10 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1942
Page
1
Colonel Simpson leads support for a city housing drive in Amarillo with Mayor Jenkins and councilmen backing the Chamber of Commerce. The piece also surveys war news practices, technocracy claims, and a parade of quirky beliefs and trivia from readers and public figures.
Unite Press notes a Shanghai controlled radio broadcast claiming typhus is prevalent. It warns there is no inoculation for typhus and advises camphor skin treatment and camphor lockets worn on the body for protection.
Lynn Miller of Pampa launched his campaign for Congress in a KGNC radio talk this morning. He announced an intensive campaign across the 18th Congressional District and discussed his bid with listeners.
Mrs. Fred E. Battin of Perryton Texas seeks a competent blacksmith to handle growing work. Applicant must be steady and abstain from alcohol. Wages paid according to local customary rates.
Lt Col F H Underhill announced several new posts at the Glider School. Robert T Crowder was named assistant director of training and operations officer. Lewis D Rice named assistant post operations officer after transfers from Goodfellow Field and Randolph Field. Three officers named as paint officers for the finance at Lubbock Air Base with Major M White, Capt John D McDaniels, and Capt Charles H Huffman. Edward H Gravnhurst named post signal officer in addition to prior duties. He moves from Randolph Field to the Glider School.
Former governor James V. Allred will headline a 30 minute Dixie Dice show in the Municipal Auditorium Friday at 7 30 pm to support his U S Senate bid. He will also speak on KGNC earlier, with local supporters meeting him en route from Lubbock and Panhandle towns.
London reports Air Chief Marshal Harris forecasts a future alliance air bombardment exceeding Cologne scale. He says 10,000 bombers a night may come and mass raids could win the war, with Japan used for confirmation. Army staff courses expand to air power and armored force at the staff college.
Damon Beard a 25 year old UC Berkeley astronomy instructor testified in his divorce case that he could not keep track of his wife's boyfriends and called witnesses to recount alleged affairs. He said reconciliation is unlikely and described the dispute as an active campaign against vice.
Brooklyn family reunites after four years as George Espling meets sons Bengt and Holger who return from Stockholms with only Swedish. The father, who forgot the language, struggles to communicate as the Grips Holm docks in New York from Sweden.
Adolf Hitler autograph gimmick unfolds as war bond buyers at an Army War Show in Baltimore will sign a bomb to be delivered to Berlin with a note from a defense stamp. A separate China Japan stamp program sets July 7 Denver launch, per Postmaster General Walker.
John Nathanial Brewer of Ster ley, formerly of Amarillo, died at 11:50 p m Monday in a local hospital. A retired conductor, Brewer was known for his decades of service on the railroad.
A 37 year veteran of the Burlington Railway Company and member of the Methodist Church and the Order of Railway Conductors is survived by his wife and several children including Harold L. in the U S Air Force and Howard M. of Amarillo. The body lies in state at Boxwill Brothers Chapel with funeral plans undetermined. In Mexico a sunken gunboat Vera Cruz of 1914 will be raised and scrapped to aid metal shortages.
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