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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1944
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe founded February 20 1924 operates as a nightly paper with morning publication by Globe News Publishing Co. leadership includes Gene Howe president and publisher John McCarty assistant publisher and Wesley Izzard editor in chief. The paper is printed in Amarillo Texas and linked to The Amarillo Daily News.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration has cut 900 instructors with 4000 more expected by June 30. About 500 women are in WASP training and 500 more signed up. Critics argue funds totaling 6.5 million dollars for WASP instruction may be wasted as experienced male pilots are being released.
An American officer in Italy notes that enemy morale drops when deprived of their weapons and soldiers are deterred by explosives. he emphasizes that giving them nothing to fight with undermines their will to resist.
Newspaper correspondents report Nazi salutes and political celebrations in German POW camps, arguing the Geneva convention is exceeded. Fort Custer observed Hitler's birthday and prisoners face propaganda letters from Schwarze Korps. The piece questions Nazi/non Nazi distinctions and the handling of prisoners of war on American soil.
Washington reports the surprise nomination of California Governor Warren as Republican keynoter, engineered by National Chairman Harrison Spangler. The move reshapes prestige among governors and senators, hints at future Dewey ticket dynamics, and signals a break with precedent as Smith’s leadership aims to present a broader new government slate.
Ernie Pyle describes the Fifth Army beachhead operations at Anzio, detailing the laundry and bakery run by the Quartermaster Corps, salvage depot, and cemetery. He notes camouflage of mobile laundry trucks, the salvage pile of fallen soldiers belongings, the care of graves, daily body deliveries, and dangers from German shells.
The passage compiles quotes from leaders and individuals on war merit and peace, democracy, and wartime humor. It features Adolf A Beerle Jr and Henry H Arnold contrasted with Voltaire, Churchill, and Ordway Tead, plus Lt. Abraham Hellman recounting a Cape Gloucester raid anecdote.
A fragment from a WWII era column references a stew pan incident linked to President Eisenhower, noting a weakening or deterioration in the dish or mood as a playful aside within a political or domestic context.
Humorous and human interest items from the home front. A boy wearing a stew pan helmet aboard a bus. Bill Dazzell featured in a society page hat spread. Amarillo KP duty protest reinstates five men. wind gusts as comic cash scattering. a poetic Take Off feature. a GI classification card as Baseball Player.
A humorous sketch describes a wife's habit of twisting the hat brim during performances causing the pie crust like shape. The narrator recounts how she constantly reshapes the hat during scenes and even tears an eight dollar straw hat when their daughter appears in a piano recital.
A compact list of crossword hints covers horizontal and vertical clues. Entries include simple and common terms like era moo as a cow deviates and distress sigh, plus scientific symbols, pronouns, metals and spices. Notable items include sodium vase Greek letter reverential fear and sun god.
Quotes from Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery and Henry J Kaiser emphasize willingness to sacrifice for full employment and economic recovery. The remarks advocate private enterprise leading a path to prosperity amid hardship.
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