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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1939
Page
9
European defense displays show life sized dummies in RAF planes with or without parachutes, plus demo troops in trucks and Zurich trench figures. The scenes illustrate recruits and a simulated military readiness as Europe faces rising tension.
John Hillery, a wedding guest, hid a bride and groom's motor cycle for a prank. He faced four charges including drinking while driving and taking the vehicle without consent. He was fined $9 after the bride was revealed as his sister.
Courthouse records show warranty deeds and transfers from 1939 including G C Saunders et ux to E R Emanuel for 2500 dollars and O B Reiman et ax to John Farrell for 10 dollars. Also listed are transfers to Imogene Pace, H G Johnson, Pauline Lokey, and others plus car registrations noting 1939 Chev sed and Olds sed.
A baby girl born to Mrs Rafael in Manila survived 24 hours with her heart protruding from the chest and only covered by thin tissue. Doctors fear surgery to place the heart inside could be fatal. Surgeon Dr Guillermo del Castillo attends, monitoring the exposed heart with a glass bowl to prevent infection.
Two people are dead and two injured after a thousand feet of 4 inch gas pipe broke loose from cables while being lowered into a ditch on the San Bernardino Mountains. The pipe rolled down the slope and struck Henry Dutton of Los Angeles among others.
John T. Lantz a 37 year old Union Pacific fireman died from a seven inch deep wound after a nine inch wood splinter pierced his side when a west bound cattle train passed on the main line near Bonner Springs. He died after emergency treatment and blood transfusions at St Margaret's Hospital.
An anti aircraft detachment fired on a German airliner en route to East Prussia near Gdynia Poland but the aircraft was not hit and continued its flight.
A man was hurled 100 feet into the air when a pipe struck an automobile on the Rim of the World Highway. The driver Mrs Bess Ross, 42, of Long Beach California, was killed. Her housekeeper Miss Anna McDonald, 25, lost a leg and was in critical condition.
West Texas Chamber of Commerce directors met in Fort Worth to draft recommendations to Texas Attorney General Mann for prosecuting the Texas freight rate case before the interstate commerce commission. The group thanked Gov. O Daniel for a $30,000 appropriation to pursue suits to raise Texas and Southwest rates to match the lower official zone levels set east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio River. The case seeks to align Texas rates with the official zone, which ranges from 60 to 85 percent lower than Texas rates on all classes.
Amarillo readers can follow Salvation Army activities in the Southern territory through The War Cry weekly. The current issue covers the World Baptist Alliance meeting in Atlanta and Salvation Army bands at the convention. Amarillo ranks second in state sales. Houston leads.
The 20 30 Club, a national service group for men ages 20 to 31, plans its Amarillo start with a business meeting at 8 pm in room 455 of the Amarillo Hotel. Organizers seek petition for a charter, require ten to start and fifteen for a charter, and invite eligible men to attend.
Vaudeville acts debut in Texas with Jeannie Lane held over from last season and Harley Sadler’s tent theatre for a week under the American Legion. The big tent will stand at Fourth and Jefferson. Henry, world traveler and magician, headlines with rapid sand art. Tonight’s program features He Couldn't Take It.
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