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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1941
Page
3
On Polk Street, Amarillo High School exits cause 1,800 students to flood the avenue in a lurching schoolyard stampede. Adults pause at storefronts as buses depart and traffic stalls briefly before calm returns and pedestrians resume routines.
Prof Henry G Simms of Columbia University School of Medicine calls aging the most urgent medical problem. He urges research and policy focus to address growing elderly population and associated health needs.
United Press profiles 77 year old William Morris Hughes once prime minister and navy minister in wartime. He recalls stirring times and comments on a four minister air travel incident, jokes about danger in city streets, and a cabinet reshuffle that kept him in place. Hughes’ path from schoolteacher to umbrella maker to lawyer and Labor parliamentarian is noted.
Austin reports a lighthearted moment in a special session as Rep Gordon Davis of Waco is excused for a birth. Speaker Homer Leonard notes the 10 1 4 pound girl arrives, while floor time is consumed by a minnows bill and assorted remarks from Dallas and Plainview figures amid a flurry of speeches.
Henry McLemore writes that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will soon visit the United States and face sharp press scrutiny. He notes Americans may exaggerate decadence while admitting personal fascination with kings and a reluctance to harshly judge the royal pair.
Kay Donovan inherits a washstand hidden formula for Wondrosoap that explodes with acid. Ted Andrews, Joe Benton, and Mary Marshall uncover a government espionage scheme as FBI arrives. Mary unveils Benton’s loyalty with a pistol, and Benton reveals a money belt with a hidden paper, clearing suspects and ending the danger.
Four men meet in the plant office as Benton explains a web of explosive research tied to Wondrosoap. Professor Joe reveals a wartime chemist network, patent checks, and a missing catalytic agent leading to Tim Donovan’s factory and a fatal turn in Kay’s past.
Paul Manning argues that English views of the United States during wartime are rosy but misleading. He notes American apathy toward war, mixed isolationist and interventionist currents, undertrained forces, and a lag in production, with ship output far below Britain’s needs.
Eltinge F. Warner argues against Senate Bill 1579 the Property Seizure Bill and praises Texas leaders H. H. Adams and Congressman Paul J. Kilday for defeating gun registration efforts. The piece recounts hearings in the House Military Affairs Committee and a late amendment protecting sporting firearms, urging citizens to press representatives to preserve gun rights and warn of possible future registration.
Letters from Amarillo readers urge better dollar day staffing and more paved streets near schools. Suggestions include funding paving near all schools, marking street names with durable signs, and radio stations promoting local points of interest.
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