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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1942
Page
1
Washington reports rising optimism on war end, while Britains air campaigns threaten German cities. Articles note oil tanker crews as wartime heroes, President Roosevelt's sons' rapid promotions, women entering many wartime roles, censorship concerns, and shifting social trends from weddings to fashion amid the war.
Joseph George Jicha an Amarillo upholsterer for nine years died early today at age 61. He lived at 806 A Jackson and worked at 115 West Eighth. Survivors include widow Elmo W. Jicha of Amarillo and five daughters including Mrs. London of Los Angeles and Miss Ruth Jicha of Kansas City. Baptist Church member. Services set for 10 a m Thursday at Boxwell Chapel.
In Johannesburg a former policeman testified in a high treason trial that the Nazified fourth battalion secret army to overthrow the government was composed entirely of police officers.
The appropriations committee sent a $1 134 269 660 bill to the House, trimming peacetime allocations including Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration. Defense and mandatory grants rise, CCC camps cut to 350, NYA projects limited to wartime training, and NYA local shops slated for abandonment.
North Amarillo Kiwanis Club cancels Friday night show Three Dots With a Dash to fund the Day Nursery Building Fund. Sam Morris says ticket buyers may seek refunds at Star Theater box office. unrefunded money to be donated to the nursery.
Teddy the three year old bear in Denver’s City Park Zoo attacked keeper Brice Ammons when he forgot to bring the bear’s food. Ammons was bitten on the left hand and a trouser leg ripped during the incident.
James Strong Smock 80 a Santa Fe Railroad conductor died this morning in Amarillo. He lived at 1110 West Twentieth Avenue and had 36 years with Santa Fe. He came from Clovis New Mexico 12 years ago and was a member of Masonic Order Khiva Temple Shrine Presbyterian Church Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors. Survivors include his mother Mrs. W. B. Smock Roswell New Mexico two stepdaughters Mrs. Frances Hardwick Clovis and Emily Rebecca Saunders Amarillo a brother William Guy Smock Washington DC and a sister Mrs. Ruth R. Tobin Vinton Town. Funeral tomorrow at 3 from Flackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. RE Fincher officiating burial Llano Cemetery.
Russian high command reports over 2000 German dead and many tanks destroyed across six points on the 1800 mile front. In the Kalinin sector at least 650 Germans killed or captured with booty taken, while the southern front saw heavy artillery duels and the destruction of enemy batteries. Guerrilla actions in Ukraine mined rail lines and ambushed Romanian forces, killing over 300. Air actions damaged or destroyed tanks trucks and guns, and infantry losses were tallied.
Moses L. Annenberg, Philadelphia newspaper publisher, is being released immediately from Lewisburg penitentiary where he was serving a three-year sentence for income tax evasion, instead of the scheduled June 11 release.
The bureau predicts showers and warm periods with wind as the windmill forecast persists. Scattered showers may affect the Water department service area while heat continues in the region.
Sub Teases American Survivors report from PORT ARTHUR June 3. John G. Traubal of Gibbsboro New Jersey and Rolf Helland of Philadelphia were two of the three survivors now recovering in a hospital after seven days on a life raft. Traubal described a submarine flashing lights to lure survivors before pulling away at dawn. Second Engineer Joseph Shackelford of Severen Virginia was landed at a Mexican port. The crew suffered sunburn blisters and other exposure injuries from the ordeal.
The 14th Annual Vacation Church School of Central Presbyterian Church starts Monday at 9 a.m. and runs Monday to Friday until July 3. E. Paul Hovey directs religious education with Oma Link Rowley, George Morgan Jr, and Nelleen Zischang directing departments. A $1 registration fee applies. Call 2-3419 for details.
New Delhi June 3 British bombers attacked Oyster Island off the Japanese held Akyab Harbor on the Burma coast yesterday. The RAF communique says the raid hit a jetty and a lighthouse alongside it.
James V. Allred launched his bid for the U S Senate in Wichita Falls accusing W Lee O Daniel of isolationism and pledging to expose the record in a campaign that will include stops in Amarillo and Panhandle events. Allred cited his own Texas offices and World War II service while promising wartime unity and new disclosures from the “book of O Daniel.”
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