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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1942
Page
8
Secretary Hull urged all peoples who seek freedom to join the fight against the Axis, framing the conflict as a worldwide struggle for liberty. He urged nations and individuals to resist neutrality and to support those fighting to preserve or regain freedom, with postwar aid planned for war-torn regions.
In Amarillo a string of visits and job moves fills the week. Waggoner and Mrs Richard Worth stop by with family for a visit, while Miss Evelyn Cope visits from Childress. New arrivals include Melissa Ann Gray, daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Gray, born last week. Mrs Gray recovering and soon moving home. Railway staff changes include switch engine assignments, through freight moves to Wichita Falls, and Portland for Leon Edward Garrison’s training. Oth ers toured Cheyenne Creek line changes with officials.
On the Railroads continued from page 14 notes visits by Childress and Lubbock residents in Amarillo. Frank Austin and his Wichita Valley Railway bridge crew are repairing freight station docks. C H Romine and family returned from Texline. Dallas travelers T V Murray and Lee Groseclose of Burlington Lines are in town visiting friends.
The British agricultural department says Britain will harvest a record crop this year aiding shipping by at least five million tons. Acreage is up six million acres, up to 50 percent higher than 1939 wartime levels. Labor includes veterans, women, students, volunteers, holidaymakers, and POWs. Grain two thirds, potatoes one third, vegetables over half of prewar levels. German harvests will lag 15 to 20 percent due to manpower shortages and poor farming conditions.
Brig. Gen. Francisco J. Aguilar, Mexico’s minister to the Vichy government, quotes Pierre Laval saying he hopes for victory for Germany and Japan and that he remains pro German even if Germany loses. Laval adds war does not pay and calls Spanish refugees Reds.
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