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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1940
Page
2
Readers send in puzzles and letters as The Globe-News bundles trivia about Canadian River naming, Old Tack column humor, and public notices. The page includes jokes, reader correspondence, and notes on cinema, celebrities, and wartime topics reflecting Amarillo area life.
Kansas City livestock figures show hogs and cattle trading uneven and higher with top hog prices around 6.25 and cattle firm to strong with fed steers near 11.25 and vealers up to 10.50. The item notes limited early trade and higher bids, plus a brief line about Amarillo High School Glee Club members leaving for a trip to represent their school in Waco.
R. E. Wertz of the Amarillo Gas Company is back at his office after eight months of ill health and rest. He reports feeling well and pleased to resume duties with many friends congratulating his recovery.
About 30 members of the Glee Club directed by Miss Mabel Rowan will travel by chartered bus to the state music contest in Amarillo.
County superintendent Carfl Clifft announces college entrance examinations in the courthouse May 1 2 and 3. Exams ordered only upon requisition and cannot be ordered after this week. State Department of Education sponsors the examinations.
Fire at the B and C Cafe on 1804 North East Eighth Avenue damaged the premises. Firemen received the alarm at 11 30 PM and were on the scene until after midnight.
A collage of items mentions candy and gum sales by a bank chairman and president drawing 99 999 84 a year. It notes about 60 000 Americans can fly, reports on partnerships easing due to law, a Kitchener Ontario name change to Berlin before 1914, and 20 000 New Yorkers celebrate birthdays daily.
Charles Scott seeks return of thinning shears lost between 413 Polk and 1215 Taylor Street on Saturday night with a reward offered. Cecil W. Cardwell of Lone Star Gas Co. requests information leading to recovery of a grandson’s Mason Shrine ring valued for sentimental reasons and bearing a blue enamel set with a shrined insigna, plumb bob and trowel. Potential loss sites include Sears Roebuck, Paramount Theater, Walgreens, and Allen's on Polk Street.
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