31 Dec 1945
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1945
Page
1
Pan-Eastern expands its Panhandle gas reserves boosting regional energy capacity and market reach. The move signals a strategic push by the company to secure supply, enhance production efficiency, and strengthen its position in the Gulf Coast energy corridor.
The report notes Texas after World War II is set to become a major industrial hub. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line expands gas reserves with Shamrock Oil and Gas, signing a 57 000 acre lease in Sherman and Moore counties to supply 30 million cubic feet daily, doubling over ten years. Facilities include desulphurization and compression plants, boosting royalties and regional employment.
British intelligence asserts Hitler died in the Berlin bunker on April 30 after a brief marriage to Eva Braun. A British officer outlines witnesses and the sequence of events including the dispatch of three messengers with triplicate will copies to Doenitz and Schoener, who never reached their destinations.
Twenty miners remain entombed after an underground blast near Pineville Kentucky. Harry Thomas chief engineer of the Kentucky Department of Mines ordered the main entrance sealed to smother fire and gas. Eight were rescued alive earlier. five have died and nineteen are unaccounted for or missing with seven survivors. Tests by the department and the U S Bureau of Mines will monitor conditions.
H F Hawley, a Childress stone mason, killed 56 rattlesnakes while hunting near Dickens for a new rock deposit. He described finding a den with snakes larger than his arm and over six feet long, noting there were still many left alive.
In Chungking a Nationalist government offer outlines a halt in hostilities and rail restoration, plus appointing a Marshall liaison and impartial observers. Communists seek an immediate unconditional cease fire. Chiang also signals openness to coalition government and broad political participation.
A man claimed he was abducted Sunday night by two uniformed men and driven into Texas, but FBI inquiry showed the tale was a hoax. Officers traced the incident to eastern Panhandle and Shamrock area with no second kidnapping report.
MacArthur disputes a press attribution about opposing the Moscow plan for Japan. He says his final disagreement was in a 1945 radio message and denies being consulted during Moscow talks. The four power council would advise him and veto his policies, a point of contention.
The forecast shows continued fair conditions with minimal temperature changes through today tonight and Tuesday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas fair through Tuesday with colder Rio Grande Valley this afternoon and warmer Tuesday. Panhandle lows 23 to 32 degrees and 27 to 32 elsewhere. New Mexico colder at night and warmer Tuesday with varied highs. Traffic fines totaled 130 dollars over two days with 8 listed moving violations including stop sign and license offenses. additional 34 other cases noted.
Amarillo public schools will resume classes Wednesday morning after a休iday break. Schools were closed December 19 for holidays and the next break is Easter on April 21.
Bill Irwin son of Mr and Mrs W R Irwin 3006 Harrison Street returned to Tufts College Boston Mass Sunday morning after spending six days at home on Naval leave Traveling with him as far as Chicago was John Reynolds son of Mr and Mrs Harry Reynolds 2014 Jackson who was returning to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis
Lt. Col. John Galloway of Wichita asked about his wife Elizabeth’s train arrival. The clerk replied that trains have not been on time for four years, illustrating a running wartime-era scheduling issue in a San Francisco office.
Four American delegates and four alternates to the first UN General Assembly session sail from New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Edward R. Stettinius Jr, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sen. Tom Connally, and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg lead the delegation. The ship set sail as talks remain awaited until sessions begin January 10.
P W Stewart of 1405 West Elev enth wins $5 prize for report on Boise City plane crash. Mrs B E Humphers 2616 North West Fifth takes $3 for story about car that returned as husband left for service. Third prize of $2 goes to Mrs W G Miller 1908 Tyler for tip about a turkey escaping the shopping crowd.
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