25 Aug 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1942
Page
1
Glenn Cook of 319 Travis Street faces a felony drunken driving charge. It is the first felony under the county’s new drunken driving law, which classifies a second offense as a felony after prior conviction last June. Cook was picked up again yesterday on a drunken driving charge.
A collage of notes touches on a grasshopper puzzle, autumn weather forecasts predicting a cool fall and early frost, oil exploration by Tack No. 3 in the Panhandle with Stanolind backing, travel tips to Fort Worth Dallas, and enthusiastic fishing reports at Vallecito Reservoir. It blends community chatter on soldiers, farming, marriage musings, and cultural snippets from Amarillo.
The census bureau reports a drop from 17 per 100000 in 1918 to 2.2 per 100000 in 1940 with 2926 deaths that year. In London a daytime air raid alarm prompted anti aircraft guns to respond in several areas of the city.
In Russellville Arkansas R H Barnett hid his family savings in the kitchen stove for the summer and forgot them. He turned on the stove and found sixty six cents in silver and pennies salvaged but ashes remained of the 102 dollars.
Reports from August 1942 detail German advances toward Stalingrad with Voronezh and Caucasus actions. Axis gains surrounding Stalingrad aim to encircle while probing Grozny oil fields and the Black Sea base at Novorossisk. Soviet counterattacks claim heavy losses on German forces as battles continue near the Don and Kletskaya.
Helsinki endured its largest air raid since 1941 as forty Russian planes attacked in six waves. Five killed and ten injured as buildings were damaged, with Finnish anti aircraft fire driving off the attackers. The raid was linked to Russian forces near Kronstadt and the Finnish Gulf supporting Leningrad defense.
New York reports reveal 18 year old model Marilyn Sable from Wichita says American soldiers kiss and tell are rare. She describes soldiers as shy on dances and notes one man showed a photo of his girlfriend back home rather than affection.
The missing KLM airliner from Dutch Guiana to Curacao has been found in the jungles of British Trinidad. Ten passengers and three crew members, all Dutch nationals, are believed lost with fate not yet determined.
British fighters and fighter-bombers conducted forays over the North African battle area. The ground front was quiet as of the RAP communique issued today from the British headquarters in Cairo.
Classified ads seek a Spanish speaking woman for housework and child care with board room and wages offered. A colored woman aged for general housework and caring for a boy is sought with permanent position and compensation. Also a nurse's watch lost near the Capitol Theater with a contact number provided.
W. Averell Harriman, who represented President Roosevelt at the Churchill Stalin conferences in Moscow, announced he would shortly depart for Washington to report to the President.
A German anti air craft ship was almost certainly sunk in a night engagement off Flushing Netherlands with four German ships and British light naval forces, the Admiralty announced.
London reports that 2nd Lieut. Sam F. Junkin of Natchez Mississippi became the first American air force fighter pilot to shoot down a German plane in combat during the European theater operations.
Buchanan and Morris Edward Buchanan, both identified as Negro brothers, were charged in county court today with theft. It was the second case filed against Morris Edward Buchanan.
In the Egyptian desert troops complain of high cigarette prices as they pay 22 cents a pack labeled compliments of smokes for Yanks. Sand flies and sores are routine, but the cigarette situation provokes the strongest reaction among soldiers at the camp.
The Idaho prison Outlaws defeated Gowen Field 17 to 13 at the state penitentiary diamond. Fans briefly offered to chase two home run balls over the wall but officials stopped the stunt.
Europe continuing coverage says Red army forces under Marshal Semeon Timoshenko repelled six German assaults in one sector during the battle for Stalin grad as air and ground actions intensified.
Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand arrived in the United States and the White House announced the visit. The timing and destination were provided in the dispatch dated August 25.
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