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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
4
Elmer Davis wins a two year campaign to sit with Army and Navy heads and decide war news release policies. The plan shifts dispatch clearance from theater commanders to civilian authorities, aiming to curb rumors and ensure official communications. The piece also notes Supreme Court dress decorum rules affecting female attorneys at the bar.
Dorothy Thompson reflects on Secretary Stimson’s plea for national unity before invasion, sharing a party scene where a wounded tail gunner speaks for fallen comrades. She argues unity stems from shared experience and imagination bridging civilians and soldiers amid war.
Navy correspondent Ernie Pyle describes choosing and riding a hospital ship from Anzio. He details unloading wounded on LCTs, the jolting shared berths, the urgency of evacuations, and the ship’s comforts including beds, hot water, and a long bath that leaves him feeling civilized amid war.
Governor Dewey highlights mental health in politics and wartime service. Psychoneurosis causes many Army discharges, with 40 percent P and anxiety diagnosed cases. Dr Frederick H Lund cites emotional immaturity and undisciplined leadership as factors, affecting postwar society and delinquency rates.
Crossword clues lead to a puzzle about film star Moon Mullins with numbered hints across and down including motion picture actress and other wordplay. The grid references across entries such as Seine narrow river and Egyptian sun god appear among many cryptic style definitions.
Aftonbladet comments on US ally standings while noting Sweden's precarious Nazi era position. The piece argues true war effort lies in total national will and cooperation, not casualty totals, and that Britain Russia and the United States each contribute as their circumstances allow.
Harold W. Hallmark family obituary note marks 800 Williams Street. A Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital birth date April 19. Cothren Terrell promoted to captain after a year in Italy. wife Patsy Moore and baby daughter reside at 1930 Harrison Street. Mrs A D Lidia travels to Gordon Texas. several women return from Oklahoma City. A daughter greets Mr. and Mrs. J W Watson at 1504 B West Eleventh Avenue.
Northwest Texas Hospital birth listed for a baby born April 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams at 907 North East Eighth Avenue. Other notices include several birthday greetings and plans of residents Mr. and Mrs H D Cannon moving to Bartlesville and Mr. and Mrs J D Dumas relocating to Pampa.
A ponderous piece contrasts various lonely scenes from a soldier in a strange town to a child sobbing in darkness. It weighs a father’s pain, a lover’s goodbye, and a cowboy at dawn, concluding there is nothing uncertain about loneliness and its ache.
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