12 Dec 1945
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
1
President Truman announced a new housing program to curb inflation in real estate. Wilson Wyatt was named housing expediter to oversee priorities on materials and price ceilings for old and new dwellings.
The United States outlines a three stage plan to rebuild Germany. Byrn es states the goal is to prevent starvation, boost coal exports, finish reparations, and set up German administrative agencies. Recovery proceeds from 1945 to 1948 with eventual German self management under limits.
Frances Brown a 35 year old former WAVE and Richmond Indiana resident was found fatally slashed and shot in her Chicago apartment. A lipstick written note on the wall reads I cannot control myself and catch me before I kill more. The killer fired twice and struck her throat with a bread knife twice.
Four people paid fines yesterday in Amarillo for moving traffic violations. J L Milligan 310 Georgia $3 running stop sign Sam E Lantrop 1300 North East Eighth $12 speeding James H Ivy 412 Cleveland $3 running stop sign C M Peabody Clarendon $15 reckless driving Totals show 55 overtime parking cases and total fines of $87.
A traffic officer said two men settled 45 overtime parking fines at court yesterday. One man paid for 23 violations and another for 22, clearing the batch in cooperation with the court.
Gen George S Patton remained in grave condition after a serious neck fracture from a Sunday automobile crash The late bulletin noted no change in paralysis below the neck and reported fluctuating respiration and pulse rates despite a generally stable general condition
In Chelsea Massachusetts police report a $30,000 ransom demand was made via telephone to the parents of Ronald Carlan the kidnapped infant. The call described a ransom note and promised further contact but offered no written proof. Police deem the demand a crankish stunt amid ongoing custody concerns.
Dallas police revealed a theft of 20 rings from Neiman Marcus jewelry department. Values reach up to 7500 dollars each, totaling 57000 dollars. Five suspects questioned by Lt. M W Stevenson and four detectives are assigned to the case.
The second annual Globe-News Industrial Show is planned for mid February with the Chamber of Commerce aiding. Last year the event overflowed the Herring Hotel and organizers seek a larger venue as Amarillo’s industries expand. Authorities will lecture on industrial processes and samples of regional products and inventions will be showcased. An exact time and location will be announced in about a week.
The cold wave loosens into slushy drizzle in the Panhandle and downstate areas while Amarillo climbs to 53 at noon. Winds pick up again as forecasters warn warming will halt. Light snow falls in New Mexico mountains, with lighter snow elsewhere.
San Francisco detectives pursue a tangle around Alfred Cline 55 a former Denver choir singer and security forger. A Dallas physician identified a woman who died in October 1944 as Cline s late wife but authorities doubt the match. Police say nine former associates either died or disappeared. A Chicago widow and a San Francisco pensioner named as possible identities complicate the case. A cremation followed and property vanished as Tampa Mrs Chase seeks Cline s detention. Learn to fly for Xmas. $90. Ph. 2-9000.
Peiping dispatch reports the Chinese Central Daily News says Russians will take charge of clearing non national troops from Manchuria. Skepticism remains. observers doubt a full Russian anti Communist campaign is likely though Russians may assist Chinese forces in moving into key Manchurian cities.
President Truman announced the United States Marines will remain in China until Japan's surrender terms are completed. The move aligns with Byrnes' claim that the U S is obligated to help move surrendered Japanese forces home, as long as significant Japanese units remain.
Tokyo reports White Frost, touted as Emperor Hirohito's horse, will be sent to the United States after the Japanese racing association turned the horse over to Lieut. Dick Ryan amid army rule changes allowing GI personnel to bring pets home.
A House Education Committee vote 10 to 9 killed a bill to provide federal aid to state school systems. The measure would have appropriated 50 million dollars in year one and 100 million in year two, with support from a bipartisan group of over 30 members.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America CIO marked its fifteenth strikeless year by announcing a wage hour agreement. The deal provides 60 million dollars yearly in pay increases and other benefits for 150,000 clothing workers.
Partly cloudy with rising temperatures and southerly winds 25 to 35 mph today. Cloudy and not quite so cold tonight. Thursday partly cloudy with little temperature change. West Texas sees partly cloudy, warmer conditions with light rain and drizzle in Del Rio Eagle Pass El Dorado this afternoon and tonight. High 42, low 29, noon 53.
President Truman announced he will fly to Independence Missouri on Christmas Day to dine with his home folks. The plan highlights his holiday travel as part of a personal observance and public visit.
Secretary of State Byrnes left for Moscow to address critical East West issues including atomic energy and a planned European peace conference. He will meet Saturday with Molotov and Bevin to explain Anglo American Canadian plans for atom energy transfer to the United Nations in January. sources say a solid proposition could ease over half the Big Three obstacles.
Forty Nazi defendants at the Dachau atrocity trial were found guilty by an American military court after a two hour and eighteen minute deliberation. The conviction covers guards and other attaches of the concentration camp with sentences to be announced soon. The testimonies recounted horrific experiments and mass killings, including malaria experiments by Dr Klaus Karl Schilling that killed up to three thousand inmates.
A man with amnesia in Northwest Texas Hospital may be a railroad worker from Amarillo. B G Sain of 611 Arthur reports the patient described coffee and named his foreman Jimmy Daniels, who leads an Estelline extra gang. Sheriff Gene Kelley probes a Charley Gates son link to Colorado Springs.
The OPA rejects a Houston grocer’s request to validate sugar stamp No. 39 on December 17 instead of January 1. Joe Weingarten cites stamp shortages and excess sugar, noting 23 of 25 surveyed operators from Los Angeles to New York report more sugar than stamps available.
Deputy Whitaker seeks an overcoat after his wife donated both coats to a Greek Relief Drive. The story explains the unusual generosity and the deputy’s frosty predicament in the Panhandle.
In a retrial move the Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a bail of 5000 for C A Gragg who faces charges of drowning his wife and stepson in Dallas County. Judge Beauchamp dissented as the case drew scrutiny over indictment specifics and the fluid of immersion.
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