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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
2
A long reader letter urges drought relief and a major rain front this summer, predicting a large row crop season. It rails against inflation, praises buying property and autos, and urges inland wartime industrial investments while noting looming financial risks and patriotism resurging with flags for the Fourth of July.
A collage of short personal ads seeking work. Entries include Marie Holly in Fillmore Street, Tam and Tam a former Amarillo man, WILL FEDERLING of Tucumcari, Mrs. Ruth Lee Barton of Wellington, and a practical nurse seeking hourly or daily work with references. Contacts and brief backgrounds listed.
Market summary from Kansas City notes cattle hog and sheep prices with cattle and veal values and stock milk. Includes unrelated classified items offering services and notices for work kittens and housekeeper and reader requests.
WASHINGTON June 21 reports flooded in as a sightseeing dirigible advertising the Amarillo Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce swayed from a Mayflower Hotel mooring during a chamber convention. Citizens mistook the bobbing balloon for a crash and alarms spread nationwide.
Sgt F M Bell opened a Marine Corps recruiting station in Room 14 at the post office building Amarillo with several local youths awaiting enlistment. Eligibility requires ages 18 to 31, height 5'4" to 6'2", and a sound, moral, unmarried, dependent-free status.
Dr. Julian A Steyermark of the Field Museum recounts a seven month botanical expedition to Guatemala where swing tunes were used to soothe local Indians. He describes singing the Star Spangled Banner and performing a Navaho dance interpretation as companions slept on the ground after the hospitable natives offered their beds briefly. The party collected 22 000 plant specimens during the journey.
Ed ward H. Keenan, cited for valor in the Meuse Argonne before the Armistice, received his citation only after more than 21 years on his birthday. He met his former captain who learned Keenan had never received the award, and the Silver Star citation arrived shortly after.
Casper Wyoming U P reports a highway landmark known as Hell's Half Acre has extended its status by obtaining a post office. Located 40 miles west of Casper the site spans far more than half an acre and features stalagmite like pinnacles and multicolored rock strata attracting tourists.
Rock Island Lines released figures for the week ending June 15, 1940 showing 24,323 carloads, up from 23,434 the previous week but down from 25,208 the year prior due to earlier loading of last year's winter wheat crop. Earl Averill, Detroit outfielder, uses the heaviest major league bat weighing 39 ounces.
A Texas Railroad Commission hearing begins Monday at 10 AM at the Herring Hotel to decide whether Santa Fe will run two or four daily passenger trains between Amarillo and Lubbock. The hearing follows a postponement to allow Plainview representatives to present briefs as Santa Fe seeks to discontinue trains 94 and 95 due to heavy losses.
Funeral services for Russell Leroy Rodgers infant son of Mr and Mrs Ted Rodgers will be held tomorrow at 10 from Boxwell Brothers Chapel officiated by Rev Wilson M Coxiey. Survived by parents a brother and three sisters Carl Peggy Patsy and Marguerite Rodgers burial in Llano Cemetery.
Amarillo youths raced two cars along North Highway at 87 mph before highway patrol stopped them after a pursuit over hills and curves. They were charged with racing and surrendered their licenses for six months.
Dr Frank L Turner president of McMurry College Abi lene continues his inspirational talks at the San Jacinto Methodist Church revival tonight at 8 15. The church sits at Sixth Avenue and Tennessee with Rev A C Smith as pastor. Turner has spoken every night this week and will continue through next Friday. Services run Monday through Friday morning as well with a 50 voice choir and two pianos providing music.
Commencement exercises for the Vacation Bible School at Line Avenue Baptist Church will be held tonight at eight o’clock under the direction of Mrs. T. M. Bruner. The public is invited.
An advertisement explains kidneys need gentle diuretic help as aging slows waste removal. It touts Warner's Compound, a liquid diuretic trusted by many for fifty years, sold by druggists with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
The trial of the Godfrey L. Cabot Company versus the J. M. Huber Corporation will extend into next week. Testimony by J. M. Billings of Boston, Cabot’s vice president and carbon black expert, continued into yesterday with cross examination starting yesterday afternoon before Federal District Judge James C. Wilson. The patent dispute centers on a process for pelletized carbon black.
Sheriff Guy Pierce of Donley County warns of widespread fifth column activity. He urges residents to report propaganda and subversive remarks and promises to identify and address propagandists.
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