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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1940
Page
5
More than 600 bankers and guests are expected for the Panehandle Bankers Association 36th annual convention with barbecue to be held Thursday evening at the Tri-State Fair grounds. Business sessions will run at the Herring Hotel and John Snider will oversee the barbecue.
Rome May 27 Italy appears to be speeding toward war despite British hopes to mollify Italian bitterness over the allied blockade. Britain says Italy proposed a satisfactory contraband basis but no signs of relaxation in mobilization or public support. A navicert scheme was discussed to ease enforcement while Italians demand concessions if Gibraltar and Suez remain British keys to the Mediterra nean.
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce postpones its goodwill tour due to European war conditions. The trip to include Amarillo and scheduled for June 3 to 7 has been cancelled. transportation chairman L. S. Vance notified Amarillo Chamber of Commerce headquarters. He hopes to reschedule later in the season.
Texas officials certify that California Western States Life Insurance Company Sacramento has swornly complied with Texas laws to do business in the state for the year ending February 28, 1941. Certificate of Authority issued. seal affixed in Austin. Also included are market brief snippets from Fenner & Beane covering railroads utilities Dow Jones averages and brief international and Kansas City livestock notes.
A Commerce Department report shows U S exports fell by 27 million dollars in April with the sharpest drops to Scandinavian and Dutch markets. Foreign investors bought 3 879 million in American securities in February. U S shipments to Scandinavia fell from over 19 6 million in March to under 4 million in April and exports to the Low Countries dropped by 3 million. Despite the decline, total exports for April reached 324 million and the United States maintained a favorable trade balance with exports exceeding imports by 112 million. Raw cotton exports totaled 21 million, down from January, but still more than a year ago. Agricultural exports fell 12 million from March.
Berlin reports authorized German sources say Germany is not a threat to the western hemisphere and that the United States should defend itself for its own reasons. They claim Europe for Europeans and America for Americans, with Roosevelt’s fifth column remark seen as political theater or reaction to European alarm.
A St Louis Red Cross telegram reports refugees starving and exhausted as Paris swamps with terror. Messages describe miles walked by civilians, feet soaked and cut stockings, and crowds at refugee centers. France seeks aid and urges prompt donations. Potter County war fund rises to 1333 dollars, still short of quota with many local contributors.
The old Tack No 1 wildcat at Thompson Park was measured at 5 018 feet in a ceremony led by Mayor Ross Rogers City Manager H R Smith and other officials. Preparations to shoot the well at 3 797 feet began with an oil showing. casing down about 4 000 feet or to the shale break about 150 feet below the show. Several days are expected to be needed to ready the well for shooting.
Initiation ceremonies for new members of Amarillo Lodge No. 823 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will be held at the regular lodge meeting. A Dutch lunch will be served afterward. all Elks are urged to attend.
Kiwanis Club in Amarillo heard Cal Farley describe Boys Ranch at Tascosa as an extension of Maverick Club funded to place boys with no home. Nineteen boys current with plans for about twenty more. one boy has not fit in. Farley paid tribute to the late Julian Bivins' leadership.
Billy Casstevens of Amarillo was returned from Brownwood to face a burglary charge. Deputy Sheriff Ivy Wilkinson delivered the prisoner back to the jurisdiction.
London reports 28 German planes destroyed or seriously damaged by the Royal Air Force. Berlin says Britain conducting rear guard action to evacuate encircled troops on the Franco Belgian coast. British telegraph service to the BEF temporarily cancelled and parcels limited. Paris notes Germans crossed the River Lys in Belgium. Moscow ratifies a Russia Yugoslavia trade and navigation pact with a May 11 protocol.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed its March 25 ruling setting aside Bob White's rape conviction from Polk County Texas. White had been sentenced to death, and the court rejected Texas arguments sustaining the conviction.
L. P. Abernathy former chairman of the Louisiana Highway Commission and George Younger an Alexandria motor vehicle dealer pleaded guilty in federal district court to mail fraud. Curfew ordered at Malta naval base from 11 PM to 5 AM as a defense precaution against parachute invasion with threat of shooting violators and death penalty for treachery.
Mr Coliman predicts more showers tonight and a general rainfall pattern across the plains, with a warming trend and possible showers tomorrow night. Weekend rain reports include Adrian .18 and Hereford 99 among others, with a northeast breeze of 5 to 10 mph and a high near 75.
Potter County Democrats plan to attend their state convention in Waco tomorrow led by County Chairman Roy Chase who did not confirm turnout. Attendees include R. E. Underwood Sr. Lawrence Hagg Jim Ballard M T Huddleston and others. The county seats 80 delegates with 15 votes each. A large Republican delegation has already traveled to Dallas for its convention featuring Hugh Exum George Shannon James Slemp Harold Brady Larry Olds Curley Hobbs Frank Robinett and J B Lilly.
At the New York state convention the Communist party urged the United States to avoid war and attacked President Roosevelt as leading forces seeking to draft the nation into war.
Lou Roberts state commander of the American Legion will be in Amarillo for Memorial Day observances. Roy Beard office adjutant of Hanson Post said Roberts will be principal speaker at the San Jacinto Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday. Memorial services will be held Thursday afternoon at both cemeteries by the American Legion.
John Gray of Borger pleaded guilty in county court to swindling by worthless checks. Judge J. N. Riggs deferred judgment.
Mercurized cotton filet crochet pattern 2548 offers directions charts and stitch illustrations for scarves and a mat. Includes materials list and instructions. Send ten cents to Amarillo Globe Needle craft Dept 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY with PATTERN NUMBER name and address.
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