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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1944
Page
2
Warm pleasant outlook with no Saturday forecasts. OT Lang and W A C officials arrive for premieres and discussions on fishing season and public lakes. Misc items include domestic life, wartime home front humor, and short remarks on diet, hobbies, and public notices.
Charles Chaplin appeared at the U S marshal's office to surrender to a grand jury indictment charging Mann Act violations and conspiracy to defraud Joan Berry of her civil rights. He was nervous and refused photo requests before signing documents. counsel Jerry Giesler and others accompanied him.
The Army released materials and facilities for large scale civilian ammunition production aimed at protecting livestock and crops from predators. Supplies should reach Midwest retailers within 60 days under strict controls prioritizing essential users. Nearly all output in the next four to five months will go to outlets in 17 states between the Mississippi and the Rockies.
Democratic leaders urged President Roosevelt not to veto the $2,315,000 revenue bill saying Congress would not pass another revenue measure this year. They spoke after a White House conference, with expectations Roosevelt will veto the Commodity Credit extension bill banning food subsidies.
Hollywood figures push Braille film scripts to help the blind follow movie scenes. Jack L. Warner first printed The Desert Song continuity in Braille, then extended the idea to other Warner Bros productions. Two Navy veterans share war service and Purple Hearts between Fibber and Molly McGee and One Exciting Night shoots.
Lloyd Duncan, once a strong businessman, will learn to walk again as Amarillo residents raised 450 dollars to fund artificial legs. Measurements were taken for the devices by W. L. Ewan, with medical advice prompting the fundraiser led by Cal Farley and Clarence Jackson among others. Submarine action report follows about US Navy airmen sinking two submarines in the South Pacific near Recife, Brazil.
The canyon was clearly visible from Amarillo this morning. Workers in the electrical department at Sub-Depot Amarillo Army Air Field reported seeing college buildings with trees on either side and two elevators. Gerald L. Johnson, electrical foreman, said workers climbed into the hangar to view the canyon through rare atmospheric conditions.
A London Daily Herald report says a German plane over Allied ships near Anzio, Italy, was pursued by its own glider bomb. The pilot, trying to evade, was seen in grim pursuit as the bomb remained a danger.
A May boy from Amarillo is heard on a Japanese prisoner broadcast. Mrs. R. W. Coltharp received a letter from her husband at sea confirming the report that he heard a boy named May on the air. John W. May, whose parents reside in Amarillo, is noted among those who served.
Fred Bessey of 608 Van Buren Street learned his brother P. J. Bessey died this morning in a Pittsburg Kansas hospital after about a week of illness. He will attend his brother’s funeral services this afternoon.
An Indianapolis homeowner runs a comic want ad offering to lease the home lend a maid and introduce to a butcher about March 1. The note accompanies a weathered tidbit about the Amazon River pouring 5 million gallons per second into the Atlantic.
Classified style notices request middle aged woman for light housework and child care, a young man seeking any work and noting draft status, a farmer seeking a pen pal, a 14 year old offering after school child care, and a cat adoption, plus a reward for a lost gold ring. Names include Mrs. Finley Martin, W. W. Harper, G. A. J. H., Dixie Harrison, and Betty Hensley with addresses and contact numbers.
Agonizing itching from eczema rash and other skin conditions urged to try Blue Star Ointment. One application claimed to check itching with repeat use as needed and money back if the first trial fails.
Former Vice President John Garner and ex Democratic National Chairman James Farley spent about ninety minutes in Uvalde discussing the nation and the 1944 presidential bid. Farley said both men see dark days ahead but express faith in America and its people.
Lt. Wau Kau Kong of Honolulu becomes the only Chinese fighter ace in the European theater by shooting down a Focke Wulf 190 over Franfurt while escorting bombers. He used an "old Oriental trick" to gain an overhead shot, flying a P-51 nicknamed Chinaman's Chance and No Tickee No Washee.
Berlin dispatched a Paris radio report saying German authorities now impose the same strict military control on the entire French Mediterranean coast as on the invasion coast of northern France.
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