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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
11
Classified notice from Globe News lists an established restaurant and a small cafe for sale. Includes price details and contact for Finch & Gavin, agents, at 111 East Seventh Avenue and another downtown listing at 215 Taylor. Also notes businesses wanted for cash purchases.
Classified ad lists two near new duplexes on corner lot in a good rental district. Also offers mixed properties including a small Birmingham 5 room home with trees and lawn, a 2 story house in Glenwood priced with cash terms, a 29 acre Pleasant Valley plot near a school, and a six room close in house with $1000 down. An estate describes ten minutes from downtown with 30 acres, water system, two car garage, servant’s house, horse barn, and corral.
Washington officials clashed over rubber floor mats amid a nationwide salvage push led by Harold Ickes and Leon Henderson. Capitol aides collected mats and even the White House contributed rugs and rubber bones as drivers urged broader donations. Thieves raided scrap piles targeting taxi retreads, while a socialite bought rubber toys to add to the stockpile.
A reflective 1942 column argues against overreliance on airbrushed disaster panoramas. It emphasizes the need to value will to live and win, the lessons of Pearl Harbor Wake Midway, and the mobilized Allied strength. It warns against fatalistic planners and urges steadfast resolve.
A year ago Britain and Russia signed a mutual aid pact in the war against Germany. RAF bombers raided Bremen. British Middle East Command reports Vichy representatives in Syria accepted Allied terms for an armistice convention to end hostilities in Syria.
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Walter Lippmann laments recurring false objectivity that misleads policy. He notes historic examples from France 1940 Britain and Roosevelt underestimating enemy strength and warns against confident forecasts of Axis dominance and total strategic success.
Henry McLemores reports a New York city blackout where residents tried to hear silent air raid sirens amid speculation about their source. Witnesses described faint sounds while cabbies discussed the Dodgers and vacations, with some claiming to hear a distant signal though others heard nothing.
United Press reports Maureen O Hara will perform rough fight scenes in The Black Swan with Tyrone Power George Sanders Laird Cregar and Anthony Quinn. The studio budgets about 184000 for 23 shooting days as Ben Hecht and Seton Miller crafted more action heavy scenes to boost her star status.
A Jamaican man in a Christmas morning tale loses five shillings after buying a toy truck and pistol with a ten shilling note and two shillings in silver. He avoids blame by admitting the mistake, prompting the clerk to return the five shillings. The moral urges forgiveness and self restraint to prevent disputes.
The Citrine mission to unite British Russian and American labor collides with intra union feuds. The A F L demands sole American representation and blocks direct Russian talks while C I O leaders push for closer unity among United Nations unions. The dispute draws in Tobin Murray Lewis Bridges and prompts fears over Communist influence and public opinion.
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