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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1940
Page
1
A London doctor and two nurses work over a maimed woman on an improvised operating table in a bomb torn parlor. Amid blacked out streets, ambulances rush through to scene as air raids pound southwest London. The doctor praises ambulance crews as the true heroes.
Mr Collman notes leaves will be raked and scattered by a light wind as a warm front brings scattered showers. High near 80 degrees and low around 57 with a fair southeast breeze about 15 mph. Weekend showers reported in Dalhart Plainview Spearman Follett Pampa and surrounding areas.
A birthday party in Birmingham ends in tragedy as Ann Dean dies from injuries after a car crash. Neighbors aided as she was struck while crossing the street to buy wrapping paper. a birthday cake and 11 pink candles remained unused.
The State Fair runs October 5 to 20 in Dallas with Amarillo Day on Thursday October 10 and Hereford Day also noted. L. L. Hiegel oversees Special Days and events and informed the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
Amarillo officials surveyed local need for a food stamp program but results remain undisclosed. An inquiry into recommended actions was sent from city hall to a Dallas surplus commodities official through the city commission, seeking plan approval from grocers.
Congressman Marvin Jones left town last night after a brief home visit to join Henry Wallace on the Roosevelt Wallace campaign tour. He plans to participate further and would use recesses to aid the ticket, stating Congress has no adjournment signal at Dwight Newby’s.
Washington officials report about 50,000 overcoats and large Melton breeches will be issued to fill gaps in early 1940 military attire as 400,000 men prepare to register October 16. The draft process will include extensive medical exams and possible deferments, aiming to select near perfect physicals.
London dispatches report Britain plans rapid shift in air power as a new night fighter enters service. Berlin hints at gas warfare and a possible October crisis while Axis seeks Gibraltar and invasion avenues. Naval and air actions spike along the Channel with Dover and Calais shelled. Berlin warns of gas masks as Varying fronts press UK and Germany.
The city logged only 0.54 inch of moisture in the first 29 days of September, with a nine month deficit over 8 inches and total rainfall since January of 9.19 inches. If October through December normals hold, 1940 could surpass the 1910 record low fall of 11.15 inches, making Amarillo exceptionally dry compared with Panhandle towns and weather bureau history.
Amateur yeggs forced skylights at the S. H. Kress & Company Store and Montgomery Ward & Company on Polk Street but failed to make off merchandise. They opened a safe with a visible combination but found only loot at Ward while damage occurred at thedress shop. Around $300 in tires and dresses were stolen. plumbing fixtures removed from a Purr Food under construction site. In a separate shooting incident Betty Mae Nighton wounded two men, leaving one in serious condition. Nighton is jailed, and a threatening note was found at Mrs. Ethel Ames residence before being dismissed as a prank.
Albert Randall, contractor, filed a permit at city hall for a two room frame addition to the army radio building at English Field. Estimated cost stands at 2145 dollars. A second permit went to Modern Housing Company for a four room frame house at 3506 Jackson Street costing 3200 dollars.
Los Angeles reports Cecilia Weisel has declined her share of the $25,000 reward for the rescue of 3 year old Marc de Tristan Jr. The withdrawal follows the unidentified kidnapper case and reflects the family’s wishes in the incident.
Berlin radio speech quotes Propaganda Minister Goebbels declaring war as the most heroic national performance. He says war is not only a great equalizer but also a great educator in a statement reported today.
Berlin September 30 claims by Agriculture Minister Darre that Germany will harvest 24.6 million metric tons of grain in 1940 about 903 million bushels. He says the war year crop will be only two percent under peacetime average and will secure bread rations for a long period.
The Association of American Railroads reported a net railway operating income for class one railroads of 366,257,827 dollars for the first eight months of 1940, up from 269,187,186 dollars in the same period of 1939.
The Ministry of Corporations in Rome on September 30 announced rationing of table and cooking fats including butter olive oil and lard for all Italians. Each person will receive a little over one pint of olive oil per month plus 10 ounces of butter or lard.
