29 Aug 1944
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
1
The Globe prints the serial of Ellery Queen's first novel in three years hailed by the New York Times as an outstanding mystery. The tale promises a daily thrill as Queen himself narrates a fantastic poison plot unearthed on Main Street without spoilers.
Ellery Queen arrives in Wrightsville to find a town flooded with room shortages. He notes a landscape of old mills, new wartime activity, and wary locals like Sidney Gotch and J. C. Pettigrew. The scene contrasts country meets city as he searches for lodging.
A wandering visitor named Ellery Smith arrives in Wrightsville and meets J C Pettigrew seeking a furnished house. The town map and names such as John F Wright and Nora Haight anchor a stroll through Wrightsville’s Square, shops, and gossip about a haunted myths tied to a Hill residence near the Wright National Bank.
Japanese leaders appeal to industry to boost aircraft and munitions as Allied air raids widen across the Pacific. Tokyo warns that Nippon’s defense hinges on planes, while MacArthur reports continued Allied bombing crippling Japanese ships and threatening air bases in the Southwest Pacific and China.
American armored forces led by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton drive east and northeast from the Marne, piercing the Hindenburg defense and pushing toward Soissons and Chalons. Allied columns strike along the Seine. air forces bomb retreating Nazi units across a 200 mile front. Reports indicate heavy enemy losses and rapid Allied gains beyond Soissons and Chalons.
Pulse Feeler surveys list common bad habits from several locals including Mrs R O Kerney candy shop manager who puts off tasks to tomorrow and D E Cecil clerk who smokes cigars. Other cases note oversleeping biting nails temper and other habits. a Detroit plant halted by a 7 500 worker walkout.
Fotographs of the Roy Hunt home murder scene were admitted in Jim Thomas’s trial in Plainview over the defense objection. Ed Watson took the pictures under Aubry Fawyer’s supervision. Seven witnesses testified as the jury panel of 12 included nine farmers and three auto dealers.
Dumbarton Oaks conferees announced a general agreement on the form of an international security organization. A council would include big powers and several smaller nations, but no details were given on small powers' authority relative to the large nations.
Dwight L. Roberson was listed in fair condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after a gasoline tank truck he drove overturned on the curve at Fillmore Street and Canyon Highway. The vehicle exploded, separating tank and cab, breaking telephone poles and wires, and knocking out several nearby phones.
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas notes fair to partly cloudy conditions with strong winds and cooler temperatures. Regions including New Mexico and the Panhandle expect scattered showers and thunder showers, with warmer today and cooler through midweek.
A forecast calls for cooler and windy conditions tomorrow with winds easing slightly from today. Rain persisted in many Texas areas from light drizzle to heavy downpours causing flooding in Southwest Texas and along the lower Rio Grande. Torrential rains closed three highways in Dimmit and Zavala counties.
American and British fighter bombers swept German strongpoints ahead of advancing Allied ground forces across France and the low countries into Germany. Ninth Air Force crews knocked out hundreds of vehicles and equipment, while Mosquitos targeted transport from Seine to frontier. Fortresses and Liberators struck targets in Czechoslovakia, Silesia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and northern Italy despite cloud cover.
Senator Ferguson cited reliable sources that Donald M. Nelson would replace James F. Byrnes as War Mobilization Director on Nelson's return from China. Roosevelt's plan reportedly shifts demobilization to the War Production Board chairman. Byrnes is said to want relief from duties at the earliest convenient time.
Braniff Airways intends to add a second Amarillo schedule with two daily Denver Dallas links via Oklahoma City around Sept 20. A morning 4:40 departure from Amarillo would reach Dallas by 8:10, and an evening 7:40 departure would arrive at 10:27. Churchill in England report follows.
Gov. Coke Stevenson said mail favors the Texas Democratic convention action to bar Black voters from primaries. About 50 letters from soldiers largely applaud the move and say Negroes have too much camp influence, despite the Supreme Court ruling.
French Seventh Army vehicles pushed toward Uzes and Nimes and drove to near the Spanish border as Germans were routed north of Montelimar. Allied forces entered Marseille and Toulon while supply ships and naval forces bombarded coastal batteries.
A young woman in an orchid linen dress, found on Polk Street, remains in police custody in Amarillo. She communicates only by gestures and drawings, with investigators unsure if she is amnesia affected or a figure in international intrigue, mapping to Mexico City and Redo while wearing a Mexican dollar pendant.
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