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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1942
Page
8
City auditor estimates Amarillo will settle its first parking meter debt early next year despite gasoline rationing. Revenue from 735 meters rose during rationing, with $30,482.58 paid in ten months, about 75 percent of expected receipts after installation costs. A second consignment of 300 meters, cost $19,685, has seen only $2,268.44 applied to debt so far.
From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli the revised hymn adds a line for air combat. Lt Gen Thomas Holcomb ordered the change to honor Marines who fight in the air as well as on land and sea.
The article praises the Type K-2 Biscuit as a compact nutritious field ration for the U S Army and Marine Corps in active duty converting from outdated corn and hard tack. It notes seven years of experimentation and compares modernization to tanks and planes.
Amarillo naval recruiting station moves from Dallas to Oklahoma City District effective Monday November 30. From 26 Texas Panhandle counties recruits will travel to Oklahoma City for final enrollment, as the change aims to save about 900 dollars monthly in travel costs and boost area recruiting.
Admiral William H. Standley, ambassador to the U S S R, states the new Russian offensive is a direct result of African advances by American and British troops. He spoke to reporters on arrival at La Mesa before returning to Washington December 10. Iodine is mainly sourced from Chile salt deposits.
Mrs Annie Beatrice Toni Jo Henry awaits execution by portable electric chair in Lake Charles after confessing to killing Joseph Calloway in a February 1940 rice-field slaying. Finnan Burks also faces death. Gov. Jones will not intervene. Henry, called the Tigress, is a veteran prisoner with three murder trials.
Fort Riley Kans November 27. The War Department decreed that the warrant officer the highest non commissioned man in the army is in the same class with commissioned officers and will receive the salute accordingly. The change increases recognition of warrant officers in the field.
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