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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1945
Page
2
The War Department plans Capitol screen showings of motion pictures on combat ethics and morale. Films include Kepert on German Morale, Caption of Fire, How Good Is a Gun, The Hidden Army, Retire Wreckage, and Destroyed weapons as warnings and lessons for wartime readers.
Two speakers at the Amarillo Kiwanis Club in the Amerika Hotel urged intensified protection of war materiel. Thornton, a former Navy man now in the Pantex Ordnance Plant personnel department, recounted Greek wartime shortages from Guadalcanal to ammunition. Marshall T. Thompson spoke on St Lo and Avranches, noting the need to press on after the Siegfried Line.
A news brief reports the death of Harry Mode Jr in an accidental incident. The item notes his long service and connection to the community, with sparse readable details on the circumstances and location.
Fragmented OCR reads Tempe police report of a traffic accident and ensuing search or investigation. It mentions vehicle movement, a potential pursuit, and a suspect or witness named Cheung with unclear details. The text is garbled but suggests a local incident with police action and street location references.
An unclear OCR passage references multiple names and events with partial details. It appears to note a person or group's involvement in a dated sequence, with scattered fragments about places and actions, but lacks coherent context or clear outcomes.
Tulane University president Dr Rufus C Ferris will join the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Relieals commission inquiry into coarsions at the University of Texas in Dallas and Austin Texas He travels with Dean M Huntley of the University of Alabama executive secretary of the commission Also note Mrs Quay Martin and granddaughter Sally Keartun visit and stay with family while Cpl Jewel Martin recuperates in Dyersburg Tennessee.
Mrs. Alice T. Hester of 2407 Cleveland received a War Department telegram announcing the death of her son Private Robert G. Hester from wounds suffered in action while serving as a paratrooper in Belgium. He had just been reported seriously wounded on December 20 after returning to duty November 25 following a foot wound. Hester, a 1942 Amarillo High School graduate, had two years of combat duty.
The United States Army Air Forces with about 200 bombers escorted by Mustangs struck the Neuss rail yards four miles south of Dusseldorf today. Earlier RAF bombers attacked Duisburg and other western German targets. The mission included five concentrated patterns of high explosives on a Sterkrade synthetic oil plant under Nazi repair.
Southwest Asia Command announces British forces have closed to within 25 miles west and 40 miles north of Mandalay. The drive maintains pressure across the Irrawaddy elbow as troops reach the river's north bank near Myinma about 25 miles west of Mandalay and 15 miles south of captured Monywa.
Mr and Mrs C A Robertson of Fountain Terrace received a Christmas card from their son Sgt Warren Barton Robertson a prisoner of war in Fu kuoka No 2 Japan since the fall of Java The card conveys thanks and well wishes describing him in good condition and hoping to be home soon
The papal apostolic delegate in Tokyo visited Nagoya camp in Japan where thousands of American Canadian and British prisoners are held. He conferred with Catholic and Protestant captives and reported they thanked the Vatican for its welfare concerns.
A behind the scenes dispatch describes RAF and Ninth Air Force Thunderbolt fighters targeting a massive German vehicle column along the German Luxembourg border. Pilots report destroying trucks tanks and halftracks as aircrews fly in multiple waves under a forward observation post guiding fighter groups to the massive column.
New York reports a court case involving Jon Zucker and the Glen Ram Wine and Liquor Corp found liable for selling liquor above the price ceiling. They faced fines and a conviction as details of overceiling profits emerged in the U S attorney's office.
Brief obituary note for Mrs David Memrice of Gey Lorenan California, described as mother to someone unnamed. Includes a fragmentary address clue 2) Sette East Third.
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