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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
9
An Ardent Admirers note lists eight eligible bachelors and wagers that by December 31 1940 seven will wed and one will die unnaturally from running. The plea asks Bill to back the bet and mentions Ben Lipshy of Zales offering a wedding ring for the first leap toward marriage.
Answers to Cranium Crackers cover a quiz with names Marian Anderson Paul V McNutt Sigmund Freud Walter Krivitsky Charles Lindbergh and Hubert Cole. It also notes a New Year Eve dinner scene at Harvey House and a Hollywood studio payment anecdote. Trade head Frederick S Dickson dies in Washington on January 4.
Anne Adams Pattern 4259 features an unusual waist seam and a center front panel. Reads for short or long sleeves with various print options and included bloomers. Pattern sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with yardage and price details. order from The Amarillo Globe Pattern Department.
President Cardenas sent General Hernandez Lamont to Sonora to assess local Yaqui tensions amid reports of a revolt. Officials said no Indian trouble existed and blamed clashes between federal troops and outlaws from Sinaloa as the source of sensational reports.
London report notes the ministry of food will not issue meat ration cards for dogs as meat rationing begins next month. A canine defense league official says horse flesh and cow meat deemed unfit for humans may be used, along with other substitutes, to feed dogs.
Lincoln January report says Harley Toland tried to warn a motorist not to cross a bridge. He was struck by the vehicle and left with a broken leg, prompting reflection on his decision to intervene as a Good Samaritan.
Fifteen persons were injured when a blaze gutted the interior of the eight story Henshaw Hotel in Omaha Neb during early hours. Firemen rescued about 50 patrons as crews battled the flames amid near zero weather and frozen water mains. The damage was estimated at over 200000 dollars.
The Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch, archbishop of Milwaukee, is named archbishop of Chicago by Pope Pius XII, succeeding the late George Mundelein. Stritch, 52, a Nashville native educated in Cincinnati, was ordained in Rome at 22.
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