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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
5
Perry C. Burks, editor of the Rotary publication Wheels, publishes an editorial titled Rotary Ethics and Democracy that argues vocational standards protect democracy and criticizes price gouging and fraud harming honest citizens. The piece links ethical business to national governance and warns against demagogic promises.
A detailed day’s radio timetable lists KGNC 2500 watts day and 1000 watts night with programs from 6:00 p.m. to 1:05 a.m. including Lew White Travel Time News and entertainment features, NBC shows such as Amarillo High School Hits and Encores, America’s Town Meeting, Fred Waring in Pleasuretime, and the Richard Himber Orchestra, along with morning and afternoon segments and classified ads.
Radio and TV day timetable listing programs and orchestras such as Gunn Hinerman Budgeteers Ma Perkins Pepper Young's Family Stella Dallas Paul Whiteman's Orch and Sammy Kaye's Orch alongside local news Morning Devotional Market Reports and Keep Fit to Music with channels NBC TSN MBS and local outfits including Pine Wood General Store and The Johnson Family.
A vintage Buckley’s Canadian Mixture advertisement touts a triple acting cough medicine for bronchial irritation. It claims rapid relief from thick phlegm and breathing difficulty with a pungent, fast acting formula now available in Canada and the United States.
A dense listing of programs across NBC CBS and other networks for Thursday January 4 includes Jackie Armstrong Kitty Keene Sketch The Affairs of Anthony Uncle Don’s Broadcast The Dinning Sisters Scattergood Baines The Rhythm Ensemble and more with news talks and musical items scheduled through 10 PM CST featuring Keith Lewis and Fulton Lewis Jr. among others.
The Amarillo column notes new arrivals from Oklahoma City Los Angeles Dallas and Plainview with families at multiple addresses. Births are announced at St. Anthony’s and Northwest Texas Hospital while several residents depart for cities including Chicago Dallas Los Angeles and Wichita Falls. Local illnesses and hospitalizations are listed along with community anniversaries and birthdays.
Three Boston officers Patrick J. Carroll Joseph Mikalonis and Frank Sullivan received extra vacations after taking a sick little girl to a hospital. Superiors learned the girl had mumps and ordered the officers to “get until further notice” rather than praising their courtesy.
In Omaha Nebraska a new coal truck driver dumped 15 tons of slack coal into a sewer manhole near a store coalhole. The building superintendent alerted the coal company and an investigation followed to locate the missing coal.
Radio and TV schedule fragment lists Fred Waring program on NBC West chains music and dance slots. Paul Sullivan News broadcast on CBS West East and CBS Midwest. Amos and Andy repeats on CBS West. 10 15 PM to 1 AM dance music block with NBC chains. 11 PM Sullivan repeat on CBS Midwest.
A long list shows individuals and families relocating or being assigned to cities including Dallas Houston Fort Worth Wichita Falls New Orleans Tulsa Nashville Austin and others. Names such as J F Thomas J W Wilkinson M V Lacey Miss Mary Metcalf and Mrs Sam Page appear among many others with destinations across Texas and nearby states.
Pattern 2417 features a 15 by 19 inch transfer image with color chart and stitch guide. Send ten cents for this Amarillo Globe Needlecraft pattern to The Globe New York, include PATTERN NUMBER your NAME and ADDRESS.
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