16 Oct 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1942
Page
1
A breezy round up notes jokes, film plans, and radio bits from world show business. It mentions Anita Colby, Marie Greene, Jack Benny, the Ink Spots, Goebbels papers, and Lew Ayres amid chatter on cinema, music, and wartime society with light quips and street corner anecdotes.
Amarillo has gathered over 800 tons of iron and steel from schools and farms for defense production. Volunteers, Texas Defense Guard, and Army drivers will move stock piles early next week, with scouts from oil companies aiding. Antiquities donated by Mrs. T. B. Sullenberger were turned to scrap for bullets.
Community members seek return of a lost five-collar billfold at Star Theater with papers, a gold Lady Elgin wrist watch from Paramount Theater, and a reward offer for its return. A young married woman seeks any honest work and provides references. A reader asks about obtaining a young mocking bird. A found truck tire and wheel are awaiting owner identification.
About 100 volunteers met at the Amarillo Hotel and reported 25000 dollars in pledges to the Community and War Chest. Campaign chair J A Hazlewood noted pledges averaged 174 percent of last year. weather hindered progress while John Guide cited delays in classified accounts. Next report is set for noon Tuesday in the Blue Room. Lions Club members attending receive attendance credit.
Wanted is a dependable porter for night work. Call 24561 or visit 304 South Lincoln Street Victory Hotel. Scrap lumber available for removal by helper.
The Red Cross announces two new home nursing classes with Mrs. Joe A. Jenkins as chair. The morning class runs 9 to 11 with Miss Virginia McIntosh as instructor, while the evening class runs 7 to 9 with an alternate schedule.
The Newcomers Club hosts 30 soldiers at a chicken dinner in the Federation Club Rooms, kicking off a busy week of events for service members. A full social calendar lists dances, open houses, church fellowship and skating nights across venues including the U S O, Amarillo Hotel Club Room, and city Armory.
Plans for the annual observance of American Education Week will be drafted at a 9 o'clock meeting in Room 206 Amarillo High School. Representatives from civic and women’s clubs, school principals, and media outlets will discuss the theme Education during national emergency. The one hour session urges local organizations to attend. The article also notes the origin of Uncle Sam’s name is unclear, cited near the War of 1812 era.
Two dances are scheduled for next Thursday night. The Service Men's Civic Center will sponsor a dance at the Amarillo Hotel Club Room while the U S O will sponsor another in the Municipal Auditorium. Victory Command members will serve as hostesses at both events.
Pacific operations reported heavy air strikes in the Solomons as Allied bombers damaged a Japanese light cruiser off Bougainville while U S Marines and regular troops pressed on Guadalcanal. British Gen Wavell returned to India amid signals of possible Burma drive. Air sorties targeted Akyab Lashio and other Burma targets as Stilwell’s forces continued strikes.
Madagascar units and British forces say they have captured Ambositra 142 miles south of Tananarive after stiff Vichy French resistance. In New Guinea Australian troops push toward Kokoda as Allied air and ground units pound Japanese columns while Owen Stanley Mountain fights slow enemy advance after ten days of retreat.
Reuters reports large scale fires disrupt Trondheim yards while Terboven and a Gestapo figure head to Norway. London dispatches claim 500 Serbs executed, German forces tighten control in Yugoslavia. Swiss wires note outbreaks in unoccupied France with protests in Lyon Chambery and Annecy as women march. Vichy denies mass requisitions while workers strike after factory managers are told to send workers to Germany. British broadcasts describe Western air war developments.
In an ad style notice Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to stimulate bile flow for constipation and sluggish digestion. The vegetable tablets are pitched as a morning aid for a “half alive” feeling with fatty food digestion benefits and elimination support. Box prices 15 30 60 cents. Follow label directions.
RAF pilots report massive air operation over Cologne with fires raging after two ton blockbusters hit targets. Communique says 18 planes missing. force possibly 350 to 400 aircraft, while Germans claim 22 fallen. Armada of 1,130 bombers conducted the raid linked to last May 30 action. Battle of Malta noted with British defenders credited for safety.
Reports say yesterday Allied air forces destroyed enemy planes over the island citadel area for a five day total of 95 as German and Italian bombing intensified since Sunday.
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