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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1940
Page
7
The American Valentine card trade celebrates 100 years this year as it grows into a large business. In 1940, around 3 million valentines will be exchanged by sweethearts. SY Seidman, a card collector, notes lacey designs rise in wartime and worry, while comic styles peak in boom times.
The 15th snow of the season hit the Panhandle with lighter falls in Lubbock and Amarillo and 3 inches at Texline. Sunshine and a warmer trend are expected tonight and tomorrow as temperatures rise from 11 to about 45 degrees while airport readings reach 18 and town 23.
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair weather and warmer conditions tonight and Wednesday. West Texas and New Mexico expect fair skies with increasing warmth on Wednesday and variable cloudiness in the north and east portions. Temperature extremes over the past 24 hours ranged from a high of 44 to a low of 11 with noon reading at 34.
Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harwood said ten officers and 36 men of the German freighter Wakama were picked up by a British patrol vessel after the ship was set on fire and sank off Brazil. The Hawkins and other British cruisers were in the area. the ship was deemed a menace to navigation and finished off to prevent further losses.
Montclair New Jersey officials propose a $500000 treasury surplus and ask 10000 residents how to use it. Mayor Speers and Bayard Faulkner sign letters inviting replies on whether to reduce debt by $100000 or cut 1940 taxes by the full amount. Postcards with postage paid are included for responses.
INDIANAPOLIS February 13 Some young man seeks a sweetheart with library help He left a note in an Aldous Huxley novel asking interested young ladies to leave a card in James Whitcomb Riley Pipes of Pan at Zekesbury Librarians checked Riley’s book but found no takers
Oklahoma Governor Leon Phillips announced after a lawyer conference that he would refile the injunction suit over the Denison Dam in a lower court in Oklahoma or Texas.
Local politics feature Potter County candidates weighing next moves as President Roosevelt signals on a third term. county officials like Hubert Cole file reelection papers early while Carl Clifft and E. C. Nelson plan gradual campaigns. A crowd presses a single candidate on prohibition with a dramatic, pointed query and a brisk, defiant reply.
Mrs. Bessie Polshow testified that her husband William P. Polshow took an other woman, Linley McDaniels, on their honeymoon. She won a divorce, saying Miss McDaniels had kept company with Polshow for four years before their marriage six years ago and that he had been seeing her again.
The ailing Pendergast machine pledged support today for a fire department civic service proposal while opposing an ouster amendment to reduce city official terms from four to two years. The faction led by Jim Pendergast stated its backing amid ongoing political strife in Kansas City.
Admiral Harold R. Stark told a House appropriations subcommittee that the navy foresees a general European war and uncertain Far East conditions risking a world conflagration. He described the international situation as fraught with more possibilities affecting the United States than in 1914 and 1915.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced parity payments for 1940 totaling 96 million dollars for cotton 57.1 million for wheat 48.6 million for corn and 0.3 million for rice, conditioned on growers complying with federal acreage allotment requirements.
Washington February 13 Attorney General Robert H. Jackson marked his 48th birthday. His debutante daughter Mary presented him with a book titled Woe Unto You Ye Lawyers.
The News-Tip contest awarded first place and $5 to Bill Wilson for information on a shooting involving Sheriff Cosgrove of Randall County and four fleeing bandits. Kathleen Killian placed second for calling in details of a filling station robbery and a street shouting incident.
Burglars backed a truck into the rear door of Fox Drug No. 6 at Tenth Avenue and Pierce Street entering the store and stealing cigarets electric razors fountain pens and watches valued at more than 200 dollars. Police report parallels to a recent Furr Food store burglary. Nearby, Buck Russell wounded in a Friday night gun battle with police is expected to recover at Northwest Texas Hospital. A Randall County deputy fought a running gun battle after hijacking a service station and a San Jacinto burglary suspect remains jailed.
The Amarillo Oil Company reports Old Tack No 1 at Thompson Park has reached 1 540 feet, only 170 feet deeper than the prior update. Cuttings from 1 160 feet are shown at city hall, with casing set to 540 feet instead of 500. The well is planned to reach 5 000 feet.
In Amarillo 47th District Court Judge E C Nelson granted an instructed verdict for the Amarillo Gold Sox in a damage suit. The plaintiff James Fike Black claimed his wife was injured after a rain halted game at Malin Park last June and sought 15150 in damages.
Berlin February 13 Der Angriff quotes Dr. Robert Ley head of the German Labor Front calling workers of the world to unite to destroy English capitalism. He urges young rising peoples to join to overthrow the old English dragon guarding the earth’s treasures and wealth. Workers of the world including English and French workers, unite.
Skippy Lester, age 12, vacationing with his father Maxwell Lester of Summit New Jersey fished in the Gulf Stream yesterday. He hooked brought to the boat and boated a 42 pound sailfish while trolling. The boy tips the scales at 80 pounds total.
A wrinkled card from Woodward Oklahoma housewife seeking literature was signed by her husband who complains he carried it in his pocket for four weeks. The incident highlights the tourist bureau’s delayed mail responses and the frustration of a caller.
Twenty five years ago today on February 13 1915 reports indicate French forces concentrate troops for an offensive in the Champagne region. The brief note mentions local business Anglophone contacts and lending firms in connection with FHA loans and building materials.
