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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1942
Page
8
OPA experts will explain price ceilings to wholesalers and retailers in the Amarillo area at a Thursday night clinic hosted by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce at the Herring Hotel Crystal ballroom. Discussed topics include current selective price controls, upcoming controls starting May 18, item classifications, price basis, and required records.
Tokyo reports the government will convene a two day extraordinary session of the Imperial Diet on May 25 to approve a government shipbuilding program. The move follows signs of a shipping shortage linked to Japan's losses in the Southwest Pacific campaigns.
The Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra and the A Cappella Choir of the High School announce a pop concert tomorrow night at 8 15 at the Municipal Auditorium. Julia Dean directs the piano with Conductor Robert Louis Barron leading. Program includes Suppe Poet and Peasant Gounod Faust ballet music Brahms Hungarian Dances Saint Saens Le Deluge Friml High Jinks Le cuona Malaguena and Tschaikowsky concerto in B flat minor. The finale features Elgars Pomp and Circumstance and Land of Hope and Glory. Admission by season card or 25 cents.
The Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad pressed two old locomotives into service during a war emergency. A teapot stack model and another vintage engine hauled a 14 car special train from Wichita Falls to Denison to cover locomotive shortages caused by wartime needs.
The condition of Mrs B M Puckett, who has been seriously ill, is fairly good today at Northwest Texas Hospital, according to attendants.
Members of the Panhandle Artist Group will hold their annual Spring Exhibit May 15 29 at the Craft Room in the Municipal Auditorium Building announced by Henry Rogatz the corresponding secretary. Only members may show original work and no copies. the exhibit will be directed by Mrs C D Hoover and John Ward.
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers warning against using war urgency to lower child labor standards. President Mrs. William Kletzer urged caution as permits for minors rise sharply, with pressures from industry and agriculture. She urged keeping youth in wholesome work while not delaying education. Delegates set wartime goals and elected officers as meetings began at the Alamo.
German high command reports a fierce running naval battle above the Arctic waters with Nazi forces credited for sinking a 10,000-ton British cruiser and six convoyed ships totaling 37,500 tons. Destroyers and supply ships were damaged. one Nazi destroyer and five plants were reported lost. The action involved multiple Allied convoys bound for Murmansk or Archangel. Meanwhile at Kearny New Jersey a quartet of destroyers launched from the Hackensack River in 50 minutes, a world record in speed, hailed by Governor Edison as a naval victory symbol.
A sugar ration is set to cause a big stir as wartime limits take hold from refiner to consumer. The piece explains ration details, sources of sugar, and how households can use substitutes like honey and molasses, including a molasses cookie recipe. It notes New Zealand rationing eggs as a contrast.
Washington May 4 heavy pressure from the war department confronted a House amendment by Rep Faddis to stop issuing quickie commissions to civilians as the army expands. The Senate approved pay bill for privates would be offset, with increases to ranks up to second lieutenants. War department feared civilian officers would hinder rapid expansion by filling admin posts. Faddis charged favoritism in some promotions, while a senator said such cases were rare. The Army also faces debates on women’s branches and family allowances for drafted soldiers. The family pay proposal would deduct 20 dollars from soldier pay and add that amount as a federal allowance for a wife plus 10 dollars per child. Senate debates also touched TVA funding and Admiral Leahy’s Madrid dispatch.
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