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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1940
Page
2
A reader letter gabble blends weather quips and a planned Alaska travel diary. It mentions an August departure with companions, hunting plans, and the News-Globe covering expenses. The piece riffs on politics, cinema, and international mood, ending with a stray note on Jews and world events.
A British note on isolationism taints U S policy, a Miami tale of a crook who asks Milton Berle about Vanderbilt, and assorted trivia on a cocoanut milk delicacy, Nazi shipping losses, theater carpets, poison murders, ancient warfare nerves, coffee bags, hit songs, Lincoln books, hot dogs at the fair, Jimmy Roosevelt’s venture, and early cigarette history.
W. W. Woolsey, Amarillo oil operator, was critically injured in a two car crash near Elk City Oklahoma. He suffered a broken leg head injuries and deep cuts and remained semi conscious at Community Hospital Elk City. Three other occupants were killed or fatally injured.
Forest V. Sorrel of Houston led Amarillo Kiwanis in a Secret Service program on counterfeit currency as part of a nationwide education drive. The event cited U S. figures showing counterfeit dollars down to about 100000 this year from 1 million five years ago, crediting the Treasury Department's Know Your Money campaign. Checks totaling over a thousand dollars were presented for the Phillips 66 champion calf and a calf bought by Charley Pryor for the Amarillo Hotel, with recipients from the Preventorium accepting funds.
Austin officials announce state government departments closed today in observance of the San Jacinto holiday proclaimed by Governor W. L. O'Daniel since April 21 fell on Sunday.
N V Moss chief clerk of the city water department is in Kansas City for the American Waterworks Association Convention. He left Saturday and the convention ends Thursday.
A large quantity of feed was destroyed by an early morning fire Sunday at the Wineinger Dairy two miles south of Amarillo. The Amarillo fire department was called at 6:35 AM.
In Waverly Massachusetts a 13 month old boy Richard Quinlan dislodged a marble from his throat after a police car ride to a hospital proved as effective as medical treatment. The car trip over rough roads lasted three miles and the marble was swallowed during the journey as the boy was sent home cured.
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