03 Jun 1941
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
1
The letter urges Amarillo to adopt parking meters to relieve downtown congestion and aid retail business, noting enforcement and abuse issues. It cites nearby cities and hints at a forthcoming munitions plant, wartime sentiment, and local defense plans, while praising Jack Lamb’s upcoming theater show at the Auditorium.
Markets section notes Dow Jones averages and stock activity with totals. Kansas City livestock report shows hogs selling mostly 9.10 to 9.25 per hundredweight and cattle with steer prices 8.25 to 10.50, across 4,200 salable cattle and 600 calves.
Both Germany and France denied Turkish reports that Nazi motorized troops had landed at Latakia in Syria. British troops were poised along the Iraq and Transjordan frontiers to meet an anticipated Nazi push across Syria into Iraq and Palestine to split Britain’s Middle East forces.
Amarillo Real Estate Board heard a partial report by secretary W A Askew on the National Real Estate Board secretaries meeting held last week in Chicago. The briefing stressed the risk of government control of rental rates via local boards in defense areas and urged vigilance by Realtors to prevent supervision where rentals are scarce. Newest Amarillo Real Estate Board members include R L Buck, Bob Kesterson, and O Y Overstreet.
Downtown offices for the Tri-State Fair opened and preparations for the nineteenth annual exposition set for Sept 20 to Oct 4. Dorothy West, office secretary, began the catalog campaign after a very successful previous year. Ray Pinkney, re elected president for a third year, contracted for the Beckman Geraughty carnival for the 1941 midway.
Readable fragments describe wartime praise for fighting men and a farmer Charley Hoover’s fruit, a 1917 May snow near Amarillo, lush spring 1928 then dust storms, and eels caught at Lake Marvin in Hemp Hill County believed to originate from the Sargasso Sea. The column blends local notes, ocean lore, and social maxims with anecdotes on towns, weather, and health ideas.
A 15 year old boy named Frank Carder offers yard work and weed cutting plus carpentry. He provides his phone number 24888 and address 310 North Mirror St. He also asks for the return of a lost green spinel birthstone ring kept in a ring box, noting it was lost in town.
Mr Collman forecasts a few clouds and limited showers with possible afternoon activity but likely none near Amarillo. High around 80 degrees, cooling to 55 tonight. North northeast wind near 20 mph. Overnight showers reported in nearby towns including Muleshoe .09 Beaver .03 Clovis .19 Des Moines .27.
Snow fell across central European Russia on June 3 worsening what is described as the coldest spring in over a century. The report notes continued low temperatures and unsettled weather in the Moscow region and surrounding areas.
Milan Gavrilovic Yugoslav minister to Soviet Russia departed by train with 24 secretaries attaches and their families bound for Turkey. The journey aims toward Jerusalem in British mandated Palestine as the ultimate destination.
Silver City New Mexico reports Sheriff George S. Murray of Grant County sent several deputies on a few days off to mountain ranges to hunt mountain lions. They carried a sub machine gun tear gas gun and hunting rifles. The sheriff says lion hunting keeps deputies physically fit mentally alert and familiarizes them with weapons.
Vichy France reports a practice air raid alert will be held in Paris tomorrow, the first since the German occupation began, as authorities announce the drill.
Chicago June 3 A chocolate candy bar with oat flour to prevent melting in a soldier’s pocket is issued by the army as an emergency ration spokesman Capt C G Herman of the quartermasters corps said today.
Gordon Richard the champion jockey has been placed in Grade 3 after three medical exams for military service. He volunteered for the RAF with the 36's but was rejected as unfit due to chest trouble, a condition he attributes to his health.
Limited activity on stockers and feeders with 5 000 salable sheep of 5 600 total. Spring lambs 25 to 50 cents higher. Arizona springers up 50 cents. No natives sold early. best bids above 12.00, Arizona 10.75, top clipped lambs 9.50, others 8.75 to 9.25. Financial Security Fund shows liquidation price 61.3904 and offering price 1.53.
Readers consider Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering’s assertion that Crete proved there are no unconquerable islands as Britain weighs where the next German blitz may strike. The piece notes German tonnage reductions and asks whether the Middle East or the British Isles could face invasion threats.
Tulsa detectives launch a solo sniffing campaign led by Detective Harry Kisskaddon to detect rag weeds three blocks away and identify areas to cut to ease hay fever. The plan is ordered by Detective Chief George H. Blaine. The rest of the item references Berlin Nazi claims and a reptile life expectancy but lacks clear context.
A home hair dye recipe promises professional looking color at a fraction of the cost. Mix one ounce bay rum, one fourth ounce glycerine, and Barbo Compound in half a pint of water, then comb through hair for a natural color that lasts, without staining or greasiness.
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