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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1944
Page
1
Pulse Feel asks readers if Axis nations should bear total war costs after Allied victory. McKinney man Tom Wheeler wonders who should pay while many respondents outline plans from internment to taxes and debt, urging a funded solution for future generations.
American invasion forces reportedly landed or established footholds in the Marshall Islands as a large U S task force shelled Kwajalein Maloelap and Wotje. Tokyo and London broadcasts cited fierce fighting with possible signs of a planned invasion. The Marshalls lie about 600 miles northwest of Makin and 1,200 miles east of Truk as the Allies press a second major campaign into Japan’s central Pacific holdings.
Brigadier General Boatner says a Japanese regiment has been hacked to pieces by Chinese troops along the Ledo Road with another drawn in for a similar fate. Stilwell’s forces have penetrated nearly 100 miles into Burma in a three pronged offensive aiding the Indian border advance.
The county tax office will remain open until midnight tonight to aid last minute poll tax payments. About 9,000 payments were anticipated, with roughly 3,500 exemptions, yielding an estimated voting strength near 12,500, close to the prior presidential year. More African Americans paid poll taxes, signaling potential turnout in the July Democratic primary.
A Paramount Theater premiere of Destination Tokyo with Cary Grant and John Garfield ties to the Fourth War Loan drive. Admission is a bond purchase. Interstate Theaters report $23,000 in Amarillo bonds and Potter County targets. Central Junior High shows strong support with 90 percent bonds, while Santa Fe Railway commits $250,000 toward the county quota.
Allied air power intensified with heavy raids on Berlin Frankfurt Hannover and Brunswick while Rome front gains expanded as U S and British forces pound German targets in Italy. Russian advances press from Leningrad toward Estonia Latvia and Ukraine as political campaigning tactics emerge in a Panhandle courthouse.
Marion Torrance wins the $5 first prize for tips about a gold fish under a divan. Other prizes go to Mrs. C. R. Hearn for a fire tip and Bill Coffey for noting Ted Moss in Guadalcanal Diary. Several Amarillans submitted tips, encouraging quick reporting.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce annual meeting featured a postwar planning slideshow showing three airports, a port for private planes, cargo facilities, and a grand passenger terminal. Authorities said funding would come from civic effort, not Washington, and Amarillo is urged to plan similarly for new airport, streets, and City Hall.
The piat, a shoulder fired infantry anti tank device, fires a two and three quarter pound bomb through four inches of armour. Weighing 33 pounds it can be carried by one man and has aided Italian campaigns. Rex Baxter of Amarillo Chamber in Washington for talks on a national highway network.
George N. Briggs former Interior Department aide pleaded innocent to charges of forging the Hopkins Letter. Indictments accuse forgery false pretense and mail fraud. Briggs requested three weeks to file pretrial motions as his case moves toward trial.
U S submarines sunk 14 more Japanese ships in the Pacific war the Navy said in a daily communique. The list includes two large transports along with a medium transport medium tank er medium naval auxiliary a small freighter a medium cargo transport and seven medium freighters. Total ships sunk or damaged by U S submarines in the Pacific and Far East rises to 572.
District court faced jury trouble as only 21 of 80 summoned jurors appeared. Judge Henry Bishop ordered missing jurors to report this afternoon. trial of Joe John Guirrez for felony theft at Elmer Spencer Service Station was postponed. ENDORSE GAS COUPONS OPA requires proper endorsement and state name and license number on coupons to curb gasoline black market. TO MAKE MORE COOKERS War Production Board assigns production of 400,000 pressure cookers to six firms with priority on war work.
Amarillo dancers celebrate the birthday of President Roosevelt tonight and contribute funds toward combating infantile paralysis. Ticket holders may attend at the Amarillo Hotel Mayfair Rainbow Gardens and Aviatrix Club dances. George Hammock is the local chairman and tickets are available at designated locations tonight.
United Press war analyst Louis F. Keemle argues the Marshall Islands operation marks the Pacific war’s hardest, testing American naval air and land power at a larger scale than before. He notes Rabaul’s defense weakening and Tarawa’s costly lessons while predicting decisive action on Truk and the Marshalls will shape the push toward the Philippines and Japan.
American Rangers pressed from two tank destroyers against a Mussolini model farm community near Rome on January 30. German troops entrenched in houses and silos faced close combat with grenades, heavy fire, and improvised fortifications as Rangers captured positions and moved through burning fields.
Partly cloudy and colder with fresh winds late tonight and Tuesday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with rain in Del Rio Eagle Pass area this afternoon through Tuesday. Slightly cooler in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy with light snow flurries in northern mountains. 24 hours ending 6:30 A M shows high 64, log 29, noon 44.
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