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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1941
Page
2
The piece by C B Shepard of Fritch Texas mixes weather notes with mock war forecasts and reflections on Texas politics and journalism. It mocks seniors in Congress and laments public apathy while urging support for servicemen and practical acts of kindness.
The Globe strips invites readers to submit guest columns for the Old Tack column contest. Entries must be 900 to 1,200 words, mailed to Wei Izzard care of The Globe, Amarillo. Ten dollars per submitted column, winner substitutes for Old Tack for a week at $100, judging by Aug. 20.
J Sam Kline owner of Amarillo's new women’s apparel store opens at 8 pm at 615 Polk Street. The event includes store inspection, personnel meet and greet, entertainment, music, mannequins, and radio broadcasts with no sales. Kline and staff are Amarillo residents following a decade in Tyler.
A 14 year old boy Bennie Mills appeals for a call or visit at 800 Williams St to hire as a worker. John Willard seeks any odd jobs at 205 N Taylor St. A reader wants to find a young male dog or puppy. Care for children seeks a reader to babysit or assist an elderly woman at 910 504 S Gillespie St. Paul Davidson seeks automobile repair shop work. father in hospital. A reader lost a white gold wrist watch in downtown, reward offered at 1222 Fannin St.
Amarillo to host a fall market for ready to wear retailers from Oct 25 to 27 with plans discussed by O K Clark and committee members at 11 am in the chamber of commerce. Rex Baxter reports from Lubbock on market week and travel arrangements.
The Investment Bankers Association of America urged the Senate Finance Committee to raise a 3.326 billion dollar tax bill by a 10 percent excess profits tax on annual salary increases and added 5 and 10 percent taxes on certain semi luxury items. The plan includes taxing wage gains in addition to existing income taxes, widening the tax base, boosting gasoline and beverage levies, and raising exemptions for some brackets.
St. Anthony’s hospital reports all four accident victims are recovering after two crashes yesterday morning. The O’Neals from Lawton Oklahoma and their 3 year old son John sustained cuts and bruises in a collision at North Fillmore and Hastings Avenue. J E Risley of 411 North East Third Avenue also suffered cuts and bruises after colliding with an ambulance being rushed to the O’Neals.
A motorist tried to pass a trolley on the wrong side and found himself confronted by a dozen policemen who whistled to stop traffic as every car along the block paused.
Oil and cattle figure vay ravior known nationwide is recovering from a minor operation performed Saturday in Fort Worth. The Amarilloan is expected home within a few days.
Hogs salable and total 3,000, fairly active and steady with tops to 11.15 for 180-240 lb pigs. Cattle salable 13,000 with total 13,400, heavy steers and yearlings steady to fully steady, bulls up 25c, vealers steady. stockers and feeders about 60 percent of receipts, values led by Colorado fed heifers 12.40 and lightweight steers 12.15. Sheep 5,000 on hand with limited activity, best lambs around 10.75, overall steady to weak. Financial Security Fund offered at 1.5277 with asking price 1.68.
James Edward Wells, 56, Moore County stock farmer and longtime Palo Duro School Board secretary, died after a heart attack at Moore County Hospital. He had lived in Moore County 39 years and leaves four daughters, a son, three sisters, and a brother. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Dumas High School Auditorium with burial in Dumas Cemetery.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned that failing to approve an army service extension would have a very bad psychological impact on U.S. international stance. The 18 month extension passed the Senate and now faces House action. Hull spoke at a press conference, saying congressional inaction could hurt prestige abroad and embolden potential aggression.
Mrs. Joe Killough of 3612 West Seventh Avenue watched a Night Blooming Cereus bloom for one night after more than a decade of growth. The plant, up to 12 inches across and over feet tall, is native to Jamaica and blooms only once yearly.
The passage notes Singapore as a focal point and stresses that decisions will affect Australia and the United States as well as the Netherlands East Indies and similarly placed nations. It frames these choices as having broad international significance for regional balance and future relations.
Japanese planes kept Chungking under alarm for nine and a half hours marking a record for the bomb battered capital. The alert began at 4 10 A M after a lull from four Sunday raids in which American mission property was hit and about 100 Japanese planes crossed over the city. The Sunday attacks kept the population underground for a total of 14 hours.
The Tri-State Fair announced a defense display for September 29 to October 4. A mobile recruiting unit is promised to attend daily, with possible mechanized troops in a defense parade, per a letter from Major Walter Jessee of the Eighth Corps Area. Automatic traffic recorders are now used in 46 states.
General Maxime Weygand returns to North Africa from Vichy without attending a defense cabinet meeting. Paris hints a decision on foreign policy may come later. U S reports say relations with Vichy hinge on cabinet decisions, with possible recognition of Free French if Germany demands are not met.
Dr Serge Voronoff, famed monkey gland expert, calls the monkey mankind s spare parts depot and urges North American breeding on a large scale. He says simians should be raised in suitable regions to aid medical science and humans. He has been conducting experiments at the Rockefeller Institute in New York and is vacationing in Quebec.
Officials report survey teams are mapping a new East Coast oil line. The scheme, led by Emergency Pipelines and National Defense Pipelines, would finance an $80 million project with private notes and junior securities. A second 1000 mile route from Baton Rouge to Greensboro would carry gasoline to relieve shortages.
The text notes new lines from Port St. Joe Florida to Chattanooga Tennessee and a crude Portland Maine to Montreal line. It mentions a 50 000 barrel per day carrier over the White Mountains, above 2000 feet, amid about 130 000 miles of pipeline in service, with total oil and gas lines circling roughly 13Jeep? around the world. Mechanical ditch diggers and tractors accelerate construction, while lines tunnel under roads and rivers and use gravity or booster pumps to move products.
Civic leaders call for support as Amarillo plans a defense push. Chamber of Commerce offices can be contacted to join a campaign, with early contributions reaching 500 dollars. A citizens committee including Mayor Joe Jenkins Col E A Simpson Ed Hardin and John K Boyce will tour to highlight Amarillo’s advantages.
George S. Mitchell of the Farm Security Administration wires Rex Baxter that there are no plans to move Region XII from Amarillo. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce had inquired about keeping the offices in the city and received an appreciative reply confirming no relocation plans.
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