13 Jun 1941
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1941
Page
1
Captain H Tommie Thomas says traffic officers, including three wheelers and Rosy King, spent two weeks or more manning the state police traffic lane and running cars through a safety device instead of their regular assignments while a parking survey in the business district was conducted.
The column blends light weather forecasts and local antics in Amarillo. It notes five dry days, mild warming trends, and scattered showers with no flood threat, alongside quirky items about neighbors, gardening plans, and with humorous asides on community life.
Helsinki reports restrictions on foreign travel in northern border districts echoing wartime measures. Moscow says German troops freed from Balkans move to eastern Germany but insists no impact on Russian German relations.
An informant phoned Amarillo police to report a barbed wire fence at a specific address. City ordinance bans barbed wire fences within the corporate limits.
Overseer L A Dent of the provincial game and fisheries department sought to arrest Indian trapper Jimmy Rock on illegal fur trading charges. He postponed the arrest after finding the family ill and starving and arranged food and medical aid for the patient. Rock had been selling pelts across the Ontario boundary amid accusations of unfair treatment by fur dealers.
The report recalls World War I German shelling on Paris and suburbs with a 256 death toll. It quotes an investment counselor advising life insurance and savings before considering investment trusts. It mentions Sevres vaulting the platinum-iridium meter bar since 1875 and biennial international inspections. It also notes GE wage increases tied to the labor cost index.
A reader requests a marriage match with a man about 65, careful driver, non drinker, who is drawing an old age pension. The writer is in poor health and must have her husband stay home to care for her.
New York State Crime Bureau official Harry Willbach cites Northwestern University data showing Chicago’s population rose since 1927 while major crimes dropped 60 per cent. He notes 19 272 arrests for major crimes in 1939 and says improved police technique explains the trend rather than negligence, with property crimes rising early in the depression and violent offenses falling throughout.
A Calgary landlord told the rent control board that upper-floor tenants deserve higher rents because they endure longer elevator rides. The board reserved judgment on the request.
Police Chief Sid Harper said Fort Worth felt cool after attending a Texas division convention of the International Association of Police Chiefs in Houston where he was elected a vice president. Virgil Beavers of Amarillo also attended as a delegate. The text notes the 1939 Canadian apple crop at 5,207,800 barrels.
Sandy Lang 42 slumped after a five minute roller skating exhibition and broke his ankle when he bowed and stepped down from a raised platform. Two other performers were knocked to the stage as Lang tripped them during the fall.
Hugo Loewenstern Khiva Temple treasurer was first of five officers to return from Indianapolis where they attended the Mystic Shrine imperial council. Other delegates included Potentate J. B. Briscoe, Chief Rabban Bob Hester, Recorder Rolla Cartwright, and Assistant Recorder Fred Galle.
Firefighters respond to a gasoline can fire at Amarillo Seed Nursery Company 610 West Ninth Avenue at 9 02 this morning. No damage and no injuries were reported.
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