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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1941
Page
6
Amarillo records 1171 births in 1940 with 587 male and 584 female births, the highest in a decade. The city health department released the annual vital statistics pamphlet and notes improvements in food handling inspections, restraint measures for trench mouth, and a call for a dental clinic for the insured and uninsured alike.
Harry L. Hopkins was en route to the United States today on the Pan American Airways new refugee route from Lisbon Portugal. He traveled with other evacuees aboard the transatlantic flight.
R A Selby Amarillo supervisor of secondary education urged youth to work honestly and avoid caste-based discrimination. Kiwanis program with Boy Scout activity highlighted Fire making demonstrations by Edwin Nickell Cecil Ward and W C Weaver and music by Billy Thurman. Paul Allingham Globe News advertising director welcomed as new member.
The Amarillo Production Credit Association will hold its seventh annual stockholders meeting at 9 30 tomorrow morning in the American Legion Hall 1800 Harrison Street Reports show loans of about four million dollars since 1934 to farmers and stock men across 12 Panhandle counties with losses under 250. Speakers will present program items and secretary treasurer and board reports. A barbecue luncheon at noon will close the session. S. F. Powers is secretary treasurer.
Pratt Kansas and nearby Kingman once boasted ten years without a motor vehicle death. After entering a statewide safety contest a Kingman girl was killed and Pratt businessman Joe Hessel was hospitalized after another crash, altering the record.
Market report from New York at 1 P.M. shows declines across averages with railroads and industrials down. Trading volume tallies 280,000 shares on the New York Stock Exchange as investors assess early afternoon moves.
The Jaycee Players of the Junior Chamber of Commerce air a 30 minute drama The Ghost of Sioux Creek at 7 30 PM on station KFDA directed by Paul Ellis. Cast includes Mary Stack Wayne Clifton Paul Ellis Bill Buckley Donald Clark Lawrence McBee and Ruth Klein.
Amarillo tonight will be greeted by air as Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce and radio station KWPFT host a 7 to 7 30 pm broadcast devoted to Amarillo. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce supplied material about its city to base the program.
Mr Collman describes gusty winds and dusty conditions. A southwest breeze will reach about 25 mph with dry skies. temperatures range from 28 overnight to around 60 during the day with a low near 32 to 35 tonight.
London sources say Britain may sever diplomatic ties with Bulgaria if German troops enter the country. Churchill asserts German forces are building in Romania and spreading into Bulgaria with Bulgarian government acquiescence. Turkey’s stance likely hinges on Soviet Russia Britain and Yugoslavia actions.
Kansas City livestock report shows Hogs slow with steady to 10c lower quotes. top hog 7.85 for 170-270 lb. cattle offerings slow early, calves scarce, butcher cows 6.00 to 7.25 with some higher bids. beef cows up to 13.00. Sheep slow at opening bids, best fed lambs held firm.
City weighs a new water supply to ease summer demand within a week. Engineer D L McDonald set up a test well between Broadmoor and Rosemont Streets near the Rock Island line, with Mayor Ross Rogers proposing direct pumping into the main if a supply is found. City manager H R Smith notes the Country Club well yields 350 gallons a minute but may be insufficient.
Col. E. A. Simpson will discuss The Selective Service Act as it Affects Credit Management at Amarillo Credit Managers Association luncheon. The noon talk at Blackstone Coffee Shop continues his legal credit management series. W. W. Hollifield announced the program.
Khiva Temple will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Amarillo Hotel. Potentate Jerry Briscoe will outline the year's activities and assign duties. The new potentate succeeds George Hammock and aims to expand Shrine hospital work for crippled children. Guy A. Carlander leads the crippled children’s committee.
Routine business includes street light petitions for Parker and Travis at Sixteenth Avenue, hearings on re zoning requests, subdivision approvals, and changes to Famous Heights Park add to D commercial and other parcels. Also WPA paving requests, Lawrence subdivision platted, bids on gasoline, and city manager estimates $4000 annual fuel savings.
Mrs Ed Burke was honored with a surprise housewarming hosted by Mrs J H Keenes and Mrs T F Mace. Guests included Mesdames Joe Chambers Byron Matthews W D Yates Dewey Gray Homer Cawthon E S Westerfield J W Branum D Painter Dee Burke E O Crawford H E Gossett Grover Mason Billy Parker Bill Bogard Miss Gladys Carper and Ed Burke. Gifts came from Mesdames Elsie Loman Ruth Eubanks Hugh Thackeray and Miss Pauline Thackeray.
The River Road Parent-Teacher Study Group will meet with Mrs T. J. Maloney on Bluebonnet Drive at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Records show warranty deeds across multiple subdivisions from 1941 with transfers between individuals and HOLC, including Beverley to McKee and Spencer to Spencer, along with numerous marriage licenses and vehicle registrations. Also listed are transfers of property in Morningside and Miller Heights Adda, and public utilities to Southwestern Public Service.
Sgt Cyril Barnes succeeds Sgt R A Jackson as head of the Amarillo recruiting station. Sgt Jackson transferred to Lubbock HQ as chief clerk. Sgt Barnes came here from Lubbock in promotion and transfer actions.
A 1939 advertisement claims a single talk with God grants a dynamic power transforming poverty and despair. It pledges wealth and happiness through a Church of God taught method, inviting readers to request full details from Dr. Frank B. Robinson in Moscow Idaho.
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