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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1941
Page
2
Old timer notes a heavy May snowfall in Amarillo, then shifts to county life and wildlife. He discusses wild turkeys along the Canadian River, prospects for an open season, and urges cooperation among ranchers, hunters, and wardens to protect and expand the population.
Draft Board No. 1 reports George Weaver Whitehurst failed to report for induction and was found in Panama working as a government draftsman. Army engineers requested a six month deferral, but the board turned the case to the U.S. district attorney. Whitehurst had wartime permission yet allegedly left the country without board approval.
A light sandy pig wandered into town and on to the courthouse lawn where it fell, bruised its nose, and bled. Police intervened as three large men loaded the 225 pound hog into a truck and headed for a packing plant amid curious downtown crowds.
A Lubbock rumor places a bombing field between Lamesa and Lubbock with a squadron assigned there. No official announcement has been made. Mrs. F. B. Lankford of 1115 1 2 West Ninth Avenue reported today that a Lubbock source informed her of the site.
A widowed former teacher and nurse requests a motherless home to care for one or two children and offers strong references. She asks readers to call 6908 and speaks of housing in a local area.
Mr. Collman shifts to predicting the high temperature as today likely reaches about 85 degrees, the warmest day of the year. Yesterday's high was 72, and a southwest breeze may reach around 25 mph as fair weather continues into summer which begins June 21.
Funeral services for Thomas Cook of Amarillo who died Sunday at his home 2110 Polk Street will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the First Christian Church with Dr. R C Snodgras officiating. He is survived by a son Vern Cook of Whittier California. Burial will be in Liano Cemetery.
Wage Hour Administrator Philip B. Fleming said he might ask Congress to modify the 40 hour week if defense needs are blocked. In Look Magazine prepared piece he noted few complaints from weapons and ship manufacturers and suggested relaxing the limit for tool and die makers while opposing loosening in non defense industries.
Dorothy Boulton Holliday, 28, filed in Chicago, claiming her ex husband Oliver Holliday, 31, former choir director, disrupted church services by grimacing and sneering at Rev. Merrell F. Boulton, forcing the pastor toward retirement. She seeks to overturn their 1938 divorce decree. In Fort Worth, John Henry Stewart, 75, was granted divorce from his wife after 17 years of separation and a new engagement.
May grain figures show Chicago prices with steady to firm bids for wheat corn and oats amid mixed spreads. Kansas City hogs and cattle trade remains slow with bids softer early and selective gains for select fed steers and vealers while sheep hold firm above 10 dollars per head. Finances note a liquidating price for a security fund and a Thai city brief mentions Chiengmai being ringed by a moat of lotus blossoms.
Sen Claude Pepper declares in the Senate that the American people are willing to spill their blood to crush Germany and await responsible government leadership to present a program to defeat the Axis. A Baghdad dispatch also reports British engineers blew up Iraq oil tanks before being arrested by Iraqi troops.
Gerald C. Mann, candidate for United States Senator, will speak from the Longhorn Room at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth from 10:15 to 10:30 PM. The address titled Capital, Labor and the American People will air tonight instead of the previously announced hour earlier.
Jim Keener a 43 year old employee of the Veterans Hospital died suddenly at his home 220 North West Seventh Avenue. He had lived in Amarillo about a year. Survivors include brothers Ab Keener of Borger and T G Keener of Atascosa Texas. The body is in state at the Blackburn Shaw Chapel pending relatives arrival.
Community drive led by Ollie M. Childers weighs over 450 pounds of tin and aluminum foil. A store window showcases the material while a box in front of the tin foil headquarters collects donations. More boxes remain to be weighed as the effort continues to remind the public.
Rep Patrick of Alabama pressed the House to begin convoying supplies to England at once. He warned the United States would lack ocean protection if England’s back were broken and urged placing material under American naval guard immediately.
Paris Texas May 6 Dick Hopper used a truck to move 54 200 pennies to the post office to exchange for U S defense bonds. Postmaster T W Russell counted the coins after Hopper had saved them for two years.
Tourism in Amarillo surges as defense program workers take early vacations. Hotels camps and restaurants report unusually heavy traffic and inquiries show most visitors are defense workers urged to travel now since later vacations may be unavailable.
British RAF struck Iraqi targets as fighting raged in the oil kingdom. A German broadcast alleged Britain seeks an Iraq émigré government via Trans-Jordan’s Emir Abdullah. Greek losses mounted as Crete battles intensified and hospital ships were sunk. Haile Selassie is mentioned in dispatches.
After five years in exile the Lion of Judah entered Addis Ababa as Ethiopia's capital again under Italian occupation. Crowds cheered in a city decked in color while General A. C Cunningham and Selassie’s sons Makonnen and the Duke of Harrar greeted him. Italians remaining indoors.
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