06 Dec 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1940
Page
1
Valdene Claibourn 19 sues Mayor Keith Gunther and Police Chief Ray Davis for 4000 dollars claiming unlawful arrest on Halloween night. He argues Americans especially boys should stay up late to enjoy Halloween and that authorities conspired to arrest him for upholding the tradition.
Ville Platte, La. district attorney FE Herman Guil lory was summing up a case when a shout of fire interrupted. A man yelled it was the listener’s house and the court adjourned quickly.
Dear Tack Tam a girl attending business college seeks a room and board arrangement and a place to work for room and board. Please call 7111. A READER. PERMANENT JOB Dear Tack a reader asks for help finding someone to do housework and offers room board and 2.50 weekly. The location is 10 miles south of Amarillo. CONTINUED ON PAGE 23.
Good skiing conditions expected at three favored resorts with Aqua Piedra Tass showing 14 inches depth and powdery surface, Hyde State Park 7 inches with unbreakable crust, Big Tesuque 12 inches with powdery crust. Wet or insufficient snow affects Gal linas and Cedar Creek Cloudcroft entries. roads open and weather mild with days above freezing nights near.
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine to hold a short form ceremony on December 31. A watch party begins at 9 30 p m at the Ama Tito Hotel blue room and runs until 1 00 a m New Year Day. A ranch style breakfast for nobles and ladies follows at 1 00 a m.
Berlin December 6 reports Gertrud Scholz Keink and August Heissmeyer, top SS leader, wed today in a unique Voelkischer Beobachter notice. The pair state their marriage will give their ten children a joint home.
New York stock exchange summaries hover around mixed levels with many industrials and rail shares quoted, while Kansas City livestock reports note hogs steady to lower and cattle and calves selling in modest volumes. Prices for notable names appear across a broad list from Allied to Westinghouse, with several shifts indicated in late afternoon quotes.
Senator Grady Hazlewood and Rep Jack Little joined County Commissioner John Winters at a highway enthusiasts meeting in Pampa last night. Main speaker was Highway Commissioner Robert Lee Bobbitt. Also introduced were Congressman Gene Worley of Shamrock and Senator Marshal Formby of Dickens.
Capt M Popescu Romania’s famed aviator died when his plane collided with a German aircraft over Bucharest military airport. The German pilot landed safely with a damaged plane. Also noted is the country’s total 158 national forests covering 174 million acres.
Mrs. C. P. Barnecut of Columbus reports a pet Boston terrier named Mitzi retrieved keys left in the car. She had locked the doors with Mitzi inside and coaxed the dog to pass the keys back through a partly opened vent window.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce seeks a WPA recreation office for Miss Dorothea Martin, supervisor, who will teach day and night classes. A request for the headquarters was made yesterday to the civic organization.
The Army Recruiting Service released a Christmas card featuring Santa holding the world with a focused view on the Western Hemisphere. The Panama Canal is emblazoned with the greeting, as R A Jackson posted the billboard this morning.
A morning fire destroyed the roof of a small one room house at 2500 North West First Avenue. Firemen received the alarm at 11 20 o'clock.
Premier Mussolini is reported to have become a grandfather again as his son Vittorio and Vittorio's wife welcomed a baby girl in a Rome clinic. It is the couple’s second child.
Richmond Virginia feature profiles Gustave A Peple a bank employee who builds a rock collection from items sent by friends and trips. His hundreds of stones include specimens from the Main Temple in China Fort Niagara Canada King Tut s Tomb the Dead Sea the Catacombs in Rome Grand Canyon the Tomb of Lazarus in the Holy Land Brazil s opal mines Balboa Islands among others.
The article notes that African tribal dialects are spoken by about 93 million people across the continent, highlighting the linguistic diversity and reach of these languages.
A vintage health ad promoting Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to stimulate bile flow for constipation and sluggish digestion. It claims daily bile activity improves mood and energy, urging readers to buy a box at 15 30 or 60 cents from all drugstores.
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