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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1941
Page
2
All men in precincts 1 to 12 fall under Board No 1 while precincts 13 to 27 stay with Board No 2. Any address or employment change must be reported immediately to the draft board. No changes of address can be taken by telephone.
The column blends rainfall notes from downtown Amarillo with lively local concerns. It cites gauges reporting 0.76 to 0.90 inches overnight and notes continuing light showers boosting crops, while urging caution on Washington Street traffic and celebrating area farming, cherry harvests, and cow business trends.
In Arizona the chulo a small vicious animal, overruns districts in Coronado National Forest. Ranger Gilbert Sykes says chulos attack mountain lion hunting dogs, running down from trees and injuring or besting hounds. He notes 200 chulos in one area and urges inclusion in the next wildlife census.
Readers seek housework in the 18th Buchanan area on Tue Wed Thu afternoons with strong references. A colored woman offers housework experience and references. A colored woman seeks work with a white family moving to California, and a reader looks for a middle aged woman to take full charge of a home.
Potter County may draft 300 to 350 men from yesterday's selective service registration of 21-year olds. The county registered 280 men, with several out-of-county and out-of-state residents among them. Draft boards note potential gains from registrants who live away from home.
Public utility employees of Amarillo have begun training with pistol firing as the first class in a defense program. Police Captain Leo Uselding, an FBI academy graduate, announced the next class will include Helium plant workers. A cliffside range near Canyon will host pistols shotguns and rifles.
Washington state starts a new tax on May 1 targeting pinball and other skill based amusement machines with a 10 percent tax on gross operating income. Slot machines with winnings driven by chance face a 20 percent tax. A separate Finland note mentions six people own property over 700000 dollars.
Thirty members of Boy Scout Troop 13 returned from a week at a Conejos River camp in Colorado. Scoutmaster Bob McNeil led the group with Henry Seaman Leonard Jansen and Dr W J Shudde among the adult staff. Funds were raised by the youths since January. The item notes St Augustine Florida marking its 375th anniversary as the oldest European settled city in the United States.
A county notes three men registered on Wednesday July 2 in the draft age for the first registration last Oct 16. One served in the armed forces at that time, another was outside the nation, and the third said he did not register the first time.
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