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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
2
An obituary notes the sudden death of Earl Fuqua at 45, a key figure in Amarillo and Panhandle banking. Described as the Southwest’s sharpest banking mind by Sam Britt, Fuqua battled diabetes for years before dying unexpectedly.
A small tornado struck part of Amarillo early today, causing little damage. A show window collapsed at W L Finkley Electric Company on West Sixth, a door glass shattered at Amarillo Planing Mill, and a city trash wagon was struck and partly unloaded. A dead tree was thrown onto the street from the truck.
Mrs. Ruth Donaldson launches a Merchant's Hostess Service in Amarillo offering personal newcomer greeting by trained hostesses. Each month about 80 newcomers receive city orientation via church, lodge, and club referrals. 174 families visited from April 10 to January 3 with 163 church reports, 58 lodge reports, and 46 club reports.
A widow seeks cooking waitressing practical nursing and housework in a motherless home. A tractor combine man and a young woman offer general labor and housework. A widower seeks correspondence with a refined woman. A yard worker advertises trimming hedges and yard chores with an electric trimmer.
In a Sunday lapse, Arnold Hicks and Tom Green, trusted jail workers, used an elevator to break out on the third floor and escape down a fire escape. Hicks, serving a one year sentence for shoplifting, would finish in October. Green faces an indictable robbery charge. Both had not been recaptured by press time.
Female nurse with experience in practical nursing and child care seeks local work. Prefers evening/night shifts at home but available for short night stints. Call 4988 after 6 PM.
New York July 8 Lieut Col Brehon B Somervell WPA administrator ordered three of four murals hung in Floyd Bennett Field administration building burned declaring they were obviously Communist murals The murals required more than three years to complete and were a WPA Federal Art Project Protests by groups claimed the works showed the Wright Brothers in Russian peasant costumes a red Stalin statue with a fallen aviator a red star replacing a white star on a Navy hangar painting and a Soviet plane from Moscow to California years ago.
Vice Admiral Marcel Bruno Gensoul, wartime head of French fleet at Oran, Algeria, weighed British proposals to prevent Axis capture for about an hour before signaling a decision to resist, and British forces then opened fire.
Bascom Burch sustained abrasions in a traffic crash at 1400 West Sixth Avenue around 2 PM and was admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital for treatment. hospital staff described the injuries as not serious.
Protest hearings were held by the city board of equalization this morning to review valuations for taxation. Board members Tom Cotten Chad Elliott and Homer Wheeler oversee the process while Maud McClung the chief deputy assessor noted it was a busy morning.
Thieves struck the Special Welfare Association office last night tearing a screen ripping a window and pulling a light fixture. They stole an array of clothing including two overcoats a man's suit a man's hat five ladies dresses eight sweaters one pair of boots and a pair of trousers.
Wheat growers in Carson and Armstrong counties report harvests hindered by tough grain that sticks in hulls, making thrashing difficult as moon phase is blamed or denied. Farmers describe sucker wheat and claim mood unrelated factors.
J S Pitman former assistant recorder of Khiva Temple visited and then departed for Lubbock to begin a new life. He recently resigned as an official of the Mystic Shrine and Scotish Rite and will pursue business ventures in Lubbock.
The New York Stock Exchange recorded an 18 year low in activity with only 230000 shares changing hands today. Fenner Beane Amarillo members of the NYSE and other leading exchanges reported the subdued trading.
At Malin Park during a Gold Sox Cowboys game umpire Joe Pate called play after the fire in front row boxes behind the plate. Pitcher Chester Hill rushed water with a paper cup to help as the action paused and crowds shouted for relief.
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