V Machine Tools Bottleneck in Production Advance
The Department of Commerce says machine tools are the bottleneck hindering progress in advancing production.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1942
Page
6
The Department of Commerce says machine tools are the bottleneck hindering progress in advancing production.
DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes the fall of Singapore as a decisive Allied setback. He warns of a sharpened Japanese advance toward Rangoon Java and Sumatra, urges steadfast Allied resolve, and notes that American and British aid must rush to reinforce critical fronts.
The St Marys Academy Carnival opens at Cathedral Hall on Washington Street with the Victory Dance by Helen and Art Querry as a featured act. Students and Sisters run games booths and a fish pond while proceeds retire a 1929 building note.
The workforce producing war aircraft in Southern California is buying defense bonds and stamps at about 4 million dollars yearly. Weekly payroll deductions are widespread. Vultee employees purchase about 250 thousand yearly. Douglas purchases rose to 370 thousand in January. Lockheed rose from 100 thousand monthly. Northrop buys about 3 thousand weekly and North American about 89 thousand monthly.
The Red Cross reports a 100 percent rise in army navy plasma donations since Pearl Harbor. By February 15 researchers had collected over 100000 pints, with 55505 people donating in December and January, yet hundreds of thousands more are still needed to meet armed services requirements.
Stickland Gillilan, famed Washington observer, will address the Knife and Fork Club at Amarillo Country Club. His topic is The Lowdown on the Washington High Ups with the subtitle North of the Ears or Sucker Why Dont You Try. Reservations offered at the Amarillo Hotel news stand or Maxor Drug.
The Amarillo school lunch drive reports $2,037.64 raised for needy children with $1,400 more needed to cover lunches through end of term. About 1,000 students rely on the fund. donors urged to send contributions to George Waddill at the county courthouse. Campaign ends this week with many names listed among contributors.
The Girl Scout training Institute titled Girl Scouts Volunteers for Victory will be held Tuesday in Fellowship Hall at Central Presbyterian Church. Amarillo commissioner Mrs. Edwin C. Ochsner invites leaders from 14 nearby communities for a 10 15 AM start with national board member Mrs. Roy Cullum as program chair.
Legionnaires and auxiliary from the 18th district visit Hanson Post No 54 for the regular district meeting at the Legion Home. Col E A Simpson National defense committee chair will speak. Oyster and pie supper served. dancing to follow.
The Amarillo High School 25 year club will meet next Monday, not tonight as the morning paper announced. Club officers were divided on the meeting date.
Hundreds of enemy aliens from 69 restricted zones in California were moved over the weekend under evacuation deadlines. Authorities say removal was incident free and further orders may institute martial law to clear coastal areas. The League of California Cities called for expulsion of Japanese from the state.
Parents of members of Boy Scout Cub Pack No. 4 meet at Cathedral Hall at 7 30 tonight for a required training session. S. G. Roy Stockton leads, aided by Al Hurlock Clyde Williams and Will J. Hiatt. Pack reorganizing under Knights of Columbus sponsorship seeks a new charter.
An ad touts a kitchen lemon juice recipe as a safe quick weight loss supplement. It asserts a 10 pound loss in days, claims no drugs, and offers AYDS as a product with money back guarantee. It lists Cretney Drug Store contact and free delivery.
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur warned of danger from inferior medical care during wartime. He urged preserving trained physicians at home to provide effective care and warned against cultist cheap training taking over. He suggested transporting patients to doctors and moving chronic cases from hospitals to focus on acute ailments.
The justice department establishes a Small Business Unit to aid firms unable to afford Washington representation. Thurman Arnold, anti trust chief, said the unit will assist small business people before departments, arguing smaller operators are overwhelmed by regulations on pooling. He defined a small business man as one who cannot afford an office in Washington to monitor rules.
Amarillo Life Insurance men began a survey of firms with more than 10 employees to promote salary deduction for buying defense bonds and stamps. About 150 firms not participating, all firms eligible. G W Mills chairs the committee with Ernest Archambeau Clyde Rehmeyer and Zeb Moore. The drive aims to lift Amarillo toward its stamp and bond quota as the city trails by more than 100.
An old advertisement touts BLACK DRAUGHT as a spicy aromatic vegetable laxative that is easy to take and gently thorough when directions are followed. It highlights a tonic laxative ingredient to tone intestinal muscles and offers 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
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