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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1941
Page
7
War time optimism surrounds Amarillo with the American Zinc Company smelter expanding. 700 plus workers, 200 on new construction, plans for 500000 more in upgrades, and potential rail traffic growth. Other notes praise a booming Dumas smelter and possible new oil prospects near town.
The 21st annual Kiwanis installation in downtown Amarillo will feature Dean Howard Taylor of the Oklahoma College for Women at Chickasha as the after dinner speaker. New officers led by President-Elect Clay Thornton will be installed after a 7 PM dinner at Amarillo Country Club. Reservations at 1.25 each must be made before noon Monday.
Dr. Far G. Hamlett pastor of Polk Street Methodist Church spoke to Optimist Club members at noon. He urged optimism for the new year, comparing the year to night and day and declaring that darkness never lasts and light will come again.
Amarillo's water department reports 530 more meters than last year as growth continues. Weather kept water use low in December with average daily consumption at 3,035,000 gallons.
Amarillo added 198 more homes in 1940 than 1939 yet construction costs were down by 32,524. Total taxable property rose as the 1940 figure reached 2,612,002 while non taxables included the VA facility and Social Center. 503 new homes were built in 1940 versus 305 in 1939.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce predicts a strong 1941 with vast literature requests and expanding business activity. Savings bonds urged, U.S. notes oversubscribed, rates fall, and Will Rogers anecdote frames a cautious optimism amid war talk and flood-boom warnings.
The internal revenue office announced that all persons in the income tax income level must file returns between now and March 15. Married individuals with a gross income of $2,000 annually and unmarried individuals with $800 must file.
Local Draft Board No 2 announced universal cooperation from industrial firms in the selective service program. They credited the smelter and Pinkney Packing Company for strong compliance and praised their leadership. The January term of 47th District Court at Canyon will begin next Monday for three weeks, with sessions in Amarillo on January 27.
A young widow writes to Tack seeking employment options. The message appears as a brief help request in the issue, with a continuation note indicating more details on page 9.
The condition of Miss Carrie Ella Whitmire at Northwest Texas Hospital is very much improved after pneumonia. Family members reported today she continues to recover under medical care.
Milo Warner national commander of the American Legion plans two broadcast addresses in Amarillo on Tuesday. He will speak at 10:30 AM at the high school student assembly and at 12:45 PM at the Amarillo Lions Club luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel. Out-of-town Legionnaires and local leaders will welcome him before he visits the Veterans Administration Hospital and Hanson Post No. 54. He will then proceed to Lubbock for a scheduled speech.
Vice President-Elect Henry A. Wallace and Mrs. Wallace depart Mexico City for Brownsville ending a five week stay that included President Avila Camacho's inauguration. They will then visit San Antonio to see Mayor Maury Maverick with agricultural attaché Lester N. Mallory.
A new Girl Scout troop will be organized Friday at 4 in the primary room of First Christian Church. Mrs. P. L. Reppert leads the organization committee with sponsorship by the Woman's Council of the Christian Church. The group includes 24 girls aged ten and eleven. A Brownie troop was organized there in December.
Sheriff Bill Adams resigns from the post of head janitor at the courthouse after commissioners had placed him in charge to hire and fire custodians. The court let the action stand, citing a Civil Appeals ruling. No new action was taken by the commissioners today.
Birds have vanished from Ellwood Park mirroring last winter’s starlings as air rifles for Christmas gifts are suggested by Chester Fitz city parks superintendent. Residents who feed the birds report no response to their dinner call in recent days.
Amarillo records show 1,138 births last year up from 1,081 in 1939, including 16 sets of twins. Deaths declined from 476 in 1939 to 415 last year.
Ten marriage licenses were issued in the county on the last day of 1940. On January 1 there were no applications, and January 2 yielded one license. Among late 1940 licenses was to Sam Houston Batley a marine sergeant at the local recruiting station and Miss Edith Adele Brooks of Amarillo.
Orlepe Farmer, technician for the health department, returned from a three weeks course at Hygemnic laboratory Pasteur Institute in Austin. She also attended a state meeting of laboratory technicians with Pasteur Institute sessions to correlate municipal and state lab methods.
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