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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1942
Page
8
The steam ship LaFayette formerly the Normandie rolled over at a Hudson pier. Fire raged four hours. crews saved the hull but one third of superstructure underwater. PM report alleged lax sabotage precautions, but Rear Admiral Andrews denied saboteur involvement.
Washington memo notes senators receive odd gifts from constituents in bundles for Congress. Gifts include glass eyes battered straw hats old shoes and socks and even a dime pasted in a letter. The spoof began with Spokane Athletic Round Table protest against pensions-for-congressmen and continues unofficially.
Potter County's two draft boards met jointly this morning to discuss taking married men in selective service. No policy decision was announced.
This 30c and 60c bottle advertisement promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment as an inexpensive aid for muscular congestion from sprains strains bruises or overexertion. It lists Cretney Drug Stores in Amarillo Pampa and Higuer Texas.
Amarillo faces a two week cost from daylight saving as the white way lights run 7:00 to 8:15 am, with a later 11:00 pm shutdown. Public Works Chief Hancock notes the district is dark at 7 am and an automatic clock will adjust to lighter mornings.
Airdrome raids near Bandjermasin and Port Moresby details from the Aneta agency describe six to seven enemy aircraft strafing Kemajoran airport for 20 to 25 minutes. Dutch fighters claimed to down one or two planes. Australian air forces attacked shipping off New Britain as Japanese forces press toward Australia. Roosevelt Jr undergoes appendectomy in Brooklyn naval hospital and remains in satisfactory condition.
President Roosevelt delivers the annual Scout message as the Boy Scouts of America mark their 32nd anniversary with over a million active members and the Emergency Service Corps expanding disaster response training. Walter Head and Dr. James West join the program broadcast on NBC Red Network as local observances unfold in Amarillo with Parents Night and church services.
Potter County contributed little to financing the war yesterday with defense bond and stamp sales totaling $5,993.75, far below the daily county quota of $12,509. The county is $100,000 behind for the year and the quota equates to about 20 cents per person per day, a small share compared to what the $21 a month boys are doing.
Amarillo’s business boom is reflected in a Chamber of Commerce report. Bank clearings rose to 98 518 782 11 from 82 913 711 74, an 18 percent gain, with real estate transfers up 17 percent to 2 136 in 1941. Building permits, utility connections, and school enrollment also climbed amid new home construction and population growth.
Prime Minister Churchill announced Lord Beaverbrook as Britain's minister of production. He will represent Britain in pooling with the United States, akin to Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board. Beaverbrook will supervise supply departments and shipbuilding and coordinate all actions.
The Amarillo Globe reports on Admiral Leary's appointment for Allied forces in the Anzac area and notes U S Navy operations from Pearl Harbor to the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. The piece depicts American victory symbolism as the supply line to the Pacific front is secured and reinforcements move toward New Zealand.
Boston February reports the arrival at Wellington New Zealand of the vanguard of US naval forces. Correspondent Joseph C Harsch describes landing from a destroyer as the first unit of Admiral Herbert F Leary s American forces with reinforcements arriving at way stations along the Pearl Harbor route.
A community drive reports $1,375.44 raised to provide warm lunches through May 31, with $2,125 still needed. Donations from parents and local groups are being collected this week via George Waddill at the school tax office in the county courthouse.
The three units of the Texas Defense Guards will drill under floodlights borrowed from Butler Field. Lights were installed at the east and west ends of the area between Central Junior High School and Senior High School. The setup, announced by George M. Waddill, will be used for spring drills and may host softball games when not in use.
The Australian war cabinet decided to call up additional men for full time military duty. Prime Minister John Curtin announced the move in Canberra as the cabinet reviewed Japan's Singapore landings and plans tied to the Pacific war council meeting in London.
Two brothers aged 12 and 13 asked to join the army as water boys in Huntington West Virginia on February 10. They wished to support five brothers already serving. Recruiting Sergeant J J Francis advised they must wait.
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