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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1941
Page
4
The Post Office Cleaners at 120 East Seventh Avenue announce a one day Dollar Day bargain. Four suits or dresses can be cleaned for a dollar cash and carry, with free cleaning and pressing for any single dollar worth of business. COD returns available for out of town customers. Minor repairs and alterations receive expert care.
Botts Display Service provides full sign making and display work for Amarillo and surrounding trade area. The union shop operates from the Angelus Hotel Building at 323 West Sixth Avenue with outlying Odessa and Midland locations. C A Botts says screen processing offers nearly any color combination and the firm handles 90 percent of local windows and theater displays under contract. Estimates and bids are available by phone.
In California a proposed measure from the W C T U would require girls near 21 to show cocktail cards before ordering drinks to prevent minor access to alcohol. The plan likens it to draft registration cards used for men and will be presented to the state legislature.
The Amarillo Business College on Taylor Street begins its first Winter Term under C Homer Wiseman. The college offers secretarial science and business administration with modern equipment and low tuition, plus night classes and easy installment plans. New students enroll. calls for information go to Wiseman, president.
The Soft Water Service Company at 706 West Sixteenth Avenue markets a service based soft water system plus complete water conditioning. They sell single or double tank softeners and Zeolite refills, inspect and estimate overhauls, and charge a monthly fee around 2.25 with a 15 day trial and no binding contract. If satisfied, an installation fee plus monthly service continues. For details call 2-3012 or visit the plant.
The analemma, a figure eight diagram, marks the equation of time and the sun’s apparent declination for each day. In the United States, about 28 people die in fires daily.
Doctor J F Bromert explains that lasting health hinges on a flexible well aligned spine to maintain nerve flow to key organs. He notes early decline shows spine settling and tightening which presses nerves controlling heart lungs stomach and liver.
A brief note states that proper spinal alignment and mobility support long life. It claims spinal adjustments help reestablish vertebral alignment and length, aiding overall health and vigor. Readers are urged to consult for more information about spine and health.
Begin now to shape your spring wardrobe with Mrs. Cherry Gragg at Style Salon 423 West Tenth Avenue. She designs and makes spring suits dresses and coats, handles buttonholes and buckles, offers rhinestones and moulds, restyles old garments, and provides alterations. Call 7834 for details.
A Hammond Taxi Service promotes its safe, courteous, dependable service around the clock. Hammond cabs are praised for their safety record and prompt arrival, ready to take you to work shopping or many other trips with a quick call to 6284.
A study notes that pythons possess more developed hind limbs compared with certain lizard species, indicating varied locomotor adaptation within squamates.
Brown House Shop at 816 Polk Street holds its yearly store wide clearance offering 10 to 50 percent discounts on all items except open china stock. The sale features lamps, shades, watercolors, frames, figurines, fine china, linen sets, towels, artificial flowers, glassware, and more, with many items half price and others 25 percent off. War conditions have not stopped shipments from Wedgwood and Spode, with Lennox patterns also available.
Discovery of a submarine mountain range 3 000 feet high yet 8 000 feet below the ocean surface is reported by Lieut Commander R D Horne after a charting cruise near the Aleutians. Coast and geodetic survey ships have completed about 20 percent of a new Aleutian study begun in 1934, replacing Russian era charts from the 1860s.
A Columbia man Robert Carson allowed his daughter to persuade him to demonstrate cod liver oil as pleasant to dislodge his mustache. The resulting odor coated his facial hair and resisted removal until he shaved. In industry, four billion gallons of water are daily used in steelmaking for steam and cooling.
Woodrow Pershing Martin feared underweight for army service. He ate a dozen bananas to gain two and a half pounds but the draft board found him possibly diabetic. After confessing, he reduced bananas, returned a week later, and passed the second physical with no trouble.
Youthful pranksters at Monmouth College coated Wallace Hall seats with lubricating oil in hopes of a holiday. Officials required the first hour class to stand while the oil was cleaned and business proceeded as usual.
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