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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1941
Page
2
The News-Globe urges immediate donations to feed 617 Amarillo school children through December. C M superintendent notes the need. Ed Mardin and local donors have already contributed. requests supporters to send dollars or small amounts to sustain nourishment.
Montgomery Ward and Company district store managers attend a conference today at the Capitol Hotel. The meeting is led by A. W. Gergen of Albuquerque district supervisor and L. H. O'Dell along with A. F. P. Greenwood of Kansas City assistant district managers. There are 16 stores in the district.
General Motors Truck dealers of the Panhandle meet this afternoon in a sales conference at the Herring Hotel. J A McDaniel zone manager for the General Motors Division of the Yellow Truck and Coach Company leads the event. About 30 dealers attend.
A jumble of handwritten letters seeks employment and domestic help. Requests include day labor and housework, with names and addresses such as WORMA JEAN McDANIELS in Amarillo Texas and FRANCIS ASBELLA in Cleveland Ohio. A missing aluminum parrot box offer a reward appears among other personal notes.
Elmer H. Wiseley, a city fireman, rushed from Station 4 after an alarm at 1 12 AM. Flames rapidly engulfed the Belleview home of the Wiseleys, caused by a small porch fire fueled by wind and a left burning plate. Fire marshals estimate substantial damage after over an hour of fight.
Amarillo public schools will observe a holiday Friday and Saturday as the Northwest Texas Conference for Education meets at West Texas State College Canyon. Dismissals will allow all teachers to attend. Over 3 000 educators from the Panhandle Plains are expected to attend with N N Whitworth Amarillo High School speech department head serving as conference president.
Secretary Knox inspected rapid torpedo boat construction at Higgins Industries in New Orleans before departing by navy transport to Corpus Christi to dedicate a naval air training base. The visit highlighted Higgins naval contracts and the ongoing defense work in the shipyard.
Market report from Penner and Beane notes declines in major averages with the Dow futures指数 drifting and volume light. It mentions specific price levels and broad market losses across sectors as traders gauge next moves and economic signals.
Facist sources in Rome hint at a Japanese move under the tripartite pact in reaction to U S aid to Britain. Italian paper la Tribuna calls Matsuoka trip the immediate answer to Washingtons threatening move. Markets show cattle and sheep trading with steady to higher bids and slow overall demand as hogs sell slowly with liquidation prices noted.
Dr Frank Asper organist and Ruth Howell soprano with the Amarillo College Choir presented a two hour program at Polk Street Methodist Church. Howell performed Schubert Ave Maria while Asper showcased the organ from Franck to Deep River. The choir offered two a cappella pieces and one accompanied by Asper, Barron and the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra director, earning high praise.
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