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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1943
Page
2
Local notes describe light rain and mist with City Lake not rising. Talks of homes and family comfort, airfields around Amarillo, and airport limitations. Includes farm meat coupon rules, fishing reports at Buffalo Lake, and health news from St Anthony’s Hospital. Comments on a Swedish doctor’s Hitler anecdote close the piece.
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler surveys film scandal and star status with gossip about Miss Gloria Swanson A quick analysis of career comebacks and the perilous terrain for ex stars in 1942 43 era cinema. He notes the ache of aging performers and the fickle fate of projects with casual humor and sharp judgment.
A report notes one seat in U S motion picture theaters per 12 persons able to sit, excluding infants from the calculation. The statistic highlights seating inequities affecting families and cinema access nationwide.
Bristling with fighters bombers and anti-aircraft guns American built escort carriers guard the mid Atlantic blind spot beyond shore based aircraft. HMS Battler a new lend lease anti submarine weapon is disclosed as a welded 492 foot vessel designed to shepherd convoys through U boat lanes.
London and Stockholm reports say Lieut. Gen. Warlimondt deputy chief of the guidance staff of the German High Command has resigned. The broadcast named him as author of the Axis defense plan for Tunisia approved by Adolf Hitler.
Joseph E. Davies arrived in Moscow bearing a letter from President Roosevelt for Joseph Stalin. The former U S ambassador to the Soviet Union planned to present the letter soon and stay at the Soviet guest house after flying from Kuibyshev.
Advert claims one application stops itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples scabies and toe itch with repeat applications as needed. The ad promises natural healing and urges purchase now.
United Press reports swollen rivers flood Indiana Illinois Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri forcing thousands to flee homes. Losses run into millions with at least three dead and hundreds missing. Illinois alone has over 1.5 million acres of farmland underwater and Terre Haute's Wabash levee breach floods the city. Large wartime plants suspend operations as waters rise.
Pete Swanson argues against soldiers buying beer in camp claiming discipline would suffer. The speaker counters with a government study noting chaplains oversee morale and welfare, while policy details remain debated.
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