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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1941
Page
2
A long travelogue notes Ae Acrey and family planning trips to Washington and New York. The column teases public notices, contests, show ideas, letters from readers, and quirky anecdotes about celebrities, politics, and local life. It mentions Willkie and FDR policy, an Amarillo premiere, and a spurred oil well, with a proposed champagne christening for a drill stem.
A reader seeks dental office work with local references. Tam 19-year-old with high school education asks for any kind of immediate work at 410 Harrison Street Upstairs. a Wellington Texas farm family seeks a housekeeper. a family of four seeks farm or ranch work. note includes garbled text TOUCOVAPWTAITIGCTS caarete.
A local Scout troop of about 25 seeks a suitable out-of-town site with a shack for overnight hikes. They wish to run patrol hikes near the city to ease transport and build character and citizenship. Scout Committeeman, 1407 Hayden, Amarillo.
W A Askew recalls a summer discussion with the Chamber of Commerce and Realtors on storing war materials. He notes no suitable buildings exist, proposes offering Fair buildings to the War Department, and suggests building a large brick storage facility to secure quick action and later repurposing it as a cattle arena.
The Santa Fe Railway introduces the world first all class diesel freight locomotives with two units on regular service. They arrive Amarillo around 4 PM Thursday for a 20 minute stop before routes to Belen New Mexico on Feb 6 and 7. The 5400 horsepower engine features electric grid braking and 220000 pounds starting tractive effort, speed up to 75 mph, and improved wear reduction on long mountain grades. Allens are not allowed to reside in Gibraltar without a special permit.
Amarillo today displayed posters urging aid for Greece as it defends against Italian aggression. The nationwide drive seeks 10 million dollars for medical supplies for civilians and soldiers, with checks made payable to Arthur Ware, treasurer of the finance committee at Amarillo National Bank.
Arthur Tosh 814 Florida Street dies from injuries after a Sunday morning crash six miles west of Claude. Isidro Rodriguez and Mrs Ina Ruth Key Tosh are listed in poor condition at Northwest Texas Hospital with skull fractures and multiple injuries. The trio were returning from Clarendon when their car was pinned under a trailer truck from Dallas driven by Ralph Randolph. State patrol cites poor rain visibility as a contributing factor.
J H Marberry Fort Worth and Denver Railway conductor died at 3:30 AM in a local hospital after one day of illness. A 49 year old resident of Amarillo for six years he belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Survived by sister Mrs W L O Connor of Waco the body rests at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel pending funeral arrangements. Panama's largest industry is tropical clothing manufacture.
Mrs. Gladys R. Nesbitt of Dumas remains in serious condition after a head on crash 12 miles north of Amarillo. She regained consciousness but suffers back and head injuries as Joe Bailey of Dumas faces misdemeanor charges for leaving the scene without aid. W. L. Rogers and A. W. Giles, also of Dumas, were in the other car.
An armed force led by American General William, a Dartmouth graduate, seized Darna in Libya in 1805, marking a notable military action of the era.
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