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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1942
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe notes its publication as a second class matter dated February 20 1924. It lists staff including GENE HOWE as president and publisher and JOHN MCCARTY as associate publisher with city offices and department details.
The three day newspaper delivery strike ends with Mayor LaGuardia admitting dependence on the press and joking about reading the funnies. An article notes Kaiser exit interviewers reduce quits but costly hiring and training persist in San Francisco yards. General MacArthur’s success in New Guinea is praised, dispelling doubts about his wartime leadership.
The essay argues that renewed anxiety in 1942 stems from Americans facing a severe moral test in North Africa rather than Europe alone. It warns against justifying wrong as right and urges moral lucidity to avoid self-deception that could undermine the war effort and global trust. It condemns sophistry and promotes steadfast conscience as essential to leadership.
In a coastal town during Japanese torpedo shelling Lieutenant Sherman speaks his mind at a bond dinner Mary Garthwaite to relieve anxiety evacuates families to the Emergency Center. She then suffers a blown tire in the sand and waits for help as explosions echo and the sea rumbles beyond the coast.
Eleanor Atterbury describes Mary escaping danger after a car blows out and veers into a ditch. Dan Sherman, a young officer, assists, calms, and shares a kiss before Mary reunites with Porter Lloyd at daybreak. City setting, wartime mood, and tension persist.
Dorothy Thompson discusses Frank Altschul's NYT letter urging caution after victory to avoid isolationism and future war. He warns liberals to accept a power structure for peace and questions imperialist aims as independence movements rise abroad.
Diary fragments from Cecil Brown aboard the HMS Repulse recount a torpedo attack as planes close in and the ship lists. Crew secure lifebelts, the order to abandon ship rings out, and Captain Tennant offers a steady, solemn blessing. The author notes fear, camaraderie, and the calm amid peril.
A Kansas City Star column recalls Stephen Decatur and William Eaton as pivotal figures in early American naval and land operations against the Barbary states. It notes Decatur’s exploits including the Philadelphia explosion and Derna assault, and Eaton’s land expedition to Derna, framing their exploits as enduring symbols of American resolve and military ingenuity.
A compact cryptic crossword grid with across clues from 1 to 58 and vertical clues 1 to 56 listing a mix of familiar terms. The page features numbered entries such as 13 Biblical mountain, 20 Cereal grass, 54 Air raid warning device, and 58 Sea eag. The puzzle asks for cross-referenced solutions like 32 34 She is the wife of, movie actor, and other cross-connecting hints.
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