Amarillo Globe masthead notice and publishers
The Amarillo Globe masthead announces second class matter status dated February 20 1924. It lists The Globe News Publishing Co as publisher with Gene Howe as president and publisher and John McCarty as associate publisher. Circulation and news department contacts are included.
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Reed
Amarillo
Texas
Globe News Publishing Co
Sixth
Fillmore
Gene Howe
John McCarty
New Year Resolve Sees War as Central Task
The Globe urges unity for 1942 with a single American aim to vanquish tyranny and secure freedom. It champions national effort, notes wartime morale in the armed forces, and compares today’s young servicemen to historic fighters from Lexington to the Argonne.
Diana Marries Writer to Save Inheritance and City Life
Diana Tucker agrees to a six month marriage to famed writer Stephen Curt for ten thousand dollars to secure his inheritance and stay in the city. She meets Stephen’s sister Adela, the loyal maid Frieda, and adjusts to life in Green Street mansion while navigating Adela’s snide welcome and Stephen’s guarded courtship. Diana receives a dazzling diamond bracelet from Stephen, signaling a complex, uneasy union as plans unfold.
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Curt
Green Street
Diana
Stephen Curt
Stephen
Larekin
Larkin
Adela
Frieda
Diana Curt Finds Glamorous New Life as Wife to Stephen Curt
Diana Curt, newly married to author Stephen Curt, revels in luxury and support from Frieda and Ellen Curt while contending with Adela's snubs. She grows closer to Phil Bruce and bonds with Elva Todd as she helps Stephen with his manuscripts. Tensions rise with Richard Thorpe’s impending visit amid ongoing businesslike marriage.
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Stephen Curt
Phil Bruce
Stephen
Valentine
Todd Stephen
Diana
Elva Todd
Elva
Hopeful Prophecy Fails as War Plans Backfire in 1941
The piece notes Hitler’s 1941 expectations of victory faltering, with German forces retreating on the Russian front and North Africa facing near annihilation. It contrasts hoped triumphs with realities, while citing Commerce Department figures on Christmas tree demand and various world regions. It references the Philippines discovery and other commerce data as context.
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Germany
Hitler
North Africa
Japan
United States
Questions on World War I for memory quiz
A playful prompt asks four memory questions about World War I. It references allied actions, leaders, and literary and technological themes from 1914 to 1918, aiming to test knowledge of major events and responses during the era.
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United States
Germany
Italy
AEF
Japan
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Bombing Ace of Purdie Kelly at West Point
From the Talk of The Town in The New Yorker: photo of Company L from the West Point class of 1937 shows Colin Purdie Kelly Jr. laughing in the cadet photo before vividly described as a bomber who sank the Japanese battleship Haruna off Luzon and was shot down. Classmates recall his fierce drive for aviation and Civil War debates as he prepared for bombardment aviation, delivering a fatal strike and death with renowned resolve.
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West Point
Company L
Colin Purdie Kelly, Jr
Army Air Corps
Haruna
Luzon
Kelly
C. P
W. W. Stromberg
Academy
Gettysburg
J. S. Brierley
Ordnance Department
March Field
California
Stromberg
Editorial: wartime plans and democracy in conflict
An editorial comments on wartime strategy and public opinion in a democracy. It critiques homefront influence on military decisions, warns of political interference with drafts and operations, and stresses the need for capable commanders and decisive action as the nation moves from peace to war. It notes Pearl Harbor as a turning point and urges confidence that leaders will improvise effectively.
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Philippines
Hong Kong
Manila
Crimea
Spain
Turkey
Malaya
Navy
Tokyo
Vladivostok
Milietary High Command
High Command
Guam
Hemisphere
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Roosevelt urges democratic effort to integrate America
The president argues that if Hitler can integrate and coordinate European productive facilities by force, America must prove democratic and free performance can achieve similar integration and coordination. The remark frames a defense of democratic reform as a parallel to totalitarian efficiency.
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Hitler
Europe
America
Roosevelt
Allies Map World Wide Strategy Against Axis
The Jan 1 1942 overview outlines a two phase grand strategy for the Allied powers led by Britain and the United States. It details production food supply lines naval and air power and regional aims across Africa Russia the Far East and Europe with emphasis on coordination from London Moscow and Chungking to defeat the Axis.
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Africa
Russia
Washington
Moscow
Chungking
Britain
China
United States
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Grand Strategv
Argentina
Iran
Iraq
Dutch East Indies
Chiang Kaishek
Burma
Alreday
Thailand
Chiang
Atlantic
Middle East
Gibraltar
North Africa
Far East
England
Japan
Atlantic Seaway
Ler
Hitler
Libya
Asia
Levant
European
Europe
Germany
RAF
Italy
Washinton
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