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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
20
Amarillo High School seniors turn back the calendar for Kid Day. Mama's little girl and Mother's little man head to school in juvenile regalia with dolls tops marbles and bare feet. The day ends with a dime show at a local theater.
Ma Thomas A B Ditton, the Knife and Fork Club flying reporter, will report to Amarillo Club about his Caribbean bases visit. He speaks at the May Knife and Fork dinner at the Country Club tomorrow at 7 15 pm. Reservations due by 1 pm at Major Drug Store or Amarillo Hotel news stand.
A 12-year-old farm boy Robert Messex imprisoned for life for killing his father told reporters he enjoys jail life. He cited clean clothes, access to a golf course view, books, and especially ice cream as his favored comforts.
Mrs. Lorene Vanderford of 1205 Buchanan Street reports a stray female bulldog about 14 pounds came to her house recently. The dog has a white chest a partial white collar white feet and tilts her head to the left suggesting possible injury.
Nor man Richard Brewster a local recruit joins the Marines as the sixth enlistee this month in Crossroads New Mexico. The sergeant asks for Brewster home address and is told the postmaster handles it when they enlist.
In Somerset Pennsylvania a criminal court witness who sought $2 for testifying was jailed after records showed he owed the county $94 in court costs from a 1934 case. Clerk Ivan Lambert ordered the jail for nonpayment of the costs.
Boston police investigated a missing telephone from a South Boston grammar school and found three boys had hidden the phone to stop the teacher from calling their parents about bad grades.
James Earl Eagleton two year old son of state Golden Gloves middleweight champion Andy Eagleton suffered second degree burns after he emptied a bath filled with scalding water and jumped into it in Fort Worth.
Hogs sold 3,000 head Fairly active and steady with top at 9.10 dollars per cwt. Cattle and calves opened steady with mixed weights and demand for lightweight steers and heifers strong. Sheep—5,500 head available, bids lower on lambs though native spring lambs held above 11.25 dollars. Fort Peck Dam holds over 100 million cubic yards of earth.
The Panhandle Artist Group announces a members only exhibit May 17 to 30 at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society Museum in Canyon. Entries must be original work by members in good standing and submitted by noon Saturday. previously shown works are not allowed. A preview reception is Saturday night in the museum’s Mary E. Hudspeth Room.
Cleveland May 15 Singing telegrams begin to appear as Western Union hires seven attractive girls over 21 to replace drafted or defense industry workers. They handle downtown deliveries and singing telegrams, while boys perform outside errands.
Fort Dix New Jersey United Press reports the army has developed a hand grenade that looks like a baseball and weighs about a quarter ounce more. It uses light metal or plastic and is aimed at machine gun nests and similar small targets. A supplementary detonator makes it explode if handled after being thrown. Army officials say standard grenades are too heavy for baseball style pitching.
A New Orleans dispatch notes Louisiana bears a map dotted with odd town names such as Blonde Wham Solitude Promised Land Watzit Paincourtville Grosse Tete Gaytime and Hard Times. The list includes Elmer Triumph Security Daily Duty Bohemia Gold Dust Pat Cash Spur Rescue Relief Shelter and Enterprise amid a broader report on European bombing weights.
The Globe-News want ad boasted selling two fresh cows on the second day and urged readers to contact 2437 North West 15th or call 8985 for rent sale or trade notices reaching over 35 000 families.
Mail filings received today at the Texas secretary of state office tried to add three persons to the United States senator候 race list. Former Gov. Ross Sterling was named in one filing by Miss Ethel Freight of Orange, but the effort was deemed insufficient. Other applicants included Joseph C. Bean of Bay City, kin of Judge Roy Bean, and James Stewart of Houston, each submitting papers to appear on the ballot.
Kansas City police deal with four orphaned opossums after a mother was killed by a car. Motorists halted to view the scene, causing a short traffic jam before officers cleared the area and sought guidance on appropriate food for the four young opossums.
Amarillo police report a rise in missing persons cases over the past several days. Officers were deployed to search for H. E. Thompson, 56, last seen at Congress Hotel, and Roy Clift, 22, last seen at 1113 McMasters.
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