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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1943
Page
8
Urge immediate invites to service members for Christmas dinner through USC clubs or Mrs. G G Ordway. Priority transport to town will be given to Home Hospitality registered soldiers, others rely on bus service. Call USO Auditor ium Downtown USO or Ordway for invites.
Amarillo's Captain Winston Brown slept late at his mother's home on Monroe Street and plans to report January 5 in Miami, Florida. He wears the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Royal Blue, and the President's citation for actions during and after Pearl Harbor.
Chicago hogs top at 13.75 for 200 to 270 pounders with 270 to 330 pounders 13.00 to 13.75. Cattle tops reach 16.15 for 1300 pound cows, with yearlings around 16.10. Sheep steady with western lambs and natives priced from 11.75 to 14.50. Kansas City hogs top 13.55, cattle mostly 12.00 to 14.00 for stockers and yearlings, lambs around 14.00. Financial note shows Liquidating fund at 1,6907 with 1.85 offering.
Amarillo reports persistent freezing conditions with an ice crust expected to linger. Temperatures rise above freezing today then fall again tonight with renewed ice formation. Yesterday’s high reached 36 degrees. the low this morning was 21. Will Word, son of JA Ranch affiliates in Donley County, visited Amarillo en route from Navy service in the Pacific, mentioning a 20 pound weight loss.
Carlton Florey company wrote two checks of 500 dollars each this morning. One funded Maverick Club building fund and the other supported Boys Ranch. Mavericks plan brick veneer for their building to ensure permanency. Jim Florey spoke of giving back after a good year.
London dispatch reports two U boats destroyed in joint British air and sea attacks on a submarine pack. The operation prevented a prospective attack on two westbound convoys in the North Atlantic recently, official announcement said.
The narrator recalls heavy shelling as ships bombarded the peninsula and American aircraft joined the attack. A small rescue ship approached, troops disembarked, and antiaircraft fire chased away Japanese planes. Captain Wright offered reassurance as losses were assessed amidst chaos. First Lt. Joseph Batts of Bryan referenced.
The account notes attempts to storm the beach and identifies Batts as the farthest survivor. Soldiers transfer to landing craft toward Orange Beach while reporters file from a foxhole near a command post. Brig Gen Julian Cunningham says the first day’s objective was met. Capt Bill Laird reports 15 Japanese killed for one American casualty. Major Harry Wermer and Wright’s men are described amid grim conditions.
Fragmentary report cites Wright discussing promotions to fill four lieutenant spots and a planned reorganization. Mentions going to the beach to bury the wounded who died tonight.
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