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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1940
Page
1
A jaunty column blends weather notes with travel plans to attend the national convention in Chicago. The writer notes 32 years of consecutive national conventions attended, expects the Chicago event to finish by Thursday, and mentions political tensions between Roosevelt hopefuls and Republicans.
President Cardenas moves to implement a sweeping reform of the state oil sector with the new program expected to take effect Monday, according to reliable sources in Mexico City.
Driving to Amarillo from Lubbock last night the travelers changed drivers near. The fragmentary notice offers no further details on the missing collie pup or its keeper.
Washington July 12 Here are the Burke Wadsworth compulsory military training bill provisions endorsed by the army high command. It outlines universal male registration 18 to 65 and liability 21 to 45, eight month training, a ten year reserve, annual training, selection by lot, age based quotas, and Presidential authority to defer calls.
Amarillo's Municipal Auditorium begins a major facelift with landscaping and interior redecorating. The project covers a new lawn and trees, roof repairs, improved acoustics, and a complete interior repainting. The north wing becomes the YMCA and the south wing houses Federated Women’s Clubs. the public library will reopen August 1 after remodeling.
Officers of Amarillo local No. 665 United Brotherhood of Carpenters were installed at Carpenters Hall. Herbert Litle became president and A E Ewell vice president with George T. Enoch as recording secretary. W W Finch named financial secretary and business agent and J B Parr treasurer. Other officers include G A Demic warden R L Savage conductor Ernest Smith trustee. Finch named as delegate to the national convention December 9 in Lakeland Florida at the Carpenters Home plant valued at 3 million.
San Francisco police report a 200 pound bandit strapped a metal box to grocery manager Allen McLean's back at a boulevard stop sign claiming a timer bomb. The robber forced McLean to drive to the store where he opened the safe and took $224 before fleeing with the time bomb device.
Belgian born dramatist Maurice Maeterlinck arrives in Hoboken as a penniless refugee. Quarantine bars entry of his blue birds, and he and his wife Renee watch the birds be surrendered. He laments loss of money and property across Belgium, France, and Nice under German and Italian occupation.
Margaret Temple King news editor for KMOX in St Louis is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W C King at 1607 Polk Street. She is the station's only woman on the news staff and conducts several programs. She began radio work at the University of Missouri and this is her first visit to Amarillo.
Political circles report an extraordinary session of the Mexican Congress set for July 25 may decide to pass upon the results of Sunday's national elections rather than wait until August 25 as prescribed by law.
Wesley Owens of Amarillo died Tuesday afternoon in Fort Worth after years of operating a lumber business there. Survivors include his wife Mannie Trigg and siblings in law Mrs. H E Chesnutt Mrs D F Tudor and Howard Trigg. Fort Worth attendees traveled for funeral services scheduled today.
An unsigned morning note to the Globe accuses a man known as the meanest in town of cutting his wife's flowers to protest a water bill of just over three dollars. The note says it was the wife who found no joy but tending the blooms. The editors report the public shaming of the offender.
Livestock sales report from Kansas City notes hogs at 5 to 15 lower than Thursday’s averages with most buyers cautious. Cattle offerings limited with a light cleanup market and few high grade dealers. Sheep sold actively with top native spring lambs at 9.50 and Texas lambs around 8.25, fed yearlings at 7.35. Also mentions Amarillo market receipts and local wheat price of 54 cents. Financial Security Fund shows liquidation price 14.312 and offering price 1.57.
Bill Thompson has joined the United States Army in the 82nd Field Artillery at Fort Bliss Texas. He is 23, a cook by trade and previously resided in Amarillo for eight months after moving from Tulsa. The rival “Blazing Bill” Thompson plays for West Texas State College Buffaloes and is at Canyon summer school. his brother Clifford Thompson works for the Santa Fe railroad in Amarillo.
Harold McEnness of Bendix Aviation says a good possibility exists that Germany has acquired the U S bomb sight. He notes Nazi bombers operated at great height and hit Citroen plant with high accuracy, suggesting they may possess the device.
Amarillo’s reserve water supply has returned to normal at 18 feet in a 20 foot city reservoir after heavy demand. Over two days the city used about one million gallons to relieve shortages, with yesterday’s consumption at 11 million gallons, below the prior record. For the first 11 days of the month the average use was 9.5 million gallons daily, up from 6.6 million a year ago.
The 1940 wheat harvest nears completion as Amarillo Grain Exchange receipts fall from 158 to 82 carloads. Grainmen estimate over 80 percent of the crop harvested, and the price remains at 54 cents after yesterday's dip from 56 cents.
Potter County reported tax collections totaling 21,883.87 in state and county taxes and 8,136.07 in additional receipts during June. The article notes the combined total approaches thirty thousand dollars for the month.
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