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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1944
Page
7
Weekly feature from The Globe and News shares spring scenes and local war news. Notes on Amarillo area events, drill and promotions, fallen servicemen, new officers, and notable letters from home. Includes marriages, engagements, and sports outlook as citizens await postwar updates.
CAMDENTON Missouri April 18 Officers today searched for missing parts of two unidentified women found harmed in a long Ozark foothill lake. The first body, aged about 50, had the head removed and a severed left leg. The second body, about 25, was found washed ashore with the head cut at the shoulders. Both victims were unclothed except for undergarments and one stocking.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons the League of Nations should not be discarded in postwar peace efforts. He said the League would have succeeded if properly backed and noted early talks among United Nations members, but no near term unified postwar statement is expected. Meanwhile in Bern, ex-Italian ambassador Giuseppe Bastianini fled to Switzerland after a Verona puppet tribunal sentenced him to death for aiding Mussolini's ouster.
United Press notes a CBS short wave broadcast claiming Romania is in chaos with trains running only under German protection or with German crews. Sabotage demonstrations and clashes occur among armed forces while SS troops reportedly fire on rioters and Antonescu loyalists.
United States sedition trial amid 29 co defendants faces delay as defendant No 30 remains missing and Edward James Smythe of New York City fails to appear in federal district court. Judge Edward C Eicher presided as pleas were requested. Smythe's attorney cited only a box number as his client's address.
Weather update from the West Texas region notes fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with milder days ahead. Maj. Gen. John F. Curry, commander of the Western Technical Training Command, was due to reach Amarillo this afternoon for routine visits to the Amarillo Army Air Field. Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Easterbrook, previously commanding Amarillo Field, is reassigned as chief of staff at Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
London April 18 UP American air forces return to heavy bombing of Berlin and targets across Germany in a large scale daylight assault. About 2 000 four motored bombers and strong fighter escorts strike Berlin as Lib erators hit Pas de Calais and other German targets. The operation marks a renewed campaign to break Nazi defenses with Spaatz directing formations in very great strength.
Allied headquarters report Liberator bombing from Central and South Pacific wings struck Truk in three attacks over the weekend. Solo bombers from Solomons bases hit Dublin Island as part of the 11th and 12th strikes, while the Central Pacific air force hit Dublin Fefan and Moen in a 20th raid this month, dropping 38 tons of bombs to ignite fires and damage key installations.
In Amarillo local voices weigh the Selective Service method for men over 26, with Rev H A Somerville asking for public opinion and residents like Bill Mullican Ted Molloy Bob Georges Sy Higdon and Mrs E W Ratcliff offering mixed views as Pulse Feeler provides a photo and calls for questions.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said the growing air assault on the Kuriles is a prelude to eventual landings there. A Navy spokesman disclosed new secret weapons in development and a special test station for rocket guns has been established. The intensified bombing campaign against Japan’s northern Kuriles is viewed as preliminary to seizure of some bases.
Japanese heavy reinforced troops crossed flooded ground on three routes toward Chinese forces in the Chungmow sector eastern Honan Province as a potential start of a major Central China offensive.
London reports British Navy divers used two man powered "human torpedoes" to strike the Palermo harbor in January 1943. Four men received distinguished service orders and gallantry medals for the operation which sank the Italian cruiser Ulpio Traiano and damaged a transport. All participants are now prisoners of war.
Allied forces pushing the campaign against Japanese invaders northeast of Imphal report continued progress. In the southern Imphal front they drive the enemy from a track area toward Silchar but face counterattacks. Infiltration efforts aim for the Bishenpur Silchar route linking to the Bengal Assam railroad. Sharp clashes occur along the Kohima Dimapur road as Allies defend positions formerly held by Japan.
Washington April 18 The House military committee abandoned plans to force 4-Fs into essential work by threat of induction into Army and Navy labor battalions. Chairman May Democrat Kentucky announced that agencies like Selective Service and the War Manpower Commission already have authority to move physically disqualified men into essential jobs.
In Wild Plum rural school, four pupils confessed they staged the hoax causing the “leaping lignite” fires. The fires and puffs were produced by simple wooden sticks, farmers' matches, not by natural causes or chemicals. The near-sighted teacher was hoaxed by the pupils' ruse in southern Stark County.
Omar Bradley, chief of American ground forces, remains unseen at Allied invasion headquarters. Known as a tough field commander who never takes a day off, he wanders the front lines to assess conditions and insists American forces rival any in the world as the western front advances.
Russian forces reported advancing on Sevastopol from southeast and north as two major armies close in on the fortified port. German and Vichy sources say heavy fighting surrounds the barricaded Axis garrison, with a mountain pass breached and a juncture near Balkalya possible within hours.
A deep freeze last night in Amarillo, with 26 degrees, threatens blooming fruit trees and early garden plants across western Nebraska and Kansas. Weather observer Mr. Winburn estimates about half of bloom fruit may be killed, while buds not yet opened likely escape serious damage. Local growers report near total loss for peaches and many cherries, with pears and apricots likely doomed. Frost is expected to continue tonight but may cause less damage. Nearby residents describe subfreezing temperatures and note spray methods used in hopes of protecting fruit trees.
Reading, April 18 Copl. Robert R. McCormick editor Chicago Tribune said that while not more than one million Americans are Communists, they amount to less than eight tenths of one percent yet dominate the government. He spoke at a Rotary district conference in Reading noting New York balance of power and criticizing Roosevelt for catering to Communists except when they split with Britain.
In Fort Worth on April 17 Mrs Ruth Googins Roosevelt was granted a divorce from Col Elliott Roosevelt second son of the President Judge Marvin Jones presiding The judge read the story on Boys Ranch in the Saturday Evening Post and mailed the ranch a check for 100 dollars praising the work and urging its continuation to the fullest extent.
Britain orders virtually all foreign diplomats to remain in the country and to stop coded communications with their governments, exempting only the United States, Russia, and British Dominions. The move, timed minutes before it took effect, aims to protect invasion secrets as Nazi sources suggest a western front may begin soon.
British radio described to CBS listeners in New York a secret American weapon for Europe invasion a fast plane carrying an incendiary liquid filled tank. On arrival over target the tank is dropped and the objective covered with flames.
London reports that Ernest Bevin unveils new defense regulation giving penalties up to five years in prison and fines of up to 500 for provoking strikes. The measure targets those who declare incite or act to further strikes among workers essential to national war efforts amid the looming western invasion.
Allied troops fought back into a western Anzio outpost four miles from the coast after repelling a strong German raid north of Cassino. Six prisoners were taken while casualties occurred as patrols probed west of the Sangro River and German artillery pounded Minturno.
Naples April 18 The Badoglio cabinet will have 17 ministers with three without portfolios likely filled by Benedetto Croce Carlo Sforza and Enrico Dinicola The interior minister will be Giulio Rodino with a Socialist under secretary Badoglio met leaders of the Communist and Action parties last night
LAREDO April 18 U P Seven times married Winfield Scott wealthy Texas rancher playboy planned his eighth marriage to his seventh wife while in Webb County jail He has 29 more days to serve locally and 18 months in a federal prison to be designated by the U S Attorney General On the record before Federal Judge Allan B Hanny he revealed plans to wed Ruth Scott Cameron wife of an Army captain overseas on a show cause order to revoke his narcotics sentence.
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