Selby Speaks on Family Change at Y M C A Meeting
R A Selby director of guidance Amarillo Public Schools spoke to the Young Married Couples Division on Recent Social and Economic Changes Affecting the American Family. An open forum covered Delayed Marriage and other topics. Dr R Thomson will lead next meeting on The Right to Marry and the Purpose of Marriage. A Polk Street Church carnival serves hambur gers chili pie coffee and cake at five cents. Public invited.
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R. A. Selby
Amarillo Public Schools
Y.M.C
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Vaughan
Polk Street Methodist Church
Fellowship
Maria Class Supper Planned at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Maria Class will host a supper for members and their husbands at 7 30 tonight. All members are urged to attend at the church premises.
Santa Letters From Donald and Ann Reach North Pole
In Lubbock two children Donald and Ann sent a letter to Santa Claus North Pole. The stamp design shows ice peaks with North Pole wording. Amarillo post office canceled the stamp on Nov. 19 and Globe News forwarded the letter to Old Santa. Donald requests a Turner Clipper a sled and a baseball while Ann asks for a rocking horse and a doll.
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Lubbock
Donald
Ann
Santa Claus
Amarillo
Santa Claus North Pole
Ice Peaks
North Pole
Noth Pole
Globe News
Santa
P. S. Ann
Potter Red Cross Raises Over Two Thousand Dollars
Red Cross workers report early roll call totals exceed $2,000 with several district divisions fully reporting. Additional $100 gifts arrive, led by Will Herring, while families like Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hardie and Mrs. Sue Mitchell join with $100 memberships. Sam Davis, roll call chairman, praises the effort as crucial to national defense.
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Red Cross
Will Herring
Ed Hardie
Sue Mitchell
R. B. Masterson
Southwestern Public Service
Sam Davis
Roll Call
British Refugees Report Russia Half Starved on Arrival
British refugees from Estonia Latvia and Lithuania arriving in Hong Kong described Russia as half starved. A business man among 180 passengers said Russia could not spare supplies for Germany and that their 180 person journey via Russia showed Russian worry over German aggression. They will be sent to Australia.
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Hong Kong
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Germany
Riga
Australia
First Draftees Roll Into Fort Bliss
The first detachment of draftees arrived at Fort Bliss induction center serving West Texas New Mexico and Arizona to start a one year army hitch. Twenty eight local lads were among the first draftees to be received, after boarding trucks downtown and undergoing final physical examinations.
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EL Paso
U.P
Fort Bliss
West Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Army
Pleasant Valley PTA Hears Plans For Dec 6 Play
Mrs T FE Bursey led a Pleasant Valley Parent-Teacher Association meeting in the school auditorium. Finance chair Mrs Sam Robertson announced a December 6 play. Elgin Reid was elected publicity chairman replacing Mrs W L Pond who moved away. Horace Mann principal E L Hunter spoke on Better Trained Parents. Charles Langston's room won the attendance prize.
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T. FE. Bursey
Pleasant Valley Parent-Teacher Association
Sam Robertson
Elgin Reid
W. L. Pond
Horace Mann
E. L. Hunter
Charles Langston
Farewell Party for The Hugh Normans in Amarillo
The Globe News advertising director Hugh Norman and his wife were feted at a Herring Hotel banquet for his four year Amarillo stay. About sixty staff members and spouses attended as Norman departs for an executive post in New Bedford Massachusetts. Wes Izzard hosted the event.
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Amarillo
Hugh Norman
The
Globe News
Herring Hotel
Norman
New Bedford
Mass
Wes Izzard
Claude Fitzgerald
Spelling Lesson Mix Up Hits Ottawa High Band
Ottawa Illinois November 19 The Ottawa High School band formed the word hello for visiting fans at a football game but the O split into OHELL from the stands causing a playful misread in the crowd.
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Ottawa
Ottawa High School
Ohell
National Defense Issue Brought Into Strike at Vultee
Major Sidney Simpson of the war department urged CIO Union members and company officials to reconcile differences to aid national defense. The 3,500 workers struck after Vultee refused to raise minimum wages from 50 to 75 cents an hour, with the plant closed for the duration of the walkout.
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Downey
Calif
Sidney Simpson
War Department
Vultee Aircraft
United Automobile Workers (Cio
National Defense
Vultee
Students Fight Shoe Rule at Minnesota Union Dance
University of Minnesota students call the shoe rule for dances in the new student union a threat to democracy and threaten to picket. Faculty dictates shoes must be worn in the $2,000,000 building while students traditionally danced in socks.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Inequities in Texas oil allocation charged at proration hearing
At a proration hearing before the State Railroad Commission Humble Oil Company accused the field allocations of inequities in crude oil production. The session was held in Austin on November 19.
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Austin
Texas
Humble Oil Company
State Railroad Commission
Thanksgiving Program Planned For Eastern Star Meeting
Amarillo Chapter No. 787 of the Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 524 4 Taylor Street at 8 tonight. All members are urged to attend as a Thanksgiving program is to be presented.
