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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1941
Page
5
Rain brings a flood of mosquitoes, described as public pests. G men scout the area with minnows in thousands to combat the invasion, while oil barrels stockpile as crude munitions. Dragonflies are noted as natural enemies by Jack Wyatt of the city health department.
Kilgore June 6 The Kilgore News Herald printed a Father's Day ad with a bottom line offering gifts for fathers of quintuplets at 50 percent off. The owner refused the line saying he would not take any chances and risk losing his store, despite the ad originally promising 100 percent off.
The 6,000-ton Terror, the Navy's first mine laying vessel, was launched at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Assistant Secretary Ralph A. Bard declared the U S Navy can and will out-produce Hitler in naval strength.
Reports from the Mediterranean theater indicate Axis efforts to bottle up the British fleet and a possible drive on Suez. British and French leaders debate Syria defense as German infiltrations grow, with Allied unity urged and Cripps returning to Moscow for consultations.
Hogs sold 1 100 head with gains of 5 to 10 cents. top hog price 9 25. Cattle offerings 100 salable, calves 100. prices firm with steers 94 to 100, heifers 84 to 100, cows 70 to 78, canners 5 50 to 6 75. Sheep sold 1 300 head, lambs 12 50 with bids softening slightly. Financial notes include Liquidating price 1 40 and offering 1 55.
Prof Hugo Fernandez Artucio of the University of Montevideo says powerful Nazi organizations in Colombia and Panama are waiting for word from Germany to strike at the Panama Canal Zone. He is touring Latin America en route to the United States to lecture at the University of Wyoming.
London dispatch reports Capt. James Roosevelt is due in England Monday as a U S Marines observer. If assigned here he would join the single Marine observer currently in London. Roosevelt departed Cairo with Major Gerald Thomas after visiting Chungking and inspecting British forces in the Middle East.
The Amarillo city commission authorized 40 400 in warrants to lift liens on English Field, the airport. Monthly payments totaling 400 will go to C L Kilgore, Mattie D Gault and Margaret Matthews and will be offset by 400 monthly rental to T Thornton Oxnard, operator who deeded the field. Warrants are non interest bearing and no city funds are required. The airport deed was acquired May 13.
Marguerite Lil Mims 35 died early this morning in a local hospital. She was manager of the hat department at Foley Brothers Department Store in Houston. Survivors include her mother Mrs Otho Mims and four sisters including Mrs Hubert Childers and Miss Amanda Mims of Amarillo. a brother Otho Mims of Borger. Body sent to Dalhart by Blackburn Shaw. Funeral at Dalhart Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 8 PM conducted by Dr R Thomsen with burial in Dalhart Cemetery.
Flooding shuts the Plainview to Lubbock underpass on Monroe Road while Highway 170 between Clovis and Muleshoe is closed. Highway 60 from Amarillo to Clovis is open to light traffic only with danger points on the western end.
In Glendale Oregon seventeen years after his mother died Jesse Terebaugh found a tin can on the back porch cupboard containing $440 bequest. The cache held $405 in gold coins $33 in currency and a note from his mother bequeathing the money.
In Decatur Indiana a locked safe in the Adams County courthouse sat untouched for two decades with its combination forgotten. Officials called in a lock expert after curiosity grew and a crowd gathered as he finally opened the door to find the safe empty.
President F. W. Zimmerman announced the Townsend Club would meet at o'clock this evening in the county courthouse.
In Washoe County Nevada the court heard two concurrent divorces Burman versus Burman and Herman versus Herman showcasing a rare alliterative pairing on the docket.
A Globe News Want Ads blurb urges newlyweds to check daily bargains in new and used furniture offered by individuals and firms. It notes a dining room suite sold after a 3 day run at 410 West 10th and directs readers to Dial 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a measure granting the President new authority to regulate entry and exit of all persons including citizens and aliens. In San Diego a mid-air collision near a heavy navy cruiser killed three fliers.
Strikes close airplane factories and shipyards with workers at North American Aviation seeking wage gains. CIO UAW negotiators report a wage dispute after 12,000 workers, 8,000 union members, pause production of light bombers and trainers at a plant producing 10 aircraft daily.
The speaker notes Winant’s visit serves two aims: reporting on many war topics in Great Britain and gathering information on defense matters for the United States. The passage also makes an odd remark about monkeys and human illnesses.
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