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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
1
An oldtime cowman warns of a Mackenzie norther. cold wave chills Amarillo and Panhandle towns. Quail mortality rises as snow stays, while local folks feed birds to survive. Travel and weather contrasts draw downstate comparisons and highlight hardy Plains resilience.
Market data from the New York Stock Exchange shows price movements across sectors. The report lists Dow Jones averages and sector figures with notable gains and losses for utilities rails and industrials.
Charles C. Meeker, father of Rev. Martin A. Meeker of Amarillo, died yesterday at Pawnee Oklahoma after about two months illness. He was 81 and a retired cattle man. Rev. Meeker, associate pastor of the First Christian Church, is ill with influenza and will be unable to attend the funeral at Pawnee tomorrow at 1 PM.
Detroit January 18 A General Motors executive Harry C Doane proposes front and rear flashing direction signals for cars. He notes signals must be visible to motorists and pedestrians, even in bright sunlight, with front signals visible when headlights are on.
Cadiz Ohio reports Mrs Clyde Dunlap 44 keeps 24 living children with a coal miner husband earning barely enough for food. She married at 16 and was grandmother at 35 now has 16 grandchildren. Latest additions are twin boys. The father in poor health works part time in a hillside coal mine to support the family.
Observations on rain hurting ripe dates and the use of paper raincoats to protect clusters. A German weekly English broadcast warns of English plant locations and bomb risks. Notes on demolition tactics from the basement up. A New York wife deploys the Doghouse Association to curb a roaming husband with hourly temperature reports and sympathetic staff guidance.
Seattle resident S. F. Phillips reports his cucumbers lack a green bitter flavor and are albino pale cream from blossom to harvest. He says the new variety is sweeter and bears seeds about two thirds the size of the traditional cucumber.
Willmar Minnesota report says Pat Coyne, a hired hand, lost his watch 17 years ago when climbing a fence. This fall, boss E. Barker climbed the same fence and found the watch, now running again after all that time.
Firemen this morning and early afternoon answered two alarms. The first at 9 30 from 4205 East Fourteenth Avenue involved a house set afire as an alleged attempt to thaw frozen water pipes. The second at 2 10 from 715 Fillmore Street involved a motor car in flames.
A young married man with clerk, filling station, and chauffeur experience seeks steady employment. He notes his wife is skilled, suggesting household or related support. No other concrete job offers or specifics are provided in the brief note.
A mass meeting at the Negro Methodist Church in the flats area was postponed due to bad weather. The WPA nursery school plan for local children was to be discussed at the meeting.
Doctors say kidneys contain about 15 miles of tiny tubes that purify blood and keep you healthy. They remove excess acids and wastes and help most people pass around 3 pints a day. If kidney function fails, toxins linger causing back ache, energy loss, swelling, and urinary issues. Use Doan's Pills for relief.
Maverick Club members attended a Rotary luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel for a Maverick Club Day. Coach Howard Lynch praised the boys for discipline and readiness while Dean E L Hunter lauded their conduct and achievements. Ralph Dykeman outlined club programs as 106 football trainees, 42 lettered, with 27 in basketball and 50 in tumbling. two Mavericks were named among the progress.
The Amarillo Texas Tech Club will meet at 6:45 this evening at the Amarillo Hotel. Moving pictures of Tech football games will be shown. Judge Marshall Formby of Dickens County canceled his trip due to bad weather.
Joe E. Sharp expressed appreciation from the Maverick Club for the Rotary Club’s support. Two Mavericks Ford Turner performed with three songs, joined by Miss Julia Dean, music director. Cal Farley presided as master of ceremonies.
An advertisement states backache may stem from sluggish kidneys and waste buildup. It urges keeping kidneys active like bowels, selling a 25¢ Bukets box and promising relief in four days, with local availability at City Drug Store and Fox Drug Co.
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