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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1940
Page
3
Noted astrologer El Haren launches a free Q and A column in The Globe News starting Tuesday September 17. Readers may mail questions with full names addresses birth year and date, for confidential replies in each issue for a limited period.
Willkie urges removal of the Fish amendment delaying conscription for 60 days to push a voluntary enlistment drive. The proposal, tied to the draft bill, was added by House Republicans led by Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York.
Busy readers seek work across housework care painting and repairs. Individuals including a married man farm experience a widow and a colored maid post self descriptions with contact details and references for part or full time positions.
Washington observer reports tightening security around government sites and the White House. He describes new ID cards, guards, and access rules at the Capitol Navy Yard and State Department, noting photographers must clear lens choices and guards question visitors.
County commissioners learned a WPA project to improve the airport road was approved by the state office in San Antonio. Five miles linking Highway 285 with highways 66 and 60 will be upgraded and work could start within five days, with county officials saying the county is ready.
Six Philadelphians were treated after several barrels of whiskey fell from a trunk and broke open. The liquor streamed down the street and attracted onlookers who scrambled with jugs and bowls to collect the flowing alcohol.
Kansas City livestock report shows hogs mostly 5 to 10 cents lower with top 6.75 and 180 to 270 lb range at 6.35 to 6.60. Cattle sales total 6,560 with fed steers and yearlings steady to strong, heifers 50 to 50 cents higher, calves and veal steady. Sheep slow with lamb bids down around 25 cents, good natives above 8.50. Financial notes list a Liquidating price at 1.56 and offering at 1.72.
One of the larger club rooms at the Amarillo Hotel has been reserved for tomorrow noon's chamber of commerce membership meeting. Carl Hinton, the organization manager, will present a detailed report of his Washington activities and explain Amarillo's share in the national defense program. George Ordway will preside at the session following Miles Bivins's resignation.
Indianapolis Sept 10. Patrolman in the washroom deterred a robber who entered Harry Roark's filling station with a hand in his pocket and ordered him inside. Roark joked that a policeman was in there, causing the man to flee and drop a toy pistol. The washroom was empty.
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 o clock tomorrow night in the Shrine offices on the ground floor of the Amarito Hotel. The poten tate called the meeting to discuss the temple's tall ceremonial.
In Dallas J W Hinchcliffe claimed to have saved about 10,000 pennies over years. Each night he emptied his pockets into a bucket and hid it. Last night the hidden bucket was discovered by someone.
Amarillo College passed the 400 mark in registration this morning with many students still enrolling. President Dr J F Mead predicts totals will be higher than the second day of last year's registration as sophomores drive the rise. Freshman numbers mirror last year, while the prior year’s larger freshman class explains more returning sophomores. Registration continues through the week while classes begin tomorrow and final totals won’t be known until week’s end.
The Pampa Amarillo baseball game set for tonight in Pampa was postponed due to rain. The Ama rillo game remains scheduled for Wednesday and will be played Thursday if weather clears.
Amarillo Real Estate Board members heard a secretary of state letter about an attorney general ruling that forbids real estate dealers with canceled licenses from practicing while appealing to higher courts. C. P. Atwood was named program chairman. The group shifted to weekly meetings and urged attendance at the upcoming budget hearing for the Amarillo Independent School District to show interest in local tax reforms.
Kay Dell Coffee infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W 8 Coffee of Albuquerque and granddaughter of Sales Coffee of the Amarillo Police Department died last night at 11 oclock at Northwest Texas Hospital. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4 from Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev F E B Fincher officiating burial in Llano Cemetery.
The city commission will seek bids for two trucks one for the park department and one for the trash department. Bids for a camload of gasoline will be opened. The panel may approve a contract to install a police radio antenna atop a large grain elevator in East Amarillo. Police radio technician Malcolm Clack says the tower would boost power to the headquarters from scout cars.
Amarillo public schools display a net small rise in total enrollment while three schools report notable declines. Johnson Street district records the largest drop at 48 students with 137 total, Horace Mann falls from 890 to 812, and Wilson declines from 514 to 447. Gains at Margaret Wills McKinley and Sanborn total less than half the losses.
Civic Music workers launched a drive after a dinner at the Amarillo Hotel to recruit 1,000 members by Saturday. Ed L. Roberts led the event with 75 attendees as Fritz Kreisler’s appearance was touted and membership prices were set at 5 dollars for adults and 2.5 dollars for students.
Greenville man reveals theft of cantaloupes from his storefront was the work of his pet cat. H. M. Harrison spotted the cat rolling fruit away and eating it, ending the mystery of the daily thefts.
The A. J. Kruegers of Mishawaka Indiana left their luggage in a tourist court cabin and relaxed outside when an intruder used an ice pick to pry the back door screen and steal $30. Police investigated with no arrests reported.
City hall issued permits for three additional homes this morning. Construction costs total $1,882,307 for the year. Permits include E. O. Jordan with a $4,000 five room frame at 1510 Parker Street and E. S. Burgess with a $5,000 six room brick at 2104 Parker Street.
Exiled former Romanian king Carol debates his refuge options between Portugal and the United States. A member of his suite disclosed the choice today as Vichy France refused him permanent settlement on the French Riviera, a decision thought influenced by German hostility toward the monarchy.
Amarillo began to dress for Tri-State Fair Week with Welcome signs on Polk Street and red white and blue storefront decorations. Willkie Day is Tuesday at the exposition. A booster trip may be staged Friday by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce per Sam Elkins. The Tri-State Fair reception committee plans a meeting soon with members including Warren Babb and Bruce Autry among others.
Governor Lee O Daniel was invited to give a brief address at the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association conference in Amarillo. Judge Marshall Formby of Dickens, president of the association, is at Mineral Wells for the Democratic state convention. The gathering, featuring many state figures, runs Thursday through Saturday.
Howard Fisher, winner of extrem poraneous speaking honors in state contests at Austin, spoke on The American Way. Dr. T. M. Montgomery shared impressions of Cuba, while Henry Munn led as Amarillo Lions president and Havana convention delegate. Attendance neared maximum as President Munn presided.
Harvard Business School will offer two new courses this fall in line with the national defense program. The classes are titled Industrial Mobilization and Economic Problems of National Defense and aim to strengthen defense related knowledge among students.
The high command claimed a British convoy was scattered by German long range guns with one vessel struck and towed away. Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg shipyards and Kiel docks faced heavy Allied bombing, with attacks on Essen, Barnstorf, Ostend, Calais, Boulogne, and Cap Gris Nez.
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