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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1942
Page
2
Weather forecaster predicts an unusually cool early fall and a hard winter with possible snow. Warns farmers to stock high quality cake and ample pasture, noting cattle in pastures and heavier calves this season while touching on broader topics from politics to local humor.
Hollywood gossip notes recount Nelson Eddy’s split with MGM after two years of disappointing film choices. The column questions why the studio cannot provide Eddy two suitable stories a year and credits his decision as justified for protecting his career and earnings.
A collection of classified notices includes a middle aged woman seeking nursing work, a lost red Pekingese named Butch from Sam Houston High School area, and single residents seeking housing exchange and domestic help. Contact numbers accompany each notice.
The communiqué recounts September air and sea battles with U boats near a convoy. Sept 9 12 and 13 saw enemy aircraft and torpedo bombers strike while escorts fought back. Fighter aircraft and ship anti air defenses claimed several enemy planes and halted further advances.
The admiralty described a multi day air and submarine onslaught with 13 enemy planes downed that day and 24 destroyed overall. Torpedo bombers attacked at dusk and dawn with ships and fighters repelling them and submarines later sighted wreckage and depth charges.
The admiralty reported at least one U boat sunk by depth charges and a final attack by 24 dive bombers as the convoy neared its destination. Two enemy aircraft were shot down and most merchant ships arrived safely despite some losses.
An advertisement touts an Oct 1940s Reader's Digest feature alleging Hitler uses sex as a weapon to destroy nations. It promotes See Here Private Hargrove and other stories about Army life, delayed marriages, and a Maine mother awaiting childbirth.
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