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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1940
Page
5
Amateur meteorologists say heavy ice damage resulted from one in a million combination of conditions. They note the rain was mild, temperatures hovered near freezing, and wind was limited, all allowing ice to accumulate and damage trees and poles in the Panhandle.
Government trapper FE. T. Thomas reports killing seven wolves in the Duncan area over the past seven days as a reminder that wild predators remain active in the Southwest.
British troops, first on European soil since Dunkirk, landed in Greece amid reports of transport by British warships across the Mediterranean. Greek forces pushed into Albania, advancing toward Poderitz and Machotants near Koritza with Greek units claiming control of Arycastro and other positions as Italian forces retreat.
Captain Polk Ivy of the state highway patrol said last night that heavy traffic into Amarillo did not close any highways. A report of the Oklahoma City highway being blocked could not be verified and any temporary jam likely cleared quickly.
Cafe managers report a brisk business as many establishments prepared for a city water cut off. They filled bottles and containers last night and noted high demand for water to take with them.
Members of the Amarillo Ski Club meet at 8 in the YMCA north wing City Auditorium to elect officers and plan activities. Nonmembers invited. Club members will show motion pictures from last season.
Reported recovering at Northwest Texas Hospital were David Cole of Lubbock and Ross Bennett of 1601 B Polk Street. They were injured Saturday afternoon in a traffic accident in the southern part of the city. Bennett, a New Globe carrier, suffered a broken jaw and cuts and lost several teeth. Cole, a former Amarillo resident, had severe head and facial cuts.
Logan Utah residents saw Mari an Feulner of Magna, Utah, an attractive woman student in a male surveying class. She studied surveying to qualify for a degree in landscape architecture and was seen peering through a transit shouting engineering terms at male students.
A phantom sea raider shelled the British steamer Port Hobart off the West Indies as nine U boats pressed the submarine siege of England. The Port Hobart reported being shelled 500 miles northeast of Puerto Rico near the neutrality belt as German raiders possibly a pocket battleship or armed freighter attacked, signaling broader sea warfare in the Atlantic.
Plans are made for the November Scout Court of Honor for the Amarillo district Llano Estacado Council BSA to be held in district court rooms Thursday at 7 30 pm. Chairman McKnight presides with J E Spann Bishop F C Seaman A A Graham E L Hunter Rev T J Drury and Allen Early on the court. Troops plan special stunts between rank presentations. Parents and friends are invited.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Earl Bradley, a traveling salesman, alive after a stomach wound from a defective cartridge bullet. The bullet fell to the floor after impact. Robert DuMont, also a salesman, is held in connection with the shooting, which allegedly stemmed from a domestic quarrel.
The two day drizzle across Panhandle Plains saturates soil with much needed moisture for the 1941 wheat crop. Rainfall to two to four inches promises deep ground moisture, aiding germination, re-seeding, and later pasture for livestock, despite late timing for feed crops.
The News-Globe thanks many people for aid in ice storm reporting. Disrupted communications hampered sources, but reporters pressed on as half the storm stories arrived as sources contacted the paper directly.
Omaha World War veteran H. A. Lam phear recounts two leaflets dropped from German planes during service with the AEF overseas. One reads The German People Offer Peace and the other How to Stop the War.
W L Bailey of Lubbock stages his first annual Hereford sale at Snyder's Livestock Pavilion. Seventy five head include 14 bulls and 22 bred cows with notable matings such as Advance Domino and Mouser Domino. Plus Amarillo gasoline shortage hampers service stations with limited pumps and no electric power.
A visitor sought the draft board numbers in Columbia South Carolina. He asked to see a bond with draft numbers, looked at three board members, and failed to identify the correct board, concluding with confusion over the officials.
Engineers face a geologic hurdle at the Winton Terrace low rent project. The site was once a glacial lake bed with concave clay layers that become mud when soaked. The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority approved a plan to install deep ditches with gravel filled sewer lines to drain excess water away from foundations.
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