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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
2
Washington columns praise Texas patriotism and the frontier spirit as Texans rush to navy enlistment and war bonds. The piece criticizes allied critics, calls Roosevelt a strong war leader, and argues for a Jewish Army idea while urging American leadership for global victory.
Mrs. J. Ernest Mercer offers a liberal reward for the return of her black and tan dog named Figaro who wears a collar with a missing tag. The note gives her address at 211-B East Fourteenth and asks for help in recovering the pet.
House set to consider a Mansfield bill authorizing 144 million dollars for a Gulf to Atlantic coastal pipeline from Port St. Joe to Jacksonville and a parallel barge canal. The project would move 40 000 to 50 000 barrels daily and extend inland waterways from Corpus Christi to near the Mexican border. Mansfield reports no opposition to the bill.
Rochester doctors lawyers merchants and ministers join 300 business and professional men in midnight shifts at a shell plant. Lt. Gen. Knudsen calls the effort without parallel as workers fuse extra hours with strenuous production to aid the war.
Thousands of tons of war precious metal are expected from a statewide drive to collect scrap metals and rubber from farms as part of the War Production Board campaign. E. A. Baugh, state WPA operations director, said trucks and workers are organized to collect the materials. WPA district managers have mailed farmers to report quantities and types for donation or sale to WPA collectors.
SAN FRANCISCO June 1 Harry Bridges longshore leader and California CIO director surrendered to U S immigration authorities on a deportation warrant issued last Thursday by Attorney General Francis Biddle.
The Supreme Court ruled Oklahoma’s habitual criminal sterilization act unconstitutional. The law allowed sterilization of anyone convicted in Oklahoma for the third time of a crime involving moral turpitude.
London June 1 U P report says American forces in the Middle East are preparing groundwork for an obviously vast effort, stated by S F Waterson the high commissioner for South Africa after his Cairo trip.
British communique reports Axis anti tank and artillery guns near mine field gaps as Rommel withdraws due to supply failures. On day six, Rommel’s southeast thrusts seem stalled by scarce reinforcements while Tobruk stays in British hands and Lieut. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie shifts toward the offensive.
The University of Texas plans to award diplomas to its youngest graduate, 14 year old Martin Grossman Ettlinger of Austin, and its youngest girl graduate, 17 year old Sue Allyn Strickland of Noona. Juan Pedretti of Ascension, Paraguayan consul in Austin, will receive a civil engineering degree. The 1,400 graduates heard a sermon urging optimism and a commencement address by President Homer Rainey.
Report notes fear of invasion leading to widespread dispersal of about one and a half million people. Authorities describe mass movement and readiness measures amid rising tensions and front-line instability.
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An observer notes mounting Italian setbacks in Greece and Africa with as many as 500 000 losses since June 10 1940. Armaments decline and ammunition shortages force use of World War I guns while morale plummets and men report only a wish for the war to end soon as German troops appear in Rome.
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