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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
4
Mr and Mrs H EF Billingstea and their daughter Mrs B A Williams arrived home Monday after visiting two weeks in Los Angeles. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
The piece describes rapid Allied advances in Brittany with Rennes as a pivotal rail hub, severing the rail link into the peninsula and threatening St Nazaire Brest and Lorient while Luftwaffe support and Rommel’s status are noted. It contrasts Monty and Rommel and discusses Allied air superiority and U boat bases, plus wartime ration stamps and coupons.
Review of rationing details lists sugar stamps No 30 31 32 Book IV valid for 5 lbs indefinitely and stamp No 40 Book IV valid for 5 lbs for 1944 canning. It notes MEATS AND FATS red stamps A8 through 78 valid for 10 points indefinitely and stamps A5 B5 and C6 valid July 30. Also mentions PROCESSED FOODS Book IV.
A stocky notice describes tire inspection intervals for riders and cars with replacements and gas rations. It notes a parade and afternoon rodeo featuring horsemen in Dalhart.
The Will Rogers Range Riders will travel to Dalhart Monday for the XIT celebration, announced by president Delbert Dalby. They will wear regulation white shirts as they participate, with trucks leaving the Tri-State Fair Grounds with horses at 10.
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