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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1941
Page
2
The edition blends light social notes on H. T. Coliman departing for a federal post, ranch chatter with Harte and Moss Alaska work, plus debates on Senate race between O Daniel Johnson and Mann. It ponders Russia Germany and propaganda while noting local happenings on Kodiak Island wages and Blackburn's trophy window.
The garden reporters tour Amarillo yards showing vibrant flower borders and lush lawns. Residents like Mr. and Mrs. Hankison and others at 400 South Arthur Street and 1929 Lipscomb Street display extensive blooms, including roses larkspur and poppies.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce committees will meet at 5 pm to plan two excursions this week. A motorcade will go to McLean on Wednesday for a two day rodeo and celebration with a SAL drum corps and about 30 Will Rogers Range Riders. A special train is being planned for Tucumcari next Monday with Roy Smith from Tucumcari Chamber outlining details.
Washington notes pay tribute to late Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi a 30 year veteran of Congress and 23 year Senate leader who died after an intestinal operation. His body lies in state in the chamber and a simple Capitol observance follows with a state funeral urged in Gulfport and state honors requested in Jackson. President Roosevelt and Cordell Hull send condolences as the Senate adjourns in respect.
A collage of witty notes and curious trivia including a long mainspring measurement, a warning about eye injury, remarks on Chinese funeral customs, the U S Fulton steamship, a Bar Harbor dining table anomaly, Montreal as a French city, cigarette weights, Einstein simplified, Tower of Babel height, global lightning counts, perspiration origins, Uncle Tom’s Cabinet dramatization author, Big Ben accuracy, and Macaulay’s 1830s prophecy about 1930s industry and travel.
Mrs. J. W. Sutton of 731 North van Buren Street suffered painful but not serious burns to arms and legs when gasoline used for floor cleaning ignited. A small explosion occurred near a mechanical refrigerator. flames were extinguished before fire crews arrived.
A Rhodesian native wrestled a crocodile after it seized his arm. He bit the reptile’s claw so hard the limb was severed, causing the crocodile to release. The man escaped the mêlée and survived the encounter.
The time to notice a danger signal and start braking is about one fifth of a second. At 40 mph this delay lets a car cover nearly 20 feet before braking begins.
An institutional ad from the Institute of Life Insurance tells how a lawyer helped client Jim Raines by restructuring premiums and setting aside regular bank deposits to cover life insurance costs. The plan kept business afloat, provided security for the family, and passed to his oldest son and son-in-law after his death.
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