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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1946
Page
2
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Jimmy Fidler urges Hollywood entertainers to devote 1946 to supporting rehabilitation for military hospital patients. He critiques postwar complacency, praises Roy Rogers at the Hitching Post, and questions studio production pace while noting Paramount’s large backlogs and costs.
A concise reflection on Hollywood's culture noting that actors and producers often forget the right people while clinging to others. The remark underscores the town’s selective memory and calls for a more balanced remembrance.
A United Press dispatch from Washington reports the Surplus Property Administration told Congress that 44 airports and two port terminals are or soon will be declared surplus. Amarillo Army Air Field is listed among them.
The Indonesian Merdeka reports American trained Dutch Marines arriving in Batavia wearing U S Marine uniforms. They carry gear marked with U S. Four British soldiers were wounded as clashes near Soerabajo continued with about 100 Indonesians attacking with mortars and machine guns.
Packers warn a strike could create a critical meat shortage within 10 days as local firms report no substantial reserves and fear disruption of shipments from Fort Worth. Analysts say poor quality cattle prices may fall and national market channels could halt cattle movement.
Navy veteran William FE. Lowell serves 29 months and Army veteran Leo Kouba returns Jan 18 as a night patrolman. G. EF. Gibson, Army veteran, returns Jan 15 as a motorcycle patrolman. W. G. Miller moves from bicycle patrol to temporary detective bureau duty.
President Truman defends fact finding boards with subpoena power, saying government agencies routinely obtain accurate information from corporations and that the effort to uncover truth will not harm management.
The State Democratic Executive Committee postponed a pair of resolutions including a call for a special legislative session and a ban on bolters from precinct county and state conventions. The meeting praised Speaker Rayburn, backed Truman, and urged veterans’ exemption certificates for WWII vets.
In San Bernardino California authorities search for identification of a headless torso found two days earlier beside a busy mountain highway. A brutalized nude torso lay wrapped in a stained green and white blanket. Officers say the victim, about 30, was shot twice before decapitation and theorize a meat cleaver may have been used.
At the San Diego Naval Hospital seaman Charles Airhart received a morale boosting call via a new device for patients with hand injuries. Olive Brownlee connected a headset and transmitter to a small white box allowing Airhart to call his home in Idaho. The system aids those with burns paralysis or other hand injuries.
Letter writer from Hereford Texas expresses worry about Earth's future land loss and cites a prize letter claiming the world won’t stand a thousand years. He jokes about a congressional committee and urges focusing on weather. The note thanks Tack for support.
General MacArthur announced a drastic purge of Japan's government to remove leaders who drove the nation into war. Premier Shidehara's cabinet met in emergency session to discuss compliance, with only Shidehara, Yoshida, and Iwata explicitly spared. Tokyo papers saw the move as a path to new leadership amid bewilderment.
Turkish officials insist they will reject any territorial demands and prefer war to defeat. The stance follows Soviet Armenia’s request for Kar s Ardahan provinces and Soviet Georgia professors urging cession of seven Black Sea provinces.
C M Evans area dairy and poultry chief of the agriculture department predicts a butter shortage in the next three months based on production and marketing administration outlook.
John Parnham of Schiller-Cable Piano Co. says postwar pianos will use an aluminum alloy plate instead of cast iron, cutting weight by about 75 pounds. The method, borrowed from B-29 bomber construction, aims to make the piano movable by even frail housewives.
In Philadelphia a judge jailed 21 year old Mrs Flaine McColgan for one year and one day for forging a neighbor s allotment check to buy groceries. The judge urged good behavior and offered sympathy as he sentenced her.
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