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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1944
Page
8
A playful reader column in Amarillo Globe asks Pulse Feeler how to deter visitors. Local respondents offer humorous, practical refusals and excuses, from wiring a message about expired ration points to claiming lack of room or impending travel.
Soviet forces launch coordinated offensives along a broad northern and Ukraine front on the 26th anniversary of the Red Army. Stalin proclaims Germany near catastrophe as Berlin reports a major push from White Russia toward Rogachev and Dno falls on the invasion route to the Baltic states. Civilians and troops in Moscow celebrate with daylong ceremonies as Churchills pledge to strike Germany by land sea and air is reported.
U P reports say American serial gunners destroyed 133 German aircraft in a coordinated attack from British and Italian bases. Nazi air plants in four cities were burned to ruins as the raid continued with heavy bombers and fighters along the French coast.
The Eighth Air Force says bomber losses since August 1942 are 3.1 percent with 310 German fighters shot down. Heavy bombers and escorts destroyed 34 Nazi planes, 59 by escorts, 40 by 15th Air Force from Italy. Allied losses include 61 bombers and 10 missing. German raids on London continue with major anti aircraft defenses active.
Allied airmen pounded Rabaul for the 18th straight day while British and American forces engaged in heavy fighting along the Anzio beachhead. Casualties mounted as German counter offensives stalled and Me 109s and artillery pressed in Italy and Burma.
Amarillo leaders protest the state postwar planning committee and the Texas section of the American Society of Civil Engineers for excluding Panhandle representation. Rex Baxter, Chamber of Commerce manager, calls the process muddy and plans to attend a five state meeting in Dallas to push industrial and economic development for the area. John W. Carpenter of Dallas organized the meeting with five state governors and other officials expected to attend.
The army, under a presidential order, assumes operation of Los Angeles water and power facilities as the strike action halts utilities. Col Rufus W. Putnam moves into offices with Union leadership nonparticipation noted while Bowron reports strikers may return. Weather worsens damage with four dead and millions in losses as storms persist. Pope Pius XII urges belligerents to spare Rome from destruction, citing Cairo and Athens as precedents.
Washington report notes a committee of college presidents urged the War Department to fund about 100,000 high school graduates aged 17 to attend college this summer at Army expense. Educators say it would train leaders and aid the military, even as the Army recently said it would remove 110,000 troops from colleges by April 1, leaving 36,000.
Shoppers in Amarillo carry red and blue tokens received as change for ration stamps. The OPA tokens are worth one point each and will be officially effective at the start of next week. Banks have distributed thousands of plastic points to merchants to save time and paper.
British and German coastal guns traded salvos across the Dover Strait in a major duel. British batteries fired for about 30 minutes targeting a convoy near Boulogne and Calais while shell warnings rang for 90 minutes in Dover area towns.
Sen Aiden Barkley of Kentucky resigns as Senate Democratic leader after blasting President Roosevelt's veto of the two billion dollar tax bill. He vows to tender his resignation at a Senate meeting and accuses the President of an assault on Congress. Reactions include a standing ovation from most senators.
A statewide drive seeks 250000 to fund a 36th Division memorial in Temple. The plan includes a building for records and archives, a park site, a 1000 prize for the designer, and a small theater to host patriotic meetings and visiting families from McCloskey General Hospital.
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with fresh to strong winds. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer this afternoon and tonight. New Mexico partly cloudy with snow flurries in mountains and cooler in the west by Thursday.
Potter County chair Lewis Fields urges every home to save waste fats or "war grease" for ammunition and sulfa drugs. Schools distribute booklets nationwide. butcher shops unite to collect fats, targeting a county record this March.
A Houston radio campaign to draft W Lee O Daniel for the Democratic presidential nomination is aired daily on KXYZ with hillbilly music. A. V. Milligan of All in One Manufacturing submits the program, featuring The Eyes of Texas and invitations to send names and addresses to join the movement.
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