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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1940

Page

6

Saycees Hear DeGrassi Talk At Amarillo Luncheon

Postmaster W D DeGrassi spoke to the Amarillo Jaycees at the Capitol Hotel about the federal alien registration law. He noted 2 600 000 aliens in the U S with fewer than 60 registered in Amarillo. He cited one former Japanese navy man among registrants.

W. D. DeGrassi United States Amarillo Bob Russell Penny Wise Jaycees Little Theater Russell Jim McKnight United States Army Air

Well Known Texans On Program Here

Well known speakers will appear in Amarillo for the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association fall conference on September 12 13 and 14 Judge Marshall Formby association president announced most speakers including Dr L A Woods state school superintendent Dr J A Hill president of West Texas State College Bascom Giles state land commissioner Grady Hazlewood Amarillo state senator nominate Gene Worley Shamrock congressman nominate Dr T C Root Texas Tech economics professor Senator-nominate George Cotton Moffett Chillicothe Judge Frank Day Plainview D C Greer state highway engineer Brady Gentry chairman of the state highway commission Carl Lovelady Bosque County retiring county judge will talk on county consolidation and reorganization Program complete within a few days.

Amarillo West Texas Texas Tech George (Cotton) Moffett Chillicothe Frank Day Plainview D. C. Greer Brady Gentry State Highway Commission Carl Lovelady Bosque County

Markets Mixed As Dow Jones Edges Up Amid Trade News

Kansas City Livestock report shows hogs steady to lower with top at 7.20, various cattle classes mostly steady or higher, calves strong, grass-fed steers up to 11.00, feeder stockers steady, sheep bids down slightly with slaughter lambs opening about 25 cents lower. Colorado spring lambs held around 9.25.

Kansas City U. 8 Colorado Colorado Spring

Second Annual Cub Palava Held By Llano Estacado Council

The Llano Estacado Council of Boy Scouts stages the second Cub Palava Saturday at Ellwood Park at 3 PM with Cubs from multiple packs gathering for a roundup and inter pack contests. Contests award ribbons while lunches are brought by attendees and refreshments provided by the council. The event is directed by G. Stockton Cubs chairman and Will J Hiatt council executive.

Llano Estacado Council of Boy Scouts Ellwood Park G. Stockton Will J Hiatt

Former French Leaders To Be Arrested and Tried

Berlin dispatch reports a Vichy source saying former Premier Daladier Reynaud and ex Interior Minister Mandel along with General Gamelin may be arrested within 24 hours. It adds Gamelin could be tried separately by a military tribunal.

Berlin Vichy Daladier Reynaud Georges Mandel Maurice Gustave Gamelin Gamelin

Amarillo Public Schools Plan Friday Openings

Registration for all Amarillo elementary pupils is set for Friday at 10 AM in 17 schools with teachers and principals stationed all day. High and junior high students begin Thursday at 9 AM at the high school and three junior highs, with a scheduled alphabetical rollout. Enrollment is expected to reach a district high of 10,000 students.

Amarillo

Dies to address Amarillo on Friday on his critics

Martin Dies will answer critics of the Dies committee with two public addresses in the Municipal Auditorium Amarillo Texas Friday at 2 30 p m and 8 p m The Orange Tex congressman will highlight fifth column findings from his investigators and discuss subversive activities both in the Southwest and nationwide Proceeds go to charity by Dies and the Globe News sponsor Tickets 50 cents afternoon 50 and 75 cents night available at the Globe News office No reserved seats Khiva Shrine hosts Dies during his Amarillo visit

Dies Committee Amarillo Panhandle Martin Dies Orange Tex Dies

Amarilloans Await Word From New York

Six men in Amarillo sent nearly 200 000 words to New York regarding a revamped building code. National Fire Underwriters acknowledged receipt and Wallace Hazlewood the city building inspector seeks a quick opinion instead of filing the revised ordinance. Committee members John K. Boyce Macon Carder W Frank Litle Albert Randall W C Townes and Harold Walsh push for an opinion before city commission submission. The ordinance is the longest in the city and requires about 400 extra typewritten pages.

