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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1941
Page
5
A Globe News editorial from Amarillo argues for postwar labor protections, urging Congress and the administration to pledge to restore gains and normalcy after the national emergency. It compares U S and British labor policies, noting Britain avoids major strikes and guarantees workers restoration of gains when peace returns.
Congress member Martin J. Kennedy of New York faces sharp opposition as he introduces a bill to pay lawmakers $25 per day in session instead of the annual salary of around 10,000. His idea aims to curb wasteful spending and set a public example, but colleagues are unlikely to embrace the plan.
Lord Halifax joins as charter member with Wendell Willkie founders of a group. Both men faced egg attack amid political controversy and public rowdyism, condemned as un American and uncivilized by the writer. The incident highlights rising cowardly actions in politics.
Doctors testing Joe Louis for the Selective Service measured height and weight and examined his teeth and eyes. They timed his heart and listened to his chest to assess lungs. They concluded his condition was fit for service, though the measure was seen as unnecessary given the era’s heavy pool of potential opponents.
William L. Shirer reports from Berlin on June to July 1940 observations about the French retreat, German morale, and Allied command. He contrasts German youthful, aggressive leadership with French old guard command, notes treachery claims, and describes border raids, morale, and a looming Britain attack.
In Paradise Lake Maudie O Connor and her daughter Mary find Herbert Cord dead. Ted Palmer defends Jennie Morris while the inquest hints at Cord in the numbers racket. Dennis Flynn and Tod Palmer chase the case as Stash Veretti nears capture and gun evidence looms.
By Marguerite Gahagan alone, with its gingerbread trim, the house was a pathetic reminder of better days when the Morris family had had enough money to be a power in the summer community.
Amarillo readers propose paving a 240 foot by 34 foot strip in front of the post office to prevent mud and icy hazards. J E Spann cites city ordinance 1463 on fire safety and trash containment while other letters discuss school superintendent housing and a dramatic lake scene.
Zurich dispatch reports worsening food shortages in unoccupied France under German control. Scarcity of meat butter and coffee, requisition of potatoes, fuel limits fishing, and rationing drive people to redress through black blue markets and underground sales. Dogs suffer hunger as rationing tightens.
Captain Frank Cable, chief consulting engineer at Electric Boat in Groton, recalls his role in the submarine era begun around 1900. He helped redesign hulls and diving planes, pushed for mass production and safer features like lifting pads and automatic blow-out valves, and urged more subs for coast defense.
An early look at American tank destroyer units built on 75 mm guns mounted on fast half track carriers. The article credits novel mobility and firepower as a new, decisive approach to anti-tank warfare, with plans for mass production and rapid deployment. It contrasts these units with traditional defense and stresses preemptive strike doctrine.
Readers are invited to answer questions about metric equivalents. Is a centimeter larger than an inch and how many millimeters in a centimeter. Is a liter like a quart or cubic inch. What is a dekaliter and how many in a kiloliter. How many meters in a chain.
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