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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1940
Page
1
A collage of anecdotes on politics and sport. A Newspaperman checks on Willkie’s throat during a long tour and a reporter notes Knute Rockne’s influence and the Notre Dame shift. Roosevelt appears fit and sharp at press events amid wartime and era reflections.
A column cites views on Japanese Americans loyalty and prefers swift court martial and execution for saboteurs. It contrasts German brutality with internal sabotage and quotes a Paris incident, plus brief notes on marriage, kangaroo tendon thread, Lawrence Tibbett, advertising on pay envelopes, clothing alterations, Bobby Jones, snoring, moose fights, rectification and inversion, sleep drugs, Kate Smith’s horn, Uncle Sam’s State Department costs, smoking quitting methods, earthworms, California Dairy Council milk gains, and Laur ence Hallmond’s electric organ inventor.
A woman, name withheld, was severely burned when a man chased her to a farmhouse near Tyler last Saturday night. He poured kerosene on a mop, ignited it, and held the torch to her body as she suffered eight burns to the abdomen thighs and legs. police continued a search for the assailant.
Seen on a restaurant window in Omaha the sign lists items with prices including boiled spare ribs 30 cents baked squash 5 cents and Hungarian foulash 15 cents along with the line God bless Amertea drawing attention as a curious message.
The Potter County Taxpayers Association met at the Amarillo Hotel to demand a county tax refund of about 15 percent citing savings from the new tax year. They urged the county auditor to stop illegal expenditures and planned a conference with the commissioners to pursue tax savings and budget reforms.
The Safety Congress heard that bicycles have evolved from a youth pastime into a major traffic issue. Richard Bennett of Lansing Michigan cited 700 deaths in 1939 from bicycle automobile crashes and urged traffic officials to treat the bicycle as a key safety problem.
STOCKHOLM Oct. 11 The medical faculty of Stockholm University has decided not to award the Nobel Prize for medicine this year. It was expected the government would be asked permission to postpone prizes for literature chemistry and peace due to the war.
Aosta Italy October 11 Marchionness Matilde Scarampi di Villanova and her daughter Vittorina were expelled from the Fascist party after hanging pink and blue ribbons on their door to announce the birth of two puppies.
Braniff Airways reports September passenger revenue of 152 374 99 dollars, up from 83 576 17 the prior year. Revenue passengers carried reach 11 068 versus 5 936 in September 1939.
James Turner Faulks of Amarillo was picked up here by the U S marshal's office and charged with white slavery filed in Kansas City. He was taken to jail in Pampa today. Criminal cases will be tried next week in federal district court. The docket will be light. Persons to be tried were indicted at Fort Worth.
Mrs. James J. Storrow Sr. denied a report a New England air raid shelter was built on her Lincoln estate. She called it a storage area for apples, noting a bumper crop this year.
Four members of the Canadian Army Service Corps wrote a letter to the London Times praising a rabbit dinner that reportedly required three one thousand pound bombs and one oil bomb to kill. The note reflects wartime absurdity and Allied humor circulating in London.
A recruit told Fort Jackson officers his half-brother is his nearest relative. When asked if his father and mother were alive, he answered yes, but his half-brother lives only two doors away.
Twenty five years ago today on October 11 1915 the British submarine E 19 destroyed five ore laden German steamers in the Baltic and captured an ore laden Swedish vessel Greece enlarges shipments of olives to the United States as part of wartime trade shifts.
Salt Lake City mayor Ab Jenkins wants to recover a 1935 racing car built for speed, arguing sentimental value. The Ogden fire department, which uses the vehicle as part of its equipment, is willing to return it, though officials deem it practically worthless for firefighting as it carries two men and no gear. Jenkins plans to add the car to his collection of outmoded racers.
Charles D. Brower, aging trader and longtime Arctic pioneer, notes Point Barrow’s white population now totals 25, the largest on record. Brower recalls a time with no formal law beyond "the best man wins" as the Arctic outpost grows crowded for him and Eskimo, miners, and fishermen.
