03 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1939
Page
1
Weather outlook mentions weekend clouds north wind and potential snow with moisture from clouds. War talk urges readers to stay informed and ready, noting a likely future European conflict and US involvement influenced by public opinion.
Sir Arthur Willert derides Sir Charles Morgan-Webb as a Chamberlain propagandist and plans to tell Amarillo audiences the truth. The piece contrasts two Englishmen and two schools of thought about peace and politics.
Mrs Flora Binkley, former Amarillo resident, died yesterday at her Brooksville Ohio home. She was daughter of the late A B Vance and is survived by her husband JW Binkley a son Glenn Byron Binkley a brother A K Vance of Amarillo and two sisters Mrs Otis Gilbert of Amarillo and Mrs Homer Threet of Lubbock. Relatives traveled from Amarillo to attend the Brooksville funeral rites.
Texas Department of Public Safety reports 131 traffic deaths in January, a 9 percent drop from January 1908 and 4 percent below the 1924-38 January average. In Wichita Falls, a Wichita, Kansas salesman Frany Boyd was found dead near the Red Rover bridge north of Ringsole, with papers identifying him.
A 35 year old woman offers housekeeping and child care, can stay nights, references available, contact Reedier at Dial 2 1444. Pawned by listing a lost Banner wrist watch reward with details and contact Punchie Blackwell, 4242 West Thirteenth Avenue, Dial 8117. Also nursing position seeker Vera Mckay, 907 West Broadway Ardmore OK, lists hospital experience and references. Widow Ann Pierce, Route 2 Claude TX seeks waitress work with references. Widow 36 seeks correspondence with professional, home owner, debt free, requests photograph. Also request for silk laundry items and pickup by Dial 6781.
Experienced in housework and fond of children, she offers references and a contact number 2 3492 to arrange work.
A reader reports losing a dark blue envelope style purse with two zipper compartments between the State Theater and Ninth Avenue and Polk Street. The finder is asked to call 7773 or return to 321 West Sixth Avenue.
A young couple offers farm or ranch labor with experience and references. They can drive any truck or tractor and are willing to relocate to any location. Contact BR. MOORE at 02 Houston Street rear.
Mrs. Davis of 80 Hassell Street asks for a safe storage home for a plane after losing a tire and rim somewhere near Lime and Fort Worth. She offers care of the item and provides contact numbers 9787 and a storage address at 713 North East Ninth in Amarillo.
In Austin on March 3 Attorney General Gerald C. Mann was asked to rule on whether Clifford B. Jones can serve as president of Texas Technological College. Board members L. L. Steele and Mrs. W. R. Potter contend Jones was improperly elected at a Fort Worth meeting last November and seek guidance on board member eligibility for the presidency.
The Amarillo Post-Madras conference at Polk Street Methodist Church spotlighted The Church and Its World Mission. Delegates P C Hsu Gonzalez Baez Camargo and Ila Sircar spoke on Christian work in China Mexico and India with Luncheons held at Polk Street and Central Presbyterian churches.
The Lubbock High School Glee Club will present a concert during Amarillo High School's regular student assembly. The visiting group will also be honored at a Tea Dance at Amarillo High School Tuesday afternoon.
Police report five sacks of oranges four sacks of spuds a half bushel of car rots an overcoat and a pocketknife stolen last night from 105 Buchanan Street.
A January speech by Adolf Hitler and the American response prompt spirited discussion in Congress. Senators protest secrecy over warplane sales to France and House members block harbor-improvement funds for Guam. Congress resists changing the neutrality law, pledging to assess how such actions affect Britain and France.
Truett Hubbard a 23 year old county attorney from Canton Texas faced Justice Bernard L Shientag in New York while seeking a chicken thief suspect The exchange prompted a humorous remark about Texas courtroom customs and gum chewing in court Hubbard explained he chews gum so he does not smoke The judge allowed the practice as part of Texas custom
State police district headquarters announced patrols would guard Tascosa on Sunday to prevent vandalism and disturbance of the peace. Officers will bar visitors from Boothill Cemetery and the old home of Mrs. Mickey McCormick after previous groups were routed. Ghost stories had drawn many visitors to the town last Sunday.
Shanghai dispatch reports Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s government plans to move 300,000 civilians from Chungking to escape renewed Japanese air raids. The effort signals a large scale evacuation amid ongoing wartime danger.
In Boston, $2,000 in fines were levied in U.S. district court against the Gerber Shoe Company of Lawrence and its treasurer Nathan Gerber for violating the wage-hour law. The firm, aged 60, and its leadership pleaded guilty. The report notes that 95 percent of U.S. business is conducted on credit.
Pattern 4027 offers slimming frock designs for spring with open view diagrams and varied sleeve styles. Available in multiple sizes with fabric yardages and ric rac. order by sending 15 cents for pattern, 15 cents for book, 25 cents for both, to Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept in New York.
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