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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1943
Page
2
A mixed column blends wartime reportage with local color. It describes cautious notes on Soviet progress and German collapse, plus social sketches in Amarillo including residents resembling Greer Garson, fashion notes on zoot suits, and reader letters critiquing public behavior during wartime.
Poem in memory of a mother with garden imagery and a prayer for reunion in an ethereal garden. It honors a deceased mother through candlelight, gardenia symbolism, and a wish to meet again beyond a heavenly gate. LEONORA PHILLIPS CLEVENGER is named as the author.
Hollywood gossip column notes Tiona Massey and Alan Curtis divorces amid New Year reunions. Betty Rowland sues Samuel Goldwyn over use of Ball of Fire title. Steinbeck and Jack Wagner attract bids for Benny's Medal. Anne Shirley certified as honorary sergeant US Air Corps. Claudette Colbert urged a best comedy award. Liners on Greta Garson, Greer Garson etc. Headlines mix awards, bids, court stories, and war charity notes with humor and gossip.
A brief note mentions a pur ple and gold robe misplaced by a sister last Tuesday at Cretney's Drug with continuation on page 7.
Army Life highlights the Texas Rangerettes, a Panhandle WAAC platoon of 47 women joining the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. It covers recruiting, the December 7 swearing in at Pearl Harbor Day, autographing a Globe-News war bond, and Amarillo’s $100 000 bid as a souvenir. The page marks the first official recognition of Panhandle members.
Navy recruiters interview prospective officers in the post office building this week announcing two new commissary officer classifications. One targets ages 28 to 50 with two years of college and food industry experience. the other seeks ages 32 to 50 with two years of college and five years in retail grocery. Additional openings exist for engineers radio and aviation officers chaplains and deck officers. Lieuts Edward C. Lawson and Harry Frederickson lead the interviews.
Chamber officials announce a three month push to raise interest in Amarillo defense housing for war workers. Joe Cooley will lead outreach on the conversion plan, and M. B. Baldwin will visit to assist with defense housing matters.
A 150 mile flood crest moved down the Ohio River shutting down war plants and forcing up to a thousand families to higher ground as Portsmouth and Cincinnati areas endured 60 to 61 foot stages. Upstream Metro areas from Parkersburg to Pittsburgh evacuated tens of thousands as mud and debris were cleared and homes vacated.
Director Joseph B. Eastman of the Office of Defense Transportation says converted freight cars could carry troops due to railroad equipment shortages. He notes railroads will repurpose aging Pullmans and ramshackle cars from abandoned elevated lines to meet wartime needs in 1943.
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