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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1940
Page
9
British Prime Minister Churchill's war speech last night was praised as a decisive and uplifting effort. The piece highlights his resolve to win, Britain's sea power, and the peril of German blockade while noting uncertainties about the empire's full resources and the 1942 peak in war preparedness.
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Hollywood reports two elephants burned in a Goebel wild animal farm fire last week that killed Sally and Queenie. Duchess and Pinto will star in Moon Over Burma with Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston amid a jungle fire scene. Producers fear a stampede as elephants are trained to forget, moving to new studio quarters with a large budget for care and treats.
Friends and relatives gathered for the infant Julius Morris Gilbert's christening at Northwest Texas Hospital. Rabbi R Kaplan of Dallas conducted the bris. Godparents were Mr. Ben Soinick and Mrs. Soinick, with J Blinderman assisting. Out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs M E Bishop of Oklahoma City and Mr. and Mrs Leon Gilbert of Pampa. About 75 guests attended a buffet luncheon at the Aaronson tea room. Mrs. Gilbert is Pearl Herring, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Wolf Herring.
The Young Men's Division of the Great Plains District YMCA hosts a no speeches event at the Municipal Auditorium north wing. Members will join local painters and plasterers unions to clean up and renovate the new headquarters and community center. A brief business session will discuss a membership campaign.
The Amarillo Safety Council to elect an executive committee this evening at 8 in the Coca Cola Bottling plant. Council president Maynard Drake said the advisory board’s work will shift to the new executive committee, which includes the chairman of the 3-E’s, the president and secretary, plus two directors.
Farm Security Administration workers plan their annual picnic barbecue and dance at Buffalo Lake on Wednesday evening. Barbecue starts at seven on the escarpment beside the recreation hall. Over 200 employees are expected with committee members H. F. Brown Joe Haxthaughman Jess Bell Joe Gibson and Miss Donna Persley arranging.
London reports British government, preoccupied with German and Italian fronts, is seeking to end the three year war in the East. A Singapore radio broadcast quoted acting Malaya governor S. W. Jones promising maximum effort to halt the war and avoid prolonging fighting. British officials caution the move does not signal a new policy toward Japan. Negotiations in Tokyo between Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie and Foreign Minister Arita focus on a general settlement, with Burma Road issues as a key element. Japan's navy barred shipping along parts of the Chinese coast south of Shanghai, prompting Britain to demand safe operation for its ships and hold Japan accountable for losses.
Col Julius Dorenfield will speak on Preparedness and Defense at Legion Home 1800 Harrison Street tomorrow night. Hanson post will elect officers and plan a delegation to a July 24 district meeting at Pampa, with a barbecue at McClelland Lake featured. John K Boyce and George Broome seek commander, Joe Ommler nominated for historian, and Bozeman and Miller named by the committee.
Ed Spann city fire marshal and Chester Moore first assistant fire chief will teach at the state fire college for another year. They have served on the faculty for several years. The firemens school will be held at College Station during the last two days of this month and the first two days of August.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Dowse, employed by Phillips Petroleum, was severely wounded by a .22 pistol during target practice with her parents. She has recovered enough to be moved from St Anthony's Hospital to her River Road home this afternoon.
Roy Douglas, NYC building supervisor, cruised the Dottie a 22 foot cabin cruiser, through a drawbridge on the Hudson. The bridge opened twice for the boat after 240 feet of rail was removed to allow passage costing the railroad about 600 dollars with potential more. A 30 man section crew temporarily removed track and then replaced it, staying on site for three hours.
The Wang Ching Wei government in Nanking orders expulsion of six Americans from Shanghai international settlement. Named exiles include Randall Gould editor of the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury, C. V. Starr of Post Mercury Co, N F Allman municipal council member and lawyer for Shunpao, J B Powell editor of American China Weekly Review, H P Mills publisher of Hwan Meiwanpao, C D Alcott radio commentator, and J A E Sanders Bates publisher of three British registered Chinese newspapers.
W O W Life Insurance Society will hold a district seven meeting for field men and secretaries at the Capitol Hotel Wednesday at 10 am. Orson Stiles head of organization department and R E Miller national promotional director will attend with J R Sims state Texas manager and C R Hamilton Dallas Camp No 1 commander. A noon lunch will be served. They plan a Log Rollers gathering in Pampa July 17 with members from camps across the Panhandle.
More than 100 men, women and children attended the Morrow Thomas Hardware Company annual picnic held at Cota Glen Canyon. Games, swimming and a John Snider barbecue were featured. The barbecue was served in a screened dining room and company salesmen, in town for a Saturday conference, remained for the outing.
Sam Elkins Amarillo Chamber of Commerce good will chair man starts recruiting a delegation to Tulia for the opening day of Swisher County's golden jubilee. Car caravan to depart Chamber offices at 8 15 Wednesday morning. American Legion bus will transport the drum and bugle corps for the celebration.
E L Hunter, Horace Mann School principal and North Amarillo Kiwanis member, spoke to the Richmond California Kiwanis Club about the Amarillo Kiwanis Clubs and local civic groups. He outlined tuberculosis preventorium efforts and child welfare work supported by these clubs.
Willkie returns to his Colorado Springs retreat after a fish fry to plan a week of Republican conferences for his presidential campaign. He cites Herbert Hoover and Alf Landon among prominent party figures likely to attend, with others including Joseph Martin, John Hamilton, Harold Stassen, and Charles Halleck, pending formal acceptances.
The Texas Corporation and subsidiaries offer leaves of absence with pay for three months to employees who attend National Guard, Naval Reserve, Organized Reserve, and Marine Corps Reserve training camps. If encampments exceed three months, leave is unpaid. Volunteer attendance requires company permission.
Miss Mildred Garrett of Amarillo, superintendent of nurses for the state department of health, visiting from Austin, will speak this week in a course at Lubbock. The second term of the third annual summer course for health workers and sanitation officers begins Tuesday at Texas Tech.
The document states that regular vacations and seniority remain intact while employees are absent for training. Benefits from the Accident and Sick Benefit Plan, Permanent and Total Disability Plan, and Group Life Insurance and Pension Plan apply during paid absence as if in active service. It notes the scheme covers training periods, not actual military service.
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