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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1944
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe News details its publication details including editor in chief Wesley Izard and owner The Globe News Publishing Co. with staff roles and postal information. It notes publication evenings except weekends and ties to The Amarillo Daily News.
Thomas de Lorenzo, president of the UAW local at Brewster, was found guilty of lying about his police record to obtain employment. The potential appeal could reduce a sentence of 30 days and a $500 fine, signaling that he cannot flout national laws.
Major General Hershey says men to 38 may be drafted while replacement schedules and Manning table plans are dropped. The OWI notes draft needs have lessened, leaving civilians aged 18 to 38 unsure of their status amid conflicting Washington statements and a Churchill praise of Britain.
In Quebec the union nationale led by Maurice Dublessis won a provincial one over Liberal Premier Godbout, defeating socialists and nationalists. Voter concerns centered on centralization of Ottawa powers, language rights, and wartime controls, with strikes and price fights shaping public sentiment ahead of postwar policy debates.
Wireless dispatch follows battalion medics as they retrieve wounded behind the front lines. Captain Lucien Strawn directs jeep-led litter squads, navigates blocked roads, and attends German and American casualties amid ruined houses and bomb craters.
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee show no signs of leaving the Roosevelt column. As of today the President is the overwhelming choice of civilian voters in these three Southern states which command 37 electoral votes. Intensive surveys completed there show Roosevelt leading in 19 of the 35 states surveyed to date with a total of ...
A roundup of era events notes Major Gullion salutes humane war prisoner rules, Dr Susan Searle earns a Blue Ribbon Medal from the Japanese Emperor, Chicago dog tracks reopen under Judge Fisher, Brownwood faces water shortages, West Texas clerks convene in Amarillo, Nazi flags eyed in 1934, Italy pulls troops from the Austrian border, wheat quotas discussed, and public voting patterns for Dewey and Roosevelt summarized across Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee with electoral insights.
Puzzle shows a crossword with Across and Down clues including Egyptian sun god Ra and other items. Entries span numbers 1 to 63 with various short forms and abbreviations. Several clues indicate common words like feel ings a nd possess ion and hints to language, physics, and geography. The grid challenge blends language, measurement, and daily terms.
A wartime diary fragment from August 16 1944 describes a chaotic day at home with a sandstorm, a dog fight in the garage, laundry on the line, and a wife coordinating household tasks while the narrator jokes about preferring peace abroad. Neighbors and daily chores intensify the domestic theater.
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