19 Nov 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1940
Page
1
The column mixes weather forecasts with war rumors and drought notes from the Plains. It recalls millennial predictions, discusses a powder plant for Britain, Roosevelt and possible U S involvement, and local high school football chatter about the Sandies and Lubbock.
Ed Friedrich and R. H. Friedrich start an experiment to refrigerate a stream to carry 7,000 rainbow trout from Amarillo to San Antonio. The cooling plant will not run until April as the current water is already cold. Horace Frantz of Salida Colorado supplies the fish and plans to move them this week. The project may be a publicity stunt by a refrigerator maker incorporated for half a century. The piece also notes various trivia about Pullman cars, Life magazine London circulation, and other short items before market notes.
The prosecution in Dr Roy G Moore s medical license case objects to spectators gallery crowding the courtroom San Antonio special prosecutor Jack Knight warned demonstrations would lead to clearing the room County counsel noted exceptions and County Attorney Tom Seay said the trial could last through Friday
Van Channell is being held by federal officers on a mail fraud charge filed in Baltimore Maryland. He was picked up at Panhandle by Sheriff Tom Harris and turned over to Deputy U S Marshal Bill Lampe. He will be sent to Baltimore as transfer orders arrive.
Three men were killed at Nobel Powder Plant when a storage tank they were welding blew up, scattering TNT and injuring several others. The plant, which employs 3,000 workers, manufactures munitions for the government.
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe inexpensive aid for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims relief from burning urination and frequent trips to the bathroom and warns against substitutes while noting associated symptoms like backache puffy eyes and nervousness.
Welfare agencies and state health officials report donations of studio couches and bed springs to help families sleeping on bare floors. A survey showed needs across Catholic Welfare, Social Service Welfare, and Salvation Army, with local factories offering free mattress renovation and a sterilizing plant providing disinfection.
NEW ORLEANS November 19. Federal Housing Administrator Nathan Straus warned that about five million men could lose jobs when defense spending ends and the country shifts to a peacetime economy. He called for a public housing program of about 500,000 homes yearly after the defense emergency to counter wholesale unemployment.
Tonight at 7:30 Mayor Ross Rogers presides over the city commission session approving bills and a contract bid to furnish a carload of gasoline. The meeting also considers a re-zone request for 2508 South Fillmore Street and a re-plat of Famous Heights addition. A brief agenda item notes.
In Bern on November 19 diplomatic sources said a German Bulgarian push toward the Aegean and Salonika could occur at any hour. Observers doubted Greece can defend Macedonia Thrace’s narrow isthmus without Turkish aid but expect Salonika might be defended.
A community ceremony sends 13 volunteers from two local boards to the selective service for a one year army term. The event includes a first dinner, flag ceremonies, and talks by S F Rose and officials, with six and seven men listed from boards 1 and 2.
Amarillo hosts El Reno Oklahoma visitors Sunday and Monday on the Rock Island Choctaw Rocket. More than 60 residents travel from El Reno to Amarillo, arriving 1 05 p m Sunday and staying until 3 15 p m Monday. A banquet is planned at the Herring Hotel Sunday evening.
Lockheed announces Britain has ordered 30 million dollars worth of new bombers larger and faster than the Hudson. The military Lodestar version will enter mass production next spring and will follow the Royal Air Force's current transport use.
County agents and home demonstration staff gathered for a district AAA meeting in the Panhandle as soaking rain finally hit the region, easing drought concerns for the 1941 wheat crop. Cliff Day G D Scott and E N Holmgreen outlined cotton and allotment trends while Charlie L Thomas presided. over 150 attendees attended the two day event.
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