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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1945
Page
2
A fragmented weather column notes frigid 24 degree highs in Texas Panhandle with talk of past drought and future cold. It shares local chatter on hikes, illnesses, and a hospital update for a soldier in Luzon. Also mentions hoaxes, union debates, and curious anecdotes about a toddler and a free cookbook offer.
A fragmented column sketches humor about advertising free gifts, ostrich lore, and a stray collie near Amarillo. It weighs in on bullies, noting how many are quiet yet determined and how fights among whites and others burdens society.
Henry Miller, 35, of Shamrock, was struck at a Grand Avenue railroad crossing by a backing locomotive at eight this morning. He suffered shock and a scalp wound, was not knocked unconscious, and was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital by J. C. O'Rand, a Pantex employee driving to work. Miller appeared not seriously hurt, with his car pushed off the track and radiator grille smashed.
Trial of L. C. Offutt and Barney Beeland for robbery by assault was set for March 19 in 47th District Court during a conference with Judge Henry S. Bishop. Offutt failed to appear yesterday triggering a $1,500 forfeiture and earrest order.
Z. F. Avery, assistant regional representative for the Social Security Board, arrived in Amarillo to meet with local staff on program administration. He will depart tomorrow afternoon for Lubbock after discussions with personnel.
Claude lodge Amarillo Chapter No. 196 completed its Royal Arch degrees last night. The initiates listed include John Wisdom P R Osbourne H B Watson Terrell Christian Pete Morris J D Woodburn John Ellison Collier Corbin L V Nelson and M E Nelson in a skilled display by the local Masons.
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded the criminal libel conviction of William Prescott Allen publisher of the Laredo Times due to an error in the judge's jury charge at trial.
Judge Lloyd Davidson finds language in a 1944 Laredo Rotary Club student loan fund article libelous per se. He notes the board legality of collecting funds but holds statements calling members Hitler minded and Bundist libelous. Conviction reversed and remanded for retrial.
Washington February 21 Transportation Director J Monroe Johnson approved transportation for professional baseball this summer focusing on travel arrangements and eligibility for teams and officials.
The Internal Revenue Office will stay open tomorrow from 8 30 a m to 5 p m to help taxpayers file their 1944 income tax returns. Anyone with income of 500 or more last year must file a return, and withholding does not relieve filing. Ralph Kenniston urges visiting the collector’s office to avoid lines.
Attorneys for Frank Graves convicted in 47th District Court two weeks ago of robbery by assault and given 25 years have filed a motion for a new trial. He allegedly robbed T. A. Ferguson of 35 dollars and beer. Graves also faces a murder charge related to the May 28 1944 slaying of Mrs Dorothy Snelson, trial set for March 5.
Weather will decide the Washington Day parade by 5 30 this afternoon with 1200 Ama rillo District scouts forming at Polk and Twelfth then marching north on Polk if cleared. Llano Estacado Council executive Wilbur J Hiatt said the decision would be announced at noon.
The Amarillo rent control area is being reorganized with Potter and Randall Counties forming the new Amarillo area. Dallam Hansford Hartley Moore and Sherman counties join to create the Dalhart area.
Mrs W B Cline of 3409 Polk left early this week for Los Angeles to visit her daughter. The report notes no trick fleet had entered China since the Burma road was closed by the Japanese two and a half years earlier, until the opening of the new Ledo road.
Axis broadcasts report a force of 30 000 American troops and 9 Chinese divisions massed in Yunnan to back an East Coast landing in China. Transocean cites Tokyo dispatches saying Allied troops await a signal for an overland push with the coast landing.
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