Ten youths of draft age form an I wanna be a captain too club in St Joseph Missouri and wire a request to Elliott Roosevelt to resign his army captaincy. Founder Jack Martin Jr says such appointments endanger draftee morale and that members will be honorary captains.
Italian press campaigns to bring Japan into the war after the Rome return of Count Ciano follows the tripartite pact. Tokyo says Washington actions show no belligerency yet, while Rome hopes for Japanese naval aid in the Mediterranean amid British control of the Suez and Alexandria routes. Local stock reactions show rising German bonds and falling Japanese bonds on news of the alliance.
Oscar Dahlkamp, 55, who bragged he could fit his big toe in his mouth, succeeded but shattered two bones in his leg. He died at a city hospital from the injuries and resulting complications.
Today in 1915 reports say the German army under Hindenburg advances against Russian positions as far as Lake Swenton. Turkish forces claim minor successes against Allied troops amid the broader war theater.
The weather section notes partly cloudy conditions with occasional showers tonight and Tuesday for Amarillo and vicinity and west Texas. Temps show little change with a high near 78 and a low around 57. noon reading about 68.
Amarillo manufacturers and wholesalers answering chamber surveys will be listed in a statewide directory compiled by the University of Texas business research bureau. Dr F A Buechel notes no cost to participants. The bureau also issues statistics on retail employees payrolls and sales for Texas cities.
In Bombay on September 30, reports say Mohandas K Gandhi and Lord Linlithgow failed to reach a compromise on Indian independence demands. Negotiations opened days earlier after Congress instructed Gandhi to rescind all offers to participate in the war.
The Rock Island plans an Amarillo to Memphis streamlined train. With city approval, track work extends Garfield Street from Third to Fifth for a Y connection. Officials say the service will cut about eight hours from the schedule.
A West Tenth Avenue pickup turned chaotic when a White Laundry Service driver found a cat and six kittens packed with six shirts five socks two sheets in a laundry bundle on a front porch. The owner says the animals were not meant for washing. The cat needed cleaning while the kittens were fine.
A two year old boy nicknamed Deddie Stewart left his Alabama Street home during birthday preparations and followed other children to a school area. Pedestrians brought him to Mrs Thompson's home on Alabama Street and police located his worried mother shortly after.
The California city civil service commission seeks applicants in Amarillo for a boiler inspector position at 185 dollars a month with increases to 200 dollars and travel expenses. Burton L. Hunter explains the openings and application blanks were sent to the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce.
C M Tyler reaches age of 21 today while serving as assistant postmaster after 21 years in the postal service. He began as city carrier March 23, 1898, spent 10 years 4 months delivering mail, then four years in city distribution. He has worked under nine postmasters, in the fourth post office building, and since 1913 has been civil service district secretary for 21 years.
The justice department filed an anti trust suit against 22 major oil companies in federal district court to force gasoline prices to lower levels.
The Potter County Red Cross appeals for volunteers to sew garments meeting the county quota. Mrs. Floyd Cooper says items include women's dresses hospital bed sheets and layettes. Mrs. C W Terrell leads the project with sessions in Room 502 county courthouse from 230 to 400 daily except weekends with yarn distribution from the same room.
In Kansas City on September 30 Royce Vanvalkenburgh, an oil salesman, received a $3 personal tax bill. His wife protested, arguing the amount was too low. The new bill rose to $10.50, and she paid with a smile.
Willkie on the train to Detroit said he expects 90 percent of Roosevelt’s defense advisers to back him. He argued he can work with business to expand production and promised the same armed services under his leadership with improved leadership.
Sheriff Bill Adams announced the Las Vegas arrest of Paul Smith, sought on an Amarillo forgery indictment. Smith, an electrician by trade, will be returned for trial, though Texas sheriffs cannot extradite indicted persons from other states due to a vetoed state fund.
Two French destroyers and a third escort destroyer guided two French merchant ships through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic today. The passage was part of a merchant convoy movement in North Africa.
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