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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1940

Page

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Exiled Romanian King Carol Held Back in Seville

Former King Carol of Romania, his red haired ally Magda Lupescue, and palace minister Ernst Urdareanu faced near arrest in Seville with heavy police at their hotel. They were to be moved to Granada as Spain weighed options, but the removal order was halted pending talks with Urdareanu after an appeal from Carol.

Seville Spain Carol of Romania Magda Lupescue Ernst Urdareanu Granada Foreign Office Carol Urdareanu Boston American Dental Association Abraham Lincoln United States

Rambling column blends weather talk with politics and odd facts

The writer frets about Alaska horses living long lives and cites McKnight on top horses. He notes gasoline embargo rumors, betting chatter on Roosevelt, coastal fish declines, and bluefish moving to Spain. Apologies on voting stance follow with a Landergin home sale and musings on fitness, sports, and curious trivia.

Classified Help Wanted and Personal Notices

A collage of short requests and notices from a local paper includes responses seeking day work and housework by colored women, a cafe dishwasher interest, a couple offering living quarters in exchange for chores, and various lost and reward notices. Also shows a young Christian man seeking work and a floor waxer listing.

Virginia Call Johnson Street

Christian Youth Study Group Meets Tonight

The first fall meeting of the Christian Youth Study Program at First Christian Church is tonight at 6 30 in the Fellowship Hall. A covered dish supper opens the event followed by group singing, a study period and recreation then a short devotional. Rev Fidel Reyes will teach The World Mission of the Church. An adults program will be led by Dr R C Snodgrass.

First Christian Church Fidel Reyes Mexican Christian Church World Mission of the Church R. C. Snodgrass H. A. Shaw Gordon Grooms Polk Street Methodist Church Blackburn- Shaw Maynard Drake Brown Frances Brown Nellie Erhard Red Cross H. J. Hughes Norman H. Davis Wilson Gray Ladies Junior League Key Furr Furr B. Whittenburg Arthur Ward John Ward Upshaw Hughes O. E. Herndon Veterans Hospital Ross D. Rogers John Boyce Hanson Post American Legion Will Herring Tom Drury E. W. Robinson First Aid L. V. Cradit O. E. Todd C. W. Terrell Howard Williams Sam Davis Todd E. F. Finch Ray Minner Floyd Cooper Potter County

Red Cross Roll Call Highlights Limited Aid to Occupied France

A regional Red Cross conference reports minimal aid to unoccupied France with only 50 000 dollars for medical supplies and Paris area children. John C. Wilson notes 21 counties represented at the meeting at the Social Center as U S Red Cross has raised 21 million dollars for emergency relief.

Red Cross France Paris John C. Wilson National Red Cross Pancher Upshaw Potter County Wilson England

Chinese Say Japanese Bridge Bombing Fails

Officials of the Chinese southwestern transport commission report the Japanese failed to interrupt truck convoys by bombing the 150 foot Mekong river bridge on the Burma road. The suspension bridge spans rugged cliffs 3 000 feet apart and remains undamaged with anti aircraft guns mounted to defend the site.

Rangoon Burma U.P Chinese Southwestern Transport Commission China Mekong River

Turkey Says Nazis Cannot Pass Through

An editorial in Kidam warns Germany must envisage war if it forces a passage through Turkey toward the Suez Canal, reflecting Istanbul on October 23. The piece asserts Turkey will defend its borders and oppose any German advance toward strategic routes.

Istanbul Kidam Today Germany Turkey Suez Canal

Safety Congress Highlights To Be Discussed Tonight

Highlights of the National Safety Congress held in Chicago will be discussed at 7 o clock tonight by Gilford F. Bronson, Legion of Safety speaker. The program will be broadcast by KGNC.

National Safety Congress Chicago Gilford F. Bronson Legion of Safety KGNC

Absentee Ballots Reach 160 Ahead of Election

County Clerk Hubert Cole announced at noon that 160 residents have cast absentee ballots for the November 5 general election. The deadline to vote by absentee ballot is November 2.

Hubert Cole

Nazi official dissolves Luxembourg parliament and state council

Gustav Simon, the Nazi civil administrator of Luxembourg, ordered the dissolution of the Luxembourg parliament and state council, signaling a decisive move during the occupation.

Berlin Gustav Simon Luxembourg

Australia bans foreign language on government telephone system

Sydney reports a wartime rule forbids speaking any language but English on the government telephone network. The order states if a person cannot talk English, he cannot use the telephone, with even French barred.

Sydney U.P Australia

MIT Proposes Two Low Cost Food Formulas

Dr. Robert S. Harris presents two sustaining food formulas as a frugal meal plan. Formula 1 combines skim milk powder whole wheat meal solvent soybean meal and vitamin concentrate. Formula 2 uses oats corn wheat skim milk and vitamin concentrate.

Robert S. Harris Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge

Clerk Indicted for Threatening President Roosevelt

Edward De Roulhac Blount a 30 year old government clerk was indicted on two counts for threatening to kill President Roosevelt. He pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing but will plead innocence at district court arraignment Friday. He is free on a $5000 bond. Blount formerly resided in Evansville Indiana.

Washington Edward de Roulhac Blount Roosevelt Blount United States Evansville Ind

Grew Concludes Talks With Japanese Vice Foreign Minister

United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew held a lengthy discussion today at the Tokyo foreign office with Vice Minister Chuichi Hashi as part of ongoing diplomatic exchanges between the two countries.

Toky Tokyo Upy United States Joseph C. Grew Foreign Office Chuichi Hashi

Former Secretary of Treasury Dies

George B. Cortelyou Sr. renowned financier and former secretary of the treasury died at age 71 in New York. He previously served as secretary to President McKinley and to Theodore Roosevelt who appointed him to lead the treasury in 1907. He also led the Consolidated Gas Company of New York and was Republican national chairman from 1904 to 1907.

New York George B. Cortelyou the Treasury Consolidated Gas Company of Cortelyou McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Treasury Department

City of Galveston Fails in Force Suit

The city of Galveston failed to compel the Attorney General to approve $1,300,000 in bonds for a Gulf of Mexico pleasure pier project after a Supreme Court action. The suit sought state approval for the municipal bond issuance.

Galveston Austin Supreme Court Gerald C. Mann Gulf of Mexico

Itching First Application for Eczema Miracle

Patented Blue Star ointment promises instant relief from eczema rash ringworm pimples scabies and toe itch in one application. Money back if first try fails to satisfy. Use as needed as nature heals.

Two New Planes Accepted by Army

The War Department announced delivery to Wright Field Ohio of the Stinson 0 49 observation plane and the B17C flying fortress. The 22 ton all metal low wing monoplane features flat gun turrets replacing blister types, with a 105 foot wingspan 70 foot length and 15 foot height.

Washington War Department Air Corps Wright Field Ohio Army

British Orders Free Passage of Pharmacist Drugs to German Occupied Areas

The British ministry of economic warfare announced plans to authorize passage of strictly pharmaceutical products and drugs through the blockade to German occupied countries. The move aims to ensure medical supplies reach occupied Europe despite wartime restrictions.

London Ministry of Economic Warfar

Lloyd Duncan In Fair Condition At Northwest Texas Hospital

Lloyd Duncan the legless Globe News newsboy is reported in only fair condition today at Northwest Texas Hospital. He is suffering a relapse of Berger's disease, a rare affliction that led to the amputation of his legs.

Lloyd Duncan Globe News Northwest ‘Texas Hospital Berger

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