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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1942
Page
4
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie reports on troop morality in England with Lt. Gen. Eisenhower and Chaplain in Chief Colonel L Blakeney. He notes high overall standards, a small one percent of backsliders, and that good behavior stems from environment rather than uniforms.
Courthouse records show numerous warranty deeds transferring lots in Bik. 5 Bivins and other subdivisions, with prices from 10 to 10,000 dollars. Divorce filings include Hattie Lee Nivens v Nivens and Naomi Shrum Cook v Jack W Cook, among several couples. Local marriage licenses issued include Don R. Booker with Mary Eula Honea and others.
Texas efforts to scrap the Axis include a locomotive, a shoe repair machine, and a new tricycle donated amid a drive led by school children and adults. Highlights: a locomotive dynamited into pieces at Mineral Wells, 1350 pounds donated in Beaumont, a child’s sacrifice at Perrin Field, and long weeks of collection across cities.
Dalhart resident Joe Lee Williams was awarded the Eagle Scout rank at a Dalhart court of honor. Second Class ranks went to George Ward Gerald Hale McKay Moreman and Billy K Payne. Billy Knowles earned First Class. merit badges went to L. E. Thomas Edward Miles and L. D. Porter. Porter Brooks received the Gold Quill for journalism.
Fifty gallons of gasoline vanished from an army command power plant in San Diego. An additional seventy five gallons were brought in and the tank gauge showed no change. The pipe was found to lead into a sewer causing a puzzling loss.
SAN FRANCISCO October 7 Municipal Judge George B Harris offered to waive fines for traffic violators if they turn in their automobile bumpers to the scrap metal drive.
Curtis Hall reported to the water department that he is moving from 1825 Hall to 1819 Hall to open the Hall Hotel in a building owned by Dr. D. G. Hall. The report was received with a light remark.
British planes launched their fourth major raid in six days on Osnabruck, a key Ruhr railroad center in northwestern Germany, causing six planes to be lost. The mission followed attacks on Flensburg, Krefeld, the Rhineland, Essen, and western Germany as US bombers stood by to back up potential day and night operations on occupied France targets. Osnabruck has suffered 42 bombings, with the last on August 17.
When eyes feel tired inflamed burning or sticky bathe with Lavoptik a boric acid mixture plus other ingredients. Soothes granulated eyelids. Money back if not helped. 25 years of success thousands praise it. Available at all drug stores today.
Claude Williams of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission urged public support in Congress for freezing federal old age assistance and survivors taxes at 1 percent for next year. He said automatic 2 percent increases would raise enough revenue, and criticized Morgenthau’s plan to double taxes to finance the war effort.
The text notes Oliver Cromwell as the only commoner head to appear on British coins, a distinction during the Commonwealth period from 1649 to 1660, aside from the sovereign.
Constipation relief pitched as easy on the stomach with Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna blended with Syrup Pepsin. Claims to wake lazy intestines, ease chesty symptoms after meals, and suit children, urging use as directed or by a doctor.
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