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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1940

Page

2

Willkie Back To New York

Willkie returns to New York to campaign in a Democratic stronghold. He attacks Mayor Frank Hague and Roosevelt allyship, linking Democratic Bosses to the New Deal and urging voters to back the Republicans. Roosevelt tours upstate New York and Arlington arsenals as party lines harden.

Associated Press Wendell L. Willkie New York New Jersey Jersey City Frank Hague Roosevelt Bronx Newark N. J Willkie Fedward J Flynn Chicago Republican Party Upstate Jesse Jones Commerce Washington House McKellar Tennessee Senate Taft Ohio Springfield

Market summary and livestock prices from Kansas City report

Kansas City stock market and livestock notes dated Oct 8 show hogs selling mostly 10 cents lower than Monday's average with top at 6.15 and special loads around 120 to 125 dollars. Cattle figures indicate steady trends with beef steers wide in supply and vealers firm, while sheep bids opened 25 cents lower. Financial security fund lists liquidating price at 1.57 and offering at 1.73.

Kansas City Colorado

Amarillo Schools Close For Historic Military Registration Day

On October 16 Amarillo and Potter County will hold a mass registration drive for men of military age. Thousands of teachers and students will participate, with schools closing to serve as registration sites and teachers volunteering to assist under County Clerk Hubert Cole.

Amarillo United States Potter County John H. Winters Hubert Cole

Boy in Illinois Hangs Self in School Cloakroom

In Canton Illinois on October 8 193? Loyal Widger eight years old hanged himself from a coat hook after a classroom reprimand by Miss Genevieve Shepley. He walked to the cloakroom heads bowed and was found dead moments later as students cried out.

Canton Ill U.P Loyal Widger Genevieve Shepley Loyal

Travel Study Club Plans Guest Day Tea

The Travel Study Club will host a guest day tea at Amarillo Country Club at 2 30 Friday afternoon. Junior Travel Study Club members assist and Mrs Guy Chisholm serves as program leader.

Amarillo Country Club Guy Chisholm

TEL CLASS MEETING CHANGED TO THURSDAY AT 12:30

The T. E. L. class of the First Baptist Church will meet Thursday at 12 30 at Mrs C W Rogers 2118 Hayden Street. Members will bring sandwiches.

TEL First Baptist Church C. W. Rogers Hayden Street

Torchbearers at Little Theater Promises Comical Night

Minnie Lee Solnick stars in The Torchbearers a spoof on Our Town staged by the Little Theater group. The production directed by Thelma Allen Martin opens at 8 15 with student tickets at 35 cents and adult tickets at 50 cents.

Minnie Lee Solnick Thelma Allen Martin

Fire Marshal Explains Fire Insurance Rates To Lions Club

Amarillo fire Marshal Ed Spann spoke at noon to the Lions Club detailing fire insurance rate comparisons from 1932 to 1940. He warned that rates reflect community losses and urged residents to reduce trash and hazardous practices to cut premiums. The program included accordion quartets and a card trick show, organized by Charles M. Figh.

Lions Club Ed Spann Amarillo State Commission Spann Ciara Jean Hallmark Rae Nell Armstrong Alma Lou Griffin Billye Diggs Amarillo College of Music Verne Hickerson Leroy the Great Charles M. Figh

Court Upholds Ford Ruling. Board Order Remains

The Sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a National Labor Relations Board ruling ordering Ford Motor Co to cease interference with employees rights to bargain. It struck down the provision banning dissemination of propaganda among workers but upheld reinstatement for 22 employees allegedly discharged for CIO activity four years ago.

Cincinnati Sixth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals National Labor Relations Board Ford Motor Co C. C. Simons Michigan United Automobile Workers

Princess Galitzine Killed in Bombing

Princess Catherine Galitzine daughter of exiled Russian prince was killed when a bus was struck by a bomb in London. She had worked for the post office censorship staff and was en route to work at the time. Her mother Princess Alexandra long a leading figure in the czarist court lives in exile in London with her daughter after fleeing Russia.

London Catherine Galitzine Galitzine Post Office Alexandra Russia

Myron Blalock Appeals For Democratic Funds

Myron Blalock, head of the Democratic national campaign in Texas, appealed for contributions to the Democratic national campaign fund. He warned that if Wendell Willkie were elected president, Texans would lose the posts they have held in Washington during the past eight years.

Dallas Myron Blalock Democratic National Campaign Texas Democratic National Campaign Fund Wendell Willkie Washington

Peruvian Troops Mass Near Ecuador Border

Quito reports from all Ecuadorian newspapers say Peruvian troops were massing along the Ecuador-Peru border, raising tensions between the two nations. The disclosures come amid ongoing regional instability and border disputes.

