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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1940
Page
5
The Globe News Publishing Co states it publishes The Globe News with independent democratic stance. It notes postal matter dating February 20 1924 and the staff titles including Gene Howe president and publisher John McCarty associate publisher.
A front page style piece blends wartime oratory urging LatAm unity against Nazi influence with a serialized wartime romance. Janet Dwight navigates illness, Aunt Mary Cantrell’s death, and a reconciled love with Barney McKnight as he returns with a major news scoop and a vow to stay.
The column adopts tips from The Occupational Index on learning millinery, detailing training periods from vocational schools to apprenticeships. It notes education needs, school programs in cities, and union contracts affecting apprentices, plus skills like dexterity, vision, patience, and customer rapport. The piece promotes buying the index for more information and suggests millinery suits middle-aged learners seeking business flexibility.
A 1940 Gallup survey probes why voters back Roosevelt or Willkie beyond counts. It finds many Willkie supporters oppose the New Deal and the third term, while Roosevelt support hinges on wartime leadership and stability. comments from voters across several states illustrate the split between antiwar and prowar sentiments and how business, policy, and character shape choices.
A dated puzzle list presents horizontal and vertical clues from easy to tough. Entries include references to a former European ruler and other common wordplay items, with responses spanning verbs, nouns, and adjectives across 52 clues.
In 1928 two New Yorkers John Harberger and Frederic Hirst opened a Madison Avenue hat shop to pioneer custom hats for women, with showrooms in Hollywood Miami and Palm Beach. They design 300 to 400 hats a season, sell only above 35 dollars, and staff private fitting rooms for celebrity clients like Katharine Cornell Hepburn Rubenstein and Crawford.
The New York Chapter of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies organizes 1400 clubwomen to call households across Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Volunteers use directory pages to urge support and to write Congress, financing calls themselves while the Telephone Company stands to gain.
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