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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1942
Page
11
The American Legion urged a national Records for Our Fighting Men drive to collect old records. Proceeds fund camp and base entertainment for troops overseas, with a committee of famous musical names coordinating pickups and shipments to servicemen.
A Winthrop era style lesson recounts Clara Barton and Luther Burbank overcoming extreme shyness by serving others. The piece argues self forgetfulness through helping others fights timidity and boosts character. It cites Barton’s Red Cross work and Burbank’s shy hunger to avoid company as examples.
The page lists a long cryptic style crossword with numbered clues across and down including references to stage star Katherine, farm terms, measurements, elements, and abbreviations. It presents a dense set of wordplay prompts and varied definitions for solvers to fill in.
Henry McLemore criticizes the War Department booklet Things Not to Say and Things Not To Do issued to G I s in Britain. He mocks the guidance as an insult guide and urges discarding the manual and softening propaganda to bolster allied morale. He cites examples about not insulting the British, coffee, or the King and Queen, and imagines a barroom clash over who pays. He quotes Wendell Willkie and Robert Nathan on broader wartime attitudes.
Readers glimpse a flood of community life from Amarillo with births at St. Anthony's Hospital, weddings and engagements in progress, travels and hospital news, and social visits. The column highlights the Marsh family shoe shine boy, bridal plans for Jane Mobley, graduates and scholars, travel to Hereford and San Antonio, and various residents' health and visitors.
World War II aviation advances show glider use expanding from hobby craft to military assets. Crete invasion prompts 27 army training stations and new ratings, with Civil Aviation Administration and US Marines expanding glider programs nationwide.
A quotation from William Morris of the United Australia party urges daily hope for the people. An opposing remark from the Archbishop of Canterbury warns against using victory to impose domination, comparing it to the enemy.
A religious excerpt features a verse from Acts 2:41 about salvation and a personal plea for divine presence at life’s end, attributed to Wentwaorta Dillon.
Walter Lippmann argues that recognizing General de Gaulle as leader of the Fighting French shapes a western front against Hitler. He says mass French resistance will join Allied forces as a front inside occupied Europe, with strategy blending military and political action.
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