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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1940

Page

2

Weather notes and community notes mingle in Amarillo column

A string of local remarks covers weather with hints of early May rains and frequent wind, letters about dogs and garden care, movie plans for Buck Benny Rides Again, politics urging participation, fishing prospects at Buffalo Lake, a hog-division riddle, a missing dog, and regional happenings from Guymon to oil tests, all framed in a lively Amarillo News-Globe column.

Buck Benny Paramount Mr. Tucker Rochester Buck Bering Harlem

Immediate Action Urged On Amarillo Airport Release

The Amarillo Jaycees committee says the English Field RFC release is urgent. Thornton Oxnard would begin construction within a week after release, with Col. Roger Williams urging forward aviation growth and Tully Garner pressing RFC action to lift the lien.

Junior Chamber of Commerce Amarillo Binford Arney Tom Wingate Jaycees Thornton Oxnard English Field Reconstruction Finance Corporation Washington Roger Q. Williams Williams RFC Tully Garner West Texas Mortgage Loan Company Oxnard

Doesn't Want Library Moved to Lincoln

A citizen letter requests the library remain in its present location, arguing the current site is more accessible for busy residents and families. The writer urges county and city officials to avoid funding a Lincoln Street relocation and to keep a free, central library for all residents.

Lincoln Street

Amarillo Chamber Caravan Heads to Guymon Pioneer Days

About 30 Amarilloans left at 8 8 oclock in a Chamber of Commerce caravan led by N F Nelson for Guymon Oklahoma to attend the first Pioneer Days event, with a planned return late tonight.

Housing Offer Near Town for Small Wage

A landowner six miles from town seeks a live‑in helper willing to pay a small monthly wage. The offer includes a garden to be tended and a nearby windmill. Suitable for a couple, a single man, or a town worker who stays at night. Contact details continue on page 8.

Quick half hour house painting demo in Amarillo

Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a 30 minute house painting demonstration Saturday morning to promote the annual clean up and paint up campaign starting Sunday. W. J. Freeman leads the civic beautification effort while the Jaycees announce at a Capitol Hotel luncheon.

Amarillo Buddy Wilson Bob Stone Sam Davis Aviation Committee Wes Izzard KGNC Jaycee Chamber of Commerce Southwestern Public Service Company

Mrs Denman Rites Planned After Fatal Auto Crash

Funeral services for Mrs Susan M Denman will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM from the First Baptist Church with Dr R Thomson officiating assisted by Dr J Howard Williams The 70 year old Denman died yesterday in Bristow Oklahoma from injuries in an automobile accident The body will lie in state at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Chapel before the services She is survived by five sons and four daughters including Joe D Denman Amarillo and O H Denman Dalhart and Mrs R J Harvielle Dumas The burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Susan M. Denman First Baptist Church R. Thomson Central Presbyterian Church J. Howard Williams Denman Bristow Okla Blackburn-Shaw Amarillo L. C. Mills Gentry Ark Nicholas McQuire Carlton Texas Llano Cemetery

Dr Wallace Brode To Speak At Panhandle ACS Dinner

Dr Wallace R Brode chemistry professor at the University of Ohio will address the Panhandle Flavis Section in Amarillo with a lecture and motion pictures on an Siberia expedition to study a solar eclipse. The free lecture precedes reservations by noon tomorrow with plates at 85 cents.

Wallace R. Brode University of Ohio Panhandle Flavis American Chemical Society Amarillo Siberia W. M. Deaton Brode

Markets Dow Jones Averages Update

Amarillo building markets report shows preliminary closing averages with declines across main indices. The text lists multiple sector figures including rails and stocks dropping, with figures like 1.30 and 42 cited, reflecting broad market movement.

Dow-Jones Fenner & Beane Amarillo

Kansas City Livestock Prices and Grain Quotations Report

Market notes show hogs near steady with better demand for select lots. Cattle and stockers steady to higher with good demand for fed steers and yearlings. Sheep and lambs steady with light gains in native spring lambs. Grain futures mix with corn and wheat holding near prior closes and modest gains in some contracts.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas Colorado Arizona

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