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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1940
Page
2
A correspondent recounts bear hunting near Fielding Lake and Circle Hot Springs Alaska with Doc and Paxson, detailing a 350-pound sow bear double taps, wolves in the distance, and the arduous trek. The trek spurs reflections on Fairbanks boom, army projects, local wages, culture, and the hardy Alaskan spirit amid winter.
County Clerk Hubert Cole reported a flood of calls from people eager to volunteer for the October 16 draft registration day. About 300 volunteers and 40 U S flags are needed for 27 precinct booths plus stations at English Field rail depots bus depot highways and the county clerk's office.
Amarillo public school teachers and building staff will attend a 7:30 p.m. session at the high school as part of a State Board of Vocational Education course. The course, started Wednesday, covers heating lighting ventilation and public relations with over 80 local janitors and custodians enrolled. The final session is scheduled for tomorrow night.
Potter County projects tax reductions of about 37000 due to rate cuts and prompt-pay discounts, while valuations rise by 752020. The general fund levy remains at 25 cents per 100, boosting the fund despite counts of a prior deficit and a loan from road and bridge funds. The increased valuation will push the fund to about 1880 in net gain.
The anti alcoholic administration announced that wartime shortages of whiskies and wines from Europe have prompted intensified inspection to stop refilling famous brands with spurious liquors made in Mexico.
Berlin authorities have arranged to evacuate children from the city for parents seeking removal to areas safe from British air raids. Nazi welfare agents began informal inquiries, fueling reports of a general evacuation from the capital.
The speaker defends a hunter who has spent 14 days chasing bears on foot without firing a shot. He laments the hunter’s bad luck and excessive labor and expresses concern that the man is overdoing it, though the hunter refuses to heed warnings or rhyme.
Pegler denounces Roosevelt for demagogic blarney over labor espionage by labor unions and employers. He claims unions spy on members and non members, describing card systems, transfers, and coercive actions as a form of dictatorship akin to Nazi Germany. He cites Chicago janitors union graft and Communist controlled Newspaper Guild practices as examples.
The speaker claims employers should retain hostile and suspect employees in secretarial roles to gather information for the Communist Party and even advocate employing spies in explosives and arms sectors. He asserts Roosevelt avoided telling the full truth in a campaign speech and blames teamsters for a system of espionage reminiscent of Hitler, with George M. Gahan noted for decades in theater.
Cairo reports Egyptian authorities weighing whether to export cotton to Japan in response to the Japanese German Italian alliance. In Ohio Mayo Harold H Brown seeks approval to create a curbside parking school with reserved times for learners.
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