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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1941
Page
3
A man once despondent over unemployment leapt from a downtown skyscraper on Christmas Eve. He survived, found work as a machinist apprentice at 90 cents an hour, plans to become an electric welder, and his family’s fortune turned brighter with relatives also securing jobs.
Florida motorists face a higher license fee with the state doubling the annual license to 1 for about 650,000 drivers starting Oct 1. The increase funds a larger state highway patrol, from 60 to up to 190 members, and bans cities from charging extra license fees. The bill passed the House 58 to 31 and the Senate 76 to 15, aligning with the governor’s recommendations as session actions continue.
WPI Army men rate Kelly a smart pet. The dog came to camp with his master and sleeps outside the cooks barracks. If a man in white leaves, Kelly trots to a mess hall at his heels. When a khaki clad man appears Kelly opens an eye then dozes off.
In a Chicago west side welding shop, widow and mother of six Sarah Terpening has trained over 3,000 workers in acetylene and electric welding. Her graduates run gun carriages, tank bodies, and defense factory projects, with many placed in midwest steel firms and defense work. Her program charges about 125 dollars and yields hands on jobs at 75 cents per hour before completion. She claims 20-plus welding superintendents and multiple students aiding war production. The motto on her door reads Every calling is Great if Greatly Pursued.
A fragmentary schedule lists daily May programs on WDLP 1230 including AP Newsstime, Interludes, music hours, and various show titles across Friday Saturday and Sunday. Entries feature hosts such as Bob Lightburn, Freddie Meontree, and Diateolands Strings, with times from early morning to late night.
Captain Alberto Taborga, Bolivian military aide to President Enrique Penaranda, was reported in good condition and talking at a Washington hospital after a goodwill flight from New York to La Paz. Captain Rafael Suarez Rivas died in the crash that occurred as the plane rose about 100 feet and burst into flames.
At Camp Blanding on May 9 the Army announced rules to speed calls. Officers must identify themselves, answering officers state grade and name, clerks say Colonels Office, and no hello should be used to cut delays and errors.
Two gunmen robbed James Sarn an elevated station agent taking 15 dollars ACT. They forced him to open a safe and take two bags believed to contain nickels. The bags held 861 telephone slugs not coins. the crime ends with discovery of the wrong loot.
Lord Halifax told the Commercial Club in Chicago that Britain seeks freedom for the individual and the restoration of the common man’s welfare. He argued there can be no peace with Hitler, and listed three postwar goals: international security, economic cooperation among free nations, and orderly change among states, with the United States and Britain leading a new world order.
Visitors will tour the Ne-Hi Bottling Co new plant at Thirteenth and Mulberry streets from 2 to 5 p m tomorrow. Tom Bingham, plant manager, announced the public inspection with employees on hand to explain manufacturing methods. Souvenirs will be given to the first 300 visitors during the open house hours.
Today’s stock market shows mild gains in select names like Du Pont United Aircraft and Sears Roebuck while many issues inch or dip slightly. Bonds mix, commodities rebound, and weekend liquidity flows with short covering. overall sentiment unchanged with no major news to shift direction.
In Richmond on May 9 the American Psychiatric association heard medical evidence that Alcoholics Anonymous and Benzedrine aid abstinence in some drunks. Dr. Thompson cited Rockland State Hospital patients, while Dr. Bloomer noted Benzedrine can ease withdrawal in skilled hands. Researchers Rinkel and Myerson warned Benzedrine delays intoxication signs, demonstrated by pigeons used in tests.
In Huntington Indiana Dr. F B Mitman delivered a boy and girl to Mrs Charles Shriner marking his first plural delivery since 1934. Four hours and ten minutes later he presided over the birth of twin sons to Mrs Otto Winkleman.
A thief stole the A. E. Schmidt Co. safe in St Louis and took a treasured $2 bill from the firm’s first sale in 1895, a sentiment described as the biggest loss.
Municipal Judge Julius Cohn, football minded, asks a youth in traffic court what the offside penalty is. The answer: Five Yards. The judge rules the youth was offside and fines him five dollars.
Delays bring 1400 Pennsylvania Greyhound workers back under arbitration. About 9000 Alabama soft coal miners prepared to resume production after a month idle. A threatened 2400 AFL machinists strike in San Francisco shipyards could halt Bethlehem yard work. Union seeks higher pay from 1 to 1.15 dollars per hour with overtime at double time. Coal contracts raise daily miner pay from 4 to 5 dollars, affecting most commercial mines.
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