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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1940
Page
2
Potter County selective service boards were told by state headquarters that a second draft call is planned around January 13. It would recruit about 52 men, roughly four times the first call of 15, and would be for white men only. Both boards have some volunteers, but turnout is uncertain due to medical exam failures.
In Enterprise Oregon the Forest Wilsons have kept a skunk as a basement guest for a week. They have made his room cold by opening an outside door and have not provided food, while the animal remains in the basement.
The El Rancho Courts at 3507 Fillmore Street were accidentally left off the list of lodging options despite a temporary hotel room shortage. El Rancho is described as an attractive stone court near the canyon highway curve at Fillmore Street and is among Amarillo's newer and more convenient courts.
Greek officials in New York received 25 American ambulances meant for British service. A crowd at the Greek Cathedral caused the sidewalk to crack two feet, interrupting ceremonies as the ambulances were transferred from the British American ambulance corps.
Public auction near Salisbury North Carolina drew no bids for a horse described as not much of a animal. A spectator pinned a dollar bill to its mane and the horse along with the greenback sold for 90 cents.
Amarillo today issued 52 licenses for tree surgeons with several from out of state. A Watertown New York expert led a crew to Amarillo after the ice storm. Some applicants failed to qualify and were refused permits, city manager H. R. Smith announced.
Furniture for the city city county food stamp office was moved to 115 West Fifth Avenue in preparation for an early next week opening. The city provides a revolving fund of 7500 dollars to match orange stamps with blue stamps and Bill Chumley is appointed issuing officer. The Mercury temperature on the sunlit side ranges from 400 to 1000 degrees.
A reader seeks an experienced girl for housework and child care able to stay nights at 2001 Polk Street. Other notices offer work in nursing and domestic tasks at 404 East 7th Avenue and 404 North Lincoln Street. A couple seeks farm and housework jobs and can relocate, listed as 5 miles out of town.
Markets opened with slow trading and few early sales. Heifers remained steady while slaughter cows and reelers showed weakness. Stocker and feeder classes, about 75 percent of receipts, were steady to 25 cents lower. Colorado fed steers hit 13.35 with loads of medium shortfeds around 3.25. Medium to choice stockers and feeders traded 7.25 to 29.75, good to choice stock steer calves at 10.50. Salable cattle counted 7,000 to 7,300 with slow activity and no early sales. hides weakened while the best fed lambs stayed above.
United Press reports a British cruiser captured the German freighter Idarwald off Cuba while British ships chase a German raider near South America. The battleship Warspite and cruiser Enterprise were seen moving north, with Montevideo and Martinique amid fears of German activity in Western Hemisphere waters.
Pattern 4625 is available in girls sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14. Size 10 requires 2 yards 54 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department Amarilla Globe 243 West 17th St New York NY. Additional ten cents to obtain the latest Pattern Book.
U S D A livestock report from Kansas City shows hogs salable at 4,000 with steady to 10 cent gains and top bids to 5.90 per cwt. Goods to choice cattle and calves record 17,800 salable cattle and 2,300 total calves with fed steers and yearlings limited in supply.
Texas 1940 tax valuations total 4 273 321 619 an increase of 59 926 182 from 1939. State Comptroller George Sheppard announced completion of the compilation. Homesteads valued at 3000 or less are taxed for county but not state purposes with 15 83 percent exemptions last year. Separation to determine 1940 home stead exemptions pending.
An ad promotes a DIY cough syrup using two cups sugar one cup water and two and a half ounces of Pinex to make a pint of remedy. It touts quick relief from coughs due to colds, long shelf life, pleasant taste, money savings, and a money-back guarantee.
President Roosevelt sails on the Tuscaloosa for a Caribbean defense trip with a stop at Martinique. The ship lies off Fort de France while Roosevelt, U S Consul Brocker, and Naval Captain Ernest J. Blankenship meet aboard during the hour long conference.
A 19 month old Amarillo baby named Glenna McDowell wandered from 811 North Harrison Street yesterday afternoon. Police aided by the mother searched, and the child was later found in the home of Mrs. W. J. Pearson at 814 North Moore Street. The house was unlocked.
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