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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1942
Page
2
A letter from Alaska discusses rationing of food and gasoline, military families relocating to the states, and beliefs about war progression. It mentions premiums on card decks, tax impacts, and stockpiling advice. It also covers golf leader O. T. Nicholson and the debate over postponing the State Senior Golfers tournament due to the war.
NEW YORK January 19 David Karmoil faced a stickup at his cigar store as two men attempted a robbery. A robber tossed a half dollar for cigarets and Karmoil turned to ring up the sale. His dog sprang at one thief, helping rout the other while police arrived to find Karmoil already ringing a 16 cent sale and noting a 34 cent unearned increment from the incident.
Treasury data show collections through December 31 totaled 4.71 million from a 10 dollar annual pin-ball tax and a 50 dollar slot machine tax started October 1. Officials noted the machines remain illegal in some states and did not identify who paid or where.
Rome January 19 General Mario Rotta was replaced as army chief of staff by General Vittorio Ambrosio the former commander of the second army the move comes as another shake up in Italy's military leadership.
Five Russian quisling mayors of villages under German occupation were sentenced to death, announced from Kuibyshev as of January 17.
A course in military German to familiarize students with Nazi war jargon will be offered at New York University starting in February.
A furious downtown Maiden blaze trapped a city block as eighty firemen were overcome by smoke and escaping illuminating gas. Fire crews battled the flames with hoses and ladders, risking exposure to dense fumes while evacuations were ordered along the street. Authorities investigated the cause of the blaze and the gas leak as residents sought safe shelter.
A set of job requests and notices: a man seeks grocery store or warehouse work or elevator operator experience. another man offers paper hanging painting and farm work. A middle aged woman seeks live‑in home management with cooking and references. A colored woman seeks cook or maid work. A reader offers to keep a cow for winter care. All include brief contact details.
The bodies of Carole Lombard and 22 others killed in a mountain crash lie in a Las Vegas morgue as workers recover 15 more victims. Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy mourn with plans for Lombard’s double funeral. investigators work to identify remains.
Chinese reports from Chungking dated January 19 claim United States Marines captured at Peiping were forced to hard labor in an internment camp. They say foreign and Chinese staff of the Rockefeller endowed Peiping Union Medical College were compelled to keep working under Japanese control, with Dr J Leighton Stuart and other American and British faculty confined in Peiping legation quarters.
President Roosevelt nominates Patrick J. Hurley former secretary of war under Hoover to the rank of brigadier general in the U S Army in Washington on January 19.
Albert Golich a 57 year old Central Falls resident was rescued after being pinned under a felled tree for four days in a woodlot near his home. He never lost consciousness and was found by his employer Adamo Angellotto during a weekly woodlot visit. He is hospitalized with a broken left arm and fractured ribs.
Attorney General Francis Biddle told the Senate Judiciary Committee that OPM investigations show violations of priorities and allocations orders are widespread and serious. He cited broad improper delays and misallocations affecting multiple agencies and programs.
The Broadcasting Corporation of Japan announced it would inaugurate a special broadcast by American prisoners tomorrow for the benefit of their families in the United States.
A motorist reported to Lieut. A. T. Moore that a tire blew out on the highway rim and a passing driver stopped, then fled with the tire when the motorist returned to retrieve it. The incident occurred in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
London reports the Admiralty acknowledged the loss of the submarine Perseus, an overdue vessel that has not been heard from, marking a formal acknowledgment of the incident.
Chungking dispatch reports China charging that Japanese forces used poison gas in desperation during an attack north of Kinglien on the Han river western bank. Chinese communique cites 3,000 Japanese casualties, including a brigade commander killed and two battalion commanders captured. The assault was repulsed Wednesday afternoon.
Friends of Wendell L. Willkie said he would decline official government service to preserve his private capacity to speak freely on war production. He rejected a role on a war labor board panel and may outline his stance on 1942 elections and Republican response to the administration's war plans.
New York dispatch reports 6000 lepers and attendants in Cubion leper colony may starve in six months without relief ships. Leonard Wood memorial officials seek Red Cross aid and safe conduct from Japan with Swiss mediation. Tokyo has not replied. Island lies 180 miles south of Manila in the China sea.
Capt A A Nicholson, assistant to VP James Tanham, will address The Texas Company refinery employees in Amarillo Tuesday about purchasing defense bonds and stamps. He previously spoke here last April, addressing several Amarillo meetings and an assembly at West Texas State College.
Texas faces its largest blackout as darkness covers five entire counties and parts of two others around the Dallas Fort Worth metro area. The outage hits the heavily populated region, turning major cities and surrounding communities dark tonight.
An advertisement touts BLACK DRAUGHT as a leading laxative in the Southwest. It highlights spicy aroma, gentle thorough action when directions are followed, vegetable ingredients, and a tonic laxative that tones lazy muscles. The product offers 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
Amarillo residents can enroll in a free short course on industrial safety. The program, developed by the Office of Education and the Department of Labor, is part of the Engineering Defense Training Program and supervised by Texas Tech and the National Committee for the Conservation of Manpower. The course, taught by Henry B Wilson of the Amarillo Building, runs twelve weeks with two three hour sessions weekly and includes readings and safety reports relevant to defense industry needs. Enrollment details will be announced later.
Funeral services for Thomas Simon Mix, a 38 year Panhandle resident and retired stock farmer, will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the N. B. Griggs and Sons Chapel with Rev. Frank A. Godsoe officiating. Survived by three sons H T Mix W B Mix and Virgil Mix a daughter Mrs W O Burton and a brother John Mix. Burial in Claude Cemetery following the service.
The text notes banks closed on Gen Robert E. Lee's birthday and gives defense bond sales totals from Friday and Saturday totaling 3312.50 and stamp sales of 2105. It also reports Potter County yearly totals and mentions new methods to fund defense securities with Harley Goettsche of Amarillo announcing cancellations and reallocation of bonds to representatives.
Funeral services for Mrs. Essie McLaughlin 59 will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in First Baptist Church Amarillo with Rev A D Foreman Jr officiating Interment will follow in Llano Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home directions She is survived by her husband J L McLaughlin Amarillo and daughter Elizabeth plus sister Mrs C T Webster of Amarillo and a South Dakota connection is noted.
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