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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1944
Page
4
The text shows the Amarillo Globe newspaper masthead with founding date February 20 1924 and publication details. It lists editors and publishers including Gene Howe president and publisher John McCarty assistant publisher and Wesley Izzard editor in chief, plus contact information.
The article notes General Electric's new electric motor capable of 120000 rpm and three horsepower in a seven pound unit. It envisions extreme speeds for appliances and warns such motors won t be available for general use, endangering daily life and postwar planning.
Roosevelt warns Germans and Japanese face global rebuke to avoid spiritual ruin as the Japanese emperor tried to curb his command. Grew confirms the emperor sought to avoid war with the Allies. Smuts notes Europe’s end and calls for fundamental rethink to navigate a new era.
Paul Mallon argues progress on juvenile discipline through home and school reform. He criticizes public welfare push for huge playground and pool spending and urges tackling root causes via parental guidance, standards in schools, and church involvement.
Dr Gideon Planish receives a long distance call from Kinnikinick News that President Austin Bull has died suddenly during the first student assembly. Trustees offer Planish the presidency with a pension and travel options, prompting a tense dinner with Peony as plans unfold.
In a crowded room Senatorial nominee Blizzard visits incognito to pull strings for a rally at the Imperial Temple. Peony basks in attention with the Chancellor General, while Dr Planish doubts his career and dreams of a penthouse on East End Avenue. The scene ends with a quiet domestic moment as the ferry horn fades.
In Italy Buck Eversole a platoon sergeant reflects on frontline fear and the bond among men under fire. He recalls saving moments, a near miss with a mine and a German encounter, while expressing guilt and loyalty to his comrades as he prepares to miss a battle and honor their dangerous duty.
Evelyn Boyd observes women at Star Machine and Foundry Co in Lincoln Street making components for submarine air compressors under Ralph Whitesides and Lowell Stapf. The piece notes women mastering decimal equivalents and precision work to replace male labor in wartime production.
Cousin Glenn asks Beth to sew a nightgown described as serviceable but not shapely. John McCarty cites a Chinese proverb urging daily whipping of a child, then says he is unfit to raise children and has never struck them except in self defense.
A Red Cross official describes an optimist as a bald headed man whose condition is temporary. A West Texas recruitment visit to a Lubbock hotel prompts a food and oats check for draftees. Amarillo WACs lose a spare, then a hidden spare is found on a recruiting wagon. A home with multiple outside bedroom exits prompts a WAC joke about a mother slipping out, with a child noting the exits aid her.
George Gallup reports New York Republican voters favor Governor Thomas E. Dewey as their top presidential nominee choice, with nearly triple the support of Wendell L. Willkie. The survey also shows Johnston at 1 percent and notes broader national momentum across 13 states totaling 578 delegates for the GOP convention.
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