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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
12
DeWitt MacKenzie reports 1918 optimism and 1942 warning from Allied observer Haig about German strength fading. A Union Jack memento symbolizes Europe’s peril, urging focus on defeating Germany first before Japan, with Germany’s decline linked to Russian, famine, and chaos in war-torn Europe.
At the AAAS meeting in Dallas scientists described protozoa that process microbes into meat ball like chunks for fish and other small animals. Dr Garrett Hardin of Stanford spoke on protozoa aiding larger animals digestion while R E Hungate of Texas works to cultivate cow digestive protozoa in vitro to study enzyme production aiding cellulose digestion.
New Orleans January 1 Edward J Flynn chairman of the Democratic National Committee visits Fordham University before the Sugar Bowl. He says the last war caused a business low mood but this war is different with reconstruction by the United States and a strong economic position. He notes political parties will promote defense bonds and civilian defense while preserving the two party system.
Fort Sill sits beside Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge a vast recreation area with 80 to 90 lakes forests and mountains. Park Manager Ernest Greenwall cites the refuge as a national defense feature as soldiers use the area for recreation and training. The refuge hosts 204 longhorn cattle 67 prize steers and a buffalo herd of 525 while deer numbering about 639 official count or more in ranger estimates.
SAN DIEGO January 1 A sentry on guard James Harrington heard a noise in the dark a wildcat sound. He confronted the intruder and screamed for help as two corporals rushed to aid him. They found Harrington entangled in a cactus patch and fought the bizarre foe until they escaped the prickly trap.
A North Carolina report describes Nancy the goat hitching a ride on a car’s running board as Mrs. Fred Druary heads to work, while other notes cover tobacco grafts protecting tomato crops, male sterility serum studies at UT and in Galveston, and a colchicine experiment affecting chick development.
Tokyo reports the Philippines government has moved to Port Darwin Australia as Japanese forces push toward Manila. Dispatches say troops near Lamon Bay and Kuantan have advanced, with residents fleeing and Corregidor bombers hitting targets in Manila Bay. Tojo declares Japan must fight to secure lasting peace in East Asia.
Houston area farmers join national effort under Food for Freedom slogan. Dan Clinton notes Texas must feed 1,000,000 Britons and support domestic needs as weather damaged crops in 1941. Defense boards coordinate quotas, with county committees guiding farmers to boost production and reduce spoilage.
New York January 1 funeral services are announced for Mary Lewis 41 former Metropolitan Opera star and one of America's most publicized singers in the 1920s. She died yesterday at Le Roy Sanitarium after a four month illness. Lewis had lived largely in retirement since the 1939 death of her husband Robert L Hague former vice president of Standard Oil.
Reports from Chungking say Japanese forces south of the Milo River have grown to about 50,000 in the drive on Changsha. Chinese resistance around Changsha remains stubborn though the invaders suffer heavy losses. The city, capital of Tunan province and a silk center, is described as grave in status.
Governor Eugene Talmage of Georgia explains his injury after a fall caused by a slick floor. He says he was a country man walking these slick city floors when the rug slipped and the floor hit him in the face, fracturing several ribs.
Mrs Oswald Jacoby once famed as a top woman contract bridge player now aids North American Aviation in Dallas building airplanes. She used the name Mary Zita Jacoby and was identified only last night. She is married to the noted bridge expert and tennis player who works in Washington on war distribution.
Eugene Ore Jan 1 Lieut Ray Siegenthaler heads the airplane observation filter center and complains that every time a spotter loses contact it hampers timely reporting and endangers aircraft safety.
Pravda denounces Manila as an open city calling it cowardly and compares it to a defenseless lady bug. D Zazlavsky accuses leaders of resorting to Petain tactics and argues that surrendering the city mirrors cowardice and echoes of imperial weakness. A separate item notes many party-line callers block the line, and one spotter suggests callers resubmit later.
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