13 Feb 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1940
Page
1
Market slips and gains are noted across Dow zones and New York options. Major stocks from Allied Chemical to Texaco show mixed closes while grain quotes, cattle and hog prices move with regional livestock data from Kansas City and national exchanges.
A House appropriations committee shaved 11.7 million from Roosevelt’s navy budget, authorizing 966.8 million and urging ships superior to foreign builds. It earmarks 1 million to start Guam improvements as a lookout post, while delaying two battleships and two cruisers and trimming contract authorizations by 16.3 million.
Classified notices show seek for rental manager and rooming homes, diverse job offers from a common laborer with dump truck to a pipe worker and milk and farm helper. Personal ad seeks a refined man aged 1 to 60, widow Dixie seeks correspondence, young laborer seeks work, contact details listed.
Washington B. Click, 74, Amarillo resident, died this morning at 9:30 at his home 810 North Buchanan Street. He is survived by his wife Sarah Click, a son Justin Click of Portales, New Mexico, and two brothers Allison Click of Coleman, Texas, and Nalachi Click of Tennessee. The body lies in state at the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements pending relatives arrival.
Officers of Wild Rose Lodge No 912 will hold a business meeting at 2 PM Friday in the home of Mrs Ruth Cook 1809 Pierce Street. Members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen are invited to attend.
Pampa Lions led a noon program in Amarillo presenting statistics on Potter County and the city. Dr. H H Hicks presided as Monte Rosenwald answered questions and was wrong on two prompts. More than 30 Lions attended at the Amarillo Hotel with Borger Lions invited next week.
A joint session of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and its Auxiliary will convene at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the I C O F Hall to plan for the state Brotherhood and Auxiliary meeting scheduled for June in this area.
The Forest Hill Home Demonstration Club will meet at 1 o clock Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jim Weaver for a chicken canning demonstration.
A loyal navy wife used red and green running lights on her automobile. A highway patrolman warned that such lights might be allowed at sea but are taboo on California highways.
Members of the Amarillo Real Estate Board and Randall County Commissioners discuss county road needs including surfacing Western Avenue from the Potter County line to Randall and paving the Umbarger to Buffalo Dam stretch. The board states it will not take a formal stand on the U. S. Housing Authority project until the ongoing survey is finished. M. F. Taylor was added to the board.
The first Chamber of Commerce for women in the United States is formed in Columbus Ohio with 500 members. Incorporation papers are filed and Miss Mary E Prentice serves as president. The group plans legal counsel to monitor employment legislation and a job service for members and aims to expand to other Ohio cities and nationwide.
Buyer Cant Get Pay Cheyenne Wye Emmett Ekdall state purchasing agent employed works blithely on at a job for which he fails to collect one cent of salary Although unforeseen expenses resulted in his going without pay for more than one month he was promised that eventually he would receive his back salary
Dr. Frank Asper of the Salt Lake City Tabernacle will perform at 8 pm at Polk Street Methodist Church with Beatrix Mayo and the Amarillo College choir under Folsom D. Jackson. Admission is free with a silver offering at intermission. The program spans Bach to a Negro spiritual and includes Sullivan.
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