21 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1939
Page
1
Postmaster announces postponement of a dedication until May when Postmas ter Jim Farley can visit Amarillo. A weather note warns of changing winds and notes March warmth. Readers submit letters debating Congress, Hitler, and the New Deal, discussing Martin Dies and related political controversy with skeptical tone.
A letter reflects on Congressman Dies and his push for investigations, praising free press and speech while critiquing some remarks. It also warns against dictatorship, urges clear slang-free business communication, and advertises a Harmonica Band performance at The State with a vivid, period voice.
Fragmentary text mentions possible notices about sales and local officials, with unclear names and dates. Several broken phrases reference meters, medals, and urban events but lack coherent details or full context.
A bold clause in Palmer House Chicago lease obligates all retail outlets to use newspaper advertising. The report surveys other oddities and notes on public figures from Benito to Maltz and Moley, with wide-ranging quips on politics, health, and culture.
Wharton blacksmith Rep. W. J. Galbreath said he would not debate Dr. Carl F. Lunn a Townsend pension plan supporter after Lunn challenged him at a legislative committee meeting. Galbreath refused to meet another Townsend advocate at a downtown theater. Dr. Lunn pressed for an open public debate with tickets issued through the Townsend group.
Vatican officials announce the papal conclave will open on March 1 to elect the 262nd pope succeeding Pius XI. The report notes Rome experienced earthquakes historically and suggests some ancient structures may have been toppled by quakes rather than barbarians.
Mrs. Patricia Harrington 22 was carried by husband and neighbor in an improvised sled over 40 miles of trackless snow during a blizzard to Meeker Colorado hospital. Doctors said an operation was not needed and she was reported getting along fine.
Police recovered more than 50 pairs of new shoes along with scrapbooks and cleansing tissues scattered in the Tenth Avenue subway underpass. Officers said the items fell from a truck and the driver did not stop. They were taken to city hall headquarters as a merchandise mess.
Amarillo Salvation Army unit under Adjutant and Mrs. Johnson earned national notice in the February 25 War Cry featuring a half page of army divisions. Mrs. Lucy Miller, publication sergeant, was praised as a top War Cry distributor.
In Austin on February 21 the Texas Senate refused to vote immediately on a resolution urging the State Highway Department to stop issuing special auto license plates to elective state officials. Senator Weaver Moore of Houston called the practice a cheap play and noted the measure was sent to committee, effectively killing its momentum.
King George VI officially launched Britain's new 35 000 ton battleship named for King George V at Newcastle on the River Tyne amid heavy police protection. He prayed for blessing on the ship and its crew as it slid down the ways, marking Britain’s first battleship launch in 13 years and the first of a new nine ship class.
Boeing Clipper No 17, a 42 ton flying boat, bound from San Diego to Baltimore for transatlantic passenger and mail service, is delayed by weather after a San Diego departure. plan was to fly overland to Gulfport or New Orleans with water landing capability only.
In Houston on February 21 an older pickpocket tactic cost Ramon Otto, a jewelry company employee, $675 after he was bumped from front and rear near a bank. The ruse allowed a thief to lift his wallet containing the payroll.
The article notes British concern over Japan's aim to create a closed Asia trade bloc, citing movements after December 31 and January 19 representations. It recalls Hongkong’s origin as a China cession in 1841, its naval strategic importance, and its expansion from island to Kowloon and mainland, covering 356 square miles.
President Roosevelt sailed aboard the flagship Houston through the West Indies for a grandstand view of Fleet Problem 20 around the Panama Canal. He visited Guantanamo Bay after preliminary scouting operations began yesterday with the Houston and Warrington in Cuban waters.
A robin with red breast was sighted near Fourth Avenue and Carolina Street this morning. Residents noted the bird appeared cautious as winter lingered, while the day’s temperature reached 15 degrees above zero.
Ames argues that a new world war is unlikely soon and Germany will not back Mussolini. He notes Britain evacuated Minorca shifting Loyalist troops, enabling Franco's forces and placing Balearic Islands to control the Mediterranean. He says Italy would have seized Minorca otherwise.
Final touches are underway at the Municipal Auditorium for the Little Theater season premiere featuring three one act plays. The Russia tragedy The Little Stone House directed by Helen Cline Reyes joins the Ozark comedy-fantasy Devil Take a Whittler and the mystery It Took a Woman directed by Mrs. John Merchant. Performances include Maidie and Ray Blatherwick as afterpieces with Amarillo Symphony Orchestra providing music. Curtain at 8 15. Admission 50 cents adults 35 cents students with membership cards accepted.
The plan lists three intact funds the general tax fund the highway motor fuel fund and the state old age assistance bookkeeping fund. Abolished funds are mainly special tax and enforcement funds. Twenty eight abolition targets cover boards and commissions including game fish and oyster commission gas and oil enforcement division and gas utilities division and other regulatory bureaus.
In Cleveland on February 21, 1950, star witness Stanley Sulkowski testified that Agnes Sekarek confessed to poisoning her husband and staging his death as a suicide. After a prior mistrial, the state pressed murder charges. Sekarek had been acquitted previously. Sulkowski then obtained a marriage license to Sekarek and a waiver of the five day wait, planning to marry that day.
The governor proposes abolishing at least 55 of 105 state funds including endowment and bond accounts while preserving 16 federal cooperation funds such as highway and unemployment programs and 11 bond and investment funds. He notes constitutionally set aside funds like the permanent school and university funds and other welfare and pension reserves.
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