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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1945
Page
7
Police saved the Davis Food Store at 718 West Sixteenth from a burglary early Saturday. A back door glass was broken and an inside lock opened, but the burglars fled. owner Wilbur Davis said nothing was missing.
Senate leaders announced hearings on the United Nations charter will begin July 9 with Edward Stettinius Jr. as first witness. There will be no recess until the charter is disposed of, and President Truman will deliver the charter to the Senate at 1 PM Eastern War Time without fanfare.
Special dispatch reports Pfc. Gilbert R. Jeffers of Shamrock wounded in the Okinawa battle. He is the son of Mrs. M. W. Jeffers and brother of Dean and N. W. Jeffers, all of Shamrock.
Dick Culler of the Boston Braves and Bill Nagel of the Chicago White Sox both batted .308 for Milwaukee last season.
Mrs. Fern Faulkner, wife of Col. Ted S. Faulkner, reports no word on the Dalhart based pilot missing since November. She says he led a Superfortress raid from an India base toward Singapore and may have been shot down or captured. Faulkner, who served at Pearl Harbor and with the 19th Bomber Group, had recent Pacific assignments.
Marine Cpl Mendle E Bond carried four wounded comrades to safety over 400 yards of fire swept ground near Naha Okinawa. He led charges on Sugar Loaf Hill and Half Moon Ridge before two-hour battle forced a withdraw then returned to safety with a man slung over his shoulder. Bond is a former Texas Christian University football player.
James N. Ruff of Shamrock among 27 Texans who arrived by air at Presque Isle Army Air Field Me for discharge or redeployment. He flew the Snowball route from Paris in under a day.
Pvt. Carl F. Wagner of the 69th Infantry Division receives the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service against Nazi forces in France Belgium and Germany. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C A Wagner of Shamrock. his wife Dorothy Daly and their two children live in Wellington.
William Howard Atkinson of Wellington served with a public relations mobile communications unit on Okinawa. His wife Joyce and sons Royce and Sidney live in Wellington.
Harold Neis of Plainview comes home after 35 months with the T77th evacuation hospital. He called from New York City to his wife and daughter Nelia Ann, 7, who he hasn’t seen in over three years. Corporal Neil, also of Plainview, a local druggist, has been away 38 months and has over 100 points toward discharge.
R G Ball 77 dies of heart attack. Funeral at 3 Sunday at Olton Baptist Church with Rev C C Griffitts officiating. Interment in Olton cemetery. Survived by wife 12 children 35 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, plus a brother and sister. Children include J S Ball Oklahoma City J D Ball San Francisco and others in Phoenix Pecos Clovis AmarilloOrt on.
Col. Troy W. Crawford of El Paso resumes command at Dalhart Army Air Field replacing Col. William D. Tipton. Crawford led a bomber group with Gen. Jimmy Doolittle in Europe and was shot down over Germany on April 4, 1945, then rescued a week later.
The Office of Price Administration slashes slaughter limits for good and choice cattle for periods ending July 21 August 31 and September 30 to reflect lighter high grade supply amid a surge of lower grades to market. Zones A B and C defined with varying maximum percentages. Zone A spans Pacific Coast states to western Texas south of New Mexico.
Pfc. Connie G. Drake son of Mrs Willie Drake Plainview fired a 50 caliber machine gun to cover withdrawal of a Yank raiding party on the Fifth Army front during an Allied offensive that led to unconditional surrender of German forces in Italy. Drake and others of the 85th Custer Division 337th Wolverine regiment had armed themselves with machine guns for mobility as Americans broke out. A German patrol on high ground opened fire and Drake's men sprayed fire forcing the Nazis to foxholes, enabling the patrol to reach safety.
A Buffalo New York promotion urges asthma sufferers to request a free trial of a method from Frontier Asthma Co. The ad asserts heat dust and humidity aggravate symptoms and promises no cost for the trial. It provides the address 955-A Frontier Blog 462 Niagara St Buffalo NY and urges immediate action.
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