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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1944
Page
2
The column notes a dry spell with sleet on Christmas Day and no heavy snow. It praises war effort volunteers like Mr Madden and general MacArthur’s leadership in the Philippines, citing 113000 enemy losses on Leyte and strong religious conviction. It also mentions local curiosities and a lighthearted jab about a suit.
A wartime radio chat discusses Russia and Japan and the danger of leftist influence in Europe while urging unity for a swift war end. Also reported is a December 4 car wreck near Wilderado in which a Norwegian Elk Hound belonging to Capt. and Mrs. C A Peterson went missing. a reward is offered. Lieutenant Stitt’s coral gift earrings vanish at the Victory Theater or near White and Kirk’s. a $5 reward is posted.
Notices detail a missing gray Persian named Sweetie Face with reward offer, a Yale lock key 3A155 missing with return options, a request for a live-in child nurse near Lipscomb Street, and a reader seeking female correspondence aged 35 to 50. Additional items report lost billfold near Bert Levy's Store, three keys on a leather holder near the post office, and a coin purse near 1108 Lincoln Street with contact for recovery.
Frederick C Othman reports on wartime production confusion as the War Production Board cancels and reinstates orders for 610 flat cars and Columbus bomb parts. The piece details factory shifts from car building to bomb making and back, plus Army concerns over worker displacement and logistics in Europe.
Wall Street chatter notes mixed activity with industrials down while rails and utilities show modest gains. Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets report higher hogs and steady cattle with ongoing demand for yearlings and feeder calves. sheep demand remains uneven as prices edge higher in parts. The superstition about broken mirrors is traced to beliefs about mirrors reflecting a soul.
Merle Turner, 20, has spent three years in a Wichita hospital long burned by a tractor gasoline explosion. He underwent skin grafts tendon lengthening and leg straightening with pins and braces. He hopes to walk on crutches by Christmas and plans a snowball fight with nurses from his wheelchair.
News dealers in Manchester New Hampshire report wastepaper salvagers collect daily bundles before dealers can arrange them, creating shortages for stands. The situation noted on December 26. Local dealers urge orderly handling to prevent disruption.
Two carloads of Christmas mail arrived in Amarillo last night and more are expected. Some holiday gifts were delivered Christmas morning in residential areas as workers continue delivering Christmas mail today.
Allied motor torpedo boats engaged a small German convoy off Bergen, Norway, using gunfire and torpedoes. The German DNB agency reported the attackers withdrew after one vessel was set afire, with no confirmation of damage to the convoy.
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