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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1943
Page
4
A historical note shows The Amarillo Globe News founded in 1994 with roots tracing to an 1884 Amarillo listing. It mentions publication dates and editorial leadership details, including names and offices in Amarillo Texas.
A Westinghouse engineer discovers spaghetti used as a burnable tool to replace wires in electronic tubes for war communications aiding Sicily mop up and Italian industry bombing. He hires an Italian die maker to produce the spaghetti on Italian machines. Meat balls or tomato sauce Badoglio?
The piece reflects on freedom as a core American value not guaranteed by constitutions yet retained. It cites soldiers and sailors hearing German and Italian propaganda during the Sicilian campaign as proof that a healthy democracy tolerates diverse, even hostile, radio broadcasts and rejects authoritarian controls.
A retired steel worker now with North Africa forces writes to a former home boss, admitting he wasted weekends and did not take his job seriously, reflecting on his past attitude toward shell and cylinder production.
Washington reports a heavy new plan from the Office of Price Administration to regulate farm production by government buying and selling. Food Administrator Marvin Jones discussed the concept at an American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Monroe, Louisiana, signaling possible government purchases of surpluses and sales at a loss to keep prices high for farmers. Leaders across farm groups resist the move, wary of Treasury-funded price hikes and tax burdens, while processors favor licensing and government oversight. Congress faces opposition when it reconvenes September 14 as farm bloc lawmakers prepare to tussle over a bold Buy and Sell program covering major crops to curb living costs.
Powell Ward and Penny search for missing films from Bill Vance amid a tense Vancouver office scene. A note from a shack killer hints Bill shot Canada US Highway officials and remains missing near Hudsons Hope. Cleve suspects foul play as the crew debates next moves.
Frederic S. Marquardt presents a personal history of the Philippines in Before Bataan and After. The book blends praise for American island service with critique of Philippine leaders, drawing on Marquardt’s half century in the islands and connections to MacArthur and other figures. The excerpt also shifts to a wartime Canadian setting with a rescue mission and a determined Penny insisting on accompanying Powell Ward and others.
Ernie Pyle describes brutal close calls and strange wounds from Sicily front lines. He recalls shells fragmenting with intense heat, a shipboard near miss turning metal bronze, and the challenges of evacuating wounded amid hill fighting. He notes German medical dumps and Italian supplies, with surgeons outperforming in some areas.
Dorothy Thompson lauds the fall of Messina and a thirty eight day Sicilian victory. She praises British Canadian and American cooperation, notes 130000 German prisoners, and underscores planning, logistics, and civilian support as key factors in the breakthrough.
The piece surveys horsefly lore from 1867 plus a portrait of Anthony Eden. It recalls fly attacks on horses and cattle in Kansas and sketches Eden as a disciplined, cautious politician whose path to No 10 Downing Street depends on Churchill’s postwar choices.
The text echoes scriptural calls to kindness and justice, citing Jeremiah 9 24 and Romans 12 20. It emphasizes that loving kindness and wise judgment please the Lord and that blessing others, including enemies, reflects virtuous living.
Puzzle clues mix diagonal letters and wordplay across horizontal and vertical. Contains cryptic style hints for countries, objects, numbers, and common words with playful misprints and partial phrases.
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