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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1942
Page
8
Dr A F Lumpkin, who performed the first surgical operation in West Texas, died at 68 after months of illness. He came to Amarillo in 1903, served a wide Panhandle area on horseback, and left a widow and several relatives. He was famed as a pioneer surgeon and a Panhandle pioneer physician.
New Delhi reports Allied powers including the United States Britain and China pooling men and resources to form a front against Japan. The plan aims to halt Japan in Burma and deter an attack on India before pressing into Japanese territory, with Australia also involved as a key theater.
President Roosevelt urged immediate action to enforce the National War Labor Board procedures to prevent strikes during the war. He spoke as the Toledo strike by locomotive workers entered its second week, with disputes over seniority and wage rises, while a federal contract award for a Texas manufacturing plane was announced.
Campaign urged citizens and merchants to buy bomber bonds totaling toward a goal of 230 and urged school groups to display patriotic pay fronts. Officials cited eligibility rules and promised wings as incentives while urging community participation across banks associations and brokerage firms.
Amarillo eyes a bond vote to fund large water line extensions and land purchases costing potentially over 1 million dollars. City officials met with financial leaders and bond brokers while seeking federal aid up to 100 percent, as plans include pipe for a new feeder line and extensive real estate acquisitions.
The Northwest Teens Hospital superintendent Harry Haten reports a power of suggestion influence during wartime. He notes 11 boys and only 2 girls in the Northwest Texas nursery after a month of counting. Four weeks show a male majority among newborns.
Secretary Sumner Welles criticised attacks linking his remarks to Hitler and Hiller. He argued that American values include freedom of worship, expression, and belief, and urged quoting the full text of his reply to the press conference to illustrate the defense.
A reader describes a circulating tale about Hitler's eyes told with variations across the United States. The report notes a German national woman in earlier accounts who allegedly wished to remove his eyes and later claimed to have seen them, with further fragments reaching family members in America.
Amarillo and West Texas: cooler today with fresh winds from the west. Tonight colder with stronger west winds. New Mexico mountains and central portions see snow this afternoon. Temperatures around 38 at noon with trace precipitation.
Reports say British warships and planes attacked Rhodes and other Axis targets near Crete and Candia. The raid highlighted German pressure to move on Russia and the possible use of Turkey as a southeastern invasion route, with Rhodes named as a potential forward base for a flank on Turkey.
Plan to act under fire details from Southport report of a large American tanker torpedoed in Western Atlantic waters last Thursday. Twenty six survivors reached safety. 11 sought near Southport, 18 to Charleston. Eleven rescued after hours on deck as flames engulfed vessel. Crew described orderly evacuation and maritime guard rescue at Charleston.
Reports from Sydney describe renewed Australian resistance against Japanese air raids on Darwin during World War II. British and American allies plan to defend northern Australia as Japanese forces push toward Timor and New Guinea, with Prime Minister Curtin coordinating defense and urging continued mobilization.
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