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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1942
Page
7
Editor's note invites readers to send a personalized “letter from home” to servicemen. It explains how to fill in names and a P.S. and promises a similar letter next week. The piece emphasizes sending encouragement during soldiers’ service.
The item notes the Golder Sandstorm decisively defeating Childress 31 to 0 and mentions Amarillo as a top title contender along with the Sandies and Westlers for District 1. It reports U S O activity, the West Texas State College Amarillo Center opening, growing female roles, and ongoing war and local civic notes. It also covers Moscow’s guarded optimism as Red Guard units push the German lines with minor gains.
Rep. Halleck of Indiana told the House that the administration could have stemmed rising living costs months ago with courage and leadership. He joined Rep. Sabath in urging stronger measures under the price control act as farm labor costs rise and farm parity ceilings come into play.
The Vichy radio said nine Flying Fortresses departed Gibraltar this morning heading east. Reuters noted about 250 planes had reached Britain's Rock in the past four days by ship and air, then moved into the Mediterranean war area.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said the navy anticipates a major Japanese offensive to recapture the Solomon Islands. In related dispatches Pope Pius XII has received U.S. President Roosevelt's peace ideas from Myron C. Taylor and is expected to grant another audience before departure, Vatican circles said.
Lieutenant Richard R. Amerine of Lawrence Kansas, missing since August 31 after his plane failed to return, returns to base describing a seven day jungle odyssey on Guadalcanal. He killed four Japanese with a rock and a pistol, escaped Nipponese patrols, and reached Marine headquarters barefoot and exhausted.
Unnamed sources say Hitler is initiating a eastern defense chain of hedgehog citadels and underground magazines to permit fewer garrisons to withstand winter while main armies move to Western Europe. Posts at 15 000 to 20 000 men per garrison with airfields and supply magazines.
Amarillo and vicinity see not quite as warm today with minimal overnight temperature change. West Texas and New Mexico remain warm this afternoon then cool tonight. 24 hour extremes from 6 30 A M show a low of 48 and a high of 83 with noon at 63.
London dispatch reports Britain has commissioned four 35 000 ton King George V class battleships, including King George V Duke of York Anson and Howe. The fifth ship Prince of Wales was lost off Malaya last December. Lion class ships remain unconfirmed in detail.
Major Octavio Amador reports discovering a shrub in central Mexico that matures enough to yield rubber six months after planting. He shared the find with the economy ministry after noting a latex like substance observed by peasants during the revolution 25 years ago. He collected seeds when rubber shortages surfaced.
In San Francisco on September 22 Municipal Judge Teresa Mickle dismissed a traffic charge, noting it marked the first such dismissal in her career. The mailed tag from Captain Leonard L. McGee of San Francisco carried a note saying it couldn’t be delivered before he sailed the next day from Australia.
The forecast notes a mild fall day with a high near 83 and a low around 48. The bureau reports calm conditions and no significant weather disturbances. Local entities Fron Games and bridge supplies and Russell Stationery Company are mentioned in the text.
Wendell L. Willkie spent his second day in Moscow inspecting the Red Army’s displayed German trophies and banners in Central House. He planned to attend a jazz concert of American tunes and met with Foreign Commissar Molotov, with no date set for a meeting with Premier Stalin.
Bond and stamp sales reached 13 441.75 yesterday, lifting September’s tally to 397 710.50. Excluded are theater sales and the City of Amarillo’s 100 000 purchase. Wv Bob Kesterson, Abstracts. Ph 229 44.
Economist and Philippine official J M Elizalde warns Americans overlook Pacific threats as World War II continues. He urges postwar economic planning for the Philippines while stressing urgency to win the war today amid uncertain global outcomes.
After a first assembly attracting 100 plus prospective students, Amarillo Center of West Texas State College begins 16 courses with evening meetings at 7 pm at 2101 Harrison Street. Courses include accounting, education, Spanish, English, history and home economics with future enrollments open and a Tuesday night class in College Algebra organized by Amarillo Junior College.
Washington September 22 The National Inventors Council inspected several devices for the war effort including an amphibious armored tank described as potentially advanced Ev Roy Roger director of Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance notes the broader scope of the review with emphasis on innovations for victory.
A communique from Vichy says Malagasy and British troops clashed in a violent battle at Mahitsy about 20 miles northwest of Tananarive, the Madagascar capital, signaling ongoing colonial hostilities.
German gains are described as slight as Soviet forces push through Stalingrad streets. Russian armored trains and heavy artillery battle the invaders while fighter units press their assault from house to house and room to room. In Moscow Willkie tours sites ahead of talks with Stalin amid Allied diplomacy.
News agency reports 700 German planes shot down in two weeks on the Russia front with heavy battalion losses leading to unit consolidations. For Stalingrad, claims cite difficult fighting and a 250 foot advance after 96 hours of combat.
Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, head of the AEF bomber command, says Germany can be destroyed from the air with rapidly assembled forces. He argues munitions plants and shipyards must be hit and that U S bombers will reach virtually every German corner in coming months.
Northwest Texas hospitals from 92 counties announce a two day war council in Sweetwater on November 19 and 20. Harry Hatch, superintendent of Northwest Texas Hospital and hospital association trustee, says all hospital leaders are invited to discuss wartime challenges and Hatch will address hospital war time problems.
Vichy reports 70 French hostages executed at Bordeaux by German forces in reprisal for anti German activities. The tally reaches 186 executions in a week, following 116 killed last week in the Paris area.
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