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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1946
Page
2
A breezy morning in Dalhart registers 23 degrees as residents stockpile farm goods and share gifts. The column mixes weather, regional anecdotes, jokes, betting chatter about Highland Park, plans for Tack’s birthday, calls for originality in reporting, and a nudge toward early Christmas shopping.
Heavy snow draped Odessa in what authorities called among the heaviest in 20 years as snow spread along a 600 mile band from Dallas to El Paso. San Angelo and nearby towns reported heavy falls while Lubbock El Paso Dallas and Fort Worth had lighter accumulations. Ample cold weather persisted with 23 degrees this morning and a projected 17 degree low tonight.
FRANKFURT January 21 The left wing Social Democratic Party won a three to two popular victory over the Christian Democrats in Rhineland with 146 508 votes to 99 591. Communists trailed with 16 608 while Liberal Democrats totaled 5 662. Christian Democrats led in 17 Hessian states with small towns voting.
County Auditor John Crudgington returns to the courthouse this morning after recovering from more than a week confined at home due to a severe influenza attack followed by a sinus infection.
Lt Col Robert L Hardy reports the West Texas Army Recruiting District leads the Fighting Service Command in enlistments for about two months, with roughly a 20 percent edge on Oklahoma district. He credits recruiting teams in Amarillo and civic groups such as American Legion posts and Veterans of Foreign Wars chapters, and notes an inspection tour by Lt Bill A Montgomery and Capt John G Henry across Panhandle sub districts 1 2 and 3 with HQs in Big Spring and San Angelo.
Allied documents reveal Field Marshal Rommel chose suicide with poison over a trial for alleged involvement in the July 20 1944 bomb plot. Hitler ordered arrest by Keitel who sent two generals to seize Rommel as he lay ill, and Rommel reportedly sipped poison after a brief farewell to his wife and son.
Austin news reports the Senate convening at noon with 26 of 31 members present. Senator Weaver Moore of Houston started to submit a mimeographed list of nominees at the session.
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel testified before a Senate inquiry that Japan’s greatest mistake was attacking Pearl Harbor and failing to cripple the base. He said a successful strike on U S ships might not have occurred if the fleet had been moved to the West Coast. Rep Gearhart noted Kimmel’s remarks during his six day hearing.
Admiral Richardson said he sought to move ships to the West Coast for war prep but Washington officials ordered the fleet to stay in Hawaii as a deterrent to Japanese moves last November. He added that the medical care system will cost roughly 4 percent of earnings up to 3600 dollars annually, near current personal medical expenses.
City program offers subsidies to expand low rent housing and clear slums as part of redevelopment efforts. Officials argue the plan will spur construction, improve living conditions, and attract investment while targeting troubled neighborhoods.
Teo would start work on labor bills if the labor committee failed to act. United Press White reports conflicted on public impact if the meat strike continues. Attention centered on the CIO United Steelworkers nationwide walkout and 15,000 Texas idle workers. In Houston, Inspector Carl Shuptrine said precautions against violence were set as leaves and vacations for officers were cancelled. Half of Hughes Tool Company 5000 workers planned to report, many from the Independent Metal Workers Union which last week voted to ignore the strike.
In a telegram to Howard Hughes, CIO Local 1742 USWA warned that any threat to Houston peace would be his responsibility if he allowed managers to ignore Truman's wage settlement plan. Signed by local president T. D. Walker, the message coincided with a Dallas Mosher Steel tie in where CIO USWA members refused to join the nationwide strike without talks with company officials.
President Truman outlines a three point program to help small business. It includes arranging private and public financing on fair terms, offering technical advice including accounting and tax help, and eliminating discriminatory trade practices. He calls for a proactive anti monopoly policy across all government agencies.
President Truman proposes a broad housing program including an emergency price control system and a housing expeditor. The plan envisions a permanent national housing agency, expanded insuring powers for the FHA, and greater lending powers for federal savings and loan associations, plus funds for housing research and rental housing investment.
A Massachusetts Republican on the House naval affairs subcommittee said American Marines will likely stay in Tientsin to stabilize the area while the U S government pursues reconciliation between Chinese forces after repatriation of the Japanese.
President Truman nominated his naval aide Commodore James K Vardaman Jr to the Federal Reserve System board for a 14 year term starting January 1. The president also sent the Senate the nomination of Vice Admiral Alan G Kirk to be ambassador to Belgium and minister to Luxembourg.
General MacArthur ordered seizure and guard of 394 Japanese war plants, arsenals, and laboratories. The facilities include 265 aircraft and parts plants identified as first priority material for removal as reparations to Allied nations.
A security system framed actions taken for health and safety. The message reiterates a prepaid medical care and disability insurance program as the initial proposal.
An advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as a dependable, high quality option with fast action and economy. It highlights the product as the world's largest seller and promotes 100 tablet size at 35 cents, claiming nearly 3 tablets per cent.
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