Amarillo Hotel hosts a Taxpayers League meeting as it weighs tax reform ideas. A Muskogee Oklahoma report shows a nine year cut in county levies by half and a 54 percent debt drop. The Muskogee group claims a 50 percent levy reduction and a 32 percent fall in property values.
Public hearing before the city commission to consider rezoning three sites. Changes include 3303-09 Polk Street from A residential to C apartment, 1106 North East Eighth Avenue from B dwelling to D commercial, and 1202 North East Eighth Avenue from B dwelling to D retail. Notices sent to property owners within 300 feet by registered mail. Meeting starts at 7:30.
Paris reports Allied blockade officials will inspect American exports to neutral states bordering Germany to check if shipments are destined for Germany. French sources note exports to neutrals around Germany have doubled or tripled pre war levels.
Edmund Toland counsel for the House committee asked whether NLRB officials violated federal law in lobbying against reduced appropriations and the American Federation of Labor's Wagner Act amendments.
E. E. Gene Jordan, assistant Potter County attorney, has been named to the publicity committee of the Texas Junior Bar Association.
The Amarillo Texas Tech Club will hold a meeting at the Amarillo Hotel at 16:45 on Thursday evening. The event brings together local tech enthusiasts and university alumni for a discussion and networking.
Australian and New Zealand forces began arriving in Palestine today. About 30 000 troops reached Suez yesterday after a long transcontinental journey. The first contingent reached a Palestine camp after a five hour train ride amid lines of buses to the encampment prepped by a Scottish unit. Lokalanzeiger mocked the newcomers noting NZ soldiers as “poor country lads” unfamiliar with the region.
President Roosevelt signed a bill totaling 252,340,776 dollars for national defense and neutrality enforcement. The appropriation becomes immediately available for expenditure before June 30.
Berlin dispatch reports diplomatic quarters seeking the full scope of a German Russian trade pact. German estimates project more than 1.5 billion marks in turnover in the first year, a record high. Officials say details were withheld to avoid aiding enemy nations.
Four new home permits were issued this morning at city hall naming H. S. Stephenson as owner. Each five room frame house will stand at 1315 to 1725 Bellaire and 1307 Western. Estimated costs were not available. Earlier, C. A. Washburn received a permit for a $4500 five room house at 1714 Monroe Street.
A military informant reports an almost Arctic cold wave froze normal routines on the western front. French reconnaissance flights occurred but aviation activity stayed light as nor mal life slowed under freezing conditions.
City through Mayor Ross Rogers donates 500 three year old Chinese Elm trees grown in the municipal nursery to the Country Club. Club President A N Olver announced the trees will be planted by the club as part of its enhancements. The club recently elected officers with Olver named president for the eleventh time and Gibson as vice president Farwell as secretary treasurer Hardin continuing as director and Hagg new director. Holdovers include Holman Edwards and Greenhill.
In Worcester Massachusetts two gunmen robbed Mrs Mary Monopoli 60 of 1300 last Wednesday. A masked stranger returned 1100 on Friday and another person delivered 200 at the door yesterday. The sequence ends with partial restitution.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that Sumner Welles United States undersecretary of state would be taken into full confidence of the British government during his visit. The news drew cheers from MPs in London on February 13.
The Potter County commissioners court will meet Thursday morning to work out final details on issuing 140000 in general and refunding warrants to wipe out the general fund overdraft. Surplus money in other funds may be invested in the warrants.
Ryo Koyama a rightist member of parliament in Tokyo blamed Great Britain for the sinking of the Japanese liner Terukuni Maru on November 23. He spoke in a heated lower house budget committee session where the army was criticized for secrecy around large military expenditures.
Arnold Hicks was sentenced to a year in jail in county court after pleading guilty to theft of merchandise from a local store on February 5. The case was processed in the county court.
Amarillo health officials say going to bed is the simplest, most effective remedy for the cold or flu with a four day average duration. Dr. M L Fuller notes serums medicines and alcohol do not prevent illness. Health unit chief Jack Wyatt explains cold weather reduces mixing, aiding spread. Potter County Medical Society approved the statements at a recent meeting.
Helsinki says Finnish forces repulsed new Red Army smashes along the Mannerheim Line on the Karelia Isthmus. Russia allegedly deployed 300 000 troops and 12 divisions with 1000 tanks in an August style offensive, while Finnish planes report reinforcements and Swedish dispatches mention captured Russian super tanks.
In Plainview the coroner ruled the deaths of Hawley and former housekeeper Mrs Mildred Franks as murder and death by own action. Franks body was found under a car steering wheel and Garner lay with head and shoulders on the ground near the right door. A pistol was reported beside Garner. The deaths were discovered Saturday night and coroner J P Siler was informed of a pistol at Garner's side.
Dr Leone Fosdick of Northwestern University Dental School reports at the Chicago Dental Society meeting that sugar consumed creates mouth acid with bacteria, leading to tooth decay after a decade of study. He says the sugar you eat is the cause.
Paris officials announce a special police watch was stalled over the Soviet embassy in Paris in disregard of its diplomatic immunity due to its ties with the outlawed French Communist party.
A Senate banking subcommittee urged that the United States treasury be barred from purchasing foreign silver. The report calls for immediate action and outlines the potential economic and policy implications of ending imports.
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