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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
17
Truitt Fields reports a spider found on the inside face of a family alarm clock at 800 Kentucky Street. The spider cannot exit through any opening, sparking questions about how it arrived and how it will escape while the hands move.
Officials expect the navy to request selective service men within 60 to 90 days to man its expanding fleet. Navy relies on volunteers but may seek conscripts to bolster manpower as training times and service durations differ from earlier drafts. The move requires a presidential order, which has not been requested.
In a Washington hospital waiting room, Raymond Mikesell and Alfred H Mikesell, both from Dayton Ohio, discover they share the same surname. Each learns his wife has twins, a boy for Raymond and a girl for Alfred, via doctors delivering the babies.
County Judge Roy Hofheinz traveled to Chicago for a $6 million conference with oil company and U S Treasury representatives to advance the sale of Rincon Field properties of W R Davis. Sale in Harris County probate court has been delayed by income tax adjustment issues with the government.
The Coe Medical Association estimates that approved medical schools operating under wartime accelerated programs will graduate a record 21029 students in the next three years. The number is 5082 more than would have graduated without the accelerated programs, the AMA Council on Medical Education and Hospitals reports.
Wheaton College Quintet from Wheaton will perform sacred music at 8 15 tonight at the Church of the Open Bible 15th Avenue Ong Street announced by Rev H A Somerville pastor Vocal and instrumental selections will be included and the public is invited.
The War Department announced that the Air Transport Command and eight commercial airlines completed mobilization of the nation’s air transport industry to speed delivery of supplies and personnel to war fronts.
American heavy bombers struck three Axis warships off Pycos Na varino on the Greek west coast, scoring two direct hits on one cruiser and setting a second afire while causing an explosion aboard a third. A major explosion followed aboard the cruiser hit twice.
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