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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1940
Page
9
The weekend saw stronger British resistance and counter attacks against the Nazi air assault on London as Hitler drives for a swift strike. London defense reportedly holds with heavy anti Luftwaffe actions while Dover comes under long range bombardment fueling invasion speculation.
Walter Craig in Amarillo shares excerpts from Percy Noott in England about air raids on the British Isles. Noott describes raids, censorship doubts, awaiting a call up, and the cold shelter hours as Swansea folk endure this siege while questioning Hitler's charm.
The article discusses Nazi strategy to lure Britain into weakened defenses, Hitler's focus on London, Mussolini's Egypt campaign, and King Farouk's peace appeal. It argues Britain must be challenged at sea to break naval dominance, with outcomes hinging on the German drive against England and the Battle of Britain.
President Lazaro Cardenas urged Pan American solidarity as Mexicans marked the 130th anniversary of independence with a Dolores Hidalgo speech. Festivities ran nationwide with carnival spirit and street crowds amid patriotic displays.
Official Panhandle Old Settlers' Association program to be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in the grand stand at Malin Park beside the Tri-State Fairgrounds. Floyd Studer will preside and lead the event with songs, invocations, addresses, and an Indian dance featuring Kiowa performers.
In Clanton Alabama, a small rat terrier named Pegey has killed 48 snakes since last May. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baker compare her hunting to a bird dog flushing quail. Egyptian soap is noted as being largely made from cottonseed oil and caustic soda.
The Amarillo Globe reports a flood of Electoral College yells for Wendell Willkie ahead of his visit, reflecting mixed public opinion. Local readers submit verses and couplets praising FDR, criticizing Willkie, and urging fair play, with a cash prize to be awarded for the best entry.
The American Legion office will close Tuesday night and stay closed until October 1. Roy Beard adjutant of Hanson Post leaves tomorrow for the national convention in Boston. In emergencies, Legion business may be transacted through Fre1 DeCoster at the Community Chest office. Portugal has been independent since the twelfth century.
President Roosevelt asked 80 million dollars for development of landing fields in the United States and abroad. The move may establish air bases at sites recently leased from Great Britain with Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico possible elsewhere. Commerce drafted a program for 1 760 new airports to create about 4 000 fields for an air force of 50 000 planes, a start expected with the Saturday appropriation request.
Cleveland M. Nellis a rural mail carrier since 1907 has logged about 500000 miles in 33 years, roughly 200 trips around the world. He has delivered mail on every day except twice when the mail train was snowbound.
The Southern Pine Association says 40 army and navy projects approved by Congress will need 400 million feet of pine lumber. Two thirds of these projects are in the South. Surveys show lumber stocks and mill capacities to meet troop housing barracks mess halls and cantonments needs.
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