Amarillo New York National Fire Wallace Hazlewood John K. Boyce Macon Carder W. Frank Litle Albert Randall W. C

British Big Guns Fire on France Across Channel

British big guns on the southeast England coast opened bombardment across the English Channel toward Calais, with explosions heard in the Calais area late today. The action was reported from a southeast coast town as World War II hostilities continued along the European theater.

France England English Channel Calais

Hub Foster Reported in Better Condition

Hub Foster, Amarillo National Bank employee, remains in hospital at St Anthony's though his condition has improved slightly according to attending staff.

Hub Foster Amarillo National Bank St. Anthony's Hospital

Parcells Father Improves After Stroke At Home

The condition of 84 year old E. M. Parcells, father of Dr. R. P. Parcells, who suffered a paralytic stroke yesterday afternoon at the family home at 1906 Van Buren Street, is improved today.

E. M. Parcells R. P. Parcells van Buren Street

Man Cleared of Loitering Charge Near Duchess of Kent

John Patrick Curtin, 24, was acquitted today of loitering near the Duchess of Kent with intent to commit a felony. The London trial centered on alleged intent to commit a crime, with Curtin asserting his sole aim was to view a beautiful woman. The court found insufficient evidence of criminal intent.

London John Patrick Curtin Duchess of Kent

Barron Joins Amarillo College Music Faculty

Robert Louis Barron, renowned conductor and concert violinist, joins Amarillo College Music Department. He will teach strings brass and woodwinds and help organize bands or orchestras with college credit for enrolled students and high school credit for Amarillo High School students.

Robert Louis Barron Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra Amarillo College J. F Mead Barron Amarillo High School Mead

Safety Lane to Return for Week in Amarillo

In 1939 about 327000 Texas autos passed through safety lanes with half found defective. The lane returns Sept 14 for seven days first at the Eleven Hundred block on Polk Street then between Second and Third Avenues on North Fillmore. Capt. Polk Ivy urged owners to check vehicles before entry and defective cars receive a caution sticker. Moody King will direct a seven man crew including state patrol and city police. The lane ended in Pampa today and will next operate in Borger on Sept 5, 6 and 7.

Amarillo Polk Street Second Third Avenues North Fillmore Street Polk Ivy The Highway Patrol Moody King Pampa Borger

Mrs. Cora Knowles Rites Tomorrow at Tulia Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Knowles wife of J. B. Knowles Tulia stockman will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m from the Tulia Methodist Church with Rev N S Daniels officiating Pallbearers are F O Amerson H N Garrett Moss Griffith C H Lowe B R Golden and W H Harmon She had lived in Tulia 17 years and is survived by her husband two sons W E Knowles of Tulia and P M Knowles of Panhandle a daughter Mrs J W Harris of Amarillo her mother Mrs M E Blackwood of Tuscola three brothers O E and R E Blackwood of Tuscola and W E Blackwood of Abilene and three sisters Mrs John McCormick Chickasha Okla Mrs F M Morgan Brownwood and Miss Lydia Blackwood Tuscola Burial will be in the Tulsa cemetery.

Cora Knowles J. B. Knowles Swisher County Stockman Tulia Tulia Methodist Church N.S. Daniels

Ernest Archambeau Jr Out of Danger After Illness

Ernest Archambeau Jr, previously critically ill with a throat infection and post appendectomy complications, is improving and now believed to be out of danger. He remains at Northwest Texas Hospital with family reporting progress.

Ernest Archambeau, Jr Northwest Texas Hospital

Predicts Congress To Go Home Late This Month

Washington reports Speaker Bankhead expects Congress to finish work between September 15 and October 1. Senate Majority Leader Barkley foresees lawmakers returning home around September 20. In New York President Roosevelt’s deal to swap 50 destroyers for base rights in British possessions sparks Willkie critique as “the act of a dictator.”

Congress Washington Bankhead Barkley Senate New York Roosevelt Hemisphere Samuel F. Pryor, Jr Wendell Willkie

Tack Letters continued from page two and requests for items

A reader seeks the return of a gifted pen. A colored woman offers part time work. A dog owner offers a reward for a brindle and white Boston terrier named Beans. An exchange for labor is proposed for a 29 car and 27 truck or furniture. A hotel clerk seeks work.

