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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1941
Page
5
A San Francisco report from November shows identical 1940 41 autos vary in power due to gasoline quality and ignition timing. Nine cars tested reveal octane needs differ eight to ten numbers, with 112 regular and 56 premium fuels evaluated across several makes.
Ernie Pyle the roving columnist paid a $1 fine for overtime parking in his home town after touring the country by auto and trailer for years without a traffic summons. In Berkeley, California, 55 canaries escaped an open aviary door but all returned, each with a tale of home.
Archbishop Robert E. Lucey showed improvement after a brief illness. He was brought to St. Anthony's Hospital on Tuesday night to attend the installation of Bishop Laurense J. FitzSimon as Bishop of Amarillo and later received treatment before returning to the hospital.
At a Dallas nightclub Jeff Davis aged 30 shot and killed his estranged wife Maudine 23 who sat with Homer Williams 28 a truck driver. Williams was wounded in the abdomen and Davis then killed himself at a railroad yard after shooting Williams.
Members of the Amarillo Local of the Telephone Workers Union will meet tonight at 7:30 at the Capitol Hotel.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company dealers of the Panhandle and eastern New Mexico will meet Monday afternoon at the Herring Hotel for the Amarillo District dealers session. More than 100 dealers from the Panhandle eastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle will discuss new products and 1942 merchandising plans, ending with a Crystal Ball room dinner. A. F. Spikard of Oklahoma City district manager will lead the session. arrangements were made by C. A. Wood of Oklahoma City.
Maurice LeBlanc aged 76, famed for Arsene Lupin detective novels, died in Perpignan after a week in hospital. He had been treated there since arriving for medical care.
A pint of beer at The Crown in Sheringham Norfolk helped a coast guard inspector decide to inspect the sea where he spotted a speck. Lifeguards rescued five exhausted Polish airmen from a liferaft nearby.
Crosby stars with Mary Martin and Brian Donlevy in Birth of the Blues a Paramount musical hailed as a strong ragtime era picture. Critics compare it to Alexander's Ragtime Band and praise its entertainment reach beyond age limits. The plot follows the ragtime rise from the 1890s through the adventures of a jazz band leader with Crosby on clarinet, Martin as singer and Donlevy on trumpet.
Rochester serves as valet in a comedy with J. Carol Naish as the menace and Carolyn Lee portraying Miss Martin’s infant aunt. The film features an extended Paramount engagement beginning Say day. A Valencia orange shipment from Spain last season weighed 715000 tons.
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