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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1941
Page
2
A windy Alaska camp biography details 60 mph Chinook gusts near CAMP HOLMES and a trek to reach 27 ewes and lambs high in the mountains. Jack photographs rugged terrain with a tripod while Bozo and others endure cold, dogs frost bite, and plans to mail a Richardson Highway run to Fairbanks.
The writer compares life in Alaska and Amarillo, noting grizzly sightings and canned goods, especially Happy Home string beans. Amarillo boosters defend the city’s reputation against criticism of cold weather while praising Houston’s growth despite heat. The piece frames climate as a driver of commerce and regional perception.
A reader requests the return of a dog left at a home since Saturday night. The owner can reclaim it by calling 2-2522 with a description. A child’s wine colored coat left at Personality Beauty Shop is available for pickup by the owner, size eight. The note also seeks evening or weekend babysitting work from Patricia Kincaid of 737 North Hayes.
Moscow reports a light snowfall while Red Army forces push through a tank graveyard south west of Bryansk recapturing villages. German troops endure cold and mud in the Dvina area as Soviet motorized infantry and tanks strike near Lenin grad and in two sectors where Romanian brigades suffered heavy losses with thousands dead or captured.
Yom Kippur services in Amarillo will begin at 7 PM tomorrow night at Temple B Nai Israel 2224 Taylor Street. Rabbi F M Friedmann of Los Angeles will chant Kol Nidre and Rabbi Arthur Bluhm will deliver a sermon The Meaning of Kol Nidre. Wednesday services start at 8 AM with Hebrew worship and 10 AM English services. Bluhm will speak at 11 AM on The Will to Live. Memorial services at 3:30 PM include a sermon Love Stronger Than Death. temple doors will be closed during memorials.
Amarillo is invited to send a delegation to the South Plains Fair in Lubbock on Friday October 10. Rex Baxter, chamber of commerce manager, said the invitation was received this morning. The article notes the U.S.-Canada boundary as the world’s longest undefended border at over 5,500 miles.
Floodwaters rushed toward Pecos as homes along the Pecos River were carried away. Mentone was isolated and eight of twelve spillway gates at Red Bluff Lake were opened to relieve pressure. A trestle between Pecos and Barstow was endangered while two trains carried sandbags to help save it. A four member fishing party stranded in Red Bluff Lake was rescued.
In a letter from Glamis Scotland Mrs Amy Pattullo describes wartime hardships including an egg law muddle rationing of eggs two per week and prices two shillings six pence a dozen meat scarcity and sugar limits while noting scarce farm tools and high horse prices amid optimism from Allied aid and Russian war efforts Seattle facts note Seattle’s population growth from 365 583 in 1930 to 36 847 in 1940.
Potter County Selective Service boards will send 31 men to the army on Wednesday October 8. Board No 1 lists Benjamin Talisferro Ware Ben H Pumphrey Malcolm J Simmons J Edward Curry Robert Lee Bledsoe Earl Holshouser Cloer Oris Witherspoon Moore Robert Frederick Sims Roy Weldon White Benjamin Prater Manning Jr Herschel Caplan Jack Riddfer Spillman plus seven retained 1-A from Sept 25 call. Board No 2 has 11 on call but names will be published Oct 8 morning. Inductees report at 6 am to their boards and proceed to Fort Bliss El Paso for induction.
Harold Hamilton, NYA area supervisor, announced that all metal parts for the new all metal pre fabricated woodworking shop at Third Avenue and Monroe Street have arrived and the erection crew is expected early this week. The shop will be larger, increasing activities and personnel, replacing the present Twelfth Avenue and Jackson Street location. It will be designated a national defense pattern making shop. Production of artificial butter in Japan has increased remarkably in recent years, according to the department of commerce.
Panhandle District School Music Contest will be held in Amarillo next year with over 50 bands orchestras and choirs from the Panhandle Plains area. Directors voted to follow the pattern of five districts by abandoning the National Regional Contest. Last spring more than 50 bands several orchestras and choruses plus hundreds competed here.
An old drug advertorial notes ADLA Tablets ease heartburn fullness and indigestion that bother you all evening. It promotes obtaining ADLA Tablets at Cretney Drug or your local drug store.
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