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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
13
Canadian forces in England completed sea borne air supported invasion maneuvers for a British audience. Observers included Mountbatten Eisenhower and McNaughton as US forces joined. Armadas and dress rehearsals simulated invasion of lowlands with engineers repairing shore defenses amid rough seas and hot weather.
The navy announced a small Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico and survivors were landed at a Gulf Coast port. The report follows other wartime dispatches from July 13.
Markets show Dow Jones futures mixed at 1 P M with industrials and utilities down while overall stocks ease. Kansas City reports hogs steady to 20 cents lower, cattle about steady to strong, calves light demand. sheep lightly traded with lambs about 14 dollars. Chicago notes hogs slow 15 to 25 cents lower, cattle firmer with fed steers and yearlings up modestly. lambs, bulls, and calves vary as demand shifts.
A Chamber of Commerce press release warns that Amarillo may face a worsening housing shortage. It urges every citizen to help by remodeling existing structures, seeking FHA financial aid, and listing available bedrooms with the Home Registration Bureau via telephone 5238.
Austin city manager announced a consolidated Amarillo health unit would carry a 75000 dollar annual budget with 22400 from the state. Officials expect two doctors ten nurses sanitarians and other staff under a separate roof as the city county units merge following a conference in Austin. Also noted exchange talks between Britain and Japan on civilian exchanges.
A WPA priorities analyst will answer questions tomorrow in the chamber of commerce conference room at 31ly Polk Street. Rex Baxter, chamber manager, calls it a service for the Panhandle. The analyst travels from Dallas, district HQ for the War Production Board.
C W Purr, once seriously ill at Northwest Texas Hospital for weeks, has recovered enough to go home. He was discharged yesterday.
The county commissioners court will act as a tax equalization board on August 5, 6 and 7. The board began its work today and will hold public hearings or protests on those same dates.
Don’t be embarrassed by loose false teeth. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates for added comfort and security. It holds plates more firmly with no gummy taste and is alkaline. Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
Ama rillo collection on Polk Street near Sixth Avenue will auction two early phonograph records "Rocky Mountain Goat" and "Put Your Little Foot" to raise funds for new players and records for the armed forces. The American Legion sponsors the drive led by chairman A. K. Baracat with Mrs. George Ordway making the first contribution. A Boy Scouts door-to-door push is planned for next Sunday.
In San Antonio a backfiring car excites its three occupants who jump out, slam into a utility pole, burn mesquite brush for 300 feet and crash into a home. Driver Mary Shelton, 39, was overwhelmed by the noise and injuries. Meanwhile Boston reports the Office of Price Administration ready to mobilize housewives as shock troops against inflation with pledge cards.
Commandos mingle with patrons as General Alexander praises the event. Red Wine and His Band provide music with floor shows by the Certain-teed Trio Edyth Strickland Olivia Eastus and DeLaine Williams. Dixie Dice and Her Commandos cap off the program with lively dance numbers.
A local Amarillo event honors clerks for War Bonds sales with a dance and floor show led by Braniff Airways manager Barney Ogle as master of ceremonies. Notable figures include Mrs. Wetsel of White Kirk's and Edd Oberbeck of Maxor Drug Stores, each receiving a $100 War Bond for top sales during the ten day campaign donated by Southwest Public Service and Amarillo Gas Company.
A Texas Panhandle based plan to recruit a full company as fighting maintenance men for the ordnance department advances. A regional committee will screen applicants from Lubbock and other cities to support two officers and rapid commissioning. Applicants need mechanical and admin experience, two years of college, with age ceilings by rank.
The Texas Automobile Dealers Association and ordnance department plan to form a Panhandle outfit with qualified mechanics joining. Mr Irvin urged attendees at the Amarillo meeting to inform other mechanics of the details and help organize the group.
Mc Millan reported that prisoners continued to stream back through the front after Australian and South African infantrymen pushed into the sand dunes. The total surpassed 2,000 since Friday's British attack as armaments were piled along the front.
In a midnight communique the Red Army Command admits efforts to seize the junction of the Moscow Rostov and Stalinograd Rostov rail lines. Reports from Vichy claim German gains at Bielovodsk and two nearby towns, details not independently sourced.
The report says Russian forces pulled back about 50 miles from Kantemirovka to the Boguchar area to contest the advancing enemy. A similar defense in depth retreat occurred near Lishchansk as Russians shifted to new positions east of the town. Voronezh at the northern end of the 200 mile German offensive remains in Russian hands as German assaults continue to incur heavy losses.
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