16 Dec 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1942
Page
1
Balmy days presage a White Christmas as Amarillo residents prep for holiday shopping. Report highlights include travel, local charity drives, a Texas ranch visit for East Coast soldiers, Christmas Seals campaigns, petty crime, and community notices amid wartime reflections.
A reader seeks a weekly ten dollar payment for a good housekeeper with Sundays off and evenings free. Contact 20496 or visit 2008 Jackson St. A separate note asks for the return of lost oxford shoes from Kress' and a brown billfold near Newberry's with a reward offered by Mrs. W. T. Reid at 4220. A listing seeks a caregiver for two boys aged 2 and 4 at 604 Monroe Street rear. Sharon Coble requests a male Persian kitten under 3 months at 403 Maryland St and phone 6177.
A family reports a four month old black female Cocker Spaniel missing since Saturday December 12 in the Country Club Addition. If found, call 7542 and the owner will arrange pickup. A reward is offered for the return of the dog described as the owner's only pet.
United Press reports nationwide holiday shopping hit record highs as 1941 sales levels rose 25 to 35 percent. Demand surged for women’s wear, cosmetics, toys, and luxury items while furniture and men’s clothing lagged due to war mobilization. Shortages of wool, metal toys, silk and nylon stockings, labor and transport limited supplies.
Amarillo experiences the heaviest Christmas shopping in its history as residents buy early due to war shortages. The city notes strong buying power but limited Santa Claus presence for late shoppers while thousands of soldiers at Amarillo Army Air Field augment local sales with gifts to families back home.
San Diego reports Lieutenant John Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt welcomed a second child, a daughter. The Roosevelt family connection is noted as the nation’s interest grows with the baby’s birth amid Navy duty. Meanwhile in Philadelphia Ernest Parnell, struck by a automobile, finds his boss Henry Smedley recovering from a hip injury in a hospital.
Ad copy touts first application relief for itching from eczema rash ringworm mites and scabies with repeat use as needed. Money back guarantee if the first jar fails to satisfy and a call to try it today.
Riverside report notes Dr. Rufus B. von Kleinsmid, head of the University of Southern California, proposes calling U.S. residents “Usonans” in inter-American relations. He argues the term formed from United States of North America plus an n avoids Latin American offense and aligns Canadians Brazilians and Mexicans who already use national identifiers.
Reservations for the Knife and Fork Club dinner lecture must be made by members before noon tomorrow. They are available at Maxor Drug in the Fisk Building and at the Amarillo Hotel news stand. The speaker is Upton Close NBC commentator author and Far East authority. The meeting closes the year for the Knife and Fork organization with plans for 1930 speakers including Col. Carlos P Romulo.
General Draja Mihailovich the Yugoslav resistance leader has 100000 men actively under arms and could mobilize more than 300000 fighters against Axis forces if Allied troops land in the Balkans. Kremlin officials cited Colonel Svetozar Dimitrijevich of the Yugoslav air force at a press briefing.
Amarillo police report holiday head aches as boys with air rifles shoot promiscuously within city limits. Several complaints include a boy shooting a street light, and one man says a neighbor’s child was shot in the eye. No ordinance bans air rifles, but slingshots are prohibited.
The report notes Rommel arriving in Tripoli to organize Axis defenses and speed reinforcements toward Gabes and Sfax. Allied air reconnaissance tracks the fuel and manpower flow from Tripoli to Tunisia while the U S 12th Air Force targets Axis positions. Analysts suggest delaying actions along the Libyan coast near Nafilia Sirte Buerat El Hsun and Misurata as Rommel retreats under heavy air assault.
Dispatches from Egypt and Spain say Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army is advancing rapidly and consolidating after the El Alamein push. Airdromes and supplies move forward, Ben Ghazi harbor repurposed, and German Italian forces in Tunisia face reinforcements and pressure as Rommel sacrifices Italian troops amid ongoing transport struggles.
Berlin and Rome described hard fighting at Agheila with few details. A German news agency corps said Axis high command was taking initiative that could not be disclosed and might lead to unpleasant outcomes for Britain. The British Libyan front faced Rommel’s sudden movement threatening supply lines.
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