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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1940
Page
1
Miss Jewell Davidson recounts tax deadlines and publicity efforts in Potter County. She notes visits from fellow tax collectors, the impact of license and title laws, and a county rate cut. The column reflects Amarillo civic life, weather musings, and reflections on the Chicago Democratic National Convention.
The Thelma from 103 North Harrison Street offers to do housework and child care and notes she is a capable typist. T A Ferguson of Pampa Texas seeks farm and ranch work with a reliable, experienced background with his wife as a housekeeper and cook.
A middle aged woman seeks a live-in companion and housekeeper for an aging mother near Tulsa Texas. She wants a healthful, reference-ready woman 40 to 55 who can drive and help with clothing and essentials. contact J. W. Harris at 202 Kentucky Amarillo or by phone 2 2097.
A California tourist G A Brady is in St Anthonys Hospital with abdomen wounds after a fight following a car crash near Amarillo. John B Allen of 1407 Hayden Street is at liberty on 1500 bond after being charged with assault with intent to murder. Brady's condition remains not critical and has shown little change.
Former War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha proposed in the Commons that a potential union or closer alignment could develop between the United States and the British Empire, signaling new diplomatic talk on August 20.
In Chungking Chinese forces report one hundred Japanese bombers returning in the afternoon to rain explosive and incendiary bombs on the already smoldering capital. The city, scarred by five air attacks in three days, has streets blocked by debris and a fire raging in a ruined district about a mile long.
Honolulu dispatch reports the United States will build its first underground hangar soon with army ownership of a site in Oahu. A natural beach runway beside a hill will conceal the hangar as part of a $300,000 underground gasoline storage project on Oahu and outer islands.
Six Servel salesmen from the Williams Company in 615 Taylor win paid vacations as national contest prizes. Winners include Ben Meyers Jim Holly Glenn Prater W. O. Mitchell H. B. Saunders and W. A. Robertson as the largest single organization prize rate.
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi meets Fort Worth department officials to plan enforcement of the new alien registration law. He is expected to return tonight or tomorrow. The article notes branding of livestock traced to ancient Egypt and origins of branding in America via Spaniards.
Sam Filkins announced early reservations for Thursday’s trip to Perryton to join a long caravan. The 7:30 a.m. hop off aims to ensure arrival for the parade with a Legion bus and Phillips Petroleum first aid car aboard. First reservations list Ed Hardin George Hammock Fred Galle Rolla Cartwright and many others.
Floyd Ford, recently released from Potter County jail, was arrested in Dalhart on car theft charges along with Vernon Lloyd. A car belonging to Uel A. Brown of 517 Pierce Street was recovered. Ford's mother in Carson, New Mexico, sent a morning card.
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce to kick off ticket sales for a Little Theater production next month. Proceeds will fund building construction for the Little Theater. Sam Davis, president, chairs the meeting at Southwestern Public Service Company at 8 p.m. with full membership urged to attend.
Four men were killed when an explosion wrecked a cartridge filling building at the Dupont Company's repanio dynamite plant in Gibbs town New Jersey. The blast shook nearby buildings and shattered windows as far as five miles away.
Secretary Ickes announced the United States is prepared to supply all helium gas needed for national defense from the government owned Amarillo Texas plant. He noted the plant has produced 100,000,000 cubic feet to date and stands ready to meet demands from the army or navy in the defense program. The gas is non-explosive and used for airship inflation.
An escaped German officer who spoke fluent English fled a northern Ontario internment camp. Authorities suspect fifth columnists aided the breakout, including a woman. The man, held since deportation from England, tunneled under a guard room using timber pilfered from barracks construction.
Weather and calendar favor fall gardening with turnips radishes spinach beets and mustard among recommended crops. Readers are urged to check Globe-News Want Ads classification 53 for seed and garden supply sources and dial 6262 for the Want Ad Headquarters.
Don Curl, attendant at the Lewis Island gas mart on Sixth and Georgia, was burned on the face when waste in an electric oil drainer exploded early today. The blast tore a metal band from the waste tank and wrapped it around Curl. San Jacinto firefighters nearby extinguished the fire with little damage reported.
The city commission will consider a paving petition for Western from Highway 66 to Fountain and bids on a carload of gasoline among routine matters. The meeting is scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight.
War report details a long air raid over Berlin with residents fleeing to underground shelters for about one hour and forty minutes. British authorities finally acknowledge the use of long range German guns in the bombing sortie.
British reports say bombarding of the southeast coast continues with a possible London bombardment threat. RAF bombers hit Boulogne three times in 48 hours while observers near the coast describe dramatic night bombing displays. Berlin claims a starvation blockade but Britain asserts shipping remains active through the Channel.
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