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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1943
Page
5
Boston reports 42 sailors died when a Dutch merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the North Atlantic. Forty-two perished, 38 survived after five days adrift. lifeboat crews were rescued by British and Canadian ships. Captain presumed drowned.
Sojourners To Convene Colonel Goodnight chapter of the Sojourners Club in Amarillo with Capt. E. C. Curtiss as governor of the board. A Thursday 8 o'clock meeting at Khiva Temple 312 East Fifth Avenue will include refreshments and a joint rehearsal by Khiva Temple's Divan for the May 31 ceremony.
Rev. Powell Smith, former pastor of West Amarillo Christian Church, and his family from Mountain Grove Missouri are visiting. He was welcomed with a dinner at the church, gave the benediction at Northwest Texas Hospital Nurses graduation, and traveled via Enid Oklahoma and Pampa to see relatives.
Former Kansas governor and 1936 presidential candidate Gerald Landon denounces the postwar food drive as a hidden move against Americans. He cites secretive government actions and questions whether calls for an international food conference serve wider, unseen aims beyond food.
A lengthy note discusses the OPA sample form for War Ration Book No 3 showing John Doe as John L Doe and family members with middle initials. It questions what the L stands for, mentions Mary K Doe and children James D Doe and Louise N Doe, and notes birth years from 1904 to 1937 while criticizing government use of typical dummy names. The piece argues the form reveals little about the real family and laments lack of middle name clarity.
One of the largest nursing classes in years graduated last night at North West Texas Hospital training school. Dr B M Puckett awarded diplomas to 18 nurses, most of whom plan to enter the armed forces. Dr Jason Robberson gave the commencement address at West Amarillo Christian Church.
Wheat and corn price quotes open and close with mixed moves across futures. Kansas City and Chicago markets show hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep with varied scalps and steady to strong tendencies amid weekly activity.
Moscow dispatch quotes a German girl writing to her soldier sweetheart that Essen lies in ruins after bombing. She says she and others sit in cellars waiting for death and that the city is a pile of ruins, contradicting telegrams that it is not so bad.
Emperor Hirohito wired congratulations to President Ramon Castillo on Argentina Independence Day, as Argentina remains the only Western Hemisphere country with formal relations to Japan, Germany and Italy.
Mrs. Joe Jenkins wife of Amarillo's mayor left Northwest Texas Hospital for home after recovering from a major operation.
Staff Sergeant Grady Gaston of Frisco City Alabama survived 141 days stranded in northern Australia after a Liberator crash. He and five others endured starvation and wild animal threats, eating snakes and crocodiles raw, until rescue and hospital treatment.
An Amarillo motorist elected to serve a five day jail term rather than pay a $15 traffic fine after being charged with speeding reckless driving and operating without a license. Judge J. A. Kirkman noted it was the first jail sentence under his tenure in corporation court.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce aviation committee led by attorney Robert A. Stone will hold its first meeting at 8 o clock tomorrow to organize the group and outline the year’s work. Other members include R. H. Epperson Henry Thomson B S Whittenberg Tom Wingate Jack King and several more as the city eyes a future role as a national air center.
An old medical ointment touts over a hundred years of use and recent improvements. It emphasizes antiseptic action and finer ingredients for skin issues such as itching boils rashes tetter sunburn and minor external soreness. It also mentions use for cats bruises and related conditions.
The Amarillo city commission will open bids tonight for surface paving of 2.84 miles of streets and alleys including 32600 gallons of first grade asphalt and 13000 gallons of cut back asphalt. Federal Works Agency approval allowed use after a long freeze since West Sixth Avenue work finished.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce homes registration bureau urges owners to advertise rental properties. With expected immediate military personnel increases at Amarillo Army Air Field, housing demand is forecast to rise rapidly. Owners should list properties with newspapers real estate dealers and the homes registration bureau.
A blaze at 106 North Hughes Street early last night consumed several cabins and their contents. Firefighters arrived after 5 18 and could not determine the fire’s origin.
In the Mediterranean fronts Allied air forces pounding Sardiia the Axis base. Flying Fortresses Marauders Mitchells Lightnings and Warhawks dropped bombs and fired cannons. German troops reportedly landed near Sardiia. A supply ship exploded four small ships sunk seven damaged and air fields cluttered with Axis aircraft. Three U S planes were lost. Italian HQ said raids hit both sides of the Messina Straits and targets on the Italian mainland and in Sicily.
The Paucist command reported that after a long hard fight Italian raiders reached and bombed military targets in Sudan and former Italian East Africa. The message offered no explanation of the theater’s strategic purpose.
Moscow reports from Russian guerrilla raids into German Crimea indicate the invading Nazis cultivated only about 10 percent of the general area over the past year.
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