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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1942
Page
2
More cold nights threaten fruit as 17 families receive two week notices to vacate farms for a government project in the Panhandle. Condemnation cases have started, with a farmer challenging the short deadline amid a housing search for new farmland and rental opportunities.
President Roosevelt designated Sunday May 17 as I Am An American Day and urged observances nationwide to stress citizens duties and responsibilities in a wartime nation. He cited a congressional act recognizing the day on the third Sunday in May and called on officials and organizations to participate.
A British special parliamentary committee urged sterner compulsion to place individuals in war time work. The select committee on national expenditure proposed punishing absenteeism and idleness, compelling employers to employ women as appropriate, expanding part-time women workers, and standardizing design to reduce unnecessary grades in manufacturing.
Bond and stamp sales rose sharply with a single £24,000 purchase pushing daily totals to 27,787 dollars and 50 cents far above quota. The article notes other wartime reflections from economics to defense, plus a Maynard window display and cultural anecdotes.
Market notes from New York and Kansas City detail mixed Dow Jones activity with various industrials, rail and utility scores, plus Livestock at Kansas City with hogs higher bids and cattle steady to firm. Beef and veal prices edge up while sheep demand remains light. Financial items list fund liquidations and offerings.
Floyd W. Henson's motion for a rehearing before the court of criminal appeals was overruled today. He was convicted of robbery by assault in Potter County and given a five year prison term. The court affirmed the conviction on appeal.
A Bronx Zoo incident features an eight year old Negro boy Edward Baptists outside a guard rail hoping for peanuts as a polar bear in its cage reaches with its paw to snare the snack. The boy ends up injured and at home with cauterized scratches after the bear incident. Separate federal court notes detail U S Attorney Mathias F Correa accusing Dean of gangster maneuvering to obstruct investigations.
New York April 8 Nick Dean, former Chicago night club operator, was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 10000 dollars.
About 1,100 Norwegian Protestant clergymen resigned in a mass protest against Nazi and Quisling actions. They planned to preach as free clergy next Sunday, risking state siege or removal of Vidkun Quisling. The move followed Easter statements read in churches and Nazi threats to neutralize bishops and priests.
Clarence Sanford an Alabama University graduate from Auburn New York said his life was saved by a silver crucifix he wears. While chasing Japanese planes over the Pacific his fighter ran out of fuel and he bailed out, swimming ashore three miles from a small island. Natives then spotted his crucifix and halted an imminent impalement, guiding him to Bremer Island Mission before a pearl lugger brought him back to Australia.
New Delhi April 8. Japanese bombers struck Northern Burma as Allied ground forces face pressure near British defense lines close to the Burmese oil fields. An India Burma command comm unique notes the Burma situation not very bright due to limited air support.
Advertises BLUE STAR OINTMENT for eczema and itch relief in one application. Claims relief from rashes ringworm and related skin conditions with money back if not satisfied on first try. Encourages immediate use.
New York April 8 Lieut Edward H O Hara reports he has 230000 cigarettes for sailors in the Pacific after earning six Japanese bombers in his Grumman Wild Cat The gift was acknowledged by a cable from O Hara to Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp Long Island stating you build them and we ll fly them and between us we can t be beaten
Doctors recommend fast acting antacid relief for sour stomach and heartburn. Bell-ans Tablets without laxative promise money back if first trial fails. Return bottle for double your money back.
Best storekeeper Sam Abernethy turned failing stores into gold mines by obeying the public customers. The beer industry shares this belief, aiming for clean quiet decent places to sell beer, run the business with customer as boss.
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