19 Apr 1944
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1944
Page
1
The AP reports London warnings to French civilians to hoard food and memorize broadcasts as invasion chatter grows in Stockholm and Washington. Allied air raids pound Berlin and targets in Northern France and Belgium, with heavy losses on both sides and大量 aircraft involved.
Allied reports detail Nippon setbacks in Imphal and Burma as Japanese supply lines weaken. American submarines sink 158 more Japanese vessels, while Chinese forces press in the Mogaung Valley and Honan. Rabaul and Caroline Islands air bombings persist as Kurile invasion warnings rise.
In April 1944 feature, Capt. Don Gentile recalls why he fights beyond glory. He cites family roots in Italy, immigrant parents in Ohio, and a desire for freedom and a life as his own boss. He describes a close call over Germany with Millikan and a wingman as German fighters swarm, highlighting grit and resolve amid combat.
After Sunday night’s sub freezing temperatures Amarillo fruit crops face uncertain outcomes. K Jansonius reports watery bud centers limiting cherries and late plums while Chester Fritz, city parks superintendent, remains hopeful with cherries most likely to survive and lilac growth bent but alive.
Congress sent the 4-F issue back to executive agencies after the House military committee, in a unanimous decision led by Chairman May, ruled against pushing new 4-F legislation. Rep Costello announced a formal report would be filed, noting many 4-Fs already work in war or essential civilian roles or seek such work, reducing the push for new laws.
The Lockheed Constellation described as the first of a new era in large commercial aircraft. Transcontinental & Western Air president Jack Frye and Howard Hughes piloted the plane from Burbank California to Washington in six hours and 58 minutes with the 80 passenger airliner.
Two enlisted men from Amarillo Army Air Field died last night when a butane truck collided with a reconnaissance car at English Field entrance. The truck driver J H Wheeler of Clovis NM survived injuries. Army driver Mrs Dorothy Turney of Amarillo Field was treated for contusions. The wreck blocked the highway for hours as butane drained from tanks.
Weather overview for Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas includes partly cloudy days, warmer temperatures, and variable winds with showers. New Mexico forecasts show scattered showers and rising temperatures, with record highs possible in some zones. The extended Texas west of the Gulf Plains calls for below normal temperatures then near normal with little precipitation. A Baltimore note reports a bread rationing prediction before Christmas by a milk association official.
Washington reports explain secret U S bombs including the M-76 goop or PT bomb with 500 pounds of jellied magnesium and other incendiaries. Demonstrations at Elgin Field showed 300 pound fuel tanks igniting a 200 foot area. Also noted are the M-69 six pound and M-47 one hundred pound jellied oil bombs with extended flaming coverage and persistence.
O M Redding former Amarillo grocery merchant faces murder charges in the April 6 slaying of his wife Gertrude. Special prosecutor E T Dusty Miller leads the case with notable defense counsel including H H Cooper R E Underwood Sr Robert Wilson Clem Calhoun. Redding remains jailed with a habeas corpus hearing to set bail pending.
Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Easterbrook invites Amarillo and area residents to view a 22 s Parade ground inauguration at Amarillo Army Air Field. About 3,000 aviation mechanic students and basic trainees will pass in review before Easterbrook. The event combines troops from the technical school and basic training center with bands from the 530th and 501st.
The Navy says Admiral Thomas C. Hart has returned to the United States after recording testimony of officers in Pacific Ocean areas about the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.
London government announced a defense regulation authorizing penalties up to five years imprisonment and 2000 dollars to curb instigation of strikes.
Genesee County economic development committee touring the postwar jobs survey received an unsigned message from a battlefront stating I don't need help after the war. I need it right now. The note underscores urgency for immediate aid as veterans consider returning to their prewar positions in Batavia New York.
New York April 1849 Nearly a quarter of city families in war plant areas plan to stay in small towns after the war, a nationwide survey of 48,000 families shows. Denson-Frey Affiliates says 23 percent will stay 59 percent will return to cities and 18 percent undecided. High rents crowded conditions and children’s preference are cited as reasons for staying.
William Robert Glaxner, 17 months old, died when the vehicle his father Daniel Glaxner backed from the driveway struck him. Glaxner, district superintendent for the Columbian Carbon Company, said he believed the child was indoors.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that ending the Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation program would cause utter chaos. The hearing on the 567,995,779 dollar agricultural appropriations bill also noted the House's rejection of Jones’ 26,000,000 operating request and 97,500,000 borrowing authority to fund loans for low income farmers, while approving tenant purchase funds under the Bankhead-Jones Act.
In a State Department room ten Americans and eleven Britons met to begin work on shaping tomorrow's economic world. The initial focus is a study of international oil resources of common interest to the United States and the United Kingdom, with emphasis on the Middle East.
Grady Wilson of the County Rationing Board announced that canning sugar permit applications will be available in Room 111 of the Potter County courthouse starting May 1. He corrected an earlier error, clarifying that coupon 40 and 31 apply to regular allotments, while coupon 0 is not for canning sugar.
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