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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1940
Page
2
Curtis Douglass reflects on campaign trials and vanity after the first primary in the Panhandle. He recalls a county leader claiming “a Moses in every precinct” and lampoons candidate boasts, speeches, and the hope for votes amid harvest season, funerals, and dwindling crowds.
In a Texas reminiscence the speaker laments modern politicians chasing popularity and questions leadership. He argues money and machines drive campaigns, praises statesmen of the past, and advises defeated candidates to smile and show dignity while thanking supporters.
The piece surveys past writers and current figures who warned of holocaust in air warfare and links their visions to today's battle over Britain. It notes forecasts by Tennyson Kipling Wells Mitchell Arnold and De Seversky, then describes expected future planes and ranges as air power grows.
Edward W. Beattie Jr. reports from the southeast coast that RAF countermeasures have reduced German air raids. Fighters disrupt formations before coast crossing, intercept bombers inland, and anti aircraft guns plus fighters prevent second wave attempts, diminishing bombers' impact though some targets are hit.
Houston August 19 AP A thief broke into H W Buselle's grocery store after 25 years of collecting 400 Indian head pennies. The burglar also seized $18 in cash and three cartons of cigarettes.
Anti conscription forces expect the Senate to defer conscription to 1941 under Senator Maloney’s postponement plan, despite Wendell Willkie’s endorsement of selective service. The Maloney measure would register men aged 21 to 31 now but not call them before Jan 1 1941 unless voluntary enlistments fail.
The city issues a permit for the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1201 Taylor Street. The $20,000 church project includes a six room parsonage and is approved by city building inspector Wallace Hazlewood.
Loy Lane a 19 year old Beasley Alarm System watchman suffered a cut on his right arm after his bicycle was crushed by a Fort Worth and Denver freight engine at the Tyler Street crossing. He grabbed the cowcatcher and was dragged two blocks but escaped with minor bruises and the arm wound.
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