Tack Beans Jimmy Knott

Fitz' Squirrel Shopping Nets Some Advice

Squirrel from Denver zoo provokes Fitz as wild as a March hare while an attorney notes squirrels damage eggs and birds. Amarillo parks chief circulates inquiries to San Antonio Memphis and Denver with mixed responses including aSan Antonio trade offer.

Denver City Park Chester Mr. Fitz Amarillo San Antonio Memphis Tenn Fitz

Way Build Up Helps Will Interest Women

CARDUS is promoted as aiding functional dysmenorrhea due to malnutrition by stimulating appetite and gastric juice flow. The ads claim improved digestion, increased strength, energy, and nerve-force, boosting resistance to periodic discomfort. It suggests taking it before and during the menstrual period and notes 50 years of popularity.

Cardus

Classified Personal and Work Requests Archive Fragment

A sequence of brief ads and notices: a painter and paperhanger seeking local housework and repairs at 502 Jefferson Street with a guarantee. J. M. Combs at 808 Williams Street offering housework. a 19 year old seeking home jobs. a couple at 509 Lincoln Street seeking work in farm or hospital settings. a unencumbered woman past middle age offering general housework and cooking. two young men seeking ranch or farm work. trade offer trading young turkeys for pullets. lost purse notice begins with a fragment.

Madison Street North Pierce Street

Help Wanted Personal Ad From 1900s Paper

A middle aged woman seeks hourly work offering housework ironing or evening child care. Also a repair carpenter and painter with references available. Contact J D Willard at 5107. The writer emphasizes honesty and desire to recover lost items and needs work badly.

J.D. Willard North Taylor Street Call Tack

Lost child Mary Ryan shares gifts with Barby

In Boston at Brighton police station two year old Mary Ryan refused gifts for lost children saying Barby too. She meant her 38 year old sister Barby. Lieut Brady collected duplicates of the gifts to keep the Spirit of sharing alive as the mother arrived seeking the child.

Boston Mary Ryan Brighton Leutenant Mary Barby Hugh Brady Morrow

Bicycling cows warned by New Hampshire road sign

A U.P. report from Concord describes a roadside sign near a New Hampshire highway by order of the District Board forbidding cows grazing by the road or riding bicycles on the sidewalk, aiming to curb hazards and public nuisance.

Concord N. H U.P

Also Mentioned on This Page

Saycees DeGrassi Lumber CO T. J. Wagner Mgr Pierce Anne Adams Amarillo Globe West 17Th Street N. Y Dow-Jones Fenner & Beane Associated Press T&t AT & SF Atl Refining Aviation Corp Barnsdall Oi Bendix Aviation Beth Steel Borden Case Col & Son S's Colum G Hupp Harvester Hydro Johns Manville Kennecott Lorillard Marshall Field Montgom Ward Nash_ Kelvinator Tex Cor Aly Tex Gulf Tex Pac C & O Tex Pac Trans & West Air Union Carbide Et Union Oil Cal United Aircraft United Corps United Gas Imp S Steel Si Weees Walgreen Sae Warner Bros W U Tel West el & Mfg Woolworth Chicago Martin College C. L. Beach Harry Diamond Bernhard Listemann Arthur L. Framm Walter Keller Clarence Dickinson John W. Norton Sherwood School of Music Max I. Fischell Carl Flesch Fine Arts Theater Earl R. Drake Sherwood Music School Chicago Grand Opera Company University of Oregon Portland Symphony Orchestra Portland Oregon State College Columbia University Ore Pacific Texas Safety Department F. O. Amerson H. N. Garrett Moss Griffith C. H. Lowe 8. R Golden W. H. Harmon R. E. Davidson Trade For Labor Chester Fitz Jackson Street Business Mary Ann Lyle Mississippi Street H. V. Robertson & CO Accountants & Auditors Frigidaire Western Light & Supply Amgille Jefferson Street J. M. Combs Williams Street Lincoln Street Jack J. J Cliffside Avenue North van Buren Sty Tay Tolzien Arthur F. Nizzi1 Globe-News Capitol Polllney Vms Dribblepuss Lew Lehr Rial Sun-Mon Hollywood Evith Mat i Mal Teok Cal Schrum's
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