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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1940
Page
9
In a tense Britain resists Hitler's peace terms as Nazi leaders warn of imminent invasion. Experts doubt a winter assault but fear the plan remains a priority, with Germany eager to hear boots on English cobbles and leverage weather constraints.
Mur alist Julius Woelz started Mural No 2 this morning in the Amarillo Post Office lobby moving his scaffold to the east wall of the west lobby to begin the Texas industries mural. The cattle loading mural on the north wall is finished but partially blocked.
Ralph Carr, manager of the Mid Central Fish Company in Amarillo, said the first full carload shipment ever to arrive in the city was unloaded last night. The 40,000 pound car carried haddock filet from Mulgrove Nova Scotia. The firm distributes fish products across the Panhandle High Plains and eastern New Mexico from 300 North Tyler Street, Amarillo, established last October.
Mr. T. Aboosh born in Mesopotamia raised in Jerusalem and educated in America will speak at the First Church of the Nazarene on Lincoln Street and Fourteenth Avenue this evening at eight o clock. His talk titled Palestine Past and Present Conditions covers decades of Holy Land tours he has led.
Ernest O. Thompson, gubernatorial candidate, toured Big Spring as part of a Texas sweep from the Panhandle to Corpus Christi and back to Fort Worth. He promoted an oil and gas conservation commission and legislative guardposts to regulate the industry, and predicted a runoff in which he would participate and win.
Classified letters seek work as housekeepers cooks and child care providers. Applicants request room and board and small wages and describe ages health and locations. others offer dairy management or painting and paperhanging experience with contact details for replies.
Public notices warn that careless talk aids Nazis and promote use of quiet chatter boxes in public spaces. The Ministry of Information flags a London miss for gossip and urges discreet behavior during tea time and daily life. Several help-wanted and personal ads follow, seeking work, lodging, and odd jobs.
On Thursday July 25 the Feast of St James the Apostle there will be a Holy Communion service at 10 AM in St Andrew's Church The article notes St James as brother of St John the Evangelist and the first apostle martyred by Herod Agrippa It mentions the church tradition of keeping martyrdom dates for apostles and martyrs.
Santa Cruz California police report that Assistant Game Warden Mike Morelli stopped to help two frail women in distress over a missing 50 gallon drum of oil. He picked up the drum and placed it in their car, later blushing when the oil company reported the drum stolen from the highway.
In Buffalo city offices workers found the master clock lagging during repairs and feared a shortened workday. They returned to their desks to watch minutes pass slowly as the clock finally resumed normal ticking after maintenance.
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