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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
2
A long newspaper fragment blends weather forecasts, rationing notes, humor, quotes from Winchell and Twain, and anecdotes about war fatigue, social rumors, and a sprawling Tangents about polygamy, Brigham Young, and Carnegie. It weaves morale, skepticism, and light instruction through a collage of voices.
The piece describes Amelia dominating social scenes with Brigham Young’s large brood, noting 56 children and uneven distribution among wives. It juggles gossip about a Panhandle war plant, potential bomb threats to Washington, and cultural quips from celebrities, while offering scattered historical and cultural asides.
At the J I Case plant in Amarillo the steam tractor W E revives for a final task before sale. Built in 1920 and rebuilt in 1926, W E was repossessed, quieted, and later sold to a saw mill in New Mexico where she will toil. Case workers recall the device as a relic of a bygone era and a source of local fascination.
Thoughts while getting a haircut reveal snip snip fixation and old politics. The narrator recalls Dixie Senator style hair, pondered oleomargarine and lend lease, and jokes about forgotten actors as kids.
A reader seeks day care for one or two children ages two to four at a home setting. The proposer has a two room house with ample yard space located at 312 N. W. 5th Ave.
Hollywood notes showcase cross words with Mary Martin, Ida Lupino buys a pig farm, Herbert Marshall misses a Flight For Freedom preview, Pat O'Brien sees a 1935 film in Dutch Guiana, and Rita Hayworth earns war-bonds praise while jokes lampoon studio life. Details on camps, tours, and celebrity gossips circulate amid wartime film news.
A U S Army communique reports a small formation of Liberator bombers of the 10th Air Force attacked Bangkok early yesterday aiming at military objectives but weather prevented observations. Heavy bombers also struck Rangoon installations while Mitchells and Warhawks conducted daylight raids in Burma.
New York April 22. Unit ed Mine Workers leaders report rank and file oppose working bituminous mines on May 1 or later without a contract or without further contract talks. K C Adams editor of the UMW Journal and press representative for John L Lewis notes the stance.
The Senate Truman committee assailed the Navy Depart ment for its hush hush policy on sinkings and called its anti submarine campaign unimaginative.
Maj Gen Frank Burns William Marth and other members of a United States lend-lease mission arrived in Moscow by air today. Roy E Breeding of Dallas faces drunken driving and a bounced check charge after returning to Amarillo with an unresolved case. Sheriff Bill Adams remanded the Dallas truck driver to Amarillo.
Reuters dispatch from the British fleet in the Mediterranean says Liberty ships are doing a fine job and common as two a penny. The note adds a separate historical fact that Maine left Massachusetts before 1820 to become a state.
General Douglas MacArthur will continue field service beyond his 64th birthday next January 26. Undersecretary of War Patterson told reporters MacArthur’s services in the Southwest Pacific have been of extraordinary value to the country.
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that any hint of a serious invasion would inevitably leak out in Britain. He noted church bells would be allowed to ring again for services starting Good Friday after being silenced since 1940.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson visited Fort Bliss and Biggs Field in El Paso on April 22. He attended with Maj. Gen. A. D. Surles while Maj. Gen. Innis P. Swift of the First Cavalry Division welcomed them. Biggs Field officials said no visit length would be announced.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace delivered Roosevelt greetings to Colombia and voiced confidence that the world moves toward unity and peace in an hour long address in Bogota on April 22.
Missouri Pacific crews labored to clear debris after a head on crash between a passenger train and a freight near Claremore Oklahoma. Two fatalities were recovered, engineer E J Reynolds and fireman A J Hooten from Van Buren Arkansas, with one engine crew member still missing and thirteen others injured.
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, says the United States airplane output probably will hit 7,000 planes this month or come close to that figure amid wartime production drive.
Dallas police awaited filing burglary charges after a youth began confessing to numerous crimes. He has admitted to 108 night burglaries, a total that could exceed 10,692 years in prison if the maximum 99-year sentences were applied to each case.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced total second war loan sales reached 11.322 billion dollars through last night. He noted the West Coast is lagging in the campaign and urged more investor participation nationwide.
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