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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1942
Page
5
The Globe argues living simply may shield Americans from wartime deprivations. It urges self restraint, reduced gadget dependence, and staying home to strengthen family and community bonds amid Civilian Defense warnings of possible Axis raids.
A wartime report notes that Japan has fortified Pacific island archipelagoes under League mandates. It mentions a slogan tying “can go” to Nanyo, with Japanese populations outnumbering natives in some locations as part of an economic empire of military bases. Also noted are a Sydney surgeon using cigarette wrappings as wound dressings, and other brief items.
Lavinia attends a charity bridge and dance at the Beachcomber Inn to aid Greeks, facing stage fright and a disastrous bridge showing. Margot guides Lavinia through awkward partnerships and a dramatic rescue by a stranger, ending with uneasy reflections on Miss Linden's social presence and New York career.
A mid Pacific cruiser group conducts a night patrol as sunset fades. The crew conducts target practice, catapult flights, and continuous drill while reporting on watchful lookouts and readiness for any submarine threats. The captain stays vigilant on the bridge amid shipboard routines and sea conditions.
Gretta Palmer reports that Dr Valeria H Parker of New York’s Bureau of Marriage Counseling and Education has advised over twenty couples weekly since founding the bureau, preventing an estimated 2600 divorces in four years. She urges therapy before dissolution, comparing marriage illness to medical disease and noting over half of pre-divorce cases reconcile.
A collection of humorous exchanges and anecdotes featuring Socrates Phil Baker the Chinese ambassador Hu Shih Henry VIII Tom Reed and William Springer. The jokes cover travel greed ambition and political wit with period tone and light satire.
The item lists five young rulers from the WWII era and asks for the size of their realms and their ages or whether they allied with the Axis. The kings are Ananda Mahidol of Siam, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Faruk of Egypt, Michael of Romania, and Faisal II of Iraq.
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