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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1940
Page
1
A mix of weather notes and local chatter spans cold snaps from Creede to Amarillo. The column teases oil prospects, shifts in business, old time jokes, theater reviews, and sports pride as town residents recall cattle buys, a white Christmas, and a predicted heavy snow season.
Berlin reports Germany tracks British aid to Finland and aims to stay out of the Russo Finnish conflict. Sources say Moscow would seek to settle with Finland alone unless Britain’s forces or munitions reach decisive levels, in which case Germany would likely back Russia.
L. S. Taylor of Group Hospital Service Inc explained workings of the hospital plan sponsored in Amarillo to the Lions Club. James Neal Northe provided several songs during the program.
Police who intended to question a man seated on a crate outside a Brooklyn poultry market found him frozen to death. The victim, about 45, was poorly dressed and had no identification on his clothing.
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Cox wife of Arthur J Cox will be held Wednesday at 3 PM from Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating Pallbearers named Herman Vaughn Henry R Jones W L Gravitt Jess Coble Ralph Hinkamp and Raymond Eagleston Burial in Liano Cemetery She died last night in Amarillo hospital at 54 and had lived in Amarillo six years The family home is 2800 Taylor Street Survived by husband and sister in law Mrs N A Jones
USDA notes Kansas City sales with hogs uneven and down 10 to 20 cents, top $5.60 for 160 to 230 pound hogs. Cattle receipts total about 4,525 calves. beef steers and yearlings steady to firm, vealers steady, heavy use of good to choice stockers and feeders. cows and bulls mixed to firm. Sheep and lambs strong to slightly higher, fed lambs around $9.10 to $9.15, yearlings $7.85, sheep about $6.50, slaughter lambs $2.75 to $4.25. futures contingent on confirmation.
President Roosevelt reviewed his plans for the 1940 session in an hour long conference with Vice President Garner and administration congressional leaders. Also noted are jail inmates in Roanoke who swapped apples for bootleg liquor during a liquor board sting and a Chicago report stating per capita meat and lard consumption in 1939 reached 145 pounds, the highest since 1934.
The piece notes improved relations between Lubbock and Amarillo due to demonstrated sportsmanship in football. It expects a broader goodwill trend, while also mentioning upcoming snow and other varied topics from science to wartime prompts and music sales.
A desperate message from a man asking for employment to support his wife and two babies, expressing urgent need for any job. It outlines his family responsibilities and seeks assistance or opportunities to work.
In Cleveland on January 2 11 year old Samuel Rutter was stabbed in a scuffle and bled from the neck. His companion Leo Dawson 11 carried him a mile through a blinding snowstorm on the bicycle crossbars to a hospital where doctors stopped the bleeding and predicted recovery.
War Minister General Shunroku Hata revealed in a New Year message that 70,000 Japanese soldiers have been killed in action in China since the July 7, 1937 outbreak. He warned that the campaign is far from over and urged the nation to prepare for further sacrifices.
Copenhagen January 2 The first German airliner since the European war arrived with nine passengers. Officials believed regular German Danish air service might resume.
The Norwegian liner Queen Maud rescued 36 crew members from the German steamer Johann Schulte after she lost her propeller and sent an SOS. The rescue occurred last night near Trondheim Norway.
An old advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules to flush kidneys and soothe bladder. It claims relief from nighttime urination, backache, and joint pain by driving out waste and uric acid, urging readers to buy the 35 cent box from Haarlem, Holland.
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