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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1942

Page

6

Amarillo Globe News Publication Details and Leadership

The Amarillo Globe News notes its founding February 20 1924 and post office listing for Amarillo Texas. It lists publisher Gene Howe and associate publisher John McCarty and mentions daily evening edition except weekends. The text also references the U S Navy NE Award dated August 17 1942.

Amarillo Texas Globe News Publishing Co Fillmore Gene Howe John McCarty Eee News and Business Department U. S. Navy

Still Speeding Warns Against War Time Driving

A editorial urges drivers to obey speed limits during wartime stating more than half exceed 40 mph. It notes reckless starts and tire wear while acknowledging gasoline and tire saving schemes from companies but stresses the need for shared travel and frugality to aid the war effort. It ends by invoking patriotism with a line about Hitler in empty seats.

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General firing urged for Nelsons dollar a year men

CIO members of the War Production Board Labor Advisory Committee urge Mr. Nelson to fire dollar a year men and others deemed inefficient in handling raw materials and labor, while Truman committee scrutiny looms. The piece argues firings should be based on individual efficiency, not group labels, and notes potential broader housecleaning among reformers and labor leaders.

Paul Mallon Washington CIO War Production Board Labor Advisory Committee Mr. Nelson Nelson AFL bu___ __ reau of Labor Statistics Miss Perkins’ Labor Department War Labor Board Labor Truman Committee WPB CTO

Talcott Pursues Winters Amid Caribbean Hustle

Bill Talcott and MacDowell arrive in Pillsbury Sound and storm a radioman office to reach Winters through a clogged chain of officials. Talcott drafts messages to delay Winters and seeks a meeting with a wary, gray haired Avaloncar operative as the street buzzs with island traffic and rum trades.

MacDowell Talcott Pillsbury Sound Tortola Dock Jackson June Paterson Martha Swenson Halsey Sebastien Radiomarine Bill Talcott Jack Sparky

Mysterious auditor links intrigue on Abas Island

Talcott and MacDowell pursue a shadowy agent tied to Federal Chemical. A Nazi suspect, Baron von Stampf, appears in the trail as Halsey and Struthers draw them into a web of corporate crime. A kidnapping and a wounded Sabastien emerge as the chase heads to the fort.

MacDowell Talcott Bill Talcott Alias Federal Chemical Company Struthers Baron Gerhardt von Stampf Brazil Islands Standard Detective Agency Patrick MacDowell New York Halsey Federal Chemical Emancipation Park Abas Island Walter Sebastien

Uncle Sam's Secret War Review of Treasury Investigations

Treasury Department reports show wartime crime and smuggling shifting to Mexico with counterfeiters, narcotics rings, and stolen diamonds slipping across borders. The Secret Service seized $52,500 in stamps, 2,000 foreign funds investigations uncovered $10 million in assets, and prosecutions in income tax violations raised $38 million for the war chest. Internal efforts include coordining with Mexican police and other agencies to curb espionage and illicit trade.

Jack Stinnett Walington Elmer L. Ivey Treasury Department Morgenthau Mexico United States Inter Stratetic Secret Service New York California Arizona Internal Revenue

Baruch Heads Rubber Inquiry In Roosevelt Plan

Bernard Baruch, aged 72, named to lead the special rubber committee with Dr. James B. Conant and Dr. Karl T. Compton. The article traces Baruch’s fact finding approach, his prior war work, and the urgent push for factual, decisive action on rubber supplies amid wartime shortages and policy battles.

Roosevelt Bernard Mannes Baruch Wall Street America Wilson Baruch Special James B. Conant Harvard University Karl T. Compton Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States Petroleum War Production Board Congress Mr. Baruch Europe House Foreign Affairs Committee White House Supply, Priorities and Allocations Board SPAB Donald H. Nelson Nelson Defense OPM Leon Henderson Henderson Tr Defense Command First World War Industries Board Harding Camden S. C Atlantic Coast Line South Carlton Mr. Nelson Robert P. Patterson Navy James V. Forrestal Emory S. Land War Shipping Administration Brehon B. Somervell Howard L. Vickery Maritime Commission Ferdinand Eberstadt Joint Army- Navy Munitions Board Milo Perkins Th Board of Economic Warfare War Industries Board Dr. Conant Dr. Compton

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THE Amarillo Globe Hitler Army Germany Ludendorff Caribbean Charlotte Amalie Winters London Lowell Byrd Market Place Steamship Company Toom Ev Piven By Eaton K. Goldthwaite Treasury Mexico City U. S Customs Bureau Office of Exports Board of Economics Warfare Foreign Funds Control Division Getulio Vargas W. F. Lawrence New York Times Berlin Winston Churchill Boston Globe Everett Jean Levy Saturday Evening Post
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