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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1945
Page
8
A jumble of Christmas requests from children asking Santa for a scooter doll and candy sits beside birth announcements names of locals visiting relatives moving into new homes and hospital notes. The column also records a lost acquaintance and a memorial line for W T Dykeman.
Local notices list new residents moving to Amarillo and area from Carrouzett Ploydada and other places. It reports births at St Anthony's Hospital and Northwest Texas Hospital and military discharges from Fort Sam Houston Arch Field and Chicago with home addresses and family names.
The 88th Infantry Division known as the Cloverleaf was the first all selective service unit in combat. It breached the Gustav Line and advanced to Rome on June 4 1944. It fought through the Gothic Line and reached Mt Grande and later Verona Vicenza and San Martino. By the Po Valley drive it had captured over 30000 prisoners in 16 days.
An ensign in Hong Kong explains a major operation moving Chinese armies via large transports to Shanghai and Manchuria. The 13th U.S. Army group serves as liaison as ships depart with troops, while British ships in Oriental waters do not assist.
A new drug paludrine is being used in malaria treatment, expanding available options for patients. The development signals progress in antimalarial therapy and may impact treatment protocols in regions affected by malaria.
Navy cook Bill Bingham, near blind from an eye infection in Okinawa, reunites with his New Zealand wife and two daughters after landing at a Charleston airport. He had feared total blindness but sight in his right eye improves while he meets Diane aged 2 and Jennifer 10 months for the first time.
State Senator Grady Hazlewood former Amarillo District Attorney will speak at the Panhandle Chapter Texas Society of Professional Engineers dinner dance tomorrow night at the Amarillo Country Club. Dinner starts at 7. Society to elect new officers. invitations sent to engineers in 20 Panhandle counties with 100-plus expected. Sam Davis retires as president. other outgoing officers named.
Containers will be placed in the Amarillo Post Office January 7 to receive used clothing for a nationwide collection by United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi is notified and authorized to permit the boxes in the lobby. People may drop off clothing and committees will service the boxes daily.
The House approved a bill extending most provisions of the second war powers act, including rationing and priority control of scarce materials, through June 30, 1946. Without extension, powers would end this year.
Guidance on dairy cow nutrition emphasizing that each cow should have sufficient home grown grazing and hay, and be fed concentrates in proportion to her production to meet her dietary needs.
A compact air list shows NBC schedules including News by Air with Bernie Howell and various programs like A Date with Judy Fibber McGee and Molly and Red Skelton. Entries include Johnny Presents Amos n Andy and sports shows plus ABC items Sign Off Eugene Grace and Enemies of Mankind.
A fragmented listing shows various radio programs and networks such as KGNC NBC ABC and related show names including Rhythm Range News Sunrise Serenade News by Air and News by Air segments. It reads like an early 20th century grid of program titles and times with multiple stations listed.
The bulletin lists light entertainment and community features including the Light Crust Doughboys and Man on the Street segments with coverage of the Whiteway Roundup.
A scrambled listing shows programs from NBC and ABC including The Backstage Wife Stella Dallas and Portia Faces Life on NBC and Gordon's Style Notes Airplane Salute and The 123 Club on ABC. It also mentions classic serials and adventure shows like Terry and the Pirates and Dick Tracy with a general demand for airtime and timing.
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