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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1939
Page
2
A reader urges Amarillo to seek a federal grant for a large municipal airport with future-oriented facilities. The letter highlights air transport growth, potential aircraft factories, gun and munitions production sites inland, cheap gas, and defense-driven regional development on the plains.
A wide-ranging classified item slate shows individuals offering housework quilting child care farm labor and nursing services in exchange for room board wages or references. Entries include two colored maids male and female caregivers and a practical nurse plus requests for a share crop and a saddle horse and a kitty priced for rehoming. Contacts include Tack Reader Tack Tack Tack and many street addresses and phone numbers.
Ernest R. Duke state director outlined the Crop Insurance Administration role in stabilizing farmers incomes and the challenges of effective administration. He noted private insurers failed historically, while the federal plan gains wide acceptance as Soil Conservation Service leaders and officials from out of town attended the USDA Club luncheon at Amarillo Hotel. About 200 people were present including out of town officials and guests with Edwin Henson presiding.
MacDowell Boys Club gathers at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Federation Club Rooms with guest artists Mr and Mrs James Flory. Hosts include Estel Etheridge George Groves Doyle Forman Dale Forman and Bob Harstwick Dale Forman leads program Billy Rual Jones reports on the junior club session from the Seventh District Texas Federation convention in Lubbock.
City officials praise cooperation of 14 large taxpayers who paid 81 188 91 in taxes to sustain a pay as you go budget. City Manager H R Smith says timely payments avert borrowing from banks for general operations in late Oct and Nov. Smaller taxpayers also contributed, earning appreciation from the City Commission.
Paul Edquist of the Borden Company warns that many California firms may liquidate holdings and move operations if the pension plan passes in today’s election. The San Francisco Stock Exchange could relocate to Reno, and stores display placards refusing pension warrants. Edquist notes crowds of elderly in Los Angeles and says business is on hold awaiting the election outcome. He cites book bootlegging over Grapes of Wrath in affected areas as stores avoid stocking it. Edquist and his wife briefed in Los Angeles and toured Phoenix and El Paso on their trip.
Dr. Umphrey Lee, 46, author, pastor and educator, assumed the presidency of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The institution has grown to about 4,000 students since its humble start, with nine bishops attending the inaugural ceremonies and Dr. Oliver C. Carmichael of Vanderbilt delivering remarks on modern life’s challenges to institutions.
Walter R. Hibberd, 20, pleaded innocent in a Springfield district court to murdering his bride, Caroline Havey Hibberd, 18. The mutilated body was found in their Brattleboro apartment and burial arranged in Lymah, Maine. Hibberd is held without bail. next court date set for November 16.
All New York stock markets will close tomorrow due to state elections as Fenner & Beane notes. The grain board and other markets will stay open and Fenner & Beane itself will remain open.
A dramatic Sunday prison break at a southern Michigan penitentiary ends with the capture of six felons after a guard is killed and a visitor wounded. Robbers and a rapist overtake two guards, reach the roof, and a chase concludes with a deputy warden firing and a tire blown, leading to surrender.
Berlin editorials react to the United States repeal of the arms embargo with disappointment at arming the Allies. Some restraint but warnings of intensified sea warfare follow. The piece questions Congress for failing to uphold Roosevelt's claimed neutrality aim.
Mildred Blackwood, a Claude girl severely injured in a car accident, is resting well at St. Anthony's Hospital. Lela Worley and Mildred Brady, with minor injuries, are in good condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after a rush by N S Griggs and Sons ambulance. Several other occupants suffered cuts and bruises.
W. W. Dupree of 1007 North East Eighth Avenue denounces the Better Business Bureau as an attack on citizens rights to buy from direct salesmen. He accuses local dealers and the BBB of undermining constitutional rights and labeling direct sellers as racketeers and thieves.
County commissioners discussed methods to balance expenditures so no fund goes red while others have surpluses. They proposed paying sheriff and county attorney fees from road and bridge funds when jail sentences are served, moving costs to the officers salary fund to curb transfers from the general fund. Final budget action expected later with several officials present.
Amarillo Kiwanis Club hears Rev. Bryan H. Keathley of Mineral Wells speak on the four backlogs of freedom during Americanism and National Education Week. Attorney James O. Cade criticizes social security utopia. Gene Bussey discusses The American Way Life. Maj. Cliff Robinette leads the program. Officers were elected and results announced tonight.
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