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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1942
Page
5
In a wartime interview aboard a carrier, a torpedo squadron commander recalls May 7 in the Coral Sea battle. He details the attack on enemy carriers, anti aircraft fire, aerial combat with 97 fighters, torpedoes hitting the target, and the relief of returning safely with planes operational for a second strike.
Deeds recorded on 6-8-42 to 6-10-42 show transfers for Covington McLemore Harden Seale Crouch Morman Caulfield Gooch Johnson Meyers Jacobs and others with prices ranging from 10 to 2750. Marriage licenses issued for Sloan Cushman Wilson Davis Good Reynolds Pearce Matthews Boweland Sweatt.
Helena Valley rancher Charles Olsen received a $30 repayment from a woman who thanked him for helping during a hay and calf shortage. Olsen has a long memory for debts and acts of kindness.
Chicago reports the Public Buildings Administration plans to build 550 000 American Cottage homes for war workers this year. Exhibition model costs 3750 dollars. rent would be 37.50 monthly. Occupied homes show workers earning 40 97 weekly paying 30 monthly. Homes feature living room two bedrooms kitchen dining nook and modern forced air heat. Unfurnished rental planned with possible use of existing furniture.
Kansas City reports that Earle K. Radford Jr. has been promoted from second to first lieutenant while stationed on a South Pacific island. He still lacks silver shoulder bars and cannot get a new cot tage as the home building program’s fate remains unsettled though housing experts estimate many units could ease postwar housing needs.
A New York report notes Manhattan's next year assessed value at 7.664 trillion dollars, comparing it to the historic 24 dollars paid to Native Americans and recalling the U S Marine Corps founding on November 10, 1775.
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