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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1942
Page
5
Founders February 20 1924 entry as second class matter at Amarillo Texas post office. Published evenings except weekends in connection with The Amarillo Daily News on Sundays by Globe News Publishing Co. Sixth and Fillmore. Gene Howe president and publisher John McCarty associate publisher. News and circulation phone lines listed.
The Globe notes Oklahoma’s metal tax tokens, aluminum and brass, totaling 87 million issued. People repurposed them as washers, roofing nails, poker chips, and toys, as authorities lacked respect for state money. The piece praises local ingenuity while contrasting with Germans and Japanese views on currency.
Diana Draped in Curt luxury moves through the Green Street world of Stephen Curt and Evalyn Thorpe. Adela schemes undercut by a blind ally Richard Thorpe while Diana discovers unspoken betrayals that threaten a fragile marriage plan.
An overview describes air gun marked highway center lines and truck propelled markers with paint management details. The text shifts to wartime concerns, noting Japanese fishing near U.S. waters, collected fleet and defense documents, and loyalty of West Coast Japanese including nisei, amid efforts to protect Pacific defenses.
United Press profile of 53 year old William Porter Witherow of Pittsburgh born 1888, president of Blaw-Knox Co. and newly elected head of the National Association of Manufacturers. The article notes his progressive reform record, Civic work in Pittsburgh, prior leadership roles in steel firms, and his activity during the New Deal era. It mentions his education at St. Paul’s and Yale, his business career from Jones & Laughlin to Blaw-Knox, and his two children.
The piece surveys two views of General Charles de Gaulle. It discusses Philippe Barres strong portrayal of de Gaulle as a remarkable, forward looking leader who would revive France. It traces his early nonconformist thinking at St Cyr and War College and his push for rapid mobility and mechanization despite opposition from Petain era authorities.
A set of five January trivia questions: Lincoln’s 1863 signed document on Jan 1, the first woman governor sworn in Jan 5 1925, the Jan 14 1783 event marking a U.S. independence moment, the Jan 16 1920 incident leading to Prohibition era jail terms, and the Jan 24 1848 find at Sutter’s Mill that spurred demand for a Panama Canal.
General MacArthur warned that predicting or painting a future war is foolish and that wars are not made by military men. He said wars start after states decide to fight, and human nature has changed little. The piece also recounts a 1932 Albuquerque incident where a Japanese attaché misread a Pueblo Indian on a station platform.
A traveler chronicles a guided tour by Swan, a cheerful colorfully described driver. The itinerary traverses Canal Street through the French Quarter to major sites such as the Maison Blanche annex, Meal-A-Minit Eatery, the Pythian Temple roof garden, Vie Carre, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, Cabildo, and the American Bank Building. Swan proudly highlights the Canal Bank, a Biloxi trip, and the city’s government slums while noting historic sites and a final stop at the New Orleans Pelicans stadium.
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