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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
2
Navy recruiter C L Williams announced August quota of 1200 aviation students. Applicants aged 20 to 27 with at least two years of college can apply at 302 Post Office Building. Preliminary exams at local station. successful candidates go to Dallas for final test and then eight weeks of training before commissioning.
Funeral services for Denman Ross a 42 year old Amarillo bootmaker who died yesterday will be held at 10:30 tomorrow morning at the Central Church of Christ with Luther G Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Mrs Nettle Mae Ross and several children and five brothers. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Six American Red Cross nurses and seven U S Marines rescued from the Maasdam arrive in London from the North Atlantic torpedoing. The nurses named are Frances Bacon Laurine Smith Mary Ann Sullivan Geraldine Shuttleworth Margaret Malloy and Martha Reis. Two other nurses remain unaccounted for as of today.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as the original Dr Boerhane formula that helps millions with kidney and bladder trouble. It claims immediate urinary and bladder soothing effects, urges prompt purchase, and highlights gold medal branding on the box.
Washington reports a new secret land force weapon in the works as Congress advances a $3.504 billion tax plan and price stabilization law. The army reportedly cannot obtain manufacturing rights, with plans sought by the government under seizure proposals. The inventor may demand large sums for drawings and could appeal price decisions.
Three motor cars collide near 116 Harrison Street in the Flats this morning. Finnie Smith of 1500 North Washington Street and William Hansboro of Muncie Indiana were involved as a car backing from 116 Harrison Street caused a parked vehicle to spin into the Harlem Grill. No injuries reported.
AGATEVILLE Ga July 17 A two and a half year old girl escaped serious harm after four cars of a freight train passed over her on the tracks she was playing on. The child the daughter of a farm couple had a gap where her front teeth were missing and a few bruises as the only injuries. Crewmen stopped the train after the fourth car rolled over her and she was unharmed beyond shock.
The Navy opened recruiting stations in Amarillo Lubbock Big Spring San Angelo and Paris Texas and Muskogee Clinton Woodward Oklahoma, all in the Dallas district with a 650 man quota for this month. Roy Lokey said 225 were enlisted last month, 265 this month, as William F Monroe of 3412 Hayden Street enlisted as naval reserve yeoman second class and heads to Dallas for duty in the 8th district.
Members of the University Fraternity Club will hold a barbecue at Buffalo Lake at 7 o'clock this evening. All fraternity men and University Club members and their wives are invited to participate in the get-together. Afterward the group will dance boat swim and fish.
Thousands of applicants seek 100 positions in the Texas Highway Patrol. Col Homer Garrison says 5 000 will be examined in mid August across 14 district HQs including Amarillo. July 29 deadline for applications. 100 winners enter 8 week Camp Mabry training in September.
Firemen respond to an undetermined origin blaze at Lillians Beauty Shop 512 North Fillmore Street. The alarm sounded at 7 59 with firemen reporting a window curtain in flames.
Nine year old Jean Delk escaped serious harm after being knocked from her bicycle and dragged about 21 feet by a Royal Crown Cola truck on Eighth Avenue. Police say witnesses reported the bicycle ran a red light. Dorothy Mauildron rode with Delk. Delk lies at St. Anthony's Hospital with only bruises. The truck was driven by Ralph Marable on Taylor Street.
London July 17 American made light cruiser tanks of the M 3 type have been on the battlefront in Egypt and proved to be a most valuable weapon Lord Beaverbrook minister of supply declared today mechanically it is the most reliable tank in the world
C. L. Kilgore submits plans for a two story brick house at 2409 Van Buren Street. The nine room home with basement is estimated to cost at least 23000 and awaits approval from Wallace Hazlewood city building inspector.
Draft Board No 1 filled its 21st call sending Cornelius Alexander to Dallas for induction into selective service.
About 50 to 60 tractor operators at the $22 million bomber assembly plant near Tulsa quit their jobs today. Union official Jim Burke said workers left as they could earn higher wages elsewhere, with some places paying up to $1.50 per hour while Tulsa offered $1 to $1.15. The stoppage highlights wage-related labor movement during wartime production.
Burke notes the wage scale set by Washington and warns that leaving for higher pay isn’t striking. The text also mentions Navajo women using a mix of red ochre and mutton tallow as a beauty cream.
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