London report says Dr Kenneth Walker proposes shrapnel proof armor for the British Army. He has produced lightweight samples half the weight of aluminum and envisions a two ounce shield worn in a pocket as partial protection against blast fragments.
In California two damage suits favored the railroad. Mrs. Bessie Sheldon of Folsom won a $5,730 verdict against a motorist for a collision with a train. The court ordered the motorist to pay $91.61 for train damage, $9229 for loss during repairs, and $37.24 for a destroyed crossing sign.
The Junior Harmony Club will hold a buffet supper at Mrs. R. C. Martini’s home at 1306 Jackson Street Monday at 6 30 PM. Senior members will assist with the meal marking the season’s first meeting. Gridiron brothers Clatt trio weighed 659 pounds combined for East Peoria High School this fall.
J A Le Duc, a longtime baggage man for the Northern Pacific railroad, retires after 40 years aboard the St Paul to Forsyth Montana route. He estimates a total travels over 4 224 000 miles during his service period.
The Potter County Red Cross calls for urgent volunteer workers to speed up making hospital bed shirts dresses and layettes in Court House Room 502. Yarn is available for knitting sweaters for men women and children while 18 000 surgical dressings have been sent to England since spring. The sewing room operates 230 to 400 PM and calls are handled from Room 110 Court House or by telephone 2 2005 with Mrs C W Terrell assisting sewing supplies and Mrs W W Davis directing yarn distribution.
Jack Davis reports little chance of rain with decreasing clouds tonight and fair warmer conditions tomorrow. He notes any showers today would be scattered and light, with a last night low around 54 to 56 and a high forecast of 75 to 80, winds from the north northwest at about 8 mph.
The Senate met with twenty members present and adopted a motion by Alben Barkley to recess until Monday. The chamber convened at noon, heard the opening prayer, and adjourned at 12 06 PM with attendance about thirty short of a quorum and no business conducted.
County Clerk Hubert Cole says he will be busy October 16 handling the first feel of the draft and the registration of men aged 21 to 35. Absentee voting begins that day with a general election set to run until November 2. Voting rules mirror those of the Democratic primaries with one exception. Negroes meeting poll tax and other requirements may vote in the general election.
William C. Boyce, president-manager of Armstrong Transfer and Storage, was elected a director of the Southwest Warehouse and Transfermen's Association at its Dallas convention.
In a column voice a housewife laments modern gadgets in her kitchen taking time from cooking her mother taught. She contrasts this with praising Lipton's tea as a bargain compared to everything except water, urging readers to count their blessings.
I M Stinson a railroad man plans to tear down his built house at 2810 Taylor and start anew. He dug a basement, will erect a six room house costing about 3300 dollars, with plans inspected by Wallace Hazlewood city building inspector.
Amarillo council Grand Knight George Nussbaum announced a delay of the Columbus Day address by state deputy F. J. Kinane from 8:00 to 8:30 p m Saturday night on the Texas State Network. He said Roosevelt’s 8 pm broadcast prompted the shift and that both Knights and the public would be interested in the talk.
Two high explosive bombs fell within a short distance of the country house where United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy is staying during a nocturnal raid in London. The incident was disclosed today by U.P. reports.
Nine pilots passed their physical exams for the Civil Aeronautics Authority advanced acrobatic course at English Field. Recipients in Lubbock included Bill Johnston, Tom Reames, Jerry Monroe, Jim Daley, Benny Parr, Ligon Dickson, Walt Edwards, John Kenehan, and Agent Lair.
Potter County Democrats report payment of 121.25 dollars toward a 1,267 dollar quota for the Democratic national campaign fund. Gene Jordan serves as county finance chairman and announced the briefing today.
Berlin reports Germany will permit France to continue commercial shipping, provided France sinks its vessels if Britain attacks. The announcement cites authorized sources and frames the move as a wartime measure.
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