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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
2
The city enacts rules for private premises to provide watertight metal garbage receptacles not exceeding 50 gallons and to keep them accessible for collection. Violations incur up to 200 fine. The ordinance covers storage, disposal, and hauling duties for residents and businesses with specified penalties and timelines.
Eight convicts fled from the Eastham prison farm building today near Austin. Three were captured: Van Walton Jennings serving a life sentence for robbery from Tarrant County, J. W. Mann life for murder Cochrane County, and Clarence W. M. Redwine 25 years robbery by assault Harris County. At large were Carl Anderson 25 years robbery El Paso County, William Wayne 10 years robbery, William V. Cummings 12 years charge unknown Dallas and Walker counties, Roy Pritchard 50 years robbery by firearms Harris County, Horace H. Goody 5 years felony theft El Paso County.
James Ridiar Davis 67 died at a local hospital after a short illness. He lived at 1619 Buchanan Street and moved here from Lockney ten months ago. Survived by his wife and five Amarillo sons Bradley Bacyl Melton R C and Buster Davis. Funeral from Boxwell Brothers Chapel tomorrow at 10 with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse reports enemy scouting parties seen moving from Akyab toward Chittagong on the Indian side of the border. He cautions there is no indication of a major offensive soon.
A historical note records the Amarillo city commission introducing an ordinance on May 12 1942 and finally adopting it on May 19 1942. Mayor Joe A Jenkins signs the document with City Secretary Katheryne Burwell and Corporation Counsel F Byron Singleton approving the form.
Forty six survivors from a British merchantman said their vessel was one of four torpedoed from a west bound convoy on May 12. A rescue destroyer shelled two surfaced submarines the next day while escort vessels aided the fleet. Survivors, all British, expect more of their crew and passengers to have been picked up. In a separate port report, a New England fishing trawler was sunk by shellfire on May 17, with Captain Maher and 17 crew surviving after a 85 mile row to Sambro Lightship.
The United States Senate announced a special committee will investigate Vinita farmer Josh Lee who filed to oppose Sen. Josh Lee for the Democratic nomination. The state election board holds hearings on Lee’s protest that the candidacy was frivolous and fraudulent. Sid White, Lee’s attorney, says the probe aims to terrorize and could alter the election. Farmer Lee lives on 180 acres near Vinita and is father of eight. other Democratic candidates include Orel Busby and William H. Murray.
Markets note Dow Jones levels and livestock bids from Kansas City. Hogs salable 4,000 with prices around 1405 per hundredweight. cattle salable 5,800 with steers and heifers mostly 25 cents lower. calves and vealers varied with demand. Sheep at 11,000 salable. lambs bid down about 25 cents, quality steady. Financial notes mention a liquidating fund and global referencesincluding Tunisia, Free France, and Finland.
Reports from Kharkov describe a brutal stalemate in the Izyum-Barvenkova area with heavy losses as Red Army holds against continued German assaults. In China, Chinese forces defend Kinhwa near Shanghai while Japanese concentrations loom on the Burma road and coastal fronts.
Reconnaissance pilots report Miying Tigers silencing at least six enemy artillery batteries along the Salween west bank 60 miles inside China in Yunnan. They also note large mechanized units near Wanting on the Burmese border and massing reinforcements toward French Indochina as speculation rises of a northward push into Eastern Yunnan via the Haiphong Kunming line. An opposing force gathers on Formosa while Chiang Kai-shek defenders in Kinhwa Chekiang claim new successes against a 100000-strong invasion.
Resh Ringworm Pimples Scabies and toe itch treated with Blue Tar Ointment in an OND application. Nature aids healing as needed with repeated use. Money back if PIRBT jar fails to satiety. Try it today.
School closes for Ama rillo's ten thousand students and their mothers after noon today. Most pupils depart with report cards to be issued Friday at 1 PM, marking the end of the term until September.
Warm and windy day given as hottest of the year with 95 degrees in the shade and a morning low of 67. The weather bureau notes cooler tonight and predicts big business for the water department at twilight. A classified ad highlights a used white gas range 36 inch five for 45 cash at Mc Knight Transfer Co.
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