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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
2
A longtime weather forecaster predicts a coming rainy spell with major moisture that could swell the wheat crop. Locals discuss plans for Jim Farley Day with governors, parades, and a $1,000 cow prize, while fishing season shifts, speedboat safety concerns rise after a fatality, and a lost red dachshund offers a $10 reward.
A collage of opinions on war coverage, civic duties, and politics. J E Aldridge proposes a separate war page with a humor strip. Winchell voices antiwar sentiment and warns against Hitler's influence. The column cites G Men on Fritz Kuhn, the Bund, and calls for focusing on internal democracy. It also drifts through varied items from building projects to postal stamp waste and Hollywood notes.
Jim Blyth of the American City Bureau announces 3,500 questionnaires for Amarillo schoolchildren to guide a city needs survey. The chamber offers prizes for essays on why Amarillo needs a strong chamber, as committees form for a $30,000 budget drive with a $20,000 target.
Evelyn Boyd reports a significant gift of sterling silver from the Seventh District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs to the Federation Home in Austin. The two compotes and two tall candlesticks honor district president J M Rutherford of Chillicothe and will be engraved with her name. The Jubilee dinner marked the district’s 18th annual convention amid a three year celebration of the General Federation’s 50th anniversary with about 500 attendees.
Globe-News cursory survey finds umbrellas rare in Amarillo during rain while cellophane rain caps slicker coats and rubber gum coats appear. observers suggest buyers may be better salesmen than dealers and speculate on behavior in wet weather.
Amarillo residents blame the umbrella shortage on ancient supervision bad luck winds and a parasitic culprit that supposedly hauls umbrellas from restaurants. Veterans recall the odd scene of a man with an umbrella dropping it as he fled a sudden shower while the postal carrier struggled to protect mail.
G. F. Everline was chosen president of the Sam Houston Band Parents Association at a meeting in the school building. Officers for next year include E. W. Webster as first vice president Mrs. Walter B. Russell second vice president Mrs. Joe M. Mobley secretary Mrs. A. L. Jordan treasurer Mrs. J. J. Boulware publicity chairman and W. H. Adams board member D. Thompson retired president led the session. The group plans a picnic for band members and families with time and place to be announced. Plans for next year's activities are already underway.
The Salvation Army is conducting its revival meeting series across local churches and halls this week, inviting residents to participate in preaching, music, and prayer. Organizers emphasize community outreach and spiritual renewal through daily events and guest speakers.
Adjutant W. T. Johnson announced Herschel Murphy will arrive Tuesday for a two week revival series. Guest ministers include Rev. H Clyde Smith tonight on Things That Jesus Borrowed, Rev. Powell A. Smith tomorrow, and Rev. L H. Dickerson Friday. Services begin 7 45 PM. Public invited. The article notes four billion gallons of water used daily in the steel industry at capacity, four times New York City's daily water use.
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