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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1942
Page
5
Amarillo Globe editorial questions U S plans to grow the armed forces to ten million, arguing this would strain production and threaten balance between military needs and civilian industry. It notes five million under arms and cites World War I figures to urge caution.
A Midwest plant faced a deliberate slowdown by a worker who confronted a colleague. the victim showed FBI credentials and handcuffs, prompting a warning that loyal workers must defend the war effort against slowdowns whether by suspected fifth columnists or misguided shop stewards.
Harry N. Holmes, Professor of Chemistry at Oberlin College and 1942 president of the American Chemical Society, is a noted author and educator with a long record at Westminster College Johns Hopkins and Earlham. He has lectured widely in Europe and America and counts Robert M. Hutchins Thornton Wilder and O. O. McIntyre among his trainees. He advocates frank discussion on resource shortages during wartime and cites gardening golf theater and handwriting analysis as hobbies.
A review praises Capt. W D Puleston’s Annapolis for authentic timely history from 1845 to present. It notes officers supported formal education, not opposed it, and highlights figures like Jones Decatur Farragut Perry. The book blends fact and narrative, with lesser focus on sea heroics and more on founding and character of the Academy.
In a tense Boston room, Murdock confronts Jack Fenner and Don Raeburn as Raeburn confesses a desperate plan to hide Mrs. Murdock and recover Perry Clarke papers. Nason, Joyce, Ward Allen, Delia Stewart and Delia's contact complicate the confrontation. Raeburn vows to honor a bargain if Murdock keeps his.
Raeburn agrees to reveal the truth about his arrival from Caragua as he negotiates for an envelope. Joyce, Hester, Ward Allen, and others confront the tense exchange. Raeburn explains Nazi sympathizers in Caragua and the strategic estate tied to German influence, setting up further conflict.
Washington report quotes Tolstoy calling for total war against fascism and notes U S government bids to mobilize morale. Mentions OPA price ceilings on common goods and a grim military reminder for letters to POWs with precise addressing.
A joint British Russian declaration promises Turkey aid if attacked by a European power. Britain and the U S inform Japan that any threat to Thailand concerns them both. France places Admiral Jean Darlan in control of all armed forces in a cabinet reshuffle, with historic ties to prewar Germany and shock at early German militarism. Mayris Chaney is noted as a dancer.
Digest of a National Geographic Society report and other notes discuss ancient Caucasus Amazons Strabo and legends, Chinese food customs and waste, Germanys oil stance and air power, Latin America as Luftwaffe groundwork, Nazi threats from Dakar, and public wartime radio chatter with a Benchley aside and a Kansas joke.
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