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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1940
Page
10
Illinois unemployment division rules that a worker cannot be fired for misconduct due to lovesickness. Discharges for such causes qualify the worker for immediate benefits, classing love as an act of God alongside floods and earthquakes.
The 7,684 ton British freighter Sultan Star reports via wireless that she was torpedoed 230 miles southwest of Land's End, England, and that the crew is abandoning ship. Homeland markets show livestock fluctuations with limited supplies and steady to lower bids. Kansas City reports mixed hog and cattle prices amid slow sales.
Telegraphers offer sing a gram greetings for Valentine Day with Postal or Western Union. For one dollar a quartet can sing over the phone or by messenger and tailor verses for birthdays and holidays using any requested tune.
Bishop E C Seaman will explain the Social Service Exchange at KGNC tomorrow night at 7. The Amarillo Exchange, backed by the Council of Social Welfare, highlights the 1939 service use count of 4698 by 20 eligible agencies including the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, and others. The exchange is directed by Mrs Josephine DeCoster.
Funeral rites for Samuel David Preskitt will be at 4 30 p m from Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home with Rev J D Horton of Pierce Street Baptist Church officiating Pallbearers include H E Dotson George Sullivan John Torrance J W Allison B W Shelton and Bart Finley Preskitt 75 a retired merchant died Monday morning after 25 years in Amarillo He is survived by his wife three sons Claude Charles Ira all of Los Angeles two daughters Carrie Allen and Stella Anderson both of Los Angeles and a stepdaughter May Williamson Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
Jaycees district convention for Amarillo area covering Pampa Borger Lubbock and Brownfield will be held on February 23. Announcement came at noon from Binford Arney state vice president during the Amarillo civic luncheon at the Capitol Hotel. J Edgar Hoover spoke by phonograph recording on safety and crime and accident reduction. Sam Davis presided.
Idaho wildlife officials probe a mysterious swan death discovered by Game Commissioner Walter Fiscus along Hatter Creek in Latah County. A small bird beak is embedded in the swan’s breast, puzzling veterinarians.
Funeral services for Washington B. Click 74, were held today at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home with Rev. E. R. Foster of the Assembly of God Church and Rev. J. T. Sizemore of Buchanan Baptist Church officiating. Mr. Click died yesterday after residing in Amarillo and Portales for 40 years. Pallbearers were W. N. Holloway L. B. Webb H. E. Savage Verne Bearden Jimmy Hibdon and Keller Page.
Salt Lake City tale where Dana E. Jones, amid an odd classified ad calling a secretary candidate incompetent, draws offers by noon. The note, placed in a Salt Lake paper, lists six job offers including two secretary roles and names Elizabeth Lawrence for contact after 10 A.M.
Bob Seeds owner of the Amarillo Gold Sox told the Amarillo Optimist Club that Judge Landis rulings on farms will help keep baseball clean and assist team owners and players. W L Combs was introduced as a new club member. A Eberstadt announced a Junior Optimist Club banquet at the Gas Building with host Mr. Eberstadt. Guests included Mr and Mrs W W Morris of Lubbock.
A state health department survey of 6 000 birth certificates shows James and Mary as the top names for newborns in Alabama. The finding highlights traditional naming trends across the state and reflects enduring popularity of classic names among new parents.
Kay Linder III, a Amarillo High School sophomore and recent winner in a school popularity contest, is seriously ill at the home of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs C B Pittman. Her condition is said to be improving. Miss Linder is a daughter of Mrs W H Linder of Yakima Washington.
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