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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
4
Mrs E B Harris achieved a seven of a kind hand in a 42 game at the Ingham home 1700 Madison Street while playing with Mr and Mrs H B Ingham. The article explains seven of a kind in dominoes is more common than 13 of a kind in standard bridge and notes the odds of a perfect bridge hand are about one in seven billion.
A fragment notes a cigar advertisement calling a habit horrid and nasty and mentions spitting on the side. The incomplete text hints at social attitudes toward smoking and public response in an era past. Only partial details are readable.
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club hosted a noon luncheon awards event for 4 H boys. George Fesser Jr won 10 dollars for a beef calf and hogs project, with Alfred Haight second and James Le Grand third for beef and sheep projects respectively.
Canadian mothers favor Buckley’s Canadian Mixture for children's coughs. A small bottle is said to loosen thick phlegm, soothe membranes and ease breathing within sips. Local druggists Bush Drug Co and Cretney Store promote the remedy as a winter staple.
Texas declares a notary public emergency lasting until June 1 with county clerks and the secretary of state sharing appointment duties under a new constitutional law. Hubert Cole, the county clerk, oversees applications with 42 received and a total fee of 450 dollars, lower than the former four dollar per appointment.
Pauline Thackeray, who suffered a concussion from a falling light fixture at Luby's Cafeteria Tuesday afternoon, is slightly better today. Attendants at St Anthony's Hospital report a better night.
WPA crews with several hundred workers and about 30 trucks cleared thousands of ice damaged limbs from parkways and sidewalks. City manager H R Smith says the emergency appropriation will run out by Saturday and full cleanup may take months.
The First Federal Savings and Loan Association directors declared a four percent annual dividend, the twelfth semi annual payout at that rate. Shareholders of record on December 31 will receive about $25,000, with P. L. Reppert as president and Wade Brymer as secretary manager.
Home guards in Amarillo drilled with rifles loaned by Legionnaires as Captain A Petersen led the Texas Defense Guard Company through the manual of arms for the first time. Only ten more men are needed to form the first company, with a battalion hoped for before the national guard leaves for camp. The defense guard meets weekly at the Legion Home.
Sgt. R. A. Jackson reported five army enlistments at the Amarillo recruiting station. Henry H. Gwyn of Globe News circulation dept joined the air corps for Puerto Rico. Lawrence L. Bowman of Bovina Warner B. Petty of Hale Center Samuel M. Liles of Canadian joined medical at Camp Bowie. Robert L. Bannister of Cleburne enlisted in field artillery at Fort Sill.
Gerald Wayne Webb, age 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Webb of 1202 North Fillmore Street, died near midnight at a local hospital. Survived only by his parents. Body in state at Burn- Shaw Chapel. Funeral arrangements pending the arrival of the father in El Paso.
The body of Urban WH Martin, a Lamesa World War veteran, who died yesterday at the Veterans Hospital, was sent to Lamesa by Boxwell Brothers this afternoon aboard the 1 o'clock Santa Fe train.
Amarilloans donated through Salvation Army kettles and the Mile of Dimes aiding 11 girls in Gainesville and 10 boys in Gatesville reformatories. Adjutant William T. Johnson sent $3 per child. State School for Girls superintendent Agnes W. Stephens explains delaying receipts until after Christmas to maximize lasting gifts and prevent spending.
Amarillo Bus Company adds library patrons stops at Buchanan Street and Seventh Avenue two blocks from Municipal Auditorium on Glenwood West Tenth route. The change takes effect the day after Christmas following a petition by library patrons and an announcement by H. R. Smith, city official.
BE. R. Jameson reports from a trip through old Mexico noting clean streets there and contrasts with Amarillo. He describes Polk Street as requiring sidestepping due to unsavory behavior while Americans claim to be clean.
A report notes a football player in a broken field run and urges action. In Amarillo health laws a person may be fined five dollars for spitting on a sidewalk. A New York City high school reportedly has 10,000 male students.
C. and Pryor, manager of the Amarillo Hotel, underwent an operation yesterday at St. Anthony's Hospital and is reported to be getting along very well by attendants.
R H Bob Muir was critically injured in a automobile accident near San Angelo and is reported to be gradually sinking with a very grave condition.
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