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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1942
Page
13
Readable fragments describe a college or hospital setting with references to Atlanta and nearby cities. Named entities are unclear due to OCR corruption. core nouns hint at a campus and medical or service context without coherent actions or outcomes.
Owner W A Maddox booked Jack York and His Band for the Labor Day Dance tonight at the Nat, with shows also nightly through Friday. Most musicians study at Texas Tech, and they contract to play at the Cotton Club in Lubbock on Saturdays and many school dances. York is a campus favorite, soon to be unavailable until school ends. Also note Erskine Hawkins appears next Monday, with Sternie Sternberg opening the following night.
The birthday of Charles E Sorensen, a Danish immigrant to Buffalo who rose under Ford to pioneer the assembly line. His hands on demonstration turned a vague idea into a proven, time timed process that transformed industrial America and aids war production.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a garbled line about the day’s work and a central issue. The text shows stray letters and incomplete phrases, making it difficult to identify people places or concrete events.
A compact reader puzzle list featuring definitions and cross clues for a word puzzle. It includes numbered across and vertical entries with hints such as personal relations, elements, animals, directions, and common words to fill crossword style grids.
Henry McLemore criticizes wartime gasoline rationing as unfair and illogical. He contrasts A and B gas cards, highlights access disparities for reporters, salesmen, and rural elderly, and calls for surveys to direct fuel to war effort workers. He argues for honest leaders and unified national will.
A digest of local notes and visits lists Mrs. W B Stevenson and son Billy at Santa Fe Fiesta. Hereford guests in Amarillo.Miss Mary Bowles visiting from Hutchinson. Mrs Jim Bell hosts her mother Mrs Alice Johnson in Gladewater. Wheatleys in Albuquerque. Spikes family back from Red River Taos Santa Fe trip. several weekend guests and arrivals at 1922 Fillmore Street. births announced at Northwest Texas Hospital on September 4. Cecil B Smith returned to Amarillo with wife and baby. Mrs Harman to take baby daughter to Happy. J D Jerman and Joe D Denman announce new sons. Grimland family welcomed a son. early fall fashion and sewing notes. tire rationing board certifications listed for several residents.
The piece describes how the Army rescinded the requirement for cartridge biting teeth, noting outdated needs from muzzle loaders. It cites tests showing disabled or varied soldiers could serve well, and lists defects no longer disqualifying, with expectations of broader acceptance of previously ineligible recruits.
A guidance note on respectful talk. Do not call an unmarried woman an old maid or a man an old man when age is similar. Do not comment on weight or refer to a wife away in the army as a widow. When praising a mother of two, praise both children rather than one. The guidance urges careful, non judgmental language to avoid making others self conscious.
Dorothy Thompson argues the three year war cannot be won by blitzkrieg. She cites Britain and Russia resisting, warns of division within allies, and calls for a united multi front effort plus preparation for the peace in 1943 to secure victory and prevent disaster.
Irving Pichel, born 1891 in Pittsburgh, rose from stage to screen and directed Biblical The Great Commandment then signed with 20th Century Fox. He later helmed Fartherbound Hudson Bay and the ambitious Pied Piper, while also teaching aesthetics at UC. He is married to former actress Violette Wilson.
Book review discusses Pacific Northwest frontier story linking pioneers evangelists chiefs and desperadoes to the Columbia basin transformation from the Grand Coulee project. It notes figures like Joseph Nez Perce, William Davies, Walla Walla Jesus, Joab Powell and Bill Potter, with wartime RCAF mention.
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