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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1942
Page
12
The Navy reports a torpedo discharged from a motor torpedo boat in Narragansett Bay struck the U S Capella, a 4070 ton naval cargo ship. The vessel, aided by tugs, is anchored in shoal water and not in immediate danger. cause cited as a defective firing circuit in the torpedo boat.
The City Commission of Amarillo Texas will receive sealed bids until 7 30 o clock P M Tuesday April 21 1942 for one Motor Driven Rotary Type 30 inch width cut lawn mower Each bidder must provide earliest delivery and the city reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids W R Armstrong Purchasing Agent.
At the Willard Hotel a war era banquet erupted as Secretary Jesse Jones and Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer exchanged expletives amid near misses and reports of broken glasses. Eyewitnesses noted a brief altercation with suspects of bloodless confrontation.
John V. Sigmund a 31 year old butcher swam 23 miles from Alton Illinois to St. Louis in five hours and one minute to win a $200 ice box breaking last year's mark by Isaiah Hughes a 47 year old cigar store operator Walter Jerger a furniture dealer posted the prize for Sigmund betting the ice box against a lodge dinner wager on Hughes' time.
The City Commission will receive sealed bids until 7 30 P M Tuesday April 21 1942 for repair parts and tubes and two radio sets for the Police Department. A parts list is available from the City Purchasing Agent. Bidder should state earliest delivery date. City reserves right to accept or reject any or all bids.
A naval observer in London warns that the United States and Great Britain must contend with Axis progress as bases fall and fleets grow numerically superior. He ties Bataan to broader moves toward India and notes Axis use of air and sea power to cripple Allied units and threaten Russia, Egypt, and Atlantic routes.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce reports 11.3 percent voluntary pledge response from 1,828 letters for a 40,000 dollar three way budget covering defense and regular activities. New names join as the plan expands, with 52 undelivered letters noted.
Amarillo anglers Peck and Doc Vermillion Art Leroy and Gather King returned home from Elephant Butte Dam with four limits totaling about 140 pounds of channel cats to officially begin the fish yarn season for 1942. They fished at the New Mexico resort last Wednesday and proved luck by each taking a limit for proof to fans back home.
Boston dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles issuing an alert urging civilians to help spot enemy agents landing from Axis submarines off the coast. He warns agents would avoid attention and urges calm, prudent reporting to police if suspicious strangers appear.
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