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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1941
Page
7
The Senate Finance Committee pushed a 3.69 billion tax bill toward completion and delayed final action until later. It upheld a plan requiring earners in eight community property states to report and pay taxes on income individually rather than split it. The panel rejected a motion to postpone action pending another tax bill.
Liquefied gas dealers from the Panhandle to southern Kansas meet at the Herring Hotel in Amarillo at 1 PM to address a potential nationwide shutdown. Robert B. Clements of Superior Manufacturing urges representatives to discuss a plan to keep operations alive amid defense priorities.
In Buenos Aires on August 20, German Ambassador Edmund von Thermann was charged by a congressional investigating committee with accepting funds from so called German welfare groups and using them for goals irrelevant to his diplomatic role. The panel reported two months of probing Nazi influence in Argentina, noting 60,000 Germans organized into cells pledged to obey Hitler and Nazi leaders.
In Brownsville a caller claimed her garden hose was missing. Sheriff Tom Morrison jokes with the caller as his wife. He directs her to file the report with police noting the incident occurred within city limits.
Bernard Noe chief machinist's mate arrives in Amarillo to succeed C. L. Williams at the naval recruiting station and assist C. M Norman in charge. Williams moves to Dallas. Noe, from Michigan, comes from Enid Oklahoma. The station has processed 23 men this month with 21 enlisted and two awaiting papers. Latest recruits include John Calvin Denton Lakeview Donald Estes Wilson Amarillo George Wilkins Bussex Jr Dimmitt Jake Harmon Johnson Tulsa. Curtis Robert Garner Jr enlisted in Class V 7 naval reserve ensign training.
R. L. Hall 49 suffered a neck injury when a spring from a threshing combine struck him in a field south of Lelia Lake. He was rushed by Womack ambulance to Northwest Texas Hospital for an operation to release a large amount of blood from his swollen neck. His nephew Foy Hall accompanied him and doctors had not yet determined the injury's seriousness.
Treasury figures show defense spending through August 27 at 1,001,446,512 dollars, pushing the 1942 fiscal year total to 1,941,058,086 dollars. Budget Director Harold D. Smith estimated annual defense outlays around 15.5 billion dollars.
Four 16 year olds jailed after closing city pools to stop infantile paralysis swam in a reservoir 125 feet high, reached by climbing the plant exterior, crossing a plank and ascending a ladder to the top. In Vichy France an exile of the highest French parliament member was ordered away but the parliamentary sign remained.
Kansas City market report shows Dow Jones average down while livestock and cattle prices move unevenly. Hogs steady to $12.00 top, cattle and calves mixed with feeders steady, sheep and lambs selling with price ranges and regional variations. Financial figures note liquidating and offering prices amid trading activity.
Washington D C August 29 United Press Director William Knudsen announced the new ministry of supply would hold its first meeting next Tuesday and that its creation by President Roosevelt would help accelerate arms production in the United States Frontier Texas and Slaton stories note local accidents and deaths while officials announce staffing changes including a county school nurse L E Glovier and a fatal automobile overturn near Southland plus a National Geographic Society report marking Germany Poland invasion anniversary with global war size figures
The War Department announced plans to release about 200000 soldiers from active service by year end. The largest group will come from the Third Army based in San Antonio Texas, with 46000 men slated for release.
Waterbury police report a burglar who preferred gasoline to cash. He entered a filling station, took the key to unlock pumps and filled the tank, leaving a small amount of money in the cash drawer untouched.
In Trent Texas the school board postponed the opening of schools from September 1 to September 8. The delay aims to allow R L Fortune to recruit replacements as many teachers have joined armed services and defense industries. The move reflects wartime staffing pressures on local education.
Nearly 200000 square feet of roofing has been placed on department buildings at the Tri State Fair grounds. The agriculture building the merchants' building and general exhibits building are now water proof said Ed Tull the buildings and grounds superintendent.
Col. Charles Sweeny founder of the Eagle Squadron says air control hinges on horsepower. He notes German Messerschmitt 109 increased from 600 to 1350 horsepower and Allied planes now reach about 2000 horsepower. Sweeny, visiting RAF training near London, says Britain controls the channel and enemy flights stay inland from the French coast.
Draft boards nationwide will provide lists of men classified I A to army navy and marine recruiting services before physical examination. Recruits drawn from these lists will be credited to the local boards overseeing the registrants starting September 15 as announced by national selective service.
The article reports Laval receiving six years of hard labor for an attack on external state security. A woman is jailed three years. Marcel Dent, a Laval ally favoring stronger German collaboration, is said to be improving after a fresh shooting during the events. Paul Colette’s Caen home is probed as he allegedly fought with British troops at Dunkirk and sought to return to England to join De Gaulle’s Free French.
Across the Dnieper Russians evacuate the power dam area and Dniepropetrovsk after a fierce battle. Front dispatches note heavy fighting from mid Finland to the Black Sea and a major Ukrainian town battle with heavy German losses. The Gomel Smolensk counteroffensive continues into its 13th day as Red Army planes bomb Koenigsberg and air forces sink transports in the Baltic.
In testimony on the east bank, Russia organized its army for a renewed stand with hundreds of thousands of men pulled from the west. It shows Russia blew up the grand power dam after Budenny's last crossing, leaving stripped fields and wrecked factories for the invaders. Overall, about $250 million in property in the Dnieper dam area was destroyed.
An eager announcer reports a record weekend ahead as he hunts housing for scores of families before school opens next Tuesday. He has already rented Mrs. Griggs' furnished 5 room Wolflin home with a grand piano tile bath and kitchen. Phone numbers 23416 and 6262.
Pattern 2873 offers a transfer image of a dog 12 1 2 by 10 inches with materials, stitch illustrations, and color key. Send ten cents to The Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY. Include PATTERN NUMBER NAME and ADDRESS.
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