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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes mention weather topics and annotations without clear events or locations. The text lists terms like weather and annotated text, offering no named entities, dates, or actionable forecast details.
A march weather note laments dust storms and predicts a potential perfect day between gusts. The piece urges readers to support the Milk Fund feeding nearly 1,000 schoolchildren, warning the fund is exhausted. It blends community appeals with local column gossip about Amarillo residents, soldiers, and daily life.
A collection of short ads seeking employment and gig work. Listings include ranch or farm labor with livestock handling, laundry and ironing, child care and practical nursing, carpentry, plant giveaway for diggers, and general farm work. Various names and addresses provided.
Four year old Charles Lewis Weiss son of Mr and Mrs Otto Weiss suffered a broken thigh when struck by a car yesterday afternoon. He is hospitalized at Northwest Texas Hospital resting fairly well and is not in critical condition. Police attributed no blame to the driver.
Mayor Ross Rogers hailed Amarillo’s new building code as one of the finest public services. The ordinance passed at first reading after a year of work by seven men led by a seven member committee including Carder, Boyce, Lytle, Randal, Townes, Walsh, and Hazlewood. The state fire insurance commissioner called the code a model for Texas cities.
Yord worker introduces himself as a colored man available for housework yard work or washing dishes in a café. He signs as Charley and lists 300 Jackson Street as contact.
Chicago reports Mrs. Geneva Stokes a 25 year old hospital anesthetist seeks the return of $3000 she spent on her husband Dr. Robert Stokes in a pending divorce suit alleging cruelty. Her itemized list includes $1140 for food over 14 years and $660 for monthly nightclub visits over 66 months.
Amarillo Women's Gun Club members were urged to report at 7 o'clock tonight for the last shoot before pins are awarded. Camilla Wheatley serves as club president.
Carl Hinton chamber of commerce manager is ill at his apartment on Talmage Place with a severe bronchitis case.
A simple home remedy using Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice claimed to ease rheumatic, arthritis, or neuritis pain within 48 hours. The ad promises a two week supply and a money back guarantee if no relief, with endorsements from Fox and Walgreen drug stores.
The Texas Farm Bureau Federation outlines parity prices for agricultural products as national policy. J Walter Hammond says achieving the goal requires farmer organization and passage of supportive legislation amid regional meetings in the Panhandle.
At Folsom Prison inmates formed a full orchestra missing a bass viol. Two convicts built a bass using fish boxes lard cans a wagon tongue and a sled runner as parts after a year of work but no inmate knew how to play it. They now seek a book to learn bass viol playing.
In Chicago on March 12 Battalion Chief A G Brandt led 17 firefighters to extinguish a fire in a house atop a 16 story building. With elevators out they climbed stairs and battled the flames. An onlooker asked how they reached the scene and offered a ride down after revealing an elevator in an adjacent building.
Caleb F. Gates Jr. scaled Alpine and Colorado peaks without injury yet arrived on crutches to become a climber in Denver. The report notes his perseverance and ongoing recovery after the ascent.
Lavoptik offers prompt relief for sore inflamed itching and burning eyes and granulated eyelids. Sold by all druggists with soothing soothing formula aimed at quick relief.
The acting chancellor at Beaver University recalls an incident described by former assistant dean G from Princeton. He says the situation is humiliating after tripping over a bulldog and breaking his ankle.
Constipation causes stomach distress and bad breath. Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combines senna with Syrup Pepsin for easier digestion. The formula aims to wake lazy nerves in the intestines and is marketed as gentle on stomachs and appealing to children. Buy at your druggist today.
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