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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1940
Page
6
The Globe reports Miss Jeanne D Arcy of New York offered to marry a man who would join the armed forces. Dozens reply with support and opposition, including a male writer who condemns conscription and calls patriotism a duty to defend liberty. The writer’s full name is withheld.
Ike Commer of Hamilton George Church of San Antonio and D W Tackett of Fort Worth were chosen as directors at an executive meeting. Officers for the year will be selected later and the state banquet will announce the officers. The gathering included a Hatchery School and clinics on laying cages protein feeds and embryo mortality with experts from Texas A and M New Mexico A and M and Oklahoma A and M. Tem ple and Dallas bid to host next year’s meeting as banners announcing the race for the convention site hung in the Herring Hotel.
La Stampa reported by Rome radio that despite British naval vigilance several Italian submarines crossed the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic to attack enemy merchant ships.
The Rome radio reported that the British fleet at Gibraltar has departed for an undetermined destination.
Rome warns Egypt is a threat and an Italian declaration of war is imminent. Virginio Gayda and Count Galeazzo Ciano echo Mussolini's line that the sword is the only answer. Reports of British air raids on northern Italy follow, with damage at Turin and Pavia casualties.
In Cleveland on August 27 Mary Tokar in her bridal gown attended her fiancé George Joe Courtney Jr. funeral. Her six bridesmaids accompanied her as friends who were to be ushers served as pallbearers.
British planes bombed government buildings along the Wilhelmsstrasse in Berlin, after flying over the German capital yesterday, as reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
London reports the admiralty said naval anti-aircraft guns had accounted for 122 German planes by Aug 12. An additional 64 were believed destroyed and 45 damaged. The figures reflect wartime air defense results to mid August.
Major General Benjamin A Poore, 77, renowned World War II hero and former commander of the Seventh Corps area at retirement in 1927, died today in Fitchburg Massachusetts. The veteran officer served with distinction in wartime leadership and will be remembered for his strategic roles during the conflict.
Geneva reports the federal council ordered an urgent protest to the British minister over repeated bombings by British aircraft over Swiss territory to strike Germany or Italy. In London the Duke of Bedford, aged 80, died at Wo barn Abbey.
Senator Edwin C. Johnson argues the Burke Wadsworth draft bill leads to a US military dictatorship and cites fear of conscription expanding into the economy. House committee votes to cap peacetime military training at 900000 and adds reemployment protections for guardsmen. Senator Wheeler says Paish plan guides US entry into war with conscription and 50 destroyers to England.
Chungking marked the 2492nd anniversary of Confucius birth. The revered sage, known as the perfect example for ten thousand generations, was honored across a country scarred by war.
Pris cilla St. George Duke obtained a divorce from Agneri Biddle Duke. Heir to part of the Duke tobacco fortune and nephew of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, former U.S. minister to Poland, was named in the proceedings.
Henry Brown of 1600 Buchanan Street won first prize of 5 for a tip that a man was stabbed on the Panhandle Highway. Second prize of 3 went to Mrs. W. B. Randolph for reporting a man catching three fish on one line at Buffalo Lake. W. H. Dickerson received 2 for tipping that W. K. Vanderbilt was visiting Amarillo. Other participants listed with various addresses.
A bloody border fight between Romanian forces and Soviet troops reportedly kills hundreds on both sides. Berlin hints Germany may arbitrate the Transylvania dispute with Italy's aid amid Balkan tensions. Clashes near Dorohoi and Debrecen provoke fears of wider conflict in southeast Europe.
Mr Collman predicts fair weather and warm conditions with temperatures near ninety degrees today. Yesterday’s high reached ninety four. no major showers are seen, though a few showers were reported to the north. Spearman logged .03 inch moisture and showers occurred in southwestern Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. A return of light showers may occur before week’s end as a dreary west wind persists.
Aurora Newfoundland August 27. William W. Robbie Jr. once described as a cop hater is now on his honeymoon with the nurse who arrested him during a leap year celebration last year. The couple plans to make the arresting officer part of their afterglow.
Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow donated 20000 dollars to the American Ambulance Corps of Great Britain. The money will buy ten ambulances for the corps fleet of 260 vehicles.
Fair to night and Wednesday with little temperature change. West Texas shows scattered thunderstorms in the central and southeast, cooler in the south central tonight, otherwise fair. New Mexico expects fair conditions with afternoon cloudiness over mountains, temperatures ranging 57 to 94 with noon at 82.
British air raid wardens charge sixpence to spectators at Wembley Stadium during warnings. The money funds Spitfire fighter planes as crowds are urged to seek cover when alarms sound.
Berlin correspondence marks nearly a year of war with civilian life altered by blackouts scarce taxis and rationing. Citizens adapt to candles and coupons while caviar and vodka remain pricey luxuries despite food tickets. The piece notes censorship and dangers for those violating blackout rules as the war continues.
In Salem Oregon a crowd expected to exceed 50 000 gathers for Senator Charles L McNary's acceptance of the Republican vice presidential nomination The acceptance address will be broadcast by the three national networks starting at 7 P M Am erillo Time.
In Easton Maryland a caddy climbed a cedar to retrieve a golf ball stuck on top branches and uncovered a bird’s nest containing three additional balls. The incident occurred as local businesses advertised building supplies and lumber in the same notice.
British reports say daylight Nazi raids diminished while the Royal Air Force struck heavy blows on German and Fascist war industries. Night raids targeted London and Midlands industrial areas, with scattered southern coast raids and a convoy attack off Scotland. In Italy British bombers hit the Fiat factory at Turin and a magneto plant near Milan.
London reports a German air raid campaign with severe night raids described as the fiercest since mass bombardment began. Fires and industrial damage occurred in London and the Midlands dubbed the Pittsburgh of England.
On August 27 1915 heavy artillery battles raged along the Western Front as German forces engaged allied bombardment near Reims in northern France. The clash centered on intense shelling and counterfire amid ongoing siege activity in the region.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce aims to sell 2,000 tickets at one dollar each for the Little Theater play on Sept 9 and 10. Proceeds fund the building of a new $12,000 auditorium in Amarillo with mayoral support from Ross Rogers.
On opening day of national alien registration a few Latin-American residents reported for registration in Amarillo. The post office lacked forms, officials gave information sheets, and asked return in days. A Latin-American questioned the Rio Grande transportation route.
In Falls City Nebraska on August 27 Claude R Wickard newly named secretary of agriculture told a four state farm rally that American agriculture is best prepared to support democracy in a war torn world. He warned of European blockades hurting exports and urged continued soil conservation and production control to avoid past mistakes. He defended the commodity distribution stamp plan as necessary for social justice and national security.
Wendell Willkie said he would not want the Detroit preacher Charles E Coughlin's backing if he opposes people by race. He stressed he will not back prejudice and will keep his beliefs clear. The remark followed scrutiny of Coughlin's Social Justice editorial and McWilliams's anti Semitism charge.
Clarksville scene as a man charged with stealing a watermelon pleads it was trespassing. Judge Ridley R. Goodpasture sentences him to two dollars and costs, noting it could not be more than trespassing.
Henry A Wallace to begin five day Illinois campaign tour after accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination in Des Moines. Rep Marvin Jones of Texas, chair of the agriculture committee, will notify Wallace and will accompany him starting September 3 from Blooming.
Londoners who spent weary hours in raid shelters last night crowded department stores buying camp beds folding stools and rubber mattresses. Citizens complained of soreness from sitting on concrete floors in shelters.
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