28 Nov 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1940
Page
1
A reader laments a teacher’s discharge for not saluting the flag and argues public schools should educate without coercive dress codes. The letter compares flag salute against restrictions on girls’ schooling and clothes, urging community action.
A ventriloquist's scam ends with a dog choosing ten dollars over higher pay and a threat to stay silent. The piece also notes the Texas quail season opening and offers assorted curiosities on ambassadorship salaries, beer packaging versus draft, FDR trip timetables, lie detector use, labor wages, war coverage, sinusitis rates, and scented talking pictures being tested in New York.
Wendell L. Willkie said he would deliver an extemporaneous speech before the National Inter Fraternity Conference in New York Friday night. He hoped to return to Florida to continue his vacation after the talk, his first since a radio address Navy. 10.
A mixed group of unverified help wanted notices appears including a widow seeking farm or housework employment in Oklahoma, a reader asking for hourly child care or apartment rent work, a teen seeking evening child care, a washer who offers laundry services, and a man seeking a woman named Sue Gray possibly connected to Miles Bivins job area near Amarillo. The fragment ends with a continuation note.
An advertisement touts Cystex as a physician prescribed kidney and bladder remedy. It claims poor sleep, backache, leg pains, dizziness, and swollen ankles signal kidney trouble and promises an iron clad money back guarantee if not satisfied.
The New York World-Telegram reports a German landing party from a raider attacked Curacao in the Dutch West Indies to strike oil refineries. British forces and two armed tankers repelled the assault, with 35 Germans killed or wounded. An eyewitness notes a cover story and a Swedish-named raider Narvik, while officials indicated secrecy surrounding the raid.
Hollywood, Nov. 28. Gerta Rozan, the strip picket, remains clothed after three days of protest at Loew-Lewin production offices in Universal City. She demanded reinstatement of her cut scene from a film and threatened to resume picketing if her demands were not met.
Mrs. R. Spicer, 24, mother of three, cutting her hand with a hatchet, walked to her mother’s home near Lytle, Texas. Neighbor Mrs. Francisco Hernandez provided first aid. Spicer was informed by her husband, a Fort Sam Houston construction worker. She said she had to do it and will recover.
The German news agency reported former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling has recovered from a leg injury he suffered while training as a parachute jumper. The report comes amid American railways reaching a peak coal consumption of 139 million tons in a single year.
St Louis report notes Jacob M Lashly president of the American Bar Association warns the legal profession must guard against alien philosophies and the excesses of American democracy. He stresses justice as the association’s core aim and urges unity to uphold a fair legal system.
New York concerns test manzanita wood from Lassen National Forest after briar supplies from Italy Algeria and the Balkans are cut off. If test results prove satisfactory a sawmill will be established in Red Bluff California.
The Rotary Club heard Bishop Seaman and John McKnight discuss Thanksgiving and Rotary. Seaman stressed service as a lifelong value, while McKnight, first president, urged Rotary to influence Christian revival in Europe. Acknowledgments to new members and program lead by Ivor Davies. Next meeting set for amid unclear location.
Braniff Airways district representative Don E. Shomourg said all flights both incoming and outgoing were operating on schedule today from Amarillo, confirming normal airline service levels.
The Optimist Club held its weekly luncheon and approved a nationwide week starting December 2. Members endorsed an essay contest open to high school students on democracy as practiced in the United States.
Four men played poker in a Lexington Avenue apartment when a young redhead burst in from a fire escape. A detective followed and charged her on a morals count.
Shriners of Khiva Temple will hold their regular weekly dance class tonight at The Nat beginning at 7 30. The event brings together members for instruction and social activity at the venue.
New York report shows 6000 Hunter College students consume about 1000 sandwiches and related foods daily. Tuna and egg salad dominate lunches while chow mein outsells hot dishes in under two hours. a boll weevil is described as gray and a quarter inch long.
New York reports the death of Irene known as Jolly Irene a famed side show and Coney Island figure. Once weighing 625 pounds her weight dropped to about 500 pounds in the last year.
The DeMolay officers will be installed Tuesday night at 7 30 in Masonic Hall located at 412 Taylor Street. The ceremony follows the election of new officers and will be conducted by the local chapter leadership.
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