Quito Ecuador Ecuador-Peru

Fall Clothes Solve Then Rent Vacant Room

Advertisement invites readers to advertise a vacant room in Globe News Want Ads to rent it for $15 per month, earning about $170 a year, enough to buy fall clothes. A full week ad costs as little as $1.20, with Want Ad Headquarters at dial 6262.

Globe News Globe-News Dial

Amarillo Shopkeeper Walks For Exercise At Forty

Joe Kapelus of the Lucille Shop says he walks to work daily for three months to stay fit for possible national defense service. He muses on U.S. alliances with Russia and a future need to subdue a Communistic Europe after Naziism is defeated.

Amarillo Joe Kapelus Lucille Shop Kapelus Russia Europe

To Reopen Amarillo Free Dental Clinic

The Amarillo Free Dental Clinic will reopen tomorrow from 8 to 12 at the Catholic Welfare Bureau 1108 Houston Street. Local dentists volunteer. admission requires referral by welfare agencies school nurses or the Red Cross. The clinic runs each Wednesday morning under the Catholic Welfare Bureau. In 1911 the clinic performed 191 extractions 314 examinations and 110 treatments.

Amarillo Catholic Welfare Bureau Houston Street Red Cross Community Chest

Weather Forecast by Jack Davis Predicts Fair Skies

Jack Davis says moisture today or tomorrow is unlikely. Fair tonight and tomorrow with highs near 80 to 85 degrees and a low around 52. Last night 47 at the airport and 51 in town, yesterday 79. Southwest wind shifts to 12 to 15 miles per hour. Mr Collman will be on vacation about three weeks.

Jack Davis Mr. Collman Ozarks Mr. Davis

Son of Texas party leader wears Willkie button at SMU

Norman Germany, son of E. B. Germany, Texas state Democratic executive committee chairman, caused a stir in a SMU economics class by wearing a Willkie campaign button. He declared he was “free, white and 21” when questioned by Professor Arthur A. Smith.

Dallas Norman Germany E. B. Germany Texas State Democratic Executive Committee Southern Methodist University Arthur A. Smith Norman

Lord Privy Seal Warns Defeat Shadows Hitler

Clement Attlee told the Trade Union Council in Southport that the idea defeat already hangs over Hitler is a shadow not to be believed. He urged resolve as Britain faced ongoing wartime challenges.

Lord Privy Seal Hitler Southport England Clement R. Attlee Trade Union Council Today

Far East Wheat Export Subsidy Halted

The agriculture department suspended its wheat export subsidy program to Far Eastern ports with the Philippines excluded. The move affects shipments to Asia as officials reassess trade policies and market support mechanisms.

Far East Washington Agriculture Department Far Philippines

Talks With Soviet Russia Weaken Barriers to Aid to China

American diplomacy pursues minor friction fixes with the Soviet Union in hopes of broader cooperation. Welles and Ambassador Oumansky continued discussions amid a shifting Far East scene. Sayre warned consular agents in the Philippines against propaganda as insular leaders urged repatriation of offending diplomats.

United States Russia China Great Britain Welles Constantine Oumansky Oumansky Far East Japan Francis B. Sayre Philippine Islands State Department Sayre Senate Insular Philippines

Churchill Foresees New War Tactics and Allied Rift

Churchill addressed the Commons praising Allied resistance and predicting Germany’s gains from occupied territories. He warned Britain to brace for harsher tactics, hinted at new methods of bombing civilians, and urged vigilance against complacency as winter weather offers no relief.

Italy Churchill Germany

Churchill speech outlines war hope and Japan China talks

Churchill cites October 17 as Burma Road reopening and notes Japan China talks aim to end a long war. He says Spain hovers between war and peace and Britain hopes Spain will return as a Mediterranean and European power. He explains Japan’s move to settle with China has no further meaning now.

Churchill Burma Japan China Spain Britain Mediterranean Europe Christendom

Churchill Pivots Balkans Through Middle East Amid Axis Watch

British officials assess simultaneous moves in the Balkans and Middle East with Japan eyeing the Far East. They warn Axis plans may include stamping German strength in Romania, Italian bases in Syria, a Graziani push into Egypt, and Spain pressuring French Morocco, amid conflicting reports of German entry into Romania.

Pire Balkans Middle East Japan Far East Romania Syria Palestine Egypt Rodolfo Graziani Spain French Morocco

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