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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1942
Page
4
Dispatches from the front report Soviet cavalry divisions penetrating German lines around Leningrad killing about 9 000 enemy troops in nine days. Northwest of Moscow on the Kalinin front Soviet forces captured a fortified village after heavy combat leaving Nazi casualties around 900.
At Fort Bliss on April 14 no attendance records were set as the cavalry post screened a double feature of The Fleet's In and Call Out the Marines. The Globe-News advertises Want Ads as effective.
Amarillo fire captain Ross E. Dickerson resigns after 19 years with the department to become a fire chief for a large Texas corporation. He is described as one of the city's oldest firemen in service and leaves to lead operations for a war industry affiliated entity.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told the House naval affairs committee that abolishing the 40 hour week would cause confusion and delay in the war program. He argued improvements come from psychology and cited post December 7 production gains. He favored recapturing excess profits through a heavy tax rather than limiting contracts by percentage.
Bond sales in Potter County totaled 4270 dollars yesterday as the drive nears a daily quota of 12509 dollars. Despite the rush, no injuries were reported as residents purchased Victory Bonds and Stamps.
Markets show industrials down 1.18 with the Dow Jones at 98.26 off, railroads and utilities mixed. Kansas City livestock prices mixed as hogs steady to 10 cents lower, cattle and calves steady to 15 cents lower, vealers easier, sheep little sold with higher bids. In London, the National Art Collections fund buys Rembrandt’s Widow of a Burgomaster for 80000 dollars for the London National Gallery.
A page of community notes includes lost dog Boots the rat-terrier and rewards, requests for sewing and housework, a blind man seeking pen pals, farm or ranch job seekers, a delivery boy job, ring loss rewards, clothing needs, paint jobs, waitresses seeking cafe work, a cow and calf for kept grazing, a colored girl seeking work with housing, a young married woman job hunter, a lost brown leather billfold, a Tama widow seeking a farm hand, a colored woman seeking maid or day work, high school boy seeking odd jobs, and finally a UK report on Italian prisoners in England seen as underperforming workers earning sixpence an hour.
London reports Laval poised to decide France's course with the Allies, controlling the police and aligning with Petain under German pressure. The Riom war guilt trials are postponed, signaling tighter Nazi influence over unoccupied France and broader Franco Allied tensions.
German planes raided eastern and northeastern English coastal districts during the night, damaging civilian property and causing a few casualties. The air ministry noted an earlier daylight sweep by Spitfires over continental targets was unopposed.
Washington April 14. The War Production Board ordered an immediate 70 percent reduction in the manufacture of phonograph records and radio transcriptions, directing factories to halt or cut back output to meet wartime needs.
A Portland police desk sergeant sent a patrolman after a report of a shadowy figure moving in a gloomy room lit by a blue flame. The patrolman found the lodger dressing by candlelight because her room had no shades.
Witnesses recount a tense scene as Ellwakell, an Egyptian, refused to abandon the vessel despite orders to lower lifeboats. Capt. Case commanded evacuation while Donald Urso of Brooklyn described the struggle and a passenger’s screams. Radio Operator John Dearing was praised for being the last to leave.
First Officer Frederick Taylor from Bridgeport says a crew member stayed at his post despite orders and jumped overboard after the boats were stored. Three Filipino crewmen, including Doroteo Villagarcia, say their families in Manila await them and express resolve to ship again and fight on.
Murder Carton died last night with funeral services pending. Survivors include his wife and three children, Georgia Maggie Lee nine, Abner Lee Jr. six, Sanford Lewis three, all of Perryton. His parents Mr and Mrs M G Brake of Beaver and seven brothers G A Perryton T A Dodge City Kan C D L B and Theo Declo Idaho.
C of Pomona California and M G in the army in California are listed along with four sisters: Mrs. Viola Cooper of Be F, Mrs. Ona Mahonny of Gray, Mrs. Alice Day of Pomona California, and Miss Betty Lou Brake of Declo Idaho.
This old remedy claims tired kidneys cause backaches and related symptoms. It promotes Doan's Pills to flush wastes from the blood and relieve discomfort, noting kidneys remove acids and waste and urging readers to consult a druggist.
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