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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
10
A Roosevelt Memorial Fund tally shows 11 180 43 in bank with 1860 more pledged for equipment. The drive supports a polio and crippled children clinic for the Panhandle as a memorial to President Roosevelt. Funds also to come from a horse sale held July 24 25, with exact proceeds undetermined.
The Associated Press reports at least 40,000 Texas war born workers are laid off due to contract cancellations. Major cuts hit North American Aviation Grand Prairie, with 15,000 awaiting Sunday notices. Lockheed Dallas closes its modification center until Monday while Convair Fort Worth halts Vultee B 32 work.
Texas wartime job cuts ripple across the state as major plants close or scale back. Two thousand workers at the Bluebonnet Ordnance plant near Waco join others facing shutdowns of TNT production at Longhorn works in Karnack and Pantex in Amarillo. Industrial projects totaling 13.5 million dollars are halted. The USES reports 6,000 to 12,000 potential job opportunities in Dallas and surrounding areas, with Houston officials confirming continued demand for qualified workers.
County auditor John Crudgington outlined a proposal to pool all county tax money into a single fund and distribute it to needs, aiming to save taxpayers money by reducing state revenue loss. The plan requires voter approval at the Aug. 25 election alongside four state amendments, with absentee voting encouraged.
DeWitt MacKenzie argues postwar optimism hinges on approach to remaking the world. He notes Japan’s defeat ends its power to resist and calls for peaceful, prosperous reform amid political changes and four state amendments on voting, salaries, a nine-member Supreme Court, and welfare spending limits.
Sergeant Nelson Loveland kept a wisecrack for 1345 days and finally used it at a service club near the airfield. A waitress told him it was meatless Tuesday and he quipped that it felt like there was a war going on.
The article notes that fish serves as the primary source of protein for people in Japan, underscoring the importance of seafood in the national diet and economy.
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