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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1944
Page
1
Pulse Feeler surveyed Amarillo residents on tipping with varied views. Gladys Hawes favors abolition if salaries are stable, while Bob Me and Jack Holtz defend tips as essential or already essential. Mildred Cincy sees tipping create inequality, and Carl Williams would quit tipping with no tips.
Soviet forces push toward the Romanian frontier as Kiev offensive drives west from Poyaski. Berlin endures a second RAF raid dropping 1 000 tons of explosives as civilians flee. Canadian units advance toward Pescara while American troops hold fast under a severe storm along the inland road to Rome.
The bureau says clear for morning with thawing and good weather today. A cold snap follows, keeping temperatures below freezing all day tomorrow and likely the next day. Little chance for snow, last night’s low was 28, today’s high 42, strong winds accompany the cool spell.
Jan 31 is the final day for paying poll taxes to retain voting rights. Payments have been slow and county staff may be strained by a late rush. The county could have ten to twelve thousand polling voters this presidential year. Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones warns business to plan now for reconversion to a peace time economy to avoid postwar chaos and wealth concentration.
The bulletin reports fair skies in Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change tonight, turning cloudy and much colder with strong winds Tuesday morning and staying cold and windy all day. In West Texas, fair and warmer in the Panhandle this afternoon, then partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with subfreezing lows. New Mexico partly cloudy today through Tuesday. 24 hours ending 6:30 A.M. show high 42, low 28, noon 37. Asphalt shingles and insulation listed by John Maynard Lumber Co.
Martha Blanche Pyle a Texas and New Mexico cattle magnate and Panhandle pioneer died at 4 45 this morning in her Amarillo Hotel apartment after two months of illness. She was the widow of T M Pyle and survived by two sons Horace T Pyle and F B Pyle with ranch interests near El Paso Sanderson and Logan New Mexico a grandson six and a sister and brother. Her body lies in Boxwell Brothers chapel with funeral expected Wednesday.
At three Saidor beaches American forces from the 32nd Infantry Division landed at dawn with little opposition and quickly pushed inland as heavy bombardments reduced Japanese positions. The operation, part of MacArthur's three-pronged New Guinea drive, placed U S Sixth Army troops within 55 miles of Madang and threatened nearby airfields and lines of supply.
Mrs H A Pough of 903 Grand Street wins 5 in the weekly news tip contest for describing a cattle barn collapse under ice. Second prize goes to Mrs T E Keasler of 714 North East Eighth Avenue for tipping about a woman in enamel. third prize to Mrs C A Eddleman of 902 North Grant Street for an unconscious woman possibly due to monoxide. Other tips from local residents and area addresses are noted.
President Roosevelt appeared to share a view that rail and steel strikes could strengthen German morale and resistance. Secretary Early cited his remarks to Railroad Brotherhoods while noting the president would act if needed. The source of a New Year’s Eve anonymous statement was denounced by union leaders seeking Senate inquiry. The War Department highlighted Staff Sgt. Ben P. Colecchi of New Castle, a tail gunner who fired from a bomber’s severed tail until it vanished at sea. Brazil sends pilots and troops abroad in the first deployment of its air force for overseas combat.
British news service cites DNB on a large invasion armada forming in UK ports as reinforcements pour into southern England. The dispatch notes German confidence in a forthcoming large scale Allied landing in Europe and mentions Eisenhower’s anticipated arrival to assume second front command.
C L Applequist of 4237 West Eleventh Avenue leaves with nine other naval recruits aged 17. Recruits include Amarillo pair C L Applequist D E Girard G R Phillips T D Merriman and Memphis group W E Clark E M Robertson G R Sargent J L Doss. Other members hail from Plainview Germantown Tenn.
Ralph Dykeman, director of the Maverick Club, laments a thief who keeps breaking into the club filling station. He says the intruder steals junk for metal resale and notes this is the third break-in with little to gain from the crime.
WAC Sergeant Barbara Washburn traveled from Mitchell Field New York to Chicago for a ten day furlough to visit cousin Guy Murchie a former war correspondent. She learned upon arrival that Murchie now serves as civilian navigator in the air transport command at La Guardia Field New York.
A Budapest dispatch said Allied landings and bridgeheads on Dalmatian Adriatic islands signal invasion plans against Yugoslavia. Tito unites partisans under Allied leadership, with many divisions reportedly commanded by American and British officers.
Argentina's foreign minister announced formal recognition of Bolivian President Gualberto Villarroel, installed December 20 by coup. Argentina is the first American republic to recognize the new regime. The piece also notes Canyon district court convening and Randall County docket activity.
President Roosevelt remains in bed with grippe and may miss the annual message to Congress. The article explains how Thanksgiving date shifts cause confusion when November has five Thursdays, forcing Thanksgiving on November 23 that year. It notes other calendar anomalies and potential overtime on Feb 29 in leap years.
A United States destroyer sank in lower New York Bay after an explosion of unknown origin at 6 18 A M. EWT. The blast left at least 163 known survivors with 108 injured and many sent to Fort Hancock Army Hospital New Jersey. The ship anchored six miles northeast of Sandy Hook when the explosion occurred and caused significant structural damage and a blaze that firefighters could not approach.
Police logged eight accidents in two days with one injury reported so far. Mrs. Lelia Dobler, 72, of 619 North Tyler Street, was struck near St. Anthony's Hospital and admitted as a patient. The driver Jimmie O Grady of 211 North Tyler Street stopped to aid.
Massachusetts Congressman James M. Curley is indicted for a second time by a federal grand jury in connection with Engineers' Group Inc a war contracts brokerage racket. The 16 count mail fraud indictment names six defendants including David E Desmond a Boston salesman.
The comptroller of the currency ordered a statement of condition for all national banks as of December 31, 1943. The Federal Reserve Board issued a call on member state banks and the FDIC called insured nonmember banks.
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