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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1944
Page
1
The city overflows with government relocations sailors and soldiers and travelers fueling nightlife and heavy spending. A Texas writer notes New York’s entertainment boom and questions war end dates and Roosevelt policies while predicting Panhandle support for Roosevelt in a forthcoming poll.
The article notes a substantial reduction in Roosevelt's lead but not enough to risk his national hold. It cites New York editors blaming Roosevelt for policy failures and Washington bureaus, while New York readers refer to him as the elt Deal. Dewey is seen as a likely candidate, with Willkie facing losses and possible independent runs.
A reader offers quilting on a home sewing machine and plain sewing at reasonable rates. Call 20884 for details from 811 North East 10th Avenue.
A READER seeks daytime care for a child under 18 months from 9 AM to 6 PM. Applicant is a soldier's wife with experience but no local references. Prefers a home in San Jacinto or Country Club and will not do housework or work on Sundays. Call 9465 between 9 AM and 6 PM.
Three half grown kittens available for adoption. Contact 501 Sunset Terrace or call 6487 to inquire.
Draft Board No 2 departs Fort Sill Oklahoma with twenty six fathers and three non fathers inducted. Names include Claude Odell Harper Jewell Patton Jones and Gerald Carl Gustafson among the fathers. Navy selections listed with Eurl Chesher Louis Taylor and others. The board also sent two negroes Quincy Layman and Herman Mitchell to Fort Sill, both fathers.
A Soviet atrocity commission formally charged Germany with murdering an estimated 11,000 Polish war prisoners at Katyn Forest near Smolensk. The 42 page report refutes Nazi claims the Russians killed the prisoners, citing eye witnesses and dates on bodies later than March 1940.
A billfold found at Globe News Classified counter may belong to Ray Breasher. Owners asked to identify to reclaim the item.
Chicago livestock report lists hogs at top prices up to $13.75 per 100 pounds for 200 to 330 pound ranges, cattle and calves with yearling and heifer prices, vealers around $15, and sheep at $16.15 to $16.25 for native and western lambs. Financial sector notes a liquidating fund at $1.93 after a $1.76 offer.
The polio physiotherapist project fund is about 350 dollars short of a 3000 dollar goal after a 100 dollar contribution from Mrs. Jessie Herring Johnson. Percy Blackburn notes the surplus will buy hospital equipment for polio patients if any. The San Jacinto Kiwanis Club planned the drive for Amarillo to obtain a resident physiotherapist in case of an infantile paralysis epidemic.
A home tinting method promises a professional look at home using Barbo Compound from a druggist. Mix one box with half a pint of water, comb through as directed, and enjoy a uniform natural color that resists washing off or staining the scalp.
The War Food Administration announced a temporary emergency extension price support program for good and choice butcher hogs weighing 200 to 330 pounds. The action aims to protect hog raisers unable to market hogs presently. The order becomes effective at midnight tomorrow night.
Narrator Casper recalls Texas Universitys 72 to 7 defeat of Oregon State on December 6 1941 a day before Pearl Harbor, a rout that news sense muted by the attack. Army Air Forces PRU aircraft then describe major operations with advanced cameras to record enemy movements.
Herb Budke is foreman of the 47th district court grand jury empaneled this morning. I. G. Fowler, H. L. Reitman, Arthur Truitt, N. P. Middleton, William Jenkins, 8. C. Johnam, Arch Castleberry, Frank Adkisson, Roy Barnard, G. A. Tomlinson, J. P. Newman serve on the jury. The panel began its investigation immediately after being empaneled.
Mrs. W. Ella Lyons aged 83 died this morning in Canyon at her son W. L. Lyons home. Her body will be sent to West Plains Missouri for burial. Funeral arrangements are not yet announced. She was a Methodist and is survived by her son W. L. Lyons a former Amarillo police officer and Potter County deputy. Other relatives include six.
A list names sons Clarence Lyons Everett Wash Hershel Lyons Laffitte La Earle Lyons Corpus Christi Law ren ce Lyons Amarillo Guy Lyons West Plains Mo Homer Lyons S&J ohn Man a daughter Mrs Lola Leftwick Tacoma Wash a brother Tim Kinsolving Homersville Mo and a sister Mrs Betty Davis Centerville Mo.
In Buenos Aires, government leaders work under intense diplomacy as Axis and Allied envoys haggle over German espionage activity linked to the German embassy and consular offices. The United States and Britain press Argentina to act, with Gilbert warning of a "final step" to halt espionage harming Allied plans and shipping.
Britain and the United States warned Axis agents would be tolerated no longer as Argentina broke with the Pan American pledge of hemispheric solidarity. Eden and the U S State Department threatened sanctions over suspected Axis links behind a Bolivian revolution, accusing Argentina of directing subversive activity in the Americas.
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