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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
13
The proposed plan envisions keeping field facilities near their present site if shared by military and commercial aviation. A guest expert advocates a great terminal surrounding English Field to serve both sectors. Deed discussion concerns a 1,500 acre area. Amarillo Army Air Field land, not English Field, is involved, with the city retaining ownership of English Field.
The Amarillo air field situation is presented with four photo sketches based on 1957 aerials of English Field. Views show two to four mile runway concepts, a north extension with Highway 60 and Santa Fe Railroad moved, a circular port with Highway 66 and Rock Island Railroad, and a larger east-edge terminal with an urban growth plan. The aviation expert notes a full airport community would form around a larger terminal, though obstacles like rail lines and roads are not counted in these sketches.
The Panhandle Dental Society opened its 16th annual convention at the Herring Hotel with Dr. F. S. Myers presenting clinical matters. Officers will be installed at 2 PM Saturday with Dr. E A Johnson to president and Dr. J B Landers as secretary treasurer. Attendance was lower due to war time. Also, Eisenhower and Leigh-Mallory were received by King George VI at Buckingham Palace.
Tito reported heavy fighting spreading along the Croat coast below Fiume as German forces launched two drives toward the coast and western Bosnia. The actions aimed to prevent Yugoslav Partisans from threatening the naval base from the south, with fighting described as intensifying.
In Washington the long estrangement between John L. Lewis and AFL President William Green softened after a secret off the record meeting about readmitting Lewis’s United Mine Workers to the AFL. Details remain undisclosed and no reconciliation is claimed.
In a call to action amid a growing aviation era, Amarillo must plan and expand English Field now to serve passenger, freight, and private flights. CAA engineer Hearsay Travis notes one airport may not suffice, citing nearby cities like Albuquerque and Oklahoma City with substantial airport projects.
Southeast Asia communique says Allied forces hold new advance positions on the Arakan front in western Burma after repelling counter-attacks. In northern Burma, Stilwell’s Chinese troops push east along the Ledo Highway, capturing Gumga in Hukwang Valley and crossing the Tanai River.
Albert Marion Haverstock 87 died at his daughter Mrs Clifford C Meyer’s home in Army Technical Village after a yearlong illness. Born in Ohio he was an Oklahoma pioneer who lived in Oklahoma City 18 years before moving to Beeville seven years ago. His body lay in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home and would be shipped to Kansas City Missouri tomorrow for funeral services burial beside his wife at Elmwood Cemetery.
Stockholm dispatch reports Countess Edda Ciano daughter of Benito Mussolini has taken refuge in a neutral country, likely Switzerland. La Suisse notes she arrived with three children who had been in school there for months.
Jack Frye, president of TWA, argues aviation will reshape living habits and education. He predicts a future with large transports, peaceful international use, and a need to reform school texts in economics, geography and social sciences to reflect the Air Age. He notes 1933 and 1942 education efforts abroad and in the U.S. and calls for educators to lead in aviation awareness.
Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, former Western Defense Command chief, says shore signals aided early Japanese attacks on the West Coast and their removal in 1942 cut signals and submarines. The 600 page migration report notes weeks after Pearl Harbor ships faced submarine attacks. Navy and army personnel may pursue correspondence courses in over 300 subjects.
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