16 Jul 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
1
A long column of miscellaneous items from Amarillo includes weather remarks, social observations, jokes, readers’ notes, and brief news items. It mentions Jack Topping's Florida vacation, a proposed Victory Open golf event at the Country Club, and calls for donated folding cots for Children’s Home campers, plus reminiscences and local humor.
A 14 year old boy seeks work in a filling station or grocery store and asks for help locating employment. He asks readers to contact D. C. Dilley at Baker Hotel in Spearman Texas after 10 PM.
Berlin reports two wildfires in France disrupt transport and devastate woodlands. A blaze near Calissane cuts the Marseille Lyon railway line, while a second fire scorches about 25 000 acres of timberland in the northeastern Bouches du Rhone department.
The Senate approved a 1.857 billion dollar supplemental appropriation, routing it back to the House. It includes 125 million for the Office of Price Administration, with adjustments and a ban on subsidy payments. Vice President Wallace cast the deciding vote on a related civilian defense confirmation question.
Pat Rooney 62 plans to wed his ex daughter in law Janet Reade 32 next Tuesday. Reade a former Ziegfeld show headliner says she and Rooney II have loved each other for seven years and Rooney calls his bride a pal and buddy who will accompany him aging years.
In Buenos Aires on July 16 a rainy funeral for former president Roberto M. Ortiz became a fervent pro Democracy demonstration. The crowd cheered democracy and shouted We loved him and they killed him as the cortege moved through the streets. Ortiz died yesterday after resigning due to ill health, leaving office without accomplishing his goal of Argentina aligning with Democratic ideals.
Soviet bombers of the northern fleet attacked and sank two enemy transport ships totaling 13 000 tons and seriously damaged a patrol vessel in northern waters. They also pounded harbor installations at a northern port, likely in Finland or Norway.
Work to double the city jail's cell capacity started this morning with interior remodeling under city authorities.
Pierre Laval orders interned French warships not to follow a retreating British fleet from Alexandria. He warns that any British retaliation could have grave consequences for both sides.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt notes amateur shows staged by Washington groups shock some women reporters but not the soldiers they entertain. She jokes about barracks talk, stresses rehearsals for volunteer shows, and mentions plans for a small White House wedding on July 30 for Harry Hopkins aide and Mrs Louise Macy.
Dallas reports the Lone Star Steel Company has secured 1 million dollars in working capital through stock and debenture sales. John W. Carpenter and W. W. Lynch travel to Washington to seek immediate start of a 14.85 million dollar plant near Daingerfield to be leased to Lone Star with an option to buy at lease end.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr United States lend lease administrator arrived in Britain for weeks of discussions. Reports say talks cover reversing lend lease to speed Europe invasion with Britain supplying American troops while the United States sends Britain raw materials to offset losses.
Dispatches report Syrian tribes joined by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds in raids on British communications lines across the eastern Syrian desert toward Mosul on the upper Tigris. The attacks compelled Britain to bolster desert garrisons along the routes.
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