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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1945
Page
2
A plea for public discussion on rental practices and rent gouging in Amarillo. The writer cites laws and high rents, calls for exposing facts, and mentions W. G McMillen of Lubbock as a notable local bird-study figure and potential speaker for Amarillo.
A reader seeks washing help and child care at 4021 Rio Grande, east of the cotton mill. A woman offers to keep children at 1119 Tyler or by calling 5240. Several notices request housekeeping work and companionship, with addresses in Oklahoma and Texas. A lost brown felt purse at Paramount Theater prompts a plea for the book and rosary.
The piece describes a lecture with motion pictures on Panhandle nesting birds, noting 2000 bluebirds on the South Plains and vast populations in the North Plains during migration. It reflects on Texas having 487 native bird species, Amarillo’s Dean Kirk, and broader social anecdotes about marriage, age, and birth trends.
Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts of America marks the 35th anniversary of the organization with Scout Week activities from today to February 14. A special Boy Scout parade is planned for February 22, on Baden-Powell and Washington’s birthdays, plus Court of Honor February 15 and Scout Sunday services February 11. Leaders W. J. Hiatt and John S. McKnight outline events, with Lewis P. Fields as council president.
Senator Kenneth McKellar told the Senate Agriculture Committee Aubrey Williams, a social worker, lacks business and farming experience to run the Rural Electrification Administration. He cited $551 million invested in REA and argued a banking expert would better head the technical government body. Williams is nominated to lead the REA.
A Globe reporter discovers in library catalogs that reference works label Japs as kindly hearted or gentle. Some 1941 books describe Japan as animated, fascinating, and quaint, while others note a stark contrast with wartime actions like the Hawaii attack.
LETHBRIDGE Alberta Feb 8 German prisoners of war erected a crude scaffold in a Medicine Hat camp in July 1943 and hanged a fellow prisoner accused of making derogatory remarks about Hitler. The Herald said censorship approved release. Another prisoner at the camp last year was found dead, apparently strangled.
A probationary volunteer firefighter in a Denver suburb admitted starting eight fires for the thrill of extinguishing them. Sheriff Chick Foster reports the incident, noting the man’s enthusiastic conduct led to serious safety concerns.
Germany launched V weapon attacks on southern England causing additional casualties and damage in the 24 hours ending at dawn today as reported by the air ministry.
In Kansas City a doctor’s rupture truss invention offers a free $3.50 truss to readers testing it for 30 days. No leg straps or belts, it claims to hold rupture in place, comfortable and easy to wear, with a 30 day trial and a refund if unsatisfied. Write Physician's Appliance Co. at 1427 Koch Bldg or 2906 Main St Joe City Mo to participate.
London Feb 8 RAF Lancasters blasted German E-boat shelters at IJmuiden on Holland’s coast with 12 000 pound bombs for a daylight raid the second in six days. Spitfires escorted the mission, no enemy planes were seen, and the force returned. Britain based American heavies were idle today. German reports claimed Italy based American bombers moved to Vienna area after oil targets yesterday.
In Amarillo two woodpeckers persistently try to set up housekeeping under a duplex at 1707 Buchanan owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Russell on Buchanan Street. Despite boards blocking holes, a second woodpecker joined the first as they busily worked Thursday morning to carve out a living space.
Saburo Kurusu, the Japanese envoy who urged peace in Washington before Pearl Harbor, has retired from the diplomatic service. He accepted an advisory role with the Japanese foreign office.
Major Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer said Allied successes in the Philippines and Burma have forced the Japanese to shift from offensive to defensive strategy in China. He noted Japanese troop dispositions in China shifted as Luzon operations influenced defense, with preparations accelerated and governed by strategic defensive considerations, though offensive actions remain possible.
Washington February 8 War Production Board Chairman J A Krug told the Senate military committee that voluntary manpower placement has failed to keep pace with wartime needs. He warned that without labor legislation war production will deteriorate as weeks pass and cited a current need of 250 000 to 300 000 workers in the most plants, representing about a quarter of the nation’s war industries and support activities.
Allied Fifth Army units advanced up to 600 yards in two days of fierce fighting southeast of Bologna but halted before fortified enemy positions. The attack reached Orbega ridge base nine miles southeast of Bologna and seven miles from the Bologna Faenza highway. German engineers widened Senio flood banks to flood plains and hinder a possible Eighth Army assault.
Myron C Taylor, Roosevelt's personal representative to the Vatican, denied reports that the President planned to meet Pope Pius XII. He stated he did not know of any visit after the Big Three conference and said he was unaware of such plans.
American combat deaths and totals rise with 764,584 casualties since war start. Army losses 676,796 and Navy 87,788 as of January end, with 865,000 Germans captured on the Western Front. Army killed 130,266 wounded 396,176 missing 91,476 prisoners 58,578. Navy killed 33,192 wounded 40,248 missing 9,873 prisoners 4,473.
Moscow radio reports the Red Army freed 4500 prisoners from a camp at Brzscze south east of Krakow. The camp allegedly contained four gas chambers and twelve incinerators.
Air-minded senators led by Pence Metcalfe of San Angelo introduced a bill in the Texas legislature to create a Texas Aeronautics Commission and appropriate 55000 dollars to start operation. The measure would not grant authority to set rates routes safety or pilot licensing but would serve as a state agency to distribute federal aviation funds.
Manila reports indicate a daily death toll of several hundred from starvation as famine spreads. Markets are closed and basic supplies are blocked by an embargo imposed since December by Japanese forces, with normal food channels severed.
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