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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
2
A column recalls 1940 Sandies team heroics in Dallas and praises Lynch and Hull for a standout season. readers are reminded of flag etiquette, a personals section yields letters from sparse matches, and various light anecdotes cover politics, culture, and daily life from the era.
A collage of small ads seeks daytime housework care for elderly or ill, driving and mechanical work, farm jobs, and live-in maid positions. Names include Mrs Walker and Lottie Arnold with contact numbers. Henry Brown and Gene C Howell list addresses in Amarillo and North Garfield Street. Also requests report a lost goat and a lost coin purse with details and rewards.
A Perryton Texas notice requests the return of light brown shell rimmed glasses in a leather case with a reward. Separate ads seek employment for Gloria White and a married man open to farm and ranch work, plus domestic help and pet recovery notes.
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, turning 67, said he was heartily in accord with President Roosevelt's Sunday night address, calling it courageous and straight hitting. Newsmen reported at his birthday interview in New York. In Kansas City livestock markets, hogs, cattle, and sheep runs showed varied prices and steady to higher trends on several classes. Financial Securities Fund notes a liquidating price of 1.54 and offering price of 1.70.
The update reports Allied efforts to topple Mussolini and seek peace with Britain while German troop movements raise concern in Central Europe. Sibiu in Transylvania is cited as a German base, Albania sees Greek advances toward Pogradec, and Valona coastal pressure continues. At sea a British hit on a Nazi raider is reported with Berwick damaged and the Baden sunk.
City commissioners plan to hold their weekly session despite a holiday. Last week's meeting was postponed due to Christmas Eve and the city hall will be closed Wednesday.
The condition of Mrs H K Jones, mother of Marvin Jones, who has been seriously ill, is greatly improved, according to Mr Jones today.
State police warned of a grim New Year as traffic wrecks threaten Texans. They projected around 20 deaths from highway violence during the holiday period, with shouts, crashes, and glass shattering echoing in the forecast.
Swiss and Yugoslav commercial radio stations report London failed to respond all day leading to belief that German bombs may have struck the London station.
Soap rationing began in Denmark with each inhabitant allowed one bar of soap per month and each male adult one stick of shaving soap. The note also mentions rising illiteracy in Brazil.
Six Potter County inmates were moved from the jail after noon to Childress in Uncle Bud Russell's prison van and transported to Huntsville. The pair Haskell Marshall received 5 years for jail breaking and burglary, Phil Williams 3 years for jail breaking and forgery, Jack Vaughan 4 years for car theft and jail breaking, Robert Holt 2 years for burglary, Harry Belcher 2 years for theft, Reynolds Long 6 years for armed robbery.
The Amarillo Y M C A in the City Auditorium north wing plans a College Hob-Nob in its recreation hall tonight from 7:30 to 9:00. Features include group singing get acquainted games and folk dancing with no admission charge. All students and friends invited.
Panhandle Laundry general manager Clay Thornton is hospitalized at St. Anthony's after walking into a slowly moving automobile. He sustained a severe cut on one hand requiring several stitches and will remain in hospital today and likely through tonight.
Mr Collman predicts partly cloudy skies for tonight and tomorrow with unsettled weather possible on New Year’s Day. He notes little moisture in today's clouds and a high around 50 to 55 degrees, dropping to about 36 tonight, with a south wind near 15 miles per hour.
Readers are urged to act now as Globe News Want Ads advertise aggressive pre New Year offers on used cars. Dealers promise immediate savings and urge quick action to avoid missing the deals.
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