14 Sep 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1942
Page
1
Weather notes warn of a coming harsh winter while significant war dispatches report Russian defense stalwart in Stalingrad and Allied prospects. Columns joke about Clark Gable and life in uniform, quips on polices of speed, fashion shifts, and a readers’ insurance riddle with a local answer.
The Shrine Patrol of Khiva Temple will gather tonight at 6:30 with dinner at 7:30. All patrol members are urged to attend this夕s meeting.
Merchants facing employment shortages invited to a 11 o clock Chamber of Commerce meeting in Amarillo. The session, organized with the Texas Department for Distributive Education, aims to present a relief program to address acute local labor shortage as downtown workers seek other jobs amid population growth. Fr P Cox aided in drafting the program for the meeting.
The article on page two recalls past Amarillo parking meter surveys conducted by the Institute of Technology and notes Navy signals man Tommy Thompson shared updates. It mentions Bill Morgan, brother of Mrs. E. C. Beaman, now in the Navy as a coordinator in the same office.
W Eugene Smith, buyer for Morrow-Thomas Hardware, was seriously injured when a hub cap fell off his car near Memphis. He had stopped to retrieve it and was struck by a passing motorist. He was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital and is resting comfortably after treatment.
A note from a resident requests return of a leather billfold containing $40 eight notes Social Security card and vehicle registration and family photos lost near Harrison Street. The owner asks the finder to return it to 613 Harrison Street or call 9949.
WPB analyst reports wartime conservation measures reducing civilian use of raw materials. Elimination of hairpin manufacture saves steel, and restrictions on gas stoves and beer can production cut metal needs. Independent dealers may sell stock of gas and electric refrigerators. tires may no longer be regrooved.
Melbourne dispatch reports Australian veterans who fought at Tobruk and Milne Bay say Japanese soldiers are a wily, dangerous foe. They describe tactics, including loud noise, decoys, and “play dead” ambushes, noting no quarter and no prisoners on either side in the Milne Bay action starting Aug 26.
Severe wind rain and hail swept Spain on September 14 causing extensive damage to farms and urban areas and disrupting railroads roads and telegraph lines.
In New York networks spar over broadcasting rights for the Louis Conn heavyweight bout on October 12. Sponsorship could fund Army relief, else the event may go to the highest bidder. Music bans threaten radio serials as Petrillo, union head, pushes limits on transcriptions. Captain Frank Storm of Amarillo, a War Department missioner, is highlighted.
A trawler built to endure Arctic seas was repainted battleship grey and deployed to protect convoys in the Channel after Great Britain entered the war.
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