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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
6
The Globe comments on Japan seeking scrap iron, noting Mexico’s export role and rising oil shipments to Japan. It argues the impact hinges on Mexican supplies and Gulf Coast concessions, warning the situation could stretch into Avila Camacho’s era and beyond.
Sir Thomas Lipton employed an indirect sales gambit to sell his Chicago and Omaha meat packing plants to Armour. After Armour rejected his offer Lipton staged a paid European vacation for a trusted associate and publicized the associate’s job, prompting Armour to pursue and finally buy the plant for five times the initial offer. Lipton’s strategy proves the power of suggestion over direct pressure.
The piece argues Axis powers seek to topple Roosevelt to destabilize U S foreign policy and delay unified Allied support. It cites Hamilton on term limits, warns about political chaos from a late election transition, and notes Axis intent to back a change of government to hinder unified war effort.
Dorothy Thompson argues that Nazi power relies on mass psychology and democratic fear. She contends Roosevelt and Churchill energize morale, while Hitler and Mussolini wield words as weapons. The fall of Roosevelt or Churchill would trigger global repercussions for democracy.
Nineteen year old Janice Van Walter, a New York debutante, falls for Bridgetown preacher Terry Carlisle who arrived to officiate his brother’s wedding. She follows him to Bridgetown, where a church service encounter leads to shy, tense exchanges as he wrestles with feelings he cannot admit.
Jan travels 1500 miles to visit Dr. Terry Carlisle who wrestles with desires and propriety. Miss Van Walter tests his resolve as Trudy Spangler, Vera Cummings, and church life complicate a fragile, unspoken attraction. Terry empties Jan from his life yet dreams of her lips.
A dense clue list presents a crossword game with items spanning continents. Entries include geography notes such as Buenos Aires, and various common nouns, adjectives, and verbs across two grids in a dated puzzle style.
Courtney Riley Cooper surveys a nationwide underworld operation profiting from football pools. He traces schemes from Reno to Chicago and Los Angeles, detailing how gangsters push high risk cards, lure workers with 25 cent bets, and pay out only to the lucky few while the rest lose.
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