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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
4
The Townsend organization plans a bill discussion at the Townsend Club meeting at 2:30 PM Sunday in the county courthouse. Globe News Want Ads get results.
Amarillo faces a population discrepancy as Census figures put the city at 57,754 based on ration book data while local estimates range around 61,000. Grady Wilson cites 58,832 registrations for book No 4 and notes some under registration or nonregistrants, with rural areas and Army Air Field families included. Allied move reported from London notes about 50 Allied merchantmen leaving Gibraltar with escort. Ground farm notes used for burnishing metals.
Frank Baird of Hollywood 5% list leads an education show in Amarillo at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom next Monday night at 7 20 showcasing short hair styles for war workers and WACs to prevent clothing snagging. Miss LaNae assists as the event teaches modern dos and cold wave fixes with dancing afterward.
Funeral services for John Henry Hodges aged 75 were held at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Dr. E. B. Fincher officiating. The body will be buried in Bartlesville Oklahoma after overland transfer. Survived by a widow three daughters three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Frank Storm shows improvement after two weeks in hospital reports from Cannon Gasoline Company where he is an official. He is at home on 1710 Harrison Street and plans to return to normal duties after Christmas.
Mrs Zerla Sory of 409 Maryland Street alerted police after a stolen car was found parked outside her home for two days. The owner, Dr W R Ballard of 1312 Pierce Street, reported the theft last Tuesday. Police gratitude noted.
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault’s air forces in China have destroyed large numbers of Japanese planes along the supply line to Tokyo. Fuel is scarce and precious as American bases fight daily skirmishes with near no front line. Col. D. L. Hill of Victoria, Texas, is listed among the top scorers.
New York January 6 American shipyards working at high speed and doubling the size of the Navy built 65 aircraft carriers of all types in 1943. Six 27,000-ton Essex type carriers were included, nine light carriers of the 10,000-ton converted cruiser type, and 50 escort carriers. The escort carriers helped repel Nazi submarine threats in the Atlantic.
In a United Nations high command radio appeal, the British Broadcasting Company urged Belgians to remain in their homes as military actions unfold to avoid obstructing Allied air operations. The broadcast advised digging slit trenches and sheltering in dugouts to deter German movement and protect civilians.
Markets show Dow Jones declines as 30 industrials fall 0.43. In Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets, hogs and cattle move unevenly with steady to higher tones. Hogs reach 13.75 for 200-300 lb, cattle top around 16.50 for strictly choice, and calves show varied quotes across weights.
Amarillo Real Estate Board president Royce Gant announces committee appointments for the year. Appraisal includes Tom Cotten, T. C. Sparks, George Turnley, M. F. Taylor and W. H. Goforth. Additional committees list members across Arbitration Vigilance Membership Taxation Publicity Program with designated month leaders.
The Cavalcade of America program on KGNC at 7 PM Monday will dramatize Ernie Pyle’s war front writings. Joel McCrea will portray Ernie, drawing from his book Here Is Your War. The Globe serialized his popular columns for World War II readers.
An American Air Base in northeast India reports the daring endurance of air transport command crews who built the 600 mile air route to China as a substitute for the Burma Road. Fliers were downed or vanished in jungles, endured long recoveries, and continued missions with rescue networks. One crew, led by Lt. Ted R. Carmack, bailed at 10 000 feet after a Japanese attack and survived a 35 day trek aided by a missionary before reaching a China base December 9. Aerial rescue services now continually search for distressed planes and crews until found or deemed hopeless.
The exiled Greek government reports German forces killed over 1,000 residents of Kalavrita and destroyed Mega Spileo and Agia Lavra. Males over 12 were forced outside to listen to a machine gun speech, while women and children were burned in a school, with many perishing in the panic.
Stockholm dispatches report Berlin fires still burning after RAF raid with thousands of evacuees fleeing by trains and highways. Food shortages worsen as 300 rescued from a shelter beneath the damaged Reich chancellery after 30 hours trapped. Kiel shipyard and factories also reported destroyed in the American two day bombardment. casualties tallied at about 1,800 killed across Tuesday and Wednesday.
Funeral services for John Wiley Rogers 73 a retired farmer and merchant and former Amarillo resident will be held at 4 oclock Friday in Boxwell Brothers Chapel. He died last Tuesday at Murray Kentucky and his wife died here May 6 1930. Survived by three sons J O Overton Yandell Salem Ky Waymond Toledo O two daughters Audie Shock Toledo and Zula Bowe Endee New Mexico and 13 grandchildren. Body arrives tomorrow afternoon.
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