reported five shots in Brawner and one in Mrs. Davis. Davis died after hospital care. motive undetermined.
Amarillo Girl Scouts held a morning cooking lesson for mothers at Central Presbyterian Church. The first in a series showcased camping and cooking principles for intermediate and senior troop mothers. Camp materials and new 1941 camp uniforms were displayed. The event was led by Mrs. W. B. Gunn with assistants Mrs. Erwin C. Ochsner and Miss Ida Mae McClure.
Face the facts roundworms can infect a child causing pale thin appearance and nervousness. Signs include itching of nose or seat uneasy stomach fingernail biting. Use Jaynes Vermifuge America s best known worm medicine proven by over a century of use to expel stubborn worms and gently act as a mild laxative.
Shamrock OU and Gas Corporation will raise wages for all hourly workers by 5 cents per hour and salaried employees by 10 dollars per month, effective April 1. President H. C. Fownes II announced the increases for all employees in the specified classification.
The Texas State Employment Service office in Amarillo reports over 400 inquiries for national defense work and 275 new job applications. The drive is part of the national defense labor registration program via the Bureau of Employment Security and state services. Applications will be classified by occupation and sent to Austin for compilation with other districts.
In Jasper Indiana Dr. A H Held, elected coroner last November, began a two year term in January. He soon left for naval service and was replaced by his brother Dr G A Held. Now G A Held is called to army duty and Dr Joseph Hennessy, former deputy coroner, fills the position.
The New York Stock Exchange paid one figure $48,000 a year and another $16 a week. The army began paying them $21 a month each. William Mc Chesney Martin, 34, resigned as NYSE president when drafted. William Metrinko, 23, left his post as popular page boy as induction followed.
An old advertisement touts Lavoptik as a nondrug eye rinse for irritated inflamed and burning eyes. It claims 25 years of success and offers an eye cup with purchase, available at druggists.
Metrinko recalls that Geel Martin left amid limited advancement prospects while he and his former boss were seen as close collaborators. Martin, three years head of the nation’s leading securities market, reportedly believed the United States would end the war.
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