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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1942
Page
11
A jumbled OCR fragment blends names, phrases, and a crossword style puzzle. The readable portions mention a WAVES director, various clues, and scattered references to Roman and Japanese themes, with no coherent single event or clear dateline.
The Sandies won their 20th straight game by defeating Lubbock 3 to 0. Mary Miles Bivins married Ernest Batson with Betty Teel as maid of honor and several bridesmaids. Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard starred in Nothing But the Truth at the Paramount as other entertainment and campus notes sweep the scene.
A.P. dispatch describes Caribbean convoy operations under Navy protection. Destroyers and PC boats patrol with air support, driving Axis submarines from the area while ensuring all merchant vessels reach safety. Submarine threats remain, but vigilance and training persist as oil slicks and wreckage no longer prove a sinking.
Washington writer Jack Stinnett explains how to visit a local recruiting station and gather information on the Army Navy Coast Guard and Marines. He notes recruiting officers are information bureaus offering paths from petty officer to pilot and officer training and advises comparing all branches to find the best fit for skills and pay. He mentions the SeaBees and Army Specialist Corps as alternatives for those not meeting combat standards.
United Press reports President Roosevelt in a Navy Day speech says shooting has started and that the forward march of Hitlerism can be stopped. Vichy notes Germans 28 miles from Moscow. Tass cites an attack by 20 Japanese soldiers on the Soviet frontier. Italy signs a border pact with Croatia. Weakened disease resistance follows mass air attack as Germany reels amid doctor call-ups.
Read last week that a Dallas guest would arrive. surprise visit followed. Houston visitors join local families. several Amarillo residents host relatives and travelers. Army and aviation news include women pilots training in Britain and a list of local movements and births.
Henry McLemore recalls a tough old time day coach journey. He lists many "don’ts" for sleeping upright with a pillow, avoiding the front seat, window sill, edge of the seat, or any head or body position. The piece ends recommending staying seated straight all night and embracing wakefulness until dawn.
Guidance on tactful speech about new jobs hobbies and children plus hosting etiquette. Answers: 1 No. 2 That question is not tactful. 3 No. 4 Yes without embarrassing the child. 5 No. Accept option (b) arriving on the date set. Includes quote from Mrs Domenica La Rocca.
The Nichi Nichi newspaper claims 160 Japanese schoolboys were taught tank warfare at Mount Fuji tank school. Tokyo broadcasts reveal plans to flood occupied lands with Japanese propaganda, opium drive subsidies, and a centralized press control. Radio Tokyo notes brides for Japanese men, and a Philippine figure tied to Tokyo’s influence has returned.
H. V. Kaltenborn, famed radio news commentator, releases a 96 page booklet compiling audience questions and his answers used on screen since last year. He notes he provides answers, not all, drawn from a life in travel and news work including the Spanish American War and WWI. Glass Mountain by Mary Frances Doner is a Chautauqua era romance set in the Great Lakes region, praised as richly grounded in its era.
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