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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1942
Page
1
A Panhandle newspaper page mixes weather lore with wartime chatter and reader reminiscences. Mail delays and rail shortages slow deliveries while radio trivia, tax musings, and farm notes blend with social gossip and local photographs.
Trading noon figures show Dow Jones industrials up .41 to 106.56 while railroads and utilities move modestly. Kansas City livestock totals list hogs 2,500 salable and cattle 10,800 with steers and feeders mostly steady to lower. Chicago hogs higher and cattle and calves uneven with selective gains and price ranges.
An old newspaper advertisement claims Carter's Little Liver Pills wake the liver to produce two pints of bile daily. It warns of bloating constipation and sour feelings if bile flow is blocked, promising relief and urging readers to buy the pills at 10 or 25 cents.
Irene Walker and Ellean Bullock, both identified as negro women, went on trial in 47th district court for the murder of Clyda Mae Cook, who was shot and stabbed on May 16, 1942. Only one juror was seated as a special venire was called for the case.
James G. Patton national president of the Farmers Union speaks in Amarillo urging total inflationary control and complete rationing to win the war. He calls for parity pricing of farm products and argues against artificial scarcity to protect profits, noting small farmers can boost production with support while large farmers face limits.
Navy recruiting will ship between 50 and 60 men to Dallas Thursday morning. The contingent includes general naval service and specialized units such as the Sea Bees. Recruiter C. M. Norman said several men are needed for the construction regiment.
The narrator notes stark contrasts in Amarillo with modern government buildings amid slums and a windmill nearby. A Connecticut Avenue storefront shows a four foot high Terminix termite extermination sign, while a third story displays Ben Greet Dramatic Academy signage.
The admiralty reports heavy fighting with Axis forces inflicting casualties and withdrawals. Italy claims 576 prisoners taken, 34 officers, and cites British forces annihilated or captured within five hours. Axis bombers attempt interception as RAF fighters force them to jettison bombs. US bombers join British attacks in Tobruk in their largest Middle East operation to date.
Georgetown University and the District settlement feature Leslie Ford’s whodunit Murder in the OPM set around Georgetown and the canal. The piece notes it as timely and among the year’s best. The author reports progress on a Panhandle club and outreach.
Taft outlined several wartime tax ideas. A 10 percent gross income tax would yield bonds in return for payments. A 25 percent excess over a previous year would function similarly with bonds. He also cited Sen Ranaher’s stamp assessment plan that would buy stamps equal to 10 percent of each retail purchase and redeem them as noninterest bonds after the war.
U S bombers attacked water fronts and airfields as Axis defenses were tested. A vivid explosion in Tobruk illuminated fires seen for miles, while ships and shorelines near Bengasi endured heavy bombardment. Anti aircraft fire rose but no night fighters joined the battle. In the Central Caucasus, German tanks reportedly entered a Russian town in the Terek River valley as Soviet troops pressed a deadly defense.
A spokesman described how Polish women faced systematic abuse under German rule. He cited open boasts by soldiers and a growing disclosure that rapes, confinement, and killings were part of a deliberate Reich policy rather than isolated incidents.
A Vatican report to Pope Pius cites Cardinal Hlond condemning abductions in Warsaw where military patrols abducted girls. Girls were held in troop quarters and violated repeatedly, with some recruited for brothels under the pretext of German labor. Dozens of Polish girls were forcibly sterilized before being sent to Germany.
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