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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1940
Page
7
News notes that British defenses repelled Nazi airship waves while a political event and weather from the region unfold. Congressman Martin Dies will speak at the Municipal Auditorium with tickets sold through the Globe-News Office. proceeds go to charity.
Average daily water consumption in Amarillo last month fell from July’s 9,503,000 gallons to 7,51 000 gallons. The report notes several July daily records and provides August figures reflecting the usual drop. The brief mentions city infrastructure and a reference to local utilities data.
Potter County commissioner Mark Parker, defeated by Jack Swann, says he never intended to contest the August primary. He pledged to cooperate with the community and organization groups despite losing and leaving office in January.
The Amarillo area sees scattered showers tonight and Wednesday with warm conditions. West Texas and New Mexico expect increasing clouds and scattered showers and thunderstorms with little temperature change. The 24 hour high reached 86 and low 62, with noon reading 83.
Johnny Regan ponders a future with Jean Reynolds as memories flood back in Cape Cod. He faces a letter that tests their engagement while meeting new theater people who hint at his career, exposing old heartbreak and new ambitions.
National Guardsmen joined the search for 33 escaped inmates in Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas where two youths and a boy hostage complicate operations. Two ringleaders were captured near Garland City while a third was wounded. the break involved guards and inmates, including a 21 year inmate, Frank Conley, amid hostilities and dogged pursuit.
House Military Affairs Committee backed an industrial compliance amendment to the Burke-Wadsworth draft bill. It would force defense contractors to accept government orders under penalties, allow presidential seizure of noncooperating plants, and impose up to three years imprisonment and 50 000 dollars fine. The Russell plan would condemn firms, while the Smith version starts with orders and rental compensation. May also added safeguards for railroad senority in conscription.
The United States agreed to exchange 50 destroyers with Great Britain for 99 year base leases in Newfoundland Bermuda Jamaica Antigua Trinidad St Lucia British Guiana and the Bahamas as part of a hemispheric defense pact. President Roosevelt said the move strengthens continental defense and noted it as a sovereign prerogative essential for peace and security.
A Texas report says Jerry Sadler may resign from the State Railroad Commission to join a national service air corps. Sadler, who sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, declined to comment. If he resigns, Governor O Daniel would name his successor. Other commissioners are Lon A. Smith and Ernest C. Thompson. Smith retires January. Olin Culberson is nominated to replace him.
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