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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1941
Page
4
A telegram from Kay Kyser to the University Fraternity Club says due to uncertain arrival time of a chartered plane and a 7:30 concert, he cannot attend the buffet supper Friday afternoon. He hopes to join the dance that evening. secretary Fountain Works announced the event cancellation.
The Amarillo health department reports at least 65 measles cases in the city, with about 30 additional cases in the last 30 days. Officials say the incidence remains about normal, as measles are reportable but not quarantinable in this area.
Sheriff Wilbanks said detectives have a promising lead on the murder of Mrs. Murphy, a Marion divorcee known for poems in Indiana papers and a 1930s anthology. Postcards show she married, with suspects seen in Texas when the crime occurred.
A vintage medical ad explains backache often comes from tired kidneys. It describes kidney function and symptoms like swelling and fatigue. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist for Doan's Pills, claimed to cleanse kidney filters and improve well being.
Austin reports the Texas House sent the Senate a joint resolution by a 10 vote margin to submit a constitutional amendment. Sponsors say it will place the state on a cash operating basis starting in 1945.
John E. Hill presented a regional inventory of suppliers and materials available in the Panhandle and nearby states. He noted heat, fuel, power, petroleum, zinc, limestone, iron ore or pig iron, scrap iron, potash and derivatives, ammonia, nitrogen, sulfuric acid, copper, skilled labor, freight rates, transit privilege, carbon black, Fuller’s earth, cotton linters and water. He highlighted carbon black as correlated to defense resources and suggested wool as another linked product.
The Oil Meet gathers in Houston with A M Donahue as crude oil manager and speakers from Wichita Falls Dallas Tulsa and Oklahoma A and M. A 12 15 luncheon features J S Bridwell Grady Hazlewood and George Gibbons followed by a business session annual reports and nominations. The Herring Hotel opens at 4 00 PM with a 7 00 PM Crystal Ballroom banquet. A final pair of talks ends the day with a Dixie Dice floor show finale.
Charley Wilson reports more than two gallons of aluminum milk bottle tops saved for the Preventorium in a drive led by Mrs. Ollie M. Childers. May day trucks will begin collecting foil and aluminum from public places to encourage saving habits. housewives with old aluminum items should contact Mrs Childers to arrange pickup. The Women's Auxiliary of Canadian reports participation and other towns are invited to join.
Lester Etheridge of Glen Casey Motor Company escaped serious harm when the car he was underneath slipped off the jack. He sustained a sprained ankle and is nursing the injury.
News from the western front reports the Luftwaffe's massive raid on London as the fiercest air assault to date with 400 Nazi planes dropping incendiaries and bombs. Dense smoke, heavy casualties, eight damaged hospitals and a theater reflect the devastation while German and Allied forces clash across northern Greece and the Aegean region as battles intensify near Mt Olympus and Servia.
Markets data show stock averages at 1 PM and livestock results from Kansas City. Hogs total 4,000 with prices 8.70 to 8.90 for certain weights, cattle supply about 1,300 with mixed demand and steady to weak pricing, calves 200 head, sheep 4,500 with bids down about 25 cents and native spring lambs around 11.00.
It has been estimated that under average conditions you can achieve the most miles per gallon by driving an automobile at a speed of 35 miles an hour.
A Boston press feature explains the term metropolitan Boston covers 12 plus districts, from 14 to 80 communities. Divisions arise from sharing water supply and services while avoiding full city taxation. The planning commission district has 43 cities and towns.
Construction costs in Amarillo for the year exceed the prior period by over 50 000 dollars with active development. The 1941 building program totals 768 545 dollars versus 706 936 dollars last year as permits and appeals board actions shape growth. Oliver Eakle Development Company received a 5 500 dollar permit for a five room brick house at 2401 Tyler Street. Lee McMurtry was granted a permit to add servants quarters at 2409 Polk Street. A grain elevator permit near East Third Avenue and the Fort Worth and Denver spur was refused by building code officials Macon Carder and W Prank Litle.
Hannibal New York reports Mrs Horace Pratt age 52 holds nine motherhood titles including mother, grandmother, foster mother and more. She expects a tenth title soon as she hopes to become a great grandmother any day now, reflecting a lifetime in maternal roles.
The west wind rose to about 20 mph early, then quickened toward 40 mph in the afternoon. Mr Coliman expects high clouds to the north with little moisture. Temperatures should reach around 80 degrees today and fall to 50 tonight. Yesterday’s extremes were 44 and 76.
Classified ad seeks a room with an adjoining bath and outside entrance at 504 Kentucky. Call Want Ad Headquarters at 6262 for details and availability.
William Dewey Yates aged 43 of 26 Georgia Street has been reported missing to Amarillo police. He disappeared several days ago and relatives think he may be traveling to Oklahoma or California to visit relatives. Police are aiding in the search.
Lester F. Guthrie won a bet by squeezing a beer glass, which shattered and caused severe lacerations, leaving him to collect the wage in a hospital in Denver on April 17.
The Canada United States Joint Permanent Defense Board announced completion of plans for military and naval defense of the eastern and western coasts of Canada and the United States.
In Seattle on April 17 a truck carrying beer bottles burst into flames while police and fire crews stood by. The blaze was fought as a gasoline tank risk loomed nearby. Firemen contained the fire and saved the truck. Battalion Chief Joseph A. Spranger noted the beer caused the incident to escalate but was ultimately controlled with no injuries.
Amarillo residents are watering lawns trees and shrubs as spring brings higher water use. Yesterday's total reached 6.1 million gallons, about 100000 more than last year. The new city commission launched bids to install turbine pumps at Word Ranch wells to boost supply.
In Omaha Nebraska a remarriage links George Searle and his former wife after 33 years apart. Searle left Des Moines Indiana for work, served 20 years in the army and 10 in the marine corps, retiring on pension. A letter from Des Moines sparked a reunion and reconciliation officiated by Reverend J W Pressly. Mrs Searle had worked as a bookbinder while keeping the home.
Frank Brown operator of a Modern Coney Island restaurant at 502 North Fillmore Street collapsed outside his business this afternoon from a heart attack. He was rushed by Boxwell Brothers ambulance to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Ambulance attendants reported he had stepped outside for fresh air when the collapse occurred.
INDIANAPOLIS April 17 State police opposed a local home plan after allegations that William Hubbard stole tools labor roofing and materials from building sites in nearby Johnson County. He was jailed in Franklin on a burglary charge.
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