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Amarillo
Missionary Arthur Johnson to Speak at Local Church Event
Arthur G. Johnson, missionary to West China, will lecture and show slides at the Assembly of God Church on North Pierce Street tonight. Rev. E. L. Foster leads the church.
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Arthur G. Johnson
West
China
Assembly of God Church
North Pierce Street
E. L. Foster
Hoyt's Compound praised by Amarillo woman
Mrs. Martha M. Longest of 404 Van Buren St Amarillo endorses Hoyt's Compound after relief from severe pains in hips arms and legs. She credits improved digestion gas relief quiet nerves and better sleep to the medicine and urges others to consult the Hoyt Man at Cretney Drug Store Sixth and Polk.
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Hoyt
Martha M. Longest
van Buren St
Amarillo
Cresney Drug Store
Sixth
Polk
Cretney
Cretney’s
Borger
Pamps
Weather Data by U S Weather Bureau on 10
Daily weather summary from the U S Weather Bureau notes readings for the 10th day. Includes temperatures, humidity, wind direction and speed, precipitation, and notable atmospheric conditions observed at local stations.
John Thomas Junell Dies at Four Months
Four month old John Thomas Junell son of Mr and Mrs James L Junell died close to dawn at the family home 4005 Nithes Street He is survived by his parents a brother James Lee and a sister Patsy Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 10 am at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev E R Foster of the Assembly of God Church officiating Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
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John Thomas Junell
James L Junell
Nithes Street
James Lee
Patsy
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
E. R. Foster
Assembly of God Church
Llano Cemetery
Reds Claim Largest Submarine Fleet
Moscow reports Izvestia claims the Soviet Union has the world’s largest submarine fleet. Travestia asserts submarines are on par with the world’s best models and will defend the Socialist Fatherland against any aggressor.
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Reds
Moscow
Russia
Izvestia
Travestia
Moisture Arrives as Wheat crop Outlook Shifts
After a dry spell, slow soaking rain provides the first real moisture with promise for next summer's wheat. Much of this year's crop was dusted in and many fields may need reseeding due to poor germination and worm damage. Livestock outlook improves as rangelands benefit and wheat pasture prospects brighten.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Department of Agriculture
Ernest R. Duke
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Globe News Want Ads Bazaar Opens
Daily bargain feature invites readers to explore a wide range of affordable items in Globe News Want Ads. Emphasizes low prices for married folks, bachelors, and children, urging everyone to save by checking the listings and calling 6262.
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Globenews
Globe-News
Dial
Zoning Hearing for 820 Lamar Street Amarillo 1940
Public hearing before the Amarillo City Commission at 7 30 P M on Tuesday December 10 1940 to consider rezoning property known as Lot 5 Block 159 Old Town Addition from D Apartment Area to D Retail Area per official zoning map City Secretary Katheryne Burwell
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Lamar Street
City Commission
City of
Amarillo
Old Town
Katheryne Burwell
WPA Worker Falls Down Elevator Shaft
WPA worker A. F. McDowell of 30 North Fillmore Street fell 18 to 20 feet from the first floor into the elevator pit at the WPA Commodity Warehouse 601 Grant Street. He was taken by Boxwell Brothers to Northwest Texas Hospital with injuries described as fair and shock. X rays pending.
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A. F. McDowell
WPA
North Fillmore Street
Grant Street
McDowell
Northwest Texas Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Fire Hits Half Completed Destroyer Gwynn in Boston Yard
Boston navy yard officials said a small fire aboard the half completed destroyer Gwynn was caused by loose wood touching hot metal. There was no loss as about 4500 workers were held over to avert disruption while firemen contained flames around the ship’s aft smokestack. The blaze followed a prior $500 warehouse fire attributed to spontaneous combustion.
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Boston
U.P
Boston Navy Yard
Gwynn
Posters warn of American clash in Tokyo amid Saigon mission
Red and black posters appeared across Tokyo near the U S Embassy warning prepare against America as the National Patriotic party posted them overnight. Newspapers attack the United States and Great Britain amid rumors of a secret military treaty with Siam.
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America
Tokyo
United States
National Patriotic Party
Great
Britain fights raiders and expands anti-air devices
The Evening News notes a new combat method tested on a small scale and to be expanded. hotspots are marked by Germans. War officials warn of invasion risk while labor needs push Bevin to mobilize women in production as Britain and the US curtail aviation gasoline and scrap iron exports to Japan. A French Indo China dispatch reports Japanese ships near Saigon as pressure continues.
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Evening News
Edward Grigg
War Office
House of Commons
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Commons
United States
Japan
R. A. Butler
Butler
Saigon
India
China
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LE Sage CO
Filobe- News Pub. Co. H and Fillmore
Potter Red Cross
Pleasant Valley
Hugh Normans
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Weather Data
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Sar Die
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Calvert Distillers Corporation
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Reaq Streamliner
Dallas
Houston
Sunset
California
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Sunbeam
Argonaut
Beaumont
East
Border Limited
Corpus Christi
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Streamliner
Hustler
Southern Pacific
E. M. Vernon
Oliver-Eakle
Saye Sa
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MR. Moore
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