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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
1
Hearing on charges against Shell Oil Company Houston refinery for discrimination against Latin American and Negro workers was set for today. FEPC officials Emanuel Bloch and A Bruce Hunt arrived from Washington to preside. Local 367 CIO and Oil Workers International Union reps spoke for workers. Shell did not name a representative.
British reports say machine gun fire missed Prime Minister Churchill and two commanders by about 30 yards as renewed fighting raged in Athens and northwest Greece. A Greek girl was fatally wounded. a ton of dynamite had been found near a hotel used by British leaders.
Allied air forces relentless pursuit of remaining Japanese warships that shelled Philippine air fields as B-29s and fighters targeted targets across Mindoro Leyte Morotai and Clark Field. Japanese losses mounted with destroyers sunk a battleship and a cruiser damaged while U S ground troops on Leyte killed 827 more trapped Nipponese.
Red Army on a broad front west of Budapest drives the German Hungarian force back up to 10 miles. Soviet units cross the Bakony Hills into the Gyor Plain, closing on Vienna as heavy combat and street fighting in Budapest continues. Casualties mount with thousands dead or captured as German and Hungarian troops retreat toward Austria.
Allied forces press in the Ardennes with the First Army driving two flanks and surrounding Nazi units near Celles and Bastogne. Eisenhower reports major victory as German lines collapse on a widening 35 mile front. heavy bombers strike deep into western Germany.
American officers confirmed that a six man patrol encircled near Bastogne was killed after capture. A survivor crawled a mile and a half to safety as Nazis stamped hobnailed boots on faces and shot the group. Earlier Nazi atrocities are being forwarded to Washington. A Hungarian general allegedly killed defending Budapest was also reported.
London reports a 24 hour period without V bombs marking the second quiet spell in a week. The Air Ministry disclosed no German long range bombardment up to dawn while Berlin claimed Liege and Antwerp faced strong shelling.
Mostly cloudy tonight with light snow intermittent then ending by mid afternoon. Friday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change and a warmer Friday afternoon. West Texas sees snow in the Panhandle freezing rain in the south plains and rain elsewhere this afternoon and tonight. Friday expected clouds and rain ending in the morning. Not as cold tonight in Panhandle and south plains. New Mexico cloudy with rain or snow this afternoon tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Highest today 40 to 50 degrees, low tonight 25 to 35 degrees.
British and American heavy bombers hit Germany despite a sleet storm. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes targeted Opladen near Cologne, while U S Eighth Air Force planes raided the Reich. The day’s raids demolished rail traffic and damaged numerous targets as Tactical Air Force in Italy logged 1506 sorties.
In a wartime comment to General Peyton C. March the 80 year old military student notes that Allied intelligence collapsed. He compares German strength to Richmond Virginia’s population of about 200,000, imagining the city assembled across the Potomac while unrecognized.
George W. Lee age 53 a Lubbock sales man for a music studio was found dead early this morning in Amarillo city jail. Officers said he was taken into custody at 11:30 last night and a coroner found death from a heart attack due to acute alcoholism. J. D. Cazzell issued the verdict. Registration cards were issued at Knox City and the body rests at Boxwell Brothers chapel.
The 1450 ton submarine Seawolf is overdue on Pacific patrol and presumed lost with its crew of at least 62 men, the Navy announced today. For lumber of all kinds, See John Maynard Lbr. Co., 800 W. 5th. E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate, Loans.
President Roosevelt orders military takeover of Montgomery Ward properties in Detroit Chicago Jamaica New York St Paul Denver Portland and San Rafael due to widespread labor unrest involving about twelve thousand workers. He condemns strikes in wartime and says Ward under Sewell Avery has opposed government wartime labor policies.
Chicago December 28 U P cattle producers warn of a worst meat famine if the OPA lowers live cattle ceilings. Officials discuss a 17.5 cent per lb top and a subsidy rise to 1.60 per cwt. Feeders and packers clash over ceilings amid supply fears and a New York meat holiday.
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