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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1940
Page
1
Mr. Collman predicts freezing fog with ice on windshields all day and slick highways tonight. Temperatures stay near freezing with little improvement expected tomorrow. February moisture totals rise after Friday snow. Amarillo woman predicts nine more snows as a north wind blows about 10 miles per hour.
Clinard De Sautell reports a Saturday meeting at Carpenters Hall in Amarillo endorsed a proposed low cost housing project and opposed by the Real Estate Board. Rex Teed presided as representatives of every building craft attended while Am arillo College students conduct a U S Housing Authority survey delayed by wintry weather.
State Treasurer Charley Lockhart reports tax payments reduced the Texas general revenue fund deficit from January 20 to February 5 and aided payments of warrants issued before May 6, 1939. The Confederate pension fund deficit stood at 2,148,898 as of that date.
Rep. Frank Hook of Michigan tells the House rules committee he will not apologize for inserting forged letters in the record. The letters, blamed on David B. Wayne, allegedly showed a fake understanding between Rep. Martin Dies and William Dudley Pelley. Hook argues no rules violation occurred.
The House met briefly today and adjourned in respect to Rep. Cassius Dowell Republican Iowa who died here yesterday. The notice appears in a brief legislative report from Washington dated February 5.
Col Louis J Johnson assistant Secretary of War will speak at the Veterans Hospital dedication in Amarillo on May 12 National Hospital Day Gen Frank Hines head of the Veterans Administration may attend Also involved are Bruce Stubblefield and George Broome with a mid March occupancy target and mid May dedication schedule
Rep. Leland M. Ford introduced a bill aiming to deport Harry Bridges CIO leader labeling him an undesirable alien. The measure would target any alien linked with Communists or who uses Communist support to disrupt local order.
The Duwamish tribe presented a claim to the land Seattle occupies asking for 3,076,800 dollars in cash while permitting whites to keep the city and its skyscrapers. Chief Peter James cited the 1850 treaty promises and noted the treaty's provisions were never fulfilled after Gov. Isaac I. Stevens died in war.
Snow Hill Maryland on February five reports two plumber crews to thaw water mains into the homes of Linda Price Norman Hall and Dewey Pusey. Lead pipes were unearthed trenches dug and blow torches used without success until Herman Truitt opened the city main valve. Water erupted from disconnected lines leaving the cause of the shutoff unclear.
ParsonS Kansas report states a cow drank motor oil spilled from a county tractor. The animal fell ill and the owner demanded accountability. The county reimbursed the $9 veterinary bill.
Politics in the 31st state senatorial district heats up with Perryton’s Max Boyer and Panhandle attorney Curtis Douglass declaring, Amarillo’s Clint Small silent. Rumors swirl of candidates for railroad, governor, and other posts as campaigners press plans and pension questions linger.
Indian nationalist leader M K Gandhi told Viceroy Linlithgow that Britain's postwar dominion status offer does not meet the Indian National Congress demand for full independence. Gandhi refused to accept the proposal and discussions were postponed. Linlithgow met Gandhi in New Delhi to try to break the deadlock over independence demands.
Frank Murphy took the judicial oath and robes of a supreme court justice today. The 46 year old former attorney general was nominated January 4 to replace the late Justice Pierce Butler on the high court.
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, author of the $200 a month old age pension plan, predicted Sunday that President Roosevelt would be defeated if he seeks a third term. The remark was made during discussions ahead of national politics in Rochester, New York.
The Democratic National Committee debated convention city and date with Philadelphia leading bids and San Francisco offering 235000 dollars. Party leaders praised Roosevelt and Garner while reporting Jackson Day dinners raised about 500000 and a 250000 deficit paid.
Halifax report says Peggy’s Cove fishermen trapped a 20 foot whale under a private wharf by the ebb tide. The whale broke timbers with its tail while attempts to free it. Fishermen killed the whale and face removing the carcass without demolishing the wharf.
Dr. Mark Allison Matthews 72 a noted Presbyterian pastor and vice crusader died of pneumonia at Seattle General Hospital. He led the largest Presbyterian congregation in the nation and was active in religious and social work.
Boston Feb 5 U P Dr Paul D White of Harvard medical school rejected the idea of a broken heart noting emotion does not rupture heart muscle. He warned murmurs often mean little and that strong healthy hearts are best. Alcohol and tobacco do not cause heart disease and walking stairs helps. Three meals daily harm only if the eater is a manual laborer.
The Colorado Supreme Court permanently disbars Ben B. Laska, a Denver attorney now in Leavenworth prison serving ten years for taking 10000 dollars of the ransom for Charles Urschel’s release. The disbarment order, first issued in 1937, was made permanent by a six to one ruling.
CBS reports an intercepted bulletin says the Terijoki government led by Otto Kusinen renamed Helsinki to Stalingrad and Turku to Hitlerstadt, reflecting a nominal rebranding in an inconquered Finland.
In Oklahoma City on February 8 Lieutenant L H Whalen challenged a patrolman in police school asking for Couch Drive. The officer replied he did not know, prompting Whalen to state the police station sits at the corner of Couch Drive and Sartel Avenue.
Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black is confined to a hospital with a slight cold. His secretary says he expects to return to the bench in a few days.
Boxboro North Carolina February 5 Mrs Lizzie Pixley walked over icy streets and then slipped on a newly waxed apartment floor. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.
February 5, 1915 report cites new British army estimates at 3,000,000 men. Germany escalates indiscriminate submarine warfare as war presses on.
Unofficial sources abroad report extensive winter damage to European grain, according to the office of foreign agricultural relations.
Finnish troops reported repelling six Soviet assaults along the Karelian isthmus and Lake Ladoga area. The communique tallied 500 Russian deaths, seven captured tanks, four guns, 30 vehicles and ample arms. Nine Soviet planes were shot down as attacks continued in snow and subzero temperatures.
Potter County commissioners reported that county and state taxes fell about 30 percent during the 1930s. They noted 1931 valuations of 40,977,157 with county taxes 308,272 and state taxes 303,229, and 1939 valuations of 34,755,600 with county taxes 215,490 and state taxes 219,912. Population rose about 20 percent and building growth increased relief burdens.
Thousands of families buy used cars from local dealers who promise safety and economy. Amarillo dealers advertise lower prices on 1940 models as trade-ins remain strong, with dealer specials listed daily in the Globe-News Want Ads.
The Old Tack No 1 spudded at 8 am and reached 620 feet by 10 am as officials log the oil test at Thompson Park. City manager H R Smith reports the log will be publicly displayed in the city hall council chamber with access to the derrick floor. Amarillo Oil Company leads the 13 inch bore down to 700 feet. an 18 inch bit will ream to 500 feet for 15 and one quarter inch casing, then a three day cement setting shutdown is planned.
Washington reports more than 1100 warplanes delivered to Britain and France by U S aircraft plants. Governments placed orders totaling about 4000 planes in 18 months with negotiations for up to 8000 more bombers and pursuit craft. About 1000 planes were ordered by other governments and 300+ loaded on ships or moved to Europe.
At the Amarillo hotel meeting the club reflected on its 1939 achievements presented by Orla Allen and heard Rev Clyde Smith praise past work while urging personal achievement. Mrs J L Scott thanked the club for aid to the Pre ventorium children as the group endorsed Fred Thompson of Pampa for district governor and welcomed Homer Rice back after resignation.
The British minesweeper Sphinx, badly damaged by German air raiders, sank while being towed toward port in heavy weather. Four officers and 45 men were missing and presumed lost. Separately in Washington, Speaker William B. Bankhead, a Democrat from Alabama, was confined to his hotel with a mild influenza attack.
Amarillo residents and non residents invited to speak on how the new Taxpayers League can reduce taxes. Wade Brymer of the Amarillo Real Estate Board leads the group funding public finance reform. Officers will be elected, objectives adopted, and the 7:30 pm session held in the Hotel club rooms with a goal of 500 attendees.
The Panhandle blizzard of April 1938 will be discussed on national radio. Robert L. Ripley plans to dramatize Marcus Parker's wind driven journey as he tried to reach home and his car stalled three miles from safety. Parker, son of county commissioner Mark Parker, will assist from New York.
Eleanor Reilly, 18, died after shoving her mother from an oncoming car in New York. Mrs. Reilly suffered a fractured skull and brain concussion but survived. The incident occurred as the two were returning home when the vehicle veered into their path.
British reports from Berlin claim Germans were authorized to volunteer for service with the Finnish army but a denial was issued here today. The item notes a reference to F. A. Regal Co. and FHA loans in the Scandinavian context.
Forecast calls for freezing fog and cooler tonight with partly cloudy Tuesday in Amarillo and surrounding areas. West Texas sees generally fair conditions north and southwest, cloudy with drizzle southeast. New Mexico expected fair, clearing southeast tonight and colder by Tuesday. 24 hour extreme temperatures reach a high of 54 and a low of 30 with noon reading at 35. Neely Greenhill Agcy for Inguranog.
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