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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1940
Page
7
Fifteen hundred special policemen were named today to guard polls in tomorrow's Democratic run-off primary election. The contest will decide the Huey Long machine's fate, now headed by his brother, Gov Earl K Long. Los Angeles records altitudes from sea level to 2785 feet.
Market briefing lists Dow Jones averages by Fenner and Bean. Amarillo building shows activity in industries rails and utilities with stocks measured as M1 06.
Weather data from New York curb exchange lists several oil and chemical stocks with varying percentages. Kansas City livestock report shows hogs 3,000 head, 230 lb hogs up 5 cents, top $5.30. cattle 6,000 head, beef steers and yearlings 10-15 cents higher. calves 600 head, steady to higher.
Potters County youths form Dotter 4-H Work Started with 16 farm boys meeting at Agricultural Agent Frank Stubbs office. George Fesser elected president with Billie Austin vice president and James Le Grand secretary. Club to meet twice monthly. San Jacinto Kiwanis posts $40 in prizes for 1940 work and achievement. Special meeting planned for Saturday at 1 30 in Stubbs office.
Mrs. Alice McNary died late this morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. Joe Deason 3400 Tyler Street. She was 69. She had lived in Amarillo about three months. Survived by another daughter Mrs. G H Gately Waynoka Okla two sons Orin McNary Netewake Kan and John McNary Blue Rapids Kan a brother Orin Glime Horton Kan and a sister Mrs Emma Stone Horton. Body in state at the Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives.
The Agriculture Department declared that Japan will continue to need much more raw cotton than Far Eastern sources can supply and will have to continue purchasing American cotton. This statement came from Washington on February 19.
Lynn Massachusetts saw Charles D. Long, a 285 pound man, fall on icy pavement in the same spot as last year and break his right leg after patrolmen John Keenan and Charles Burrell answered a second call. He had earlier broken his left leg in the same location following a prior ice fall.
Omaha dispatch notes a third grader’s February essay praising the month’s birthdays. The student mentions February has many great birthdays and cites their dog’s birthday on the sixth.
County commissioners court adopts a tentative 1940-41 tax rate of 1.20 per 100 in line with the state constitution. The final rate will be set next August and is expected to be between 60 and 62 cents per 100. Details show 25 cents for general fund, 25 for public improvement, 15 for jury, 30 for a special road fund, and 10 for hospital maintenance. The current 62-cent rate allocates 25 cents general fund, 5 cents jury, none for road or special road, 10 for hospital, and 22 for public improvement.
Paris February 19 A French patrol fell into a German ambush before dawn in a central sector of the western front. About 20 men were killed making it the heaviest French loss in a single patrol skirmish to date. The clash follows intensified western front activity with German raids repulsed over the weekend.
In Tokyo on February 19, a foreign office spokesman described the Japan United States trade situation as very serious and said Japan had made its final offer to remedy non-treaty statutes. Yukichiro Suma stated Japan hopes a new treaty will replace the one the United States abrogated January 26 while noting the situation depends on the future attitude of the U.S. government.
The State Highway Commission authorized the district highway engineer to enter into an agreement with Potter County and Amarillo to develop a regional highways plan. The proposal would have the state county and city each pay one third of costs, and act as authority to formulate but not immediately implement the master program.
Potter County commissioners order the issuance of 140000 general fund refunding warrants to pay off the overdraft. Warrants to be sold to wipe the overdraft while earning 22 percent interest compared with a 5 percent daily overdraft. County may invest surplus in other funds within the warrants to reduce the debt.
The body of Curby Reid Wigham a 43 year old war veteran who died Friday at Panhandle will be sent to Los Angeles tonight by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. He is survived by his wife and one son Curby Jr both of San Fernando California and a sister Mrs Lee McConnell of Pampa. He was a member of the American Legion.
Amarillo Chapter of KA Alumni Association will hold a 6 30 pm dinner Tuesday at the Silver Grill. Secretary Bob Wadley announced the gathering and President Sam Davis urged all alumni members to attend for important business.
Waynesburg Pa Feb 19 Burt Huffman reports his flock of 450 sheep survived two days beneath deep snow. The sheep breathed air holes through the snow, preventing suffocation and enabling their rescue.
Jim Florey a wholesale grocer says a food stamp plan for relief distribution may begin in Amarillo after merchants raised the idea. The plan would issue green stamps for necessities and brown stamps for surplus commodities.
A dated home remedy touts a cheap syrup made from two cups sugar to one cup water dissolving quickly, then adding two and a half ounces of Pinex to a pint bottle. The plan yields a pint of cough medicine claimed to be effective for cold related coughs and simple enough for a child to prepare.
In Asuncion on February 19, Gen. Jose Felix Estigarribia issued a decree proclaiming himself virtual dictator as Congress and the cabinet resigned to grant him authority. He formed a new cabinet retaining many from the old administration, citing national anarchy.
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