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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
3
A San Jacinto Commando training incident during a tonsillectomy leads to a chaotic scene as a boy’s father rushes in to assist a nurse. The youngster’s procedure is completed successfully despite the comic mêlée and a haymaker from the Commando.
Allied leaders foresee a major Japanese defeat with Nimitz foretelling powerhouse tactics and a possible sponge thrown before homeland. Guam Saipan Tinian bases expand as Fifth and Third fleets prepare nonstop action while MacArthur neutralizes Halmahera and advances toward Mindanao with new weapon supply and bomber command leadership.
In a war era contrast, officials note alcohol products shift from civilian drinks to critical war materials. Distillers discuss transforming output to fuel torpedoes, glass, lacquers, and synthetic rubber, highlighting reliance on a beverage industry to meet vital duties while bootleggers would offer little aid.
Texas junior colleges push for autonomy and a state plan. Amarillo College acting president Dr. Ernest C. Shearer serves on policy committee. The program calls for a junior college commission, cooperation with senior institutions, expanded vocational and veteran education, improved freshmen and sophomore facilities, UT training for staff, curriculum adjustments, statewide publicity, and ongoing area surveys.
The Globe reported trees at Eighth Avenue and Florida Street as black walnuts but readers recalled they were pecans. A phone check confirmed pecans, prompting a revision in the paper from black walnut to pecan. The plantor’s claim of black walnuts remains, and the dispute ends with the trees unchanged.
Lt P. C. Chase of Amarillo Army Air Field announced a loud speaking system is being installed at the war information center. It will be ready within a few days to broadcast the latest war news to personnel.
Amarillo Army Air Field personnel contributed 132 911 dollars to the Fifth War Loan drive. Military staff gave 96 548 dollars while civilian workers supplied the remainder. About 77 percent of commissioned personnel joined, and nearly 50 percent of enlisted members had pay withheld for the drive.
Lt. Gen Delos Carleton Emmons, former Hawaiian and Western Defense Command commander, was announced today as commanding the Alaskan department. Officers in ordnance WAC chemical warfare and signal corps at the field were fully enrolled in the pay deduction plan. The Aug 18 and Aug 17 dated notes indicate recent leadership changes in Alaska and related departments.
The passage records a succession in a high command with Lt. Gen. Simon Polivar Buckner Jr. having served until late June and being replaced by a new senior officer. It mentions Gen. Robert M. Bathurst arriving as chief of staff and references prior service in Hawaii and the Western Defense Command. The text also notes cotton as the dominant textile fiber in U S production.
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