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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1940
Page
2
A long column blends weather notes with community appeals and light items. It urges support for a Milk Fund aiding 730 schoolchildren, reports on Amarillo tourism chatter, and shares a mix of jokes, sayings, and a Peggy Manning photo. It also includes social notes, letters, and country press tidbits from Cactus Creek and beyond.
Orson Welles landed in Amarillo aboard a westbound TWA flight bound for Hollywood. The War of Worlds star, six foot two and over 200 pounds, spoke calmly about his upcoming films Heart of Darkness and The Smiler With the Knife and recalled his Dublin Abbey Players days. He discussed the 1938 radio scare, saying he regretted frightening listeners, and noted plans for Guggenheim study in Ireland.
Funeral services for William Dave Riggins will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Groom Methodist Church. The Groom farmer died yesterday of a heart attack while visiting his daughter Mrs. Jim Stroope in White Deer. He had lived in Groom 22 years and is survived by his wife three sons and three daughters. Burial will be in Groom Cemetery under Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors.
Margaret Joyce Moore seeks help finding her Chinese Chow Tin-Tow, missing after leaving a home where he was recovering from a car accident. The dog limps on the right front foot and has five toes on each paw. Readers urged to assist.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi failed to obtain immediate Senate approval for his plan to form a 24 member joint budget committee to study President Roosevelt s budget and offer fiscal recommendations. Objections from Minority Leader McNary and Senator Byrnes threatened to block the measure unless defense appropriations and national military policy were included. House action on anti lynching legislation also noted.
Aviation experts predicted within 18 months planes could fly nonstop to Europe with bombs or passengers and cargo. Two wing and cylinder design changes promise range and speed gains, with drag cut to a third and engine efficiency up to 300 percent, per Langley Field NACA reports.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs L W Metcalf of Fritch died this morning at 8 30 o clock at a local hospital The child is survived by three grandparents Mr and Mrs W L Howze of Fritch and Mrs Lula Metcalf of Stanton The body is in state at the Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements
Judge W E Gee convened the January term of the 108th district court after a Sabbath rest. A prior term adjourned Saturday. a mixed note mentions a large white dog with J W Salmon Perryton Texas on its collar and a $2 reward offered by Rittenberry.
President Roosevelt named Clarence E. Gauss of Connecticut as the first United States minister to Australia as relations are newly established. He also submitted Senate reappointments to the Reconstruction Finance Corp board for two year terms and a batch of postmaster nominations. Brigadier General Guy N. Henninger was named to brigadier general in the National Guard.
An overheated furnace sparked a fire early this morning at 905-A and 905-B Parker Street. Firefighters responded to the alarm at 1:57 and remained on scene for more than an hour, causing damage to the residence.
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