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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1942
Page
6
The Amarillo Globe-News forum debates wartime manpower needs and meat shortages. Lectures by E A Locke Jr and remarks by Admiral Moreell challenge union influence and wage controls while WPB chairman Henderson stresses family price discipline and women’s role.
In a hospital ward after a street fight, Candace faces Peter Frazier’s probing, two nurses join the scene as Quincy teases Jepperson about a wedding. Peter insists Candace is hiding fear behind professionalism, while Candace resents his intrusion into her life and questions why she endures their strained pairing.
In the church with Faith anxious about the wedding, Martin Corby leads a late rehearsal amid personal strain. Faith pleads for understanding as the doctor’s demanding schedule and looming ceremony threaten their preparations and future together.
United Press correspondent Henry T. Gorrell's career spans four continents and eight wars. He repeatedly put himself in danger to cover key battles, evacuations, and bomb runs, filing vivid reports that impressed censors and readers alike.
Dorothy Thompson argues for mobilizing high school students for farm work, detailing past pilots in Vermont and New Hampshire. She urges immediate federal action, placing recruits under the Extension Service to avoid rural disruption and to build a patriotic youth movement.
The article explains the 1942 Servicemen's Dependent Allowance Act. It outlines eligibility for wives and children of enlisted soldiers in grades four through seven, how to apply using Form 625, processing in Washington, and when payments begin. Changes in status must be reported. deductions come from the soldier's pay with some government contribution.
A portrait of Clare Boothe highlighting her blend of beauty, intellect, and ambition. It notes her roles as author, adviser, foreign correspondent, lecturer, radio debater, and political candidate, and explains her relentless pursuit of success driven by grit, mind, and will.
Private James D. Roberts and other Signal Corps men kept radio and telephone links after bombardment and night attacks. Corporal Walter J. Burak crawled under fire to relay 200 yards of wire, restoring communications that allowed an artillery counterattack and withdrawal.
A visitor from a 2000 population city praises Amarillo for hospitality and “Howdy Soldier” spirit. He recounts musical ties, his work in the west’s oldest music firm, rehearsal with the Amarillo Philharmonic under Gio Barron, and a note about a rare Italian violin sale in Los Angeles. A wartime letter also recalls the sinking of the Astoria and its fallen crew.
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