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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1943
Page
5
An editor's note invites readers to clip and mail a personalized “letter from home” to servicemen. Readers are encouraged to fill in names and send along messages, with a similar column promised for next week.
Russian forces drive along a 1250 mile front from Novgorod near Leningrad to the Donets region. They claim gains at Velikie Luki and Kamensk while lifting the Leningrad siege and pressing toward Rostov and the Caucasus. The Axis faces danger spots across the front as Soviet operations widen.
President Roosevelt as commander in chief directs all anthracite coal miners to return immediately or face government action within 48 hours to safeguard war needs. About 5,000 miners returned in Pennsylvania while roughly 12,350 remained idle amid a 20 day old strike. The move follows a National War Labor Board directive and targets a wage dispute and dues changes within the United Mine Workers. Separately a British merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine off the northern coast of South America in mid December with survivors arriving in Miami.
In a Panhandle snapshot, a cold spell drops to 5 below in Amarillo and 10 below in Pampa for three days, while WAVES enlistments surge to form the Palo Duro unit at Fort Des Moines. News notes feature military arrests, weddings, and local civic updates.
After a long blizzard, Mrs. Albert Finley escaped a frozen garage apartment in Amarillo where the door froze earlier in the day. She and her husband and eight year old daughter had moved from Gainesville weeks earlier. Mr Finley works at the Pantex plant.
Texas endures a statewide deep freeze with Amarillo at 7 below zero the coldest since 1933. Pampa hits 10 below as Dallas Fort Worth rise to five above while El Paso basks in sunshine at 24. Widespread reports of frozen pipes and radiator damage loom as relief looms from the cold.
Allied forces announced the capture of Sanananda Point and Sanananda Village in New Guinea, wiping out most of a 15,000-man Japanese force. The report notes mop-up efforts on three pockets, with Allied air and ground actions pressing in from Burma and the South Seas.
Allied forces press the advance toward Tripoli with Rommel assumed to have pulled back to Mendenines in Tunisia. Air power dominates the retreat as American Flying Fortresses and RAF support strike Castel Benito and enemy columns while Franco-American and Maghreb forces push along the coastal road and inland routes.
Marcel Peyrouton former French minister of interior was appointed governor general of Algiers today in a diplomatic reshuffle. The appointment places the French administrator in charge of Algeria’s key colonial territory during a period of political tension and mandated governance.
The House passed a resolution to investigate the Federal Communications Commission by an overwhelming voice vote. Rep. Eugene E. Cox of Georgia, sponsor, denounced the commission as housing the nastiest mess of rats in the country.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson urged preserving the form of government against regimentation during a January address in Austin. He called democracy the voice of the people and warned against changing fundamentals to fit theories or dreams.
Not so cold this afternoon and tonight with Wednesday morning above freezing. West Texas and New Mexico remain very cold with a 24 hour temperature range from 10 above to 7 below zero. Noon temperature 14 above zero. precipitation 0.07 inch. Stationery note from Russell Stationery Company.
United States submarines in the Pacific and Far East have sunk five more enemy ships and damaged two others. Sunk were a destroyer a large cargo ship a medium transport a medium cargo ship and a small patrol vessel. Damaged were a large tanker and a small cargo ship. Total ships sunk since Pearl Harbor reaches 112 with 22 probably sunk and 29 damaged.
Frank Buck arrives in Amarillo for a one day coast to coast tour with three shows at the State Theater starting tomorrow at 3 30 pm 7 30 pm and 9 30 pm. He will explain dangers faced in filling zoo orders and present motion pictures on his expeditions including a python and tiger scene. Admission is 25 cents for children 35 cents for adults with tax included. A native Texan will speak between film parts and a post show Q A will engage children and sportsmen.
Mrs. Clifford Smith and her three daughters escaped asphyxiation after Mr. Smith left the gas burning for warmth before leaving for work. The family woke with headaches and two daughters, Mary Alice and Vera Virginia, fainted or lost consciousness, while Tommy Pauline and the others recovered after Mrs. Smith opened windows and bathed the girls in cold water.
Dodge City Kansas reports a shift from cattle rustler legends to modern crime. Perry Ale, a dairy employee, described being robbed at gunpoint by two men who seized his gas books and auto license plates to use them with the city’s ranch loans outlays.
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