05 Oct 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1942
Page
1
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees four games to one at Yankee Stadium, 4 to 2, to clinch the World Series before almost 70,000 fans. Rookie George Kurowski hit a ninth inning homer with Walker Cooper aboard to seal the victory.
The forecast calls for cooler conditions tonight across West Texas and New Mexico with cooler temperatures this evening. Occasional rain is possible this afternoon in Big Bend and Del Rio Eagle Pass area with a few scattered showers along the western border. Temperatures will drop after today with frost likely tonight in parts of the mid Rio Grande Valley.
Soviet front reports describe heavy German assaults around Stalingrad with 12 attacks repelled and fierce Russian counterfire. In the Mozdok area German advances stall while Soviet forces pummel enemy tanks and guns, with Pravda urging firms resolve to defend the city.
The navy said the 1526 ton Grunion is overdue in the Pacific and must be presumed lost. Commander Mannert Abele of Quincy, Massachusetts, remains missing at sea. The Grunion, launched December 22, 1934, carried 65 crew and featured 10 torpedo tubes and a top speed of 21 knots.
Reports from Ankara say Romanian officials in Bucharest fear war with Hungary over Transylvania as Baron Manfred von Killinger offered German mediation last month. Romanian pessimism clouds any hoped settlement as tensions rise between Axis allies.
An Amarillo woman argues hub caps are ornamental and should join the scrap metal drive. A Globe staffer quickly weighs in on steel volumes noting four hub caps per car. The exchange highlights practical limits of bumper stripping ideas in Amarillo.
Denver dated report says a water hose prevented Mrs. Adelia Dixon from stopping a house fire. The 82 year old saw smoke, ran out and grabbed the rose but tripped and broke her arm as firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Mrs Pat Dicicco arrives in El Paso with connections to Gloria Vanderbilt. The Diciccos travel as an army family while Pvt has been reassigned from Fort Riley to Fort Bliss in El Paso.
Rocheport Missouri October 5 400 residents fled their homes fearing a blast from explosive laden cars of a derailed Missouri Kansas Texas freight train which remained burning hours after the wreck. One resident reported a blast and another car believed to hold dynamite lay in a ditch nearby.
Amarillo housing shortage prompts city hall release. Ten four room homes to cost about four thousand dollars each will be built on Fillmore Street blocks 2900 3000 and 3100 by Just-Rite Homes Inc. Additional permits issued include a three thousand dollar second floor addition at 819 North East Seventh Avenue and six hundred dollar lodge re conditioning for I O O F.
Dickie Dye of Dee Stationery Company wins the $5 first prize in the week's news tip contest for reporting a sterilizer explosion at the O M Franklin Serum Company. O E Boydston of Yellow Cab Company takes $3 for tipping a robbed cab driver incident. Third prize goes to Mrs O L Phillips for tipping a goat tied in Frank Pinkerton's yard.
Australian troops push north through the Owen Stanley range in New Guinea on a rugged jungle trail near Efogi while Allied air forces strike Japanese retreat positions and Buka airfield. Efogi, about seven miles from the Gap, captured. 6,000 foot altitude location noted.
The Navy announced a medium sized American merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America around mid September. Survivors have been landed at an East Coast United States port.
British and Allied submarines sank at least two Axis supply ships and probably a third in recent Mediterranean operations, the Admiralty said. A Greek submarine credited with one sinking, while a British submarine torpedoed a medium Axis vessel off the Libyan coast. a third vessel was hit twice and believed destroyed though not seen sink.
The article outlines Moscow likely strategy and key moves in a looming conflict. It references military leadership and potential frontline actions while noting uncertainty over timing and scope. Readers are directed to page three for full analysis and context.
British patrols operated in all sectors of the Alamein front today. Weather limited aerial activity over the battle area. Torpedo planes hit a medium sized merchantman in a supply convoy bound for Libya through the Tonian Sea. One fighter plane was lost in defense operations at Malta.
Amarillo business leaders voted to extend store hours to ease congestion and bus use. Officials say the shift may take effect Nov 1 with meetings set by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce to discuss transportation, gas, and wartime supply concerns.
Amarillo faces a growing scrap metal drive as the Texas Defense Guard led by Capt. A Petersen reports about three tons collected Sunday. Volunteers are urged for loading operations across South Tyler Street Harrison Street and nearby areas while KGNC airs updates and Capt Polk Ivy administers youth oaths for Junior Texas Rangers.
War Bond and Stamp sales in Potter County totaled 38525 over the weekend raising October receipts to 60937.50. The month’s quota remains 491100.
A wartime note says another run of war stamps was cashed Saturday at the post office, more stamps cashed than sold, many cashing via pay envelopes. The piece explains stamps are cashable on demand but redemption diverts funds from the war effort.
Berlin reports a Tokyo dispatch quoting Japanese naval spokesman Captain Hirai de claiming heavy action off the Solomon Islands where the United States allegedly lost several aircraft carriers more than 10 transports and over 10 other naval vessels in naval battles.
The bureau reports a cooldown with a high of 82 degrees yesterday and a low of 47 this morning. Ve. City and Southern States are mentioned alongside Handi Loans in the brief notes.
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