09 Jul 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1940
Page
1
In Amarillo the newsreel of Willkie draws heavy applause and scattered hisses as voters await the November 5 election. The column contrasts Willkie with Roosevelt, notes Landon’s past popularity and predicts a tight, clashful race with candidates portrayed as scrappers.
Clarence Grimes of Dalhart Texas criticizes publishers for bias and censorship, argues Americans wake up to elites and Hollywood Democrats, references Lindbergh and Billy Mitchell, and defends Canada and Mexico stance while denouncing Chamberlain comparisons and urging change in U S leadership. He ends by denying claims of supporting Canada or Japan war plans and rebukes the columnist Tack.
A single bathtub sized footprint 40 inches wide on the Paluxy River near Glen Rose suggests an 80 foot long dinosaur weighing about 50 tons. Dr E H Sellards of Texas paleontological survey and Roland T Bird of the American Museum oversee removal of the track, revealing a four toed sauropod footprint.
Jos L Benesch died Saturday night at his Denver Colorado home. He was a pioneer Denver resident and father of E M Benesch of Amarillo. The family traveled from Amarillo to attend the funeral in Denver with survivors including a grandson J M Benesch of Amarillo.
Amarillo Chamber receives word from Henry Tubel of a Tulia delegation planning a visit Wednesday afternoon to herald an upcoming Tulia celebration. The exact time given is around 3 to 3 thirty.
Mayor Ross Rogers returned the Will Rogers Boulevard naming and Will Rogers Memorial Park project to the North Amarillo Kiwanis Club for implementation. The city commission supports the plan and Rogers urged full city cooperation at the club meeting. He warned of a decade of war economy and urged awareness of western hemisphere danger.
Shamrock youth Tom Green who escaped Sunday from Potter County jail was recaptured this afternoon in Wheeler by Deputy Sheriff Dick Vaughan. He had swapped his escape footwear for a pair of cowboy boots, causing blisters that forced him to walk tiptoe back to custody. Green and accomplice Arnold Hicks, serving time for shoplifting, fled the jail after trading shoes for boots. Hicks would have been released in October.
A necklace of small water filled vases for keeping flowers fresh all evening is exhibited at the Texas State Florists Convention in Dallas. The phial vases fit around stems as a floral necklace or wristlet, demonstrated by R L Cason of Corsicana Texas, design instructor at the convention. a rubber vacuum arrangement prevents water spills.
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