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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1945
Page
2
A Texas note blends weather and wanderings with Texas Panhandle pride and a call to stop filming Duel in the Sun in Texas. It laments Arizona scenery and urges keeping Palo Duro Canyon in Panhandle hands while teasing movie moguls and local officials.
Cal Farley proposed expanding the Boys Ranch and Maverick Club idea to all Amarillo sections. He urged civic groups to sponsor neighborhood clubs with part time coaches and year round sports, building on a current basketball league. A Thursday meeting in the Amarillo Hotel Parlor B invites interested sponsors and questions. Harold Gallarneau, Kiwanis Underprivileged Child Committee chair, said the club will sponsor one team.
Jurymen reported for duty in the 47th District Court but were recessed until 1 pm at the defendants request who needed more time to prepare. L. C. Offnut forfeited his $1500 bond on assault and robbery charges. other cases this afternoon include three more assault and robbery charges against Abel Stone Somoza Hugh Haralson and C H Weaver.
Postoffice employees will take a holiday Thursday Washington's birthday while other federal building offices stay open. No mail deliveries in the city and the general delivery window will be closed. Incoming and outgoing mail will be dispatched and citizens with postal boxes will receive their mail.
German baby rocket four feet long with explosive power equivalent to a 30 pound bomb is used against American lines. It is launched from a truck trailer or ramp over a trench and spins to create a high pitched shriek. The weapon was described by Ma. Harry Suffield of Woodward Oklahoma who showed a preserved example found in Germany.
Betty Louise Hudson of Braman Oklahoma pleaded guilty in Shreveport court to marrying four servicemen and collecting allotments from each. Authorities held her in custody with punishment pending.
Potter County ration boards close today for inventory. Citizens cannot conduct business until they reopen tomorrow. Boards will close again February 28 for reporting.
The Santa Fe Railway public relations department adds date line text to mailed letters with the phrase One Day Nearer Victory, following the standard dateline such as Feb. 21, 1945. This official line emphasizes the wartime slogan in correspondence from the rail system.
Funeral services for Mrs. Marcellia Wilcoxson Flowers 71 who died at 12:30 AM in a local hospital will be at 2 PM tomorrow in Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Dr Neal D Cannon of Polk Street Methodist conducts. Burial in Llano Cemetery. She leaves two daughters a son and several siblings and grandchildren.
Furnished stock list shows many firms and tickers with price changes. New York Stock Exchange quotes mixed as industry groups and automakers appear. Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report steady to higher bids for hogs cattle and sheep with names of commodities and price ranges.
Rotary sponsored lecture series brings professional speaker M. P. Greenwood-Adams to the high school auditorium. Free to the public, the talk covers new forces in world affairs with Panhandle stops at Dalhart Amarillo Borger Pampa and Perryton. He recently joined the War Department public service division to lecture for the armed forces.
In recognition of bond purchases by employees during the Sixth War Loan Campaign an American flag once flown over the Capitol in Washington will be presented to the U.S. Veterans Hospital at 3 30 this afternoon. The presentation will be made by Sgt Hugh J Finnerty now with Amarillo Army Air Field after 25 months in the Aleutians. Col O F Hertdon hospital superintendent will receive the flag.
From the 800 ships committed to the operation reports say reinforcements are landing. Tokyo acknowledges heavy fighting as Japanese troops shell from caves and pillboxes. Vice Admiral Turner commands the amphibious effort and assesses the savage battle underway.
Allied war fronts report Marines driving toward Motoyama airfield on Iwo Jima with heavy gunfire and naval support. CBS describes the operation as intense with air and sea backing, while Japanese defenses defend a 15,000 strong garrison and heavy minefields.
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