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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
11
A crowded column lists visitors births and anniversaries across Amarillo and surrounding towns. Notes include arrivals from Fort Worth and Ennis, duty moves for Ensign Stalnaker, family visits, hospital births and surgeries, and local business notices. The item mirrors a typical community page with fractured but readable notices.
Murph recalls his grandfather a newspaper man who bought 1.50 worth of 3-cent papers daily yet read only stories and criticized copy. He feared endings with no periods and could rise at 2 a.m. to protest. Murph, D-Day survivor, smokes for nerves as war time outlets, while painter Leon Wall from Wyoming, Pa, paints portraits during lulls. Wall later serves as KP in an infantry mess. Sarthe River in northwestern France is noted.
Amarillo parks superintendent Chester Fitz says this year has the worst tree pests in memory with twice as many bagworms as usual. Residents are urged to spray with arsenate of lead and to remove nests by hand or torch careful not to harm trees. Tent caterpillars are also abundant in nests that can defoliate trees if neglected. Public notices follow regarding property reclassification hearings in Amarillo in 1944.
Ernie Pyle jokes about a $50 weekly salary plus $1500 side income in a casual conversation with Murph. The remark reflects a candid view of earnings.
San Antonio reports a 500 mile live stock fence from Brownsville to Devil's River in Val Verde County will be built as a postwar project. J H Rasco heads the State Livestock Sanitary Commission and says the barrier will aid tick eradication by stopping drift and smuggling of infested cattle from Mexico. He notes the line has been surveyed by the international boundary commission and predicts the fence will pay for itself within a few years.
Robert E. Hannegan announced the appointment of Rep. Robert Ramspeck of Georgia as director of the Speakers Bureau for the coming campaign. Ramspeck, Democratic whip from Georgia's Fifth District, was first elected in 1929 to fill an unexpired term and has held the post continuously since.
A dense schedule of radio programs across KGNC and KFDA listing shows, news, music, and acts from 6:15 PM to past midnight. Highlights include News of the World, We Who Dream, The Lone Ranger, The Thin Man, Boston Blackie, Gabriel Heater Comment, and Dance Orchestra segments along with multiple NBC CBS and MBS offerings.
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