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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
6
Publication notice lists Amarillo Texas offices Sixth and Fillmore The Globe News Publishing Co President Gene Howf Publisher John McCarty Associate Publisher and a policy statement declaring independent democratic stance and support for what is right regardless of party politics.
Roger Payne, 67, has spent 25 years roaming the country preaching a gospel of Why Work. He lives an amiable, idle life carrying a 50 pound pack, sleeping in parks or porches, arguing one day of work a week could meet needs with modern abundance. He inspires hope that some live Golden Ages while the rest toil.
Atlantic base correspondent Henry McLemore writes from a PBY Catalina in the Atlantic patrol. He describes the aircraft’s size, stability, and 30 hour missions, and recalls the crew’s drills, the gun positions, and the thrill of flying near the sea as they head home.
Iowa, once heavily indebted, now stands near debt-free status with a 1942 bond issue to be paid. If all debts were cleared today it would still hold net assets of around 10 million dollars in cash and 1 million in government bonds plus lands and buildings.
United Press profiles Major Albert C Wedemeyer a Nebraska native and German War College graduate 1938 now in the U S Army training section He argues for armored destroyers or tank chasers to counter tanks and proposes self propelled anti tank guns and mine fields to blunt armored offensives highlighting the need for integrated defense against combined tank and air power.
Uncle Hank plans to pair Barbara with Dugan Blake the field superintendent on a New York trip. Barbara jokes about entertaining an Indian chief while Hank hints Blake is a decent match. She reluctantly agrees to help in a minor way as Hank heads to Grand Central for a meeting with Blake.
Uncle Hank arrives with Dugan Blake in a convertible. Barbara greets him in the garden as the tall dark Chief Leaping Water makes a striking first impression and holds her hand, sparking a charged moment that promises more to come.
Lieutenant Rollins arrives in London after leave from Aldershot Camp and reunites with Joan Davaar at the Welcome Snail inn. A secret letter from British Intelligence reveals Joan’s counter espionage work on troopship MX and Rollins’s undercover role in Ottawa, linking their fates in a covert wartime plot.
The RFC has loaned 1.6 billion for defense, including 31 million to General Motors for an aircraft engine plant, while 1640 small loans funded private pilot training. The Civilian Pilot Training Program expands to 100,000 licensed pilots and CPTS runs year-round, with shifting focus to defense training and fewer female trainees.
In a wartime tale, a Nazi spy is exposed as Harry Miley after a night of signal flashes aboard a battle cruiser. A covert mission to cover the Nazi ring leads to a dangerous separation as Joan departs for the Balkans. Greg proposes in a moment of crisis, while the restaurant crowd erupts in laughter and the war motto echoes.
Leaflets dropped by planes stir Ethiopian villagers from desert camps to city streets as they spread word that the British Lion and his air fleet advance to reclaim the throne. Rifles, including older Springfield models, flood the Emperor's forces, while Italian troops face morale shocks from Italian leaflets. A mistaken bombing near Burge leads to confusion but confirms leaflets as a key weapon in East Africa.
A quiz asks which film pairings failed to marry in the plot. Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier, Madeleine Carroll and Sterling Hayden, Bette Davis and Leslie Howard, Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, and Margaret Sullavan and Charles Boyer all confront thwarted romance.
The city of New York reports nearly a thousand motorized fire units in its fleet. Officials outline upgrades, maintenance needs, and long term replacement plans for urban firefighting readiness.
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