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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1942
Page
6
Fragmentary entry notes Edmund Fawcett founded a publication on February 2 and ties to the Amarillo post office under an 1878 act. Published evenings except weekends in connection with The Amarillo Daily News. Globe News Publishing Co is listed with GENE HOWE as president.
Myra Mack plans a Montreal weekend at Ferdy Lorton's Laurentian retreat with her sister Peggy and a mysterious Fay Ransom. The group, including Lieutenant Nigel Monkhouse, faces a web of attraction, matchmaking and potential complications as Ferdy and his aunt anticipate diverse visitors and shenanigans.
Gallup Institute surveys place General Douglas MacArthur and Donald M. Nelson among the top five presidential timber for 1944. Willkie, Dewey, Wallace, and Nelson rank highly as public favor shifts with wartime conditions. Availability at conventions will shape actual nominations despite current popularity.
Today’s profile highlights George Howard Earle III, former Pennsylvania governor and U.S. minister to Austria and Bulgaria. A staunch anti Nazi, he fought Nazi officers in Sofia and on Bulgarian streets. Navy veteran with a cross medal returns to service, enjoys polo, hunting, fishing and flying. He is Benjamin Franklin’s great great nephew, married with four sons.
Hoffman Birney portrays Francisco Hernando Juan and Gonzalo Pizarro as ruthless conquerors of the Incas whose rapid wealth and violent adminstration led to fortune loss and deaths. The book covers the era between 1492 and early English colonization, examining motives, church and state corruption, and newly reevaluated history.
Office of Price Administration official Helen Gregory states that women who buy scarce goods in a black market share culpability with those who sell them at illegal prices. She emphasizes equal moral and legal responsibility in shortages.
A feature on working watch dogs trained under Army supervision, urged for industrial plants to deter espionage, sabotage, and fires. Emphasizes dogs as preventive guardians, care in handling, and the value of consistent, discreet night patrols. Includes historical anecdotes and tips on training and care.
Clarence Addington De Camp an 83 year old single share owner led the United States Steel Corp stockholders at the forty first annual meeting in Hoboken New Jersey. He asked if lunch was ready after motions were cleared and served the sandwich meal. He describes himself as a fourth generation ironmaster with roots in New Jersey mines that fed Washington era arms. He lives in Boonton and commutes to New York on the Lackawanna and collects forge relics while running a farm near his hometown.
This item presents a wartime quiz with three questions. It asks the significance of a flag shield symbol in the army, principal Japanese reasons for invading Burma, and the meaning of the phrase fresh out pocket lettuce used by an American soldier.
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