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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1945
Page
6
The Amarillo Kiwanis Club heard updates at a noon luncheon with guests from the Amarillo Day Nursery and Rotary Club. Committee heads noted remaining work before the day nursery opens, thanks were given to contributors, and plans included landscaping by J E Bowman and building preparations by J Prank Litle.
A government study counts more than 865,000 Japanese soldiers and sailors dead since the war began with the United States and Britain. About 603,500 killed in land campaigns and 262,000 navy losses are listed. American deaths reach 156,471 Army and 36,649 Navy.
The Panhandle chapters of the American Petroleum Institute meet at 8 P M Thursday in Pampa at the Junior High School auditorium. Guest Dr J B Stone of Dowell Inc discusses Plastics In The Oil Industry with films Birth of the B 29 and Battle Wreckage. Public invited.
Washington reports that federal funds will back continued rural electrification. Since 1936 the REA has spent 410 million dollars, with a proposed 585 million more through 1948. About 904 borrowers brought electricity to 1.23 million farms and 5 million people, with millions more in reach. policy battles loom over REA’s future amid a fierce Senate fight and party lines.
Mrs. George Walker of 314 North Tyler reports her brother Corporal Garland R Wolfington USMC was killed in Africa during maneuvers at age 26. A Hereford native who studied in Amarillo and graduated from Amarillo High School in 1937, he served since 1943 with a year and a half overseas and returned before being sent to Africa in December 1944.
A legislative vote on engrossment ended 15 to 13 with one present and voting not. The two thirds final passage threshold was not met, and Sen. Fred Mauritz of Canada, author of the resolution, did not press for final passage.
The measure remains active after the latest procedural step, keeping the proposal alive for further consideration.
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