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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1941
Page
11
The article describes official insignia for volunteers enrolled under the Office of Civilian Defense. A red white and blue insignia appears on a button, with other designs on arm bands.
The piece outlines four espionage steps from recruitment to payment, noting only three other activities of a fifth column. It links these to the New York indictment of a major spy ring, discussing recruitment methods, including blackmail and manipulation of acquaintances, and mentions immigration fears tied to loyalties and fear of retaliation.
Indicted workers from Norden, Sperry, Bendix, Ford and other defense firms fed a ring stealing bomb sight data and shipping schedules. Evidence showed thefts, photography, blackmail, and trusted employees leaking production secrets. tomorrow notes couriers and cash.
The piece surveys Allied wartime plans and diplomatic chatter from Washington about Finland as a potential feint, British push into North Africa, and maintaining access to Archangel. It warns that the south may draw new battles as winter nears and notes inflation pressures and consumer guidance from Leon Henderson with drastic living adjustments advised.
Puzzle lists across and down clues with many entries including legendary figures, foods, actions, animals, and objects. Missing letters and uncertain spellings present, with multiple numbered hints and a final answer for previous puzzle.
A Wireless dispatch describes Britons at the Ritz and Savoy as weighing Churchill's advisers and his leadership. It portrays him as a brave, amiable yet calculating figure, balancing public optimism with private pessimism and pressing the war effort while urging American help.
Pyle recalls breakfast with bowling champion Ned Day from Milwaukee in Cheyenne. He notes Day’s success, travels, and habits, then shifts to public war sentiment discussions with a Western Nebraska woman and a visiting East two views. The piece ends with a critique of wartime patriotism at Fourth of July parades.
A list of social etiquette questions with suggested answers. It covers guests visiting friends for meals, women guests with no maid helping with their room, a girl friend staying weekends, and breakfast preferences. The piece also includes a brief quote on war and economy by Leonard W Cronkhite of the World Peace Foundation.
In Eunice New Mexico Frank H Bowden explains using a humane approach to collect occupation taxes. He swapped a stern notice for a respectful appeal highlighting civic duty and protections, yielding sixteen promises and thirteen payments in a week.
Agnes Cleveland Morley writes of a western pioneer's life and frontier feats in No Life for a Lady from Houghton Mifflin. The review surveys Emlyn Williams The Corn Is Green, John Masefield In the Mill, American Journalism by Frank Luther Mott, Lance by Edward F. Haskell, Gunman's Chance, World series by John Tunis, and more.
United Press profiles Vaino Tanner, 60, returning as Finland’s minister of trade during the Russo-Finnish conflict. Longtime Social Democratic leader and Elanto Cooperative head, he steers Finland’s political and economic front, famed for international cooperative work and broadcasts to America during the 1939 40 Asian fighting period.
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