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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1942
Page
3
Mrs M L Davis of 706 Florida Street returns from Chicago where she visited her son Bill Davis stationed at Navy Pier confirming the family connection and current assignment in the navy family news record.
Voters pack the Paramount Theater as candidates compete to be named America’s War Bond Queen. Final winner announced Monday night by Jimmy Fidler with a Hollywood trip prize and a three-film program featuring Wake Island. Proceeds fund the war bond drive. advance tickets sold for the event.
In Cleveland a building supply firm introduces celecrete blocks claimed to stop bullets and shrapnel better than sandbags. Police, safety officials, civic leaders and coast guards test the material's protective claims and durability.
Civilians with communications experience are sought for instructor positions at the Signal Corps School in Camp Crowder Missouri. Lt Douglas R Kennedy says qualified civilians may replace officers currently teaching there and who are needed for combat service. Civilian instructors will be hired by the Civil Service Commission at salaries up to 3200 dollars annually. Telephone workers are especially needed.
Men fired 30-30 rifles and service revolvers at 16 inch thick block walls built around vital electrical transformers and generators to test protection against sabotage. No bullet penetrated more than 10 inches, whether the wall was mortared or stacked blocks, at 75 50 and 25 yard shots. Police pistols caused only chipping and a detective with a 35 Remington saw no further damage.
Lt Kennedy notes radio is a growing field and calls for experienced workers including high school physics teachers amateur radio operators and telecom staff. He says physically able applicants with disabilities can be accepted. Applications from Robert S. Leigh or Rudolph Batte at the War Department Rating Board in Seattle.
Poland Spring plans colorful ceremonies and gala sports for the 125th anniversary of the spring that founded the resort. Townspeople and Penobscot Indians will join readings plus notable visitors, with a history of 2.5 million guests from 80 countries and seven U S presidents including Coolidge Harding Wilson Taft Roosevelt Cleveland Grant. No recorded meteor fall injuries are noted.
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