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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1941
Page
6
The passage notes William L. Shirer entry as second class at Amarillo Texas post office on February 20 1924. It states publication evenings except Saturday and Sunday in connection with The Amarillo Daily News on Sundays by The Globe News Publishing Co. GENE HOWE is president and publisher with John McCarty as associate publisher.
The article describes Norwegian exiles training as airmen in Toronto and a community loss, with flags flying and King Haakon toasted. It notes fund raising in Cleveland surpassing goals and critiques Nazi oppression, while recounting wartime dispatches and German advances in Europe.
In downtown San Francisco at Montgomery and Market Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust showcase a historic exhibit recounting Wells Fargo Overland Stage Pony Express and railroad history. The piece notes notable figures Sandy Woodworth Buffalo Bill James Wales Miller and Snowshoe Thompson amid frontier banking and express services.
United Press profiles Hector B. McKinnon the Wartime Prices and Trade Board chair who controls prices for Canada. The soft spoken ex teacher and former journalist blends modesty with vast economic power, earning the nickname perfect civil servant. His career spans farmingOntario journalism and tariff policy before rising to cabinet level influence. His polished shoes attract remark from friends.
Maudie O Connor and her daughter Mary vacation at Paradise Lake when Herbert Cord is found shot dead. Suspects include Miss Millie Morris and Jeanie Morris amid resort romances, with Margie Dixon blamed by some. Dr Otway notes the murder as police hunt weapon clues.
By Marguerite Gahagan she and Margie planned, Jeanie occupied another room buying cigarettes, and Margie urged Herb not to ask her to go. She spoke firmly, asking what he was trying to do, play one.
Henry McLemore chronicles his cocker spaniel Cindy who masters him with chaotic walks and clever tricks. He laments failed commands while detailing her sharp wit, unusual eating habits, and the comical dangers of daily life with a pet that rules the house.
The Pan American Union founded in 1890 promotes peace and cooperation among 21 American republics. A 1940 Bolivian stamp commemorates its 50th anniversary and depicts the 21 flags. The union is funded by proportional national contributions and operates departments for trade, statistics, finance, agriculture, and travel.
A collection of moral exhortations cites Walter P. Armstrong and Rab! Lewis I. Newman contrasting Napoleon and Hitler with religious overtones. The remarks frame a stark demand for tough sacrifice in pursuit of a chosen objective.
A quiz lists five historical figures now less seen, asking who held key roles in boxing politics and government. It questions Schmeling’s KO of Louis, Cox’s VP run, Britain’s PM before Chamberlain, Germany’s first president, and FDR’s first navy secretary. Answers appear on the next page.
A collection of reader submissions addressed to Your Ideas Editor at the Globe-News. The entries advocate scrap iron for national defense, better trash-barrel covers, waxed-paper wrap benefits, clearer underpass signage, and more conspicuous house numbers. Each piece bears the contributor name and address.
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