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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1942
Page
5
The text names Gene Howe as President and Publisher and John McCarty as Associate Publisher alongside department phone lines for News, Business, and Circulation, indicating leadership and contact structure.
Stephanie Merrill confronts a saboteur threat to the Titan plant as gunfire follows a blackout and a mysterious follower. Family arrivals, wartime losses, and a tense reunion at 673 Sonoma heighten suspense amid the looming danger.
In a May 6 report, Leon Henderson predicts U S per capita output will fall to 1935 levels by 1943 while Germans and Britons face long queues and strict rationing. German cards began 1935 clothing limits and 1939 food rations, Britain extended rationing to clothing in 1941 with strict controls.
Roy F. Hendrickson, 38, head of the Agricultural Marketing Administration, directs all U S food purchases for civilian and military allies. His unit processed about 6.12 billion pounds of food valued at nearly 100 million dollars in the past year, with tight Teletype tracking and strategic warehousing. Hendrickson also oversees the food stamp plan school lunch penny milk programs and 21 acts of Congress governing the farmers market. He hails from Mitchell County Iowa, studied at St Olaf College, and lives in Maryland with his wife and five children. he gardens on an acre and a half.
The piece ponders wartime questions about a navy man’s doodle awaiting a call, the Great Barrier Reef’s role along Australia’s coast, and the religious beliefs of Afghans, with references to Japanese agents and political figures like Harold Ickes.
The article critiques Roosevelt’s insistence on stabilizing remuneration and prices, arguing the War Labor Board faces unclear directives. It highlights wage increases granted in 43 of 45 labor cases, pending decisions for Little Steel, GM, Aluminum, and Bethlehem Shipbuilding, and questions the president’s approach to price stabilization and